Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2024

Semiconductor manufacturer Microchip Technology announced that its operations were disrupted by a cyberattack. chipmaker Microchip Technology suffered a cyberattack that disrupted operations at several of its manufacturing plants. The company detected potentially suspicious activity involving its IT infrastructure on August 17, 2024.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2025

As the tool evolved, the targeting expanded to include websites built using GoDaddy and Wix, as well as generic website contact forms, which includes websites built using Squarespace, and likely other technologies.” ” reads the report published by SentinelOne. ” SentinelLab concludes.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2025

“Today, the Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated (Integrity Tech), a Beijing-based cybersecurity company, for its role in multiple computer intrusion incidents against U.S. According to OFAC, between 2022 and 2023, Flax Typhoon hacked U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

million records containing employee data on the hacking forum BreachForums. Compromised data includes names, contact information, building locations, email addresses, and more. Exposed data did not include Social Security numbers or financial information. Amazon did not disclose the number of impacted employees.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

” Immediately, the company launched an investigation, which is still ongoing, into the alleged security incident. .” DevHub is a platform designed for developers to access resources, tools, and APIs to build and integrate applications with Cisco’s technologies.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

[This is Part III in a series on research conducted for a recent Hulu documentary on the 2015 hack of marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com.] LeakedSource also tried to pass itself off as a legal, legitimate business that was marketing to security firms and professionals. In 2019, a Canadian company called Defiant Tech Inc.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2025

. “During the half-day meeting in Geneva, Wang Lei, a top cyber official with Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs, indicated that the infrastructure hacks resulted from the U.S.s “Wang or the other Chinese officials didnt directly state that China was responsible for the hacking, the U.S. ” states the WSJ.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2024

Sensitive data and trading activity of over 300K traders leaked online by international fintech firm Direct Trading Technologies. Direct Trading Technologies, an international fintech company, jeopardized over 300K traders by leaking their sensitive data and trading activity, thereby putting them at risk of an account takeover.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

“This “SMS blasting” attack relies on using technology that impersonates cellular base stations and is capable of transmitting thousands of messages to devices within a close geographical radius.” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, SMS blaster)

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 27, 2024

” Those third-party reports came in late June 2024 from Michael Horka , senior lead information security engineer at Black Lotus Labs , the security research arm of Lumen Technologies , which operates one of the global Internet’s largest backbones. victims and one non-U.S. In January 2024, the U.S. ”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company discovered the attack on November 25. The threat actors had access to the company’s information technology systems and encrypted some of its data files. According to the FORM 8-K report filed with the U.S. ” reads the report filed with SEC.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

They are often unaware of the risks they take on, which can include hacking, fraud, phishing, and more. SMBs and enterprises alike have been struggling with APIs as a mechanism for information security. A primary culprit of these attacks is the lack of understanding of application programming interfaces, or APIs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2025

” Earlier this week, the Israeli company Cellebrite announced that it is suspending the provision of its technology to Serbia due to reports of abuse by local police. said Donncha Cearbhaill, Head of the Security Lab at Amnesty International. Below is the statement published by the company. added Donncha Cearbhaill.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The details of the Krispy Kreme hack are still emerging, but the companys Form 8-K filing brought the incident to light, offering a rare glimpse into the challenges businesses face when their systems are compromised. The Krispy Kreme hack is a sobering reminder that no industry is immune to cyber threats.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Rather than using advanced hacking techniques, they exploited systems with default credentials to compromise target networks. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, OpenAI)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

“” The telecommunications firm has filed a criminal complaint and informed France’s agencies National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL) and the National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (ANSSI).

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

3CX hired incident response firm Mandiant , which released a report on Wednesday that said the compromise began in 2022 when a 3CX employee installed a malware-laced software package distributed via an earlier software supply chain compromise that began with a tampered installer for X_TRADER , a software package provided by Trading Technologies.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Technologies that were figments of the imagination a dozen years ago, if they were conceived of at all, quickly become mainstream — think generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) or blockchain. As they do, they create more security vulnerabilities and inherent business, changing the nature of cybersecurity careers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Unimicron Technology Corporation is a Taiwanese company specializing in the manufacturing of printed circuit boards (PCBs), high-density interconnects (HDI), and IC substrates. The company confirmed that its subsidiary Unimicron Technology (ShenZhen) suffered a ransomware attack on January 30, 2025.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2025

. “Protecting the privacy and security of our members’ information is a top priority at Sam’s Club. ” Ransomware gang Cl0p leaked files from Rackspace Technology and listed ~170 companies allegedly hacked via zero-day vulnerabilities in Cleos file-transfer software.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The spyware’s deployment relied on Cellebrite’s unlocking process, combining two invasive technologies to compromise the journalists digital privacy comprehensively. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,NoviSpy) .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

T-Mobile confirmed being a victim of recent hacking campaigns linked to China-based threat actors targeting telecom companies. T-Mobile confirms it was hacked as part of a long-running cyber espionage campaign targeting Telco companies. The security breach poses a major national security risk.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Technology firm F5 patches a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in BIG-IP and a medium-severity flaw in BIG-IQ. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, F5 BIG-IP) It’s unclear if these vulnerabilities have been exploited in the wild.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked Abdali Hospital, a multi-specialty hospital located in Jordan. pic.twitter.com/6uHMDcNhTC — Dominic Alvieri (@AlvieriD) December 26, 2023 The group published images of stolen documents as proof of the hack. Abdali Hospital provides care to patients in numerous specialties.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Atrium Health launched an investigation into the security breach and discovered that from January 2015 to July 2019, certain online tracking technologies were active on its MyAtriumHealth (formerly MyCarolinas) Patient Portal, accessible via web and mobile. The company notified the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked the Chinese state-owned energy conglomerate China Energy Engineering Corporation. The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. reads the joint advisory.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2025

The vulnerability CVE-2024-7344 affects the UEFI application of several real-time system recovery software suites developed by Howyar Technologies Inc., Greenware Technologies, Radix Technologies Ltd., Wasay Software Technology Inc., SANFONG Inc., Computer Education System Inc., and Signal Computer GmbH.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Storm-2372s targets during this time have included government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), information technology (IT) services and technology, defense, telecommunications, health, higher education, and energy/oil and gas in Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East.”

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 20, 2023

” The security firm BeyondTrust is among the Okta customers who received Thursday’s alert from Okta. BeyondTrust Chief Technology Officer Marc Maiffret said that alert came more than two weeks after his company alerted Okta to a potential problem. Maiffret said BeyondTrust followed up with Okta on Oct.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2024

DevHub is a platform designed for developers to access resources, tools, and APIs to build and integrate applications with Ciscos technologies. It provides a range of development resources, including SDKs (Software Development Kits), documentation, sample code, and learning materials for networking, security, and cloud infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2024

broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, potentially accessing systems for lawful wiretapping and other data. According to the Wall Street Journal, which reported the news exclusively, the security breach poses a major national security risk. and its allies for hacking activities in July.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked King Edward VII’s Hospital in London. The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked King Edward VII’s Hospital in London and added it to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. King Edward VII’s Hospital in London has been breached by Rhysida Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2025

” Sergey Bliznyuk of Positive Technologies reported the vulnerability to the virtualization giant. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking, VMware) The vulnerability impacts VMware Tools versions 12.x.x, for Windows, Linux, and macOS. VMware Tools 12.5.1

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2025

Lumen Technologies researchers reported that the J-magic campaign targets Juniper routers with a custom backdoor using a passive agent based on the cd00r variant (an open-source backdoor by fx ). . ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,newsletter)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Snatch ransomware group announced it had hacked the food giant Kraft Heinz, the company is investigating the claims. The Snatch ransomware group claims to have hacked Kraft Heinz in August and on December 14, it added the company to the list of victims on its leak site. ” reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technology offer unprecedented opportunities for organizations to reduce the burden on struggling SOC analysts so they can focus on more strategic tasks, their mental health, and their overall well-being. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2024

The LockBit ransomware group seems to have lied when they announced the hack of the US Federal Reserve. The LockBit ransomware group hasn’t hacked the Federal Reserve as it has recently claimed, the real victim is the Evolve Bank. The financial organization confirmed that certain personal information may have been compromised.

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