Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2022

The Ukrainian CERT-UA warns of attacks against Ukrainian telecommunications operators involving the DarkCrystal RAT. The Governmental Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of a malware campaign targeting Ukrainian telecommunications operators with the DarkCrystal RAT. SecurityAffairs – hacking, RAT).

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Telecommunications Malware Media Passwords 140

Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

In each incident, the intruders have left behind a “web shell,” an easy-to-use, password-protected hacking tool that can be accessed over the Internet from any browser. organizations, including banks, credit unions, non-profits, telecommunications providers, public utilities and police, fire and rescue units.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to a database of its users. Threat actors stole a database containing the list of users of the portal of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute ( ETSI ).

Telecommunications 136

Telecommunications Data breaches Technology Passwords 136

Schneier on Security

JULY 9, 2019

Original report : Based on the data available to us, Operation Soft Cell has been active since at least 2012, though some evidence suggests even earlier activity by the threat actor against telecommunications providers. The attack was aiming to obtain CDR records of a large telecommunications provider.

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Hacking Telecommunications Malware Passwords 277

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Russia-linked APT group Sandworm has hacked eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between since May 2023. According to public sources, the threat actors targeted ICS of at least 11 Ukrainian telecommunications providers leading to the disruption of their services. ” reads the advisory.

Telecommunications 133

Telecommunications Authentication Data collection Passwords 133

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 Chinese APT focuses on government entities and telecommunications companies in Southeast Asia.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

Motherboard obtained and published the technical report on the hack of Jeff Bezos's phone, which is being attributed to Saudi Arabia, specifically to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.investigators set up a secure lab to examine the phone and its artifacts and spent two days poring over the device but were unable to find any malware on it.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

British multinational telecommunications holding company BT Group (formerly British Telecom) announced it has shut down some of its servers following a Black Basta ransomware attack. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

. “The US government’s continued investigation into the People’s Republic of China (PRC) targeting of commercial telecommunications infrastructure has revealed a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign.” ” reads the joint statement issued by CISA and FBI. law enforcement requests pursuant to court orders.

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Government Telecommunications Surveillance Risk 111

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

telecommunication and internet service providers. The US Treasurys OFAC also sanctionedYin Kecheng, a Shanghai-based cyber actor who was involved with the recent hack of the Department of the Treasury’s network. for its involvement in the activities of the Salt Typhoon APT group, which recently compromised multiple U.S.

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Cybersecurity Telecommunications Government Healthcare 119

The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The China-linked threat actor known as Earth Estries has been observed using a previously undocumented backdoor called GHOSTSPIDER as part of its attacks targeting Southeast Asian telecommunications companies.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2023

Researchers reported that China-linked hackers targeted telecommunication providers in the Middle East in the first quarter of 2023. In the first quarter of 2023, SentinelLabs researchers spotted the initial phases of attacks against telecommunication providers in the Middle East. ” reads the report published by SentinelLabs.

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Telecommunications Malware Mobile Internet 98

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The group serves various sectors, including finance, government, healthcare, and telecommunications. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking, NKTsKI ) designated military-industrial base entities such as Rostec and United Aircraft Corporation.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

. “The US government’s continued investigation into the People’s Republic of China (PRC) targeting of commercial telecommunications infrastructure has revealed a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign.” ” reads the joint statement issued by CISA and FBI. law enforcement requests pursuant to court orders.

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Government Telecommunications Surveillance Risk 112

Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2025

UK telecommunications firm TalkTalk disclosed a data breach after a threat actor announced the hack on a cybercrime forum. UK telecommunications company TalkTalk confirmed a data breach after a threat actor claimed responsibility for the cyber attack on a cybercrime forum and offered for sale alleged customer data.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2025

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,Ukraine) The malspam messages had the topic Free primary legal aid use a password-protected attachment Algorithm of actions of members of the family of a missing serviceman LegalAid.rar.

Computers and Electronics 108

Computers and Electronics Telecommunications Malware Surveillance 108

Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Those devices were used to help infiltrate sensitive networks related to universities, government agencies, telecommunications providers, and media organizations… The botnet was launched in mid-2021, according to the FBI, and infected roughly 260,000 devices as of June 2024.

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Telecommunications Media Malware Internet 304

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

“Like the entire telecommunications industry, T-Mobile has been closely monitoring ongoing reports about a series of highly coordinated cyberattacks by bad actors known as “Salt Typhoon” that are reported to be linked to Chinese state-sponsored operations. ” reads the report published by the telecommunications company.

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Mobile Telecommunications Government Internet 115

Heimadal Security

APRIL 1, 2022

In addition to the government, military, banking, and telecommunications sectors, Deep Panda is a suspected Chinese threat organization that has been known to target a wide range of businesses. The post Deep Panda Hacking Group Is Targeting VMware Horizon Servers appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Hacking Telecommunications Healthcare Banking 124

Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Investigators say the platforms it hosted included "Cannabis Road," a drug-dealing portal; the "Wall Street Market," which was one of the world's largest online criminal marketplaces for drugs, hacking tools and financial-theft wares until it was taken down earlier this year; and sites such as "Orange Chemicals" that dealt in synthetic drugs.

Telecommunications 259

Telecommunications Marketing Hacking 259

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Speaking to Reuters , a senior US official said the attack telecommunications infrastructure was broad and that the hacking was still ongoing. The state-sponsored actor behind the attack is an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group known as Salt Typhoon, believed to be tied to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

Encryption 141

Encryption Identity Theft Media Telecommunications 141

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

telecommunication and internet service providers. The US Treasurys OFAC also sanctionedYin Kecheng, a Shanghai-based cyber actor who was involved with the recent hack of the Department of the Treasury’s network. for its involvement in the activities of the Salt Typhoon APT group, which recently compromised multiple U.S.

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Cybersecurity Telecommunications Government Healthcare 98

Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) disclosed a data breach, its websites SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com were hacked last month. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach). The post SFO discloses data breach following the hack of 2 of its websites appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

China-linked cyberespionage group LightBasin hacked mobile telephone networks around the world and used specialized tools to access calling records. CrowdStrike researchers reported that at least 13 telecommunication companies were compromised by since 2019. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike.

Telecommunications 136

Telecommunications Mobile Hacking Architecture 136

Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The crooks running the Trickbot botnet typically use these config files to pass new instructions to their fleet of infected PCs, such as the Internet address where hacked systems should download new updates to the malware. To execute this action, Microsoft formed an international group of industry and telecommunications providers.

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Telecommunications Internet Internet Malware 334

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.”

Phishing 114

Phishing Authentication Telecommunications Accountability 114

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Iranian hackers recently have been blamed for hacking VPN servers around the world in a bid to plant backdoors in large corporate networks. As the Citrix hack shows, if you don’t know you should probably check, and then act on the results accordingly. 28, 2018, a claim Citrix initially denied but later acknowledged.

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VPN Passwords Software Telecommunications 363

Schneier on Security

JANUARY 8, 2021

Just like Capricorn, Helix Kitten (also known as APT 35 or OilRig) is a skilled navigator of vast online networks, maneuvering deftly across an array of organizations, including those in aerospace, energy, finance, government, hospitality, and telecommunications.

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Telecommunications Phishing Government Hacking 248

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Yang faces charges for illegal telecommunications operations, with investigations ongoing to uncover his network and mastermind Thai police issued warrants for 24 suspects, including 9 foreigners and 15 Thais. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, SMS blaster)

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Mobile Scams Technology Telecommunications 123

Heimadal Security

JUNE 8, 2022

An advisory recently published by multiple US federal agencies shows that Chinese state-backed cybercriminals have attacked and impacted important telecommunications organizations and network service providers in order to snatch credentials and collect sensitive data.

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Hacking Telecommunications Cybersecurity 109

Bleeping Computer

JUNE 19, 2024

T-Mobile has denied it was breached or that source code was stolen after a threat actor claimed to be selling stolen data from the telecommunications company. [.]

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Mobile Telecommunications Hacking 116

Bleeping Computer

JUNE 10, 2022

The Iranian Lycaeum APT hacking group uses a new.NET-based DNS backdoor to conduct attacks on companies in the energy and telecommunication sectors. [.].

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DNS Telecommunications Hacking 142

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2021

European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn confirmed the hack of some EU agencies as result of the SolarWinds supply chain attack in a response to a question filed by an EU Parliament member in February 2021. The hack allowed the threat actors to spy on the internal email traffic. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hacking Software Telecommunications Cyber Attacks 125

Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A group of hackers that security researchers call LightBasin has been compromising mobile telecommunication systems across the world for the past five years. [.].

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Telecommunications Hacking Mobile 117

Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 2, 2025

Threat actors entered Treasury Department systems through BeyondTrust. The breach may be related to the Salt Typhoon attacks reported throughout the year.

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Cyber threats Hacking Telecommunications Software 204

Bleeping Computer

MARCH 15, 2024

A former manager at a telecommunications company in New Jersey pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for accepting money to perform unauthorized SIM swaps that enabled an accomplice to hack customer accounts. [.]

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Telecommunications Accountability Hacking 138

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

On September 2022, the Sandworm group was observed impersonating telecommunication providers to target Ukrainian entities with malware. “ Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,Russia)

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Telecommunications DNS Passwords Hacking 107