Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The Atlantic Council has published a report on securing the Internet of Things: “Security in the Billions: Toward a Multinational Strategy to Better Secure the IoT Ecosystem.”

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Bleeping Computer

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

A new regulation coming in the form of an amendment in the Telecommunications Act of Germany could radically change the relationship between consumers and internet service providers. [.].

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Kyivstar, Ukraine’s main provider of telecommunication services, says that it’s been the target of a ‘powerful hacker attack’. The attack left customers without mobile or internet signal and caused the air raid sirens in the northeastern city of Sumy to malfunction as a result of the outage.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2020

A power outage and fluctuations in supply across Venezuela 1 March 2020, knocked out approximately 35% of the country’s telecommunications infrastructure. Confirmed: A major power outage has knocked out internet connectivity in large parts of #Venezuela ; real-time network data show 35% fall in national connectivity from 5:45 p.m.

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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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Schneier on Security

MAY 2, 2024

The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 (PSTI) introduces new minimum-security standards for manufacturers, and demands that these companies are open with consumers about how long their products will receive security updates for. Unique passwords installed by default are still permitted.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 15, 2024

The telecom sector, which includes the telephones, internet, cables, and aircraft, are the backbone of global connectivity, allowing each private and industrial communications across several systems. The region which includes […] The post Cyber Attack on Telecommunications Company appeared first on Kratikal Blogs.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

A massive DDoS hit New Zealand ‘s third-largest internet operator isolating parts of the country from the Internet. A massive DDoS hit Vocus ISP, New Zealand ‘s third-largest internet operator, isolating parts of the country from the Internet. “This afternoon our network was impacted by a DDoS attack.

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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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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A court in Virginia granted Microsoft control over many Internet servers Trickbot uses to plunder infected systems, based on novel claims that the crime machine abused the software giant’s trademarks. Microsoft Corp. However, it appears the operation has not completely disabled the botnet. Image: Microsoft.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 16, 2021

Most large and legacy telecommunications providers validate transfer requests related to their customers by consulting NPAC , or the Number Portability Administration Center. NetNumber developed its own proprietary system for mapping telecommunications providers that is used by Sakari and an entire industry of similar firms.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 9, 2023

Category Awareness, News, Case Study As one of the world’s fastest-growing industries, telecommunication has become a highly vulnerable target for cybersecurity threats. In short, telecommunications (telecom) is a fundamental and critical component of our global infrastructure. Read more of the ACT

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Schneier on Security

JULY 9, 2019

The researchers found the hackers got into one of the cell networks by exploiting a vulnerability on an internet-connected web server to gain a foothold onto the provider's internal network. The attack was aiming to obtain CDR records of a large telecommunications provider.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

internet service providers (ISPs) as part of a cyber espionage campaign code-named Salt Typhoon. internet service providers in recent months as part of a cyber espionage campaign code-named Salt Typhoon. internet-service providers in recent months in pursuit of sensitive information, according to people familiar with the matter.”

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The State of Security

APRIL 19, 2022

Telecommunication is the first, and most robust network ever invented. Prior to the invention and development of the internet, what other way could a person pick up a device, and “dial” a few numbers and […]… Read More. The post What Makes Telecommunication Companies Such a Fertile Ground for Attack?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Large-scale attacks are threatening the global Internet infrastructure, the alarm was launched by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). After an emergency meeting, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) confirmed that the global Internet infrastructure is facing large-scale attacks.

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WIRED Threat Level

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Open-internet advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after a recent election for the International Telecommunications Union's top leadership.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

In March 2020, The Ministry of Telecommunications (MoTC) issued a directive to all operators in Myanmar with a secret list of 230 sites to be blocked due to the nature of the content; adult content and fake news. There are several aspects of the Internet blocking in Myanmar that raise questions. Circumvention of Internet blocking.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 29, 2020

leaked internal customer support data to the Internet, mobile provider Sprint has addressed a mix-up in which posts to a private customer support community were exposed to the Web. telecommunications companies to gain access to internal company tools. Fresh on the heels of a disclosure that Microsoft Corp.

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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 8, 2022

has announced exemptions on previously imposed sanctions on Russia related to telecommunications and internet-based communications, likely to prevent Russians from being isolated from Western news sources. [.]. Today, the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

On March 2, Microsoft released emergency security updates to plug four security holes in Exchange Server versions 2013 through 2019 that hackers were actively using to siphon email communications from Internet-facing systems running Exchange. The web shell gives the attackers administrative access to the victim’s computer servers.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

Sea Turtle Turkish state-backed group changed to focus on internet service providers (ISPs), telcos, media, and Kurdish websites. Their goal is to collect economic and political intelligence […] The post Sea Turtle Hackers Spy on Dutch ISPs and Telecommunication Companies appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Graham Cluley

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Ukraine has seen internet outages this week following renewed missile attacks from Russian forces. With a combination of power cuts and DDoS attacks knocking out telecommunications systems, internet availibility suffered a 35% dip. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2023

Image: Shutterstock Telecommunications giant AT&T disclosed this month that a breach at a marketing vendor exposed certain account information for nine million customers. “An individual’s CPNI can be shared with other telecommunications providers for network operating reasons,” wrote TechTarget’s Gavin Wright.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Russia successfully disconnected from the internet. Russia’s government announced that it has successfully concluded a series of tests for its RuNet intranet aimed at country disconnection from the Internet. One of them is checking the integrity and security of the Internet as a result of external negative influences.”

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

only telecommunications and mobile internet service, has informed customers that personal data was exposed by a data breach at one of its primary network providers, with some customers warned that it allowed SIM swapping attacks. [.] Google Fi, Google's U.S.-only

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

French internet service provider (ISP) Free disclosed a cyber attack, threat actors allegedly had access to customer personal information. is a French telecommunications company, subsidiary of Iliad S.A. that provides voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications to consumers in France. Free S.A.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A China-linked hacking group, tracked as LightBasin (aka UNC1945 ), hacked mobile telephone networks around the globe and used specialized tools to access calling records and text messages from telecommunications companies. CrowdStrike researchers reported that at least 13 telecommunication companies were compromised by since 2019.

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The Hacker News

JUNE 11, 2021

Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday took the wraps off a new cyberespionage group that has been behind a series of targeted attacks against diplomatic entities and telecommunication companies in Africa and the Middle East since at least 2017.

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WIRED Threat Level

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

UN countries are preparing to pick a new head of the International Telecommunications Union. Who wins could shape the open web's future.

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Multiple backdoors have been discovered during a penetration test in the firmware of a widely used voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) appliance from Auerswald, a German telecommunications hardware manufacturer, that could be abused to gain full administrative access to the devices.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2022

Ukrtelecom, a major mobile service and internet provider in Ukraine, foiled a “massive” cyberattack that hit its infrastructure. On March 29, 2022, a massive cyber attack caused a major internet disruption across Ukraine on national provider Ukrtelecom. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 19, 2022

Telecommunication is the first, and most robust network ever invented. Prior to the invention and development of the internet, what other way could a person pick up a device, and “dial” a few numbers and […]… Read More. The post What Makes Telecommunication Companies Such a Fertile Ground for Attack?

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 9, 2023

Category Awareness, News, Case Study As one of the world’s fastest-growing industries, telecommunication has become a highly vulnerable target for cybersecurity threats. In short, telecommunications (telecom) is a fundamental and critical component of our global infrastructure. Read more of the ACT

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

New York City based Sisense has more than 1,000 customers across a range of industry verticals, including financial services, telecommunications, healthcare and higher education. ” “We are taking this matter seriously and promptly commenced an investigation,” Dash continued.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 13, 2022

The threat actor is said to have targeted entities in the telecommunication, internet service provider and data services sectors from August 2021 to February 2022, expanding from the initial victimology patterns observed during its attacks

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records. That changed on Jan.

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