SecureWorld News

JULY 21, 2020

Over the weekend, ransomware gang REvil took control of an internet service provider (ISP), infecting the internal network. While internet connections are still running for the ISP's customers, many of the official websites are down. It's considered one of Argentina's largest cyber attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

However, it looks like things are starting to break apart now that Australia has passed the “Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018”. On the 6th of December 2018, a law that is a direct attack on internet users’ privacy was agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 10, 2022

Many threats that have until now been theoretical—like creation of a "Ru-net" as an alternative to the Internet—are becoming a reality. Cutting off Internet access to a country the size of Texas is not as simple as cutting a few cables or bombing a few cell towers. There are many tech angles to the war in Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2024

Researchers at Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs discovered a new malware family, named Cuttlefish, which targets enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to harvest public cloud authentication data from internet traffic. The recent campaign spanned from October 2023 to April 2024. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. ” reads the warning published by Microsoft.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 12, 2021

There are several services on the internet that allow you to send emails that are encrypted with a password. IRC, or Internet Relay Chat, is an application layer protocol that is used by multiple people at once to send text messages and documents using their individual devices. Using a VPN gives you lots of benefits.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

China-linked threat actors have breached telecommunications companies and network service providers to spy on the traffic and steal data. US NSA, CISA, and the FBI published a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn that China-linked threat actors have breached telecommunications companies and network service providers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2022

The threat actors used the compromised credentials and/or session tokens to access the target networks through internet-facing systems and applications (i.e. virtual private network (VPN), remote desktop protocol (RDP), virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) including Citrix, or Identity providers (including Azure Active Directory, Okta)). .”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

The Chinese APT is known to be focused on telecommunications companies operating across Asia, Europe and Africa. PingPull, was first spotted by Unit 42 in June 2022, the researchers defined the RAT as a “difficult-to-detect” backdoor that leverages the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) for C2 communications.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has instituted administrative proceedings against Facebook and Twitter after they refused to store data of Russian users on servers located in the country. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 27, 2023

.” The three activity sets included a campaign against the Philippine government between March and May 2022; a campaign against telecommunications and business service providers in South Asia in April 2022; and a campaign against organizations in Belarus and Russia in May 2022.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Check Point has also observed the sharing of open VPN servers for the purpose of bypassing censorship, as Iran has limited the use of internet and social media. Check Point Research reports that key activities include leaking and selling government officials' phone numbers and emails, as well as maps of "sensitive locations.".

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SecureList

MAY 10, 2021

To prevent attacks via RDP, it is recommended to hide RDP servers behind a VPN or disable UDP port 3389. That said, a VPN is no panacea if it too is vulnerable to amplification attacks. In Q1 2021, for instance, attackers went after Powerhouse VPN servers. In some cases, they demonstrated impressive capabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Expanding attack surfaces require additional skills to secure, maintain, and monitor an ever-expanding environment of assets such as mobile, cloud, and the internet of things (IoT). Telecommunications MSSPs such as Verizon satisfy these needs and provide the financial security of a large corporate partner for equally large customers.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2022

The spear phishing emails are warning people that use websites, social networks, instant messengers and VPN services that have been banned by the Russian Government and that criminal charges will be laid. Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation). Figure 1: Phishing template.

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SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

It primarily goes after targets located in China, such as foreign diplomatic organizations established in the country, members of the academic community, or companies from the defense, logistics and telecommunications sectors.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

AES encryption can be commonly found in communication protocols, virtual private network (VPN) encryption, full-disk encryption, and Wi-Fi transmission protocols. ECC is used for email encryption, cryptocurrency digital signatures, and internet communication protocols.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

They interact with each other through internet handles, paying for services with cryptocurrency. Hackers who are on the lookout for publicly disclosed vulnerabilities (1-days) in internet facing software, such as VPN appliances or email gateways. Try to find a decryptor on the internet – quite a few are available at [link].

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Abnormal Security Cloud email security 2019 Private Sqreen Application security 2019 Acquired: Datadog Demisto SOAR 2018 Acquired by PAN Skyhigh Cloud security 2012 Acquired: McAfee OpenDNS Internet security 2009 Acquired: Cisco Palo Alto Networks Cloud and network security 2006 NYSE: PANW. Insight Partners.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to the same article, another such attack took place in the late 1990s when the American military attacked a Serbian telecommunications network. The Viasat “cyberevent” On the 24 th of February , Europeans who relied on the ViaSat-owned “ KA-SAT ” satellite faced major Internet access disruptions.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon has breached telecommunications companies in dozens of countries, US govt warns. President Biden’s deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger said that China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon has breached telecommunications companies in dozens of countries. reads the joint advisory.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

The attackers used vulnerabilities in an SSL-VPN product to deploy a multi-layered loader we dubbed Ecipekac (aka DESLoader, SigLoader and HEAVYHAND). The victims we observed were all high-profile Tunisian organizations, such as telecommunications or aviation companies. We attribute this activity to APT10 with high confidence.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

From a different angle, reporting from The Intercept revealed mobile surveillance capabilities available to Iran for the purposes of domestic investigations that leverage direct access to (and cooperation of) local telecommunication companies. One of the major cyber-incidents of 2022 took place early this year: the Okta hack.

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SecureList

APRIL 23, 2021

In certain cases, they used spear-phishing campaigns to install Cobalt Strike RAT, while other attacks involved exploiting a vulnerable internet-facing service (e.g., Citrix ADC/NetScaler or Pulse Secure VPN) or weak RDP credentials to breach the network. First appearing in 2019, Maze used various mechanisms for initial compromise.

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