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Chinese Cyber Espionage Campaign Targeting U.S. Telecommunications

SecureWorld News

State-sponsored threat actors continue to pose significant risks to critical infrastructure worldwide. telecommunications networks and other organizations. Critical infrastructure at risk : Telecommunications networks and organizations with global footprints are prime targets for intelligence-gathering campaigns.

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Earth Kurma APT is actively targeting government and telecommunications orgs in Southeast Asia

Security Affairs

Earth Kurma APT carried out a sophisticated campaign against government and telecommunications sectors in Southeast Asia. Threat actors use custom malware, rootkits, and cloud storage for espionage, credential theft, and data exfiltration, posing a high business risk with advanced evasion techniques.

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Risks in Telecommunications IT

Trend Micro

We summarize the characteristics, threats, and recommendations to improve the security posture of enterprises' and telecommunications companies' IT infrastructure.

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The risks of 5G security

Tech Republic Security

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past decade, you’ve probably heard of 5G telecommunications. The post The risks of 5G security appeared first on TechRepublic. But what is it?

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European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) suffered a data breach

Security Affairs

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 ).

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Flaw in Verizon call record requests put millions of Americans at risk

Malwarebytes

Security researcher Evan Connelly discovered an enormous flaw affecting one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world that could allow any single person to view the recent incoming call log for potentially any Verizon phone number. “In short, anyone could lookup data for anyone,” Connelly said.

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China-linked threat actors compromised multiple telecos and spied on a limited number of U.S. government officials

Security Affairs

. “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.” The security breach poses a major national security risk.