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.

Government 110

Government Telecommunications Surveillance Risk 110

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. The Industry Information technology's ability to connect and communicate has become integral to our society here in the digital age. Read more of the ACT

Telecommunications 93

Telecommunications IoT Firewall Encryption 93

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 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.” The Chinese APT focuses on government entities and telecommunications companies in Southeast Asia.

Mobile 111

Mobile Telecommunications Data breaches Hacking 111

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.” ” first reported TechCrunch. The equipment sent nearly 1 million fraudulent messages in 3 days.

Mobile 122

Mobile Scams Technology Telecommunications 122

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

LANIT Group (Laboratory of New Information Technologies) is one of Russia’s largest IT service and software providers. The group serves various sectors, including finance, government, healthcare, and telecommunications. In May 2024, U.S. designated military-industrial base entities such as Rostec and United Aircraft Corporation.”

Telecommunications 100

Telecommunications Software Technology Healthcare 100

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.

Government 111

Government Telecommunications Surveillance Risk 111

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 7, 2025

These technologies bypass signature-based defenses and mimic legitimate behavior, making detection more challenging. Advanced detection CyTwist recently demonstrated its advanced detection capabilities during a red team simulation with a major telecommunications provider.

Threat Detection 130

Threat Detection Engineering Malware Artificial Intelligence 130

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 113

Phishing Authentication Telecommunications Accountability 113

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 142

Encryption Identity Theft Media Telecommunications 142

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Chinese firm Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., telecommunication and internet service providers. government systems, including the recent targeting of Treasurys information technology (IT) systems, as well as sensitive U.S. national security.”

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Telecommunications Government Healthcare 98

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. “On Jan.

Data breaches 68

Data breaches Telecommunications Cybercrime Hacking 68

Schneier on Security

JULY 24, 2019

Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it is technologically impossible to provide lawful access without weakening security against unlawful access. I served for many years as the general counsel of a large telecommunications concern. That telecommunications company was GTE­which became Verizon.

Encryption 279

Encryption Telecommunications Risk Government 279

Schneier on Security

AUGUST 14, 2019

Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it is technologically impossible to provide lawful access without weakening security against unlawful access. I served for many years as the general counsel of a large telecommunications concern. That telecommunications company was GTE -- which became Verizon.

Encryption 275

Encryption Telecommunications Risk Government 275

Dark Reading

JUNE 15, 2023

The academy is meant to ensure a safe and strong telecommunication service and information technologies for Angola's citizens, the president said.

Technology 86

Technology Telecommunications Cybersecurity 86

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Lumen Technologies Inc. Korab filed a vulnerability report with Lumen demonstrating how a simple spoofed email could be used to disrupt Internet service for banks, telecommunications firms and even government entities. Based in Monroe, La., “This would effectively cut off Internet access for the impacted IP address blocks.”

Internet 72

Internet Internet Authentication Telecommunications 72

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.

Mobile 114

Mobile Telecommunications Government Internet 114

Schneier on Security

JULY 26, 2023

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), an organization that standardizes technologies across the industry, first created TETRA in 1995. Seems that there is a deliberate backdoor in the twenty-year-old TErrestrial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) standard used by police forces around the world.

Telecommunications 246

Telecommunications Encryption Technology Software 246

Krebs on Security

MARCH 8, 2022

Lumen Technologies , an American company that operates one of the largest Internet backbones and carries a significant percentage of the world’s Internet traffic, said today it will stop routing traffic for organizations based in Russia. ru) from the Internet. ru) from the Internet.

Internet 323

Internet Internet Government Technology 323

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In January 2018, GovPayNet was acquired by Securus Technologies , a Carrollton, Texas- based company that provides telecommunications services to prisons and helps law enforcement personnel keep tabs on mobile devices used by former inmates. We will continue to evaluate security and access to all systems and customer records.”.

Mobile 271

Mobile Government Identity Theft Telecommunications 271

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

telecommunications providers , including AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies. sanctions, Insikt Group expects Salt Typhoon to continue targeting telecommunications providers in the U.S. Chinese cyber espionage group Salt Typhoon has made headlines in the last year, breaching major U.S. As tensions escalate between the U.S.

Telecommunications 63

Telecommunications Internet Internet Technology 63

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Seashell Blizzard (aka Sandworm , BlackEnergy and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRUs Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). On September 2022, the Sandworm group was observed impersonating telecommunication providers to target Ukrainian entities with malware.

Telecommunications 105

Telecommunications DNS Passwords Hacking 105

The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The attacks have targeted government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), information technology (IT) services and technology, defense, telecommunications, health, higher education, and energy/oil and gas

Telecommunications 110

Telecommunications Accountability Phishing Education 110

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 27, 2021

With devices needing SIMs to authenticate them for mobile networks, advances in SIM technology will be critical f or the expansion of the connected world in years to come. . Energy consumption is also reduced thanks to the advanced technology node employed to build the SoC. . Same security certification . ThalesDigiSec ! .

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Technology Manufacturing IoT Mobile 100

Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2025

UNC3886 is a sophisticated China-linked cyber espionage group that targets network devices and virtualization technologies using zero-day exploits. Its primary focus is on defense, technology, and telecommunications sectors in the US and Asia.

Telecommunications 65

Telecommunications Malware DDOS Technology 65

Cisco Security

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In November 2020, the Telecommunications (Security) Bill was formally introduced to the UK’s House of Commons by the department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. What is the Telecommunications (Security) Act? Why has the Telecommunications (Security) Act been introduced?

Telecommunications 137

Telecommunications Data breaches Risk Government 137

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. The Industry Information technology's ability to connect and communicate has become integral to our society here in the digital age. Read more of the ACT

Telecommunications 52

Telecommunications IoT Firewall Encryption 52

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

“If you’re working today at the cutting edge of technology then geopolitics is interested in you, even if you’re not interested in geopolitics.” ” Commercial businesses in the technology sector of any size, especially small companies and start-ups and researchers, are more exposed to Chinese espionage. .

Telecommunications 143

Telecommunications Technology Government Firmware 143

Adam Levin

JANUARY 9, 2019

85% of the National Institute of Standards and Technology , which produces the Cybersecurity Framework of private and public sector security standards. 80% of the National Protection and Programs Directorate , which oversees the Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis and the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications.

Government 197

Government Cybersecurity Telecommunications Cyber Attacks 197

Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Meanwhile, the chairman of China's technology giant Huawei has pointed to NSA spying disclosed by Edward Snowden as a reason to mistrust US technology companies. Even so, these examples illustrate an important point: there's no escaping the technology of inevitable surveillance.

Surveillance 258

Surveillance Wireless Government Internet 258

Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

and European-based technology firms, such as the cyberattack on Airbus earlier this year. The primary targets of their data theft has closely aligned with the Chinese government’s stated 2025 priorities to gain dominance in emerging technologies including satellites, aviation, and telecommunications. .

Telecommunications 146

Telecommunications Government Technology Hacking 146

IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

It went into effect on 13 th August 2020 and addresses the new prohibition on the use of banned telecommunications equipment and services, while also clarifying the ban from 2019 on buying such equipment. There are five specific companies that fall under the category of ‘Prohibited Technology’. While Section 889 is a U.S. implicated.?Healthcare

Telecommunications 110

Telecommunications Surveillance Government Manufacturing 110

The Hacker News

JANUARY 6, 2024

Telecommunication, media, internet service providers (ISPs), information technology (IT)-service providers, and Kurdish websites in the Netherlands have been targeted as part of a new cyber espionage campaign undertaken by a Türkiye-nexus threat actor known as Sea Turtle.

Telecommunications 109

Telecommunications Media Internet Internet 109

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France won’t ban the Chinese giant Huawei from its upcoming 5G telecommunication networks. French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his government will not exclude Chinese telecom giant Huawei from the building of the upcoming 5G telecommunication networks.

Telecommunications 141

Telecommunications Advertising Technology Manufacturing 141

Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Last week, Syniverse, an international organization that provides technology and business services for several telecommunications companies, has confirmed it had suffered a massive attack that exposed billions of text messages and hundreds of customer login credentials for years.

Telecommunications 96

Telecommunications Business Services Technology Cybersecurity 96

CSO Magazine

MAY 3, 2023

The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) has approved a set of security specifications for internet of things (IoT) systems. The ITU-T is responsible for coordinating standards for telecommunications and information communication technology for cybersecurity. To read this article in full, please click here

IoT 88

IoT Telecommunications Technology Internet 88

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2022

Our technological world is advancing at dizzying speeds. While it may all sound risky, we should not shy away from adopting and leveraging complex technology like digital twins. Preparation and planning are key. The payoff and return on investment are too great to just ignore.

Artificial Intelligence 214

Artificial Intelligence Cyber Insurance Risk Telecommunications 214

Heimadal Security

APRIL 19, 2023

Following a ransomware attack back in March, sensitive employee data was compromised at CommScope, a major US telecommunications and IT infrastructure company. The Vice Society ransom gang claims to have published CommScope employee data on its dark web leak site.

Ransomware 105

Ransomware Telecommunications Technology Cybersecurity 105