Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Russia-linked APT group Sandworm has hacked eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between since May 2023. The Russia-linked APT group Sandworm (UAC-0165) has compromised eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between May and September 2023, reported the Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA).

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 28, 2022

So an AirTag addressed to a telecommunications authority based in one part of Germany, ends up in the offices of an intelligence agency based in another part of the country. Wittmann’s research is also now detailed in the German Wikipedia entry for the federal telecommunications service.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2024

The RansomHub ransomware group added the American telecommunications company Frontier Comunications to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. The RansomHub ransomware group claimed to have stolen the information of over 2 million customers from the American telecommunications company Frontier Communications.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 2, 2021

Of course this is hackable: A sophisticated telecommunications satellite that can be completely repurposed while in space has launched. […]. Because the satellite can be reprogrammed in orbit, it can respond to changing demands during its lifetime. […].

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

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

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This is interesting: A company that is a critical part of the global telecommunications infrastructure used by AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and several others around the world such as Vodafone and China Mobile, quietly disclosed that hackers were inside its systems for years, impacting more than 200 of its clients and potentially millions of cellphone (..)

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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’. Kyivstar has over 25 million mobile customers and […] The post Ukraine’s Largest Telecommunication Provider Paralysed by a Massive Cyberattack appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 5, 2024

It seems that the FCC might be fixing the vulnerabilities in SS7 and the Diameter protocol: On March 27 the commission asked telecommunications providers to weigh in and detail what they are doing to prevent SS7 and Diameter vulnerabilities from being misused to track consumers’ locations.

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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. BT Group (formerly British Telecom)’s Conferencing division shut down some of its servers following a Black Basta ransomware attack.

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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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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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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.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 19, 2025

” Knocknoc is already in use in Australian and US critical infrastructure, large telecommunications networks and media companies. . “Knocknoc is a terrific way for organisations to quickly and easily reduce their exposure to the types of attacks that are plaguing enterprises right now,” said Gray.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

SIAM gives the government’s Communications Regulatory Authority ­—Iran’s telecommunications regulator ­—turnkey access to the activities and capabilities of the country’s mobile users.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In this video, we delve into the world of cybercrime with our feature on the Salt Typhoon incident, where hackers successfully breached major telecommunications companies. With expert commentary and in-depth analysis, this video is essential viewing for anyone interested in cybersecurity, tech news, or protecting their digital privacy.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Cyber attackers are using malicious emails to infiltrate critical national infrastructure, like utilities, transport, telecommunications, and now data centres.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 21, 2022

They’re using commercial phones, which go through the Ukrainian telecom network : “You still have a lot of soldiers bringing cellphones to the frontline who want to talk to their families and they are either being intercepted as they go through a Ukrainian telecommunications provider or intercepted over the air,” said Alperovitch.

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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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Schneier on Security

JULY 24, 2019

I served for many years as the general counsel of a large telecommunications concern. CALEA imposes a statutory duty on telecommunications carriers to maintain the capability to provide lawful access to communications over their facilities. That telecommunications company was GTE­which became Verizon.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 25, 2023

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

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The group serves various sectors, including finance, government, healthcare, and telecommunications. Founded in 1989, LANIT offers a wide range of IT solutions, including system integration, software development, cybersecurity, cloud services, and IT consulting.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 14, 2019

I served for many years as the general counsel of a large telecommunications concern. CALEA imposes a statutory duty on telecommunications carriers to maintain the capability to provide lawful access to communications over their facilities. That telecommunications company was GTE -- which became Verizon.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 20, 2019

Last Saturday, Zipcar had a system outage : "an outage experienced by a third party telecommunications vendor disrupted connections between the company's vehicles and its reservation software.". This isn't a security story, but it easily could have been. That didn't just mean people couldn't get cars they reserved.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The service, marketed in the underground under the name “ SMS Bandits ,” has been responsible for blasting out huge volumes of phishing lures spoofing everything from COVID-19 pandemic relief efforts to PayPal, telecommunications providers and tax revenue agencies. ” SMS Bandits offered an SMS phishing (a.k.a.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

telecommunication and internet service providers. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Chinese firm Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., for its involvement in the activities of the Salt Typhoon APT group, which recently compromised multiple U.S.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Microsoft is also disrupting Trickbot : We disrupted Trickbot through a court order we obtained as well as technical action we executed in partnership with telecommunications providers around the world. To execute this action, Microsoft formed an international group of industry and telecommunications providers.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

.” The report examines the regulatory approaches taken by four countries—the US, the UK, Australia, and Singapore—to secure home, medical, and networking/telecommunications devices.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A botnet attack on German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom in late 2016 that knocked out about 1 million customers' routers also appears to have come from the data center in Traben-Trarbach, Brauer said.

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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).

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Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The caution comes after Chinese-state-affiliated breaches of American telecommunication networks. Organizations with Cisco infrastructure should take particular note.

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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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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2025

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