Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

The threat actors are spreading the malware through watering hole attacks targeting Tibet, Turkey, and Taiwan, The malware was first spotted in April 2020, but experts believe the ActionSpy spyware has been active at least since 2017. Attackers injected the malicious code to deploy the spyware in websites, some of them were actually fake.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 3, 2020

According to the OCCRP, Riviera Maya’s skimming devices allowed thieves to clone the cards, which were used to withdraw funds from ATMs in other countries — often halfway around the world in places like India, Indonesia, and Taiwan. This allowed the crime gang to steal approximately $20 million monthly.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2020

. “Positive Technologies expert Mikhail Klyuchnikov has discovered a vulnerability in the configuration interface of the BIG-IP application delivery controller (ADC) used by some of the world’s biggest companies.” ” reads the advisory published by Positive Technologies. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

Zoom is in communication with governments around the world and is focused on providing the information they need to make informed decisions about their policies.”. Other governments already banned the use of the Zoom platform due to security concerns, including Taiwan.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

US authorities are accusing the China-linked APT group of having launched cyberattacks on hundreds of organizations across the world. The defendants also compromised foreign government computer networks in India and Vietnam, and targeted, but did not compromise, government computer networks in the United Kingdom.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

According to Kaspersky Lab , FunnyDream has been active at least since 2018 and targeted high-profile entities in Malaysia, Taiwan and the Philippines. Opting for a command and control infrastructure deployed anywhere else in the world would have potentially raised some security alarms.” ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

. “During August, the Smominru botnet infected 90,000 machines around the world, with an infection rate of 4,700 machines per day. Countries with several thousands of infected machines include China, Taiwan, Russia, Brazil and the US.” ” reads the report published by the experts.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

” “At the same time, internet users who stake OIO tokens will have the opportunity to monetize on the time spent online by themselves and their peers on the World Wide Web,” he continued. ” Google and other search engines seem to know nothing about a Super Tech Ventures based in Taiwan.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2020

The malware was used by threat actors to target both enterprises and SMBs in several countries across the world, including the United States, Brazil, France, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 17, 2021

Anyone in the world can perform transactions or become a miner. Over the last three decades, the world has witnessed the power of open networks: blockchains , social media, the very web itself. Some of this control is through overt censorship, as China controls information about Taiwan, Tiananmen Square, and the Uyghurs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

billion from banks in Vietnam, Bangladesh , Taiwan, Mexico, Malta, and Africa. Assistant Attorney General John Demers defined the three hackers and the Lazarus Group as “the world’s leading bank robbers” and “a criminal syndicate with a flag.” million from BankIslami Pakistan Limited (BankIslami).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

As per the vendor’s statement, the flaw has been exploited in real-world scenarios, with incidents dating back to October 2022 at the very least. Earliest identified evidence of exploitation of CVE-2023-2868 is currently October 2022.” reads the update provided by the company. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2018

Early in August, a malware has infected systems at several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSMC is the world’s biggest contract manufacturer of chips for tech giants, including Apple and Qualcomm Inc. This tool was soon stolen by a hacking group named “ Shadow Brokers ” which leaked it to the world in April 2017.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2021

The case of a direct approach to company employees is the latest illustration of the ever-evolving and fluid nature of a ransomware landscape that has become a key threat to organizations around the world. Organizations in such countries as Italy, Taiwan and the UK also have been targeted by LockBit 2.0,

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world, the company presented latest cybercrime trends. According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world. Attacks on banks and their clients .

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Archive-It

MARCH 29, 2023

Guest post by Tyng-Ruey Chuang, Academia Sinica, Taiwan This post is part of a series written by members of the Community Webs program. They can be ephemeral and personal, yet universal at the same time as the pandemic is experienced by all over the world. For more information, visit communitywebs.archive-it.org. 拾穗者文化股份有限公司).

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Archives Blogs

MARCH 23, 2020

The intrepid tale spinner visited ten city parks five days a week with props and a full range of folktales, fairy tales, legends, and epics from all over the world. She was a long time resident of Greenwich Village and passed away at the age of 70 while working in Taiwan on translating and retelling the epic Journey to the West. .

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 8, 2019

Not only are we celebrating all the hard-working women in our company, but we are also taking this opportunity to acknowledge all women globally with our commitment to creating a more gender-balanced world. A: I grew up in Taiwan with two younger brothers. Q: Tell us a bit about yourself. to work in the field.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2018

AVTech is one of the world’s leading CCTV manufacturers, it is the largest public-listed company in the Taiwan surveillance industry. EliteLands is using a 2-years old exploit that could be used to trigger tens of well-known vulnerabilities in the AVTech firmware.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 6, 2023

Hsinchu, Taiwan – July 6, 2023 – Nuvoton Technology, one of the world’s leading suppliers of microcontrollers, has proudly launched its MUG51 8-bit MCU series of low power microcontrollers designed for battery-free devices.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2018

Security experts from Check Point have uncovered a ransomware-based campaign aimed at organizations around the world conducted by North Korea-linked threat actor. ” The HERMES ransomware was first spotted in October 2017 when it was involved in a targeted attack against the Far Eastern International Bank (FEIB) in Taiwan.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 13, 2015

Other topics of discussion included updates on privacy laws in China and Taiwan, managing research data, open data and access to open data, health data and privacy, and smart cities and IT. The previous day, the Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner hosted the International Conference on Big Data from a Privacy Perspective.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

The biggest campaign focused on Asia: since November 2018, Silence sent out close to 80,000 emails to organizations in Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea, the UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and China. About the author: Group-IB.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

I’m Robert Vamosi and in this episode I want to explore the world of how best to mitigate active threats against smaller organizations, from the point of view of someone who sits inside a virtual SOC. It makes sense; we can hire the best people from around the world. The point being now that the world is becoming smaller.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

In this period, however, there have already been 9 successful attacks in Nepal, Taiwan, Russia, Mexico, India, Bulgaria, and Chile. In the previous period, three such attacks were recorded: in Hong Kong, Ukraine, and Turkey.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2023

. “The Biden administration is hunting for malicious computer code it believes China has hidden deep inside the networks controlling power grids, communications systems and water supplies that feed military bases in the United States and around the world, according to American military, intelligence and national security officials.”

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Maggie, the researchers say, has already affected at least 285 servers in 42 countries, with a particular focus on South Korea, India, Vietnam, China, and Taiwan. While it’s unclear how an attack with the malware is performed in the real world, Aydinbas and Wauer said the attacker has to have valid credentials to load it into the server.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2023

military procurement system Spoofing an Apple device and tricking users into sharing sensitive data Israel and US to Invest $3.85 Million in projects for critical infrastructure protection through the BIRD Cyber Program N. military procurement system Spoofing an Apple device and tricking users into sharing sensitive data Israel and US to Invest $3.85

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ForAllSecure

JULY 14, 2021

I'm attending in person this year, as are a lot of people in the InfoSec world. So, leaving our homes, traveling is the best way to overcome that fear that we have of the rest of the world. Okay, but you look closely and alone, the do-it-yourself model for security conferences has since spread to all parts of the world today.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This network targeted several regions across the world, including Taiwan, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan, and global Chinese-speaking audiences. The pages were likely acquired from spam operators with built-in inauthentic followers primarily from Vietnam, Bangladesh and Brazil.

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Data Matters

MAY 19, 2022

The Declaration affirms that the signatories are committed to defending the Internet, to governing it by a multi-stakeholder approach, and to promoting an open, free, global, interoperable, reliable, and secure Internet for the world. The Declaration is in response to a trend of rising digital authoritarianism.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Amount Country 1141 China 549 United States 99 Canada 92 Russia 88 Hong Kong 81 Germany 65 Austria 61 France 57 Italy 50 Taiwan 36 Sweden 31 Spain 30 Vietnam 29 Netherlands 28 South Korea 27 United Kingdom 26 India 21 Ukraine 18 Brazil 17 Denmark. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

After a nslookup on all IPs, I found that among the victims there are some Banks, many.gov domains and thousands of companies around the world. The compilation contains 49,577 IP addresses vulnerable to Fortinet SSL VPN CVE-2018-13379 , according to Bank Security, who first noticed the leak on Twitter. Geomap of impacted countries.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Victim organizations are small and medium-sized businesses located in Argentina, China, Cyprus, India, Israel, Lebanon, Switzerland, Russia, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. Kaspersky experts identified a previously unknown backdoor, dubbed PowerPepper , that the group has been using in attacks since mid-July.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Researchers from ESET discovered a new cyberespionage group, tracked as FamousSparrow, that has been targeting hotels worldwide around the world since at least 2019. Researchers spotted a new cyberespionage group, dubbed FamousSparrow, that used ProxyLogon exploits to target hotels worldwide.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 11, 2023

The idea of being able to ask simple questions and get world-class expert answers in just about any area of knowledge is staggering. The quality of the phish templates is excellent and representative of the real world. link] Virtual Vaca #2 to the island of Grand Gran Canaria, little big world & time lapse: [link] 5 Times Fooler?

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) IT services Taiwan Yes 2,451,197 RMH Franchise Corporation Source (New) Hospitality USA Yes 1.5 TB Paysign, Inc. Source (New) Finance USA Yes 1,242,575 Eastern Radiologists, Inc. Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3

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