Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

An international law enforcement operation infiltrated the encrypted communications app Ghost, designed for criminal use, leading to numerous arrests. An international law enforcement operation infiltrated the encrypted messaging app Ghost, which was widely used by criminals, resulting in the arrest of dozens of individuals.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2025

“NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) discovered that its facilities had been illegally accessed on February 5, and confirmed on February 6 that some information may have been leaked (hereinafter referred to as the “Incident”).” ” reads the data breach notification published by the company.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2025

Researcher Kevin Beaumont said that Oracle has only issued verbal breach notifications to cloud customers, with no written communication provided. Oracle need to clearly, openly and publicly communicate what happened, how it impacts customers, and what theyre doing about it. “Oracle Corp. This is not okay. ” Beaumont wrote.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

broadband providers and gained access to private communications of a limited number of U.S. telecoms, compromising networks to steal call records and access private communications, mainly of government and political figures. China-linked threat actors breached U.S. government officials. broadband providers. reported the WSJ.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

telecoms, compromising networks to steal call records and access private communications, mainly of government and political figures. The US agencies confirmed that Chinese threat actors had compromised the private communications of a “limited number” of government officials following the compromise of multiple U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2025

Rolling XOR Key: Utilized for encrypting communications with the command-and-control (C2) server, with key sizes varying among variants. FakeTLS Headers: Employed to mimic legitimate TLS traffic, aiding in evasion of network-based detections. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

were added to the lab on October 3, and officials hypothesize that these devices may have communicated with other iPhones in AFU mode, triggering a reboot if they were inactive or off-network. That communication sent a signal to devices to reboot after so much time had transpired since device activity or being off network.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2025

Mojo is Googles IPC library for Chromium-based browsers, managing sandboxed processes for secure communication. Kaspersky researchers Boris Larin (@oct0xor) and Igor Kuznetsov (@2igosha) reported the vulnerability on March 20, 2025. “Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2025-2783 exists in the wild.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

” International Game Technology has yet to determine the full impact of the cyberattack but is communicating with stakeholders and implementing business continuity plans to mitigate disruptions. The Company’s ongoing investigation and response include efforts to bring its systems back online.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2024

ConnectOnCall is a telehealth platform and after-hours on-call answering service designed to enhance communication between healthcare providers and patients. ConnectOnCall disclosed a data breach impacting over 900,000 individuals, exposing their personal information. Federal law enforcement was also notified.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 18, 2025

With highly sensitive information and disruptions to medical care at stake during cyberattacks on healthcare organizations, it's vital for these entities to carefully consider details of their communications plans well in advance of suffering a serious incident, said Tom Bolitho of FTI Consulting.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The charges being pursued by investigators include criminal conspiracy for unauthorized access to computer systems, illegal interception, falsification of electronic communications, disclosure of confidential information, aiding and abetting, and extortion. ” reads a statement from a lawyer for Del Vecchio.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

telecoms, compromising networks to steal call records and access private communications, mainly of government and political figures. The US agencies confirmed that Chinese threat actors have compromised the private communications of a “limited number” of government officials following the compromise of multiple U.S. reported the WSJ.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2024

A communication campaign will inform users and non-users on how to oppose the use of their personal data for AI training, ensuring they can exercise their GDPR rights. OpenAI claims the fine is disproportionate and announced it will appeal.

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Artificial Intelligence Personal data Data collection Privacy 270

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

According to Microsoft, the campaign aimed at building capabilities that could disrupt critical communications infrastructure between the United States and Asia region in the case of future crises. The group also relies on customized versions of open-source tools for C2 communications and stay under the radar.

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e-Discovery Communications Ransomware Government 310

Collaboration 2.0

APRIL 14, 2025

How Pixel phones are helping researchers decipher dolphin communication.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Guidelines to secure the Palo Alto management interface include isolating it on a dedicated management VLAN, using jump servers for access, limiting inbound IP addresses to approved management devices, and allowing only secure communication (SSH, HTTPS) and PING for connectivity testing.

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Authentication Cybersecurity Access Communications 294

Collaboration 2.0

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Many consumers are happy to communicate with an AI agent but also want to know when that conversation is happening.

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Communications 363

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

were added to the lab on October 3, and officials hypothesize that these devices may have communicated with other iPhones in AFU mode, triggering a reboot if they were inactive or off-network. Three iPhones running iOS 18.0 This could impact both evidence and personal devices running iOS 18.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Guidelines to secure the Palo Alto management interface include isolating it on a dedicated management VLAN, using jump servers for access, limiting inbound IP addresses to approved management devices, and allowing only secure communication (SSH, HTTPS) and PING for connectivity testing.

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WIRED Threat Level

APRIL 30, 2024

Experts warn these attacks could potentially impact critical infrastructure, communication networks, and more. Thousands of planes and ships are facing GPS jamming and spoofing.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Company Shifts Cyber Focus to QNX and Secure Communications as Key Growth Drivers As Cylance continues to incur significant losses, BlackBerry is reallocating resources toward its more promising QNX and secure communications teams.

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WIRED Threat Level

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023 pulls from past privacy bills to overhaul how police and the feds access Americans’ data and communications.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 10, 2024

CKW's Yann Gosteli on Optimizing Communication Networks With Future-Proof Tech Swiss utility giant Centralschweizerische Kraftwerke has transformed its legacy operational communication network with a hybrid multiservice platform.

Communications 293

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2024

“LunarWeb, deployed on servers, uses HTTP(S) for its C&C communications and mimics legitimate requests, while LunarMail, deployed on workstations, is persisted as an Outlook add-in and uses email messages for its C&C communications.” ” reads the report published by ESET. ” continues the report.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 21, 2024

Hackers Exploited Coding Error, Says Australian Communications and Media Authority Hackers behind the leak of 10 million records from Australia's second-largest telecommunications carrier Optus exploited a vulnerability the company unwittingly inserted four years earlier into a web portal access control, said the Australian Communications and Media (..)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Communicating with other departments and stakeholders is a big part of working in a SOC, but this can be extremely frustrating when those audiences fail to understand technical language or complex security findings.

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Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Risk Data collection 340

Collaboration 2.0

APRIL 1, 2025

These apps and services help you communicate without putting your identity or data at risk from prying eyes. Privacy matters.

Communications 279

Communications Privacy Risk 279

Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2025

“Individuals in the recruitment process should verify the authenticity of CrowdStrike communications and avoid downloading unsolicited files.” The executable then downloads a text file containing XMRig configuration details to initiate mining activities. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined the largest U.S. The Communications Act mandates that telecommunications carriers safeguard the confidentiality of specific customer data, including location information, about telecommunications services. The FCC has fined four major U.S.

Communications 310

Communications Insurance Access IT 310

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

According to Sekoia, the operators have enhanced the botnet’s communication shifting away from using open SOCKS proxies for relaying malicious traffic in an attempt to evade detection. The botnet now uses the KCP protocol, which communicates over UDP via a new tool called FsyNet. ” reads the report.

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Data Matters

APRIL 11, 2025

On April 9, 2025 the European Commission adopted a communication on the so-called AI Continent Action Plan - its strategy to shape the next phase of AI development in Europe, with consultation to follow.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2024

The clusters show communications inbound to FIN7 infrastructure from IP addresses assigned to Post Ltd (Russia) and Smart Ape (Estonia), respectively. “Over the past 30 days, we observed these IP addresses communicating with at least 15 Stark-assigned hosts, which we associate with the TTPs referenced in the research by Silent Push.

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Communications Cloud Cybersecurity Security 338

Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2024

Terrorist groups are increasingly using cyberspace and digital communication channels to plan and execute attacks. Yesterday Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray expressed growing concerns over the potential for a coordinated foreign terrorist attack in the United States.

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