Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Vietnam-linked APT group APT32 , also known as OceanLotus and APT-C-00, carried out cyber espionage campaigns against Chinese entities to gather intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis. Now the Facebook security team has revealed the real identity of APT32 , linking the group to an IT company in Vietnam named CyberOne Group. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2023

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Meet Balikbayan Foxes: a threat group impersonating the Philippine gov’t. Experts uncovered a new threat actor, tracked as Balikbayan Foxes, that is impersonating the Philippine government to spread malware. . Victims of the group are located in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. . ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Symantec researchers reported that cyberespionage group APT41 targeted organizations in Hong Kong in a campaign that is a likely continuation of the Operation CuckooBees activity detailed by Cybereason in May. Winnti (aka APT41 , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly) is a cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2023

China-linked APT group VANGUARD PANDA, aka Volt Typhoon, was spotted observing a novel tradecraft to gain initial access to target networks. CrowdStrike researchers observed the China-linked APT group VANGUARD PANDA, aka Volt Typhoon , using a novel tradecraft to gain initial access to target networks.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. It has since been confirmed by Anukul Peedkaew, the permanent secretary of social development and human security.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

authorities have seized the darknet websites run by LockBit , a prolific and destructive ransomware group that has claimed more than 2,000 victims worldwide and extorted over $120 million in payments. This prompted several XSS members to start posting memes taunting the group about the security failure.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the seizure of the Tor leak site of the AlphV/Blackcat ransomware group. The FBI seized the Tor leak site of the AlphV/Blackcat ransomware group and replaced the home page with the announcement of the seizure. the fashion giant Moncler , the Swissport , NCR , and Western Digital.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2022

has indicted four Russian government employees for their involvement in attacks on entities in critical infrastructure. has indicted four Russian government employees for their role in cyberattacks targeting hundreds of companies and organizations in the energy sector worldwide between 2012 and 2018. ” continues the DoJ.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2023

Multinational IT corporation MSI (Micro-Star International) confirms security breach after Money Message ransomware gang claimed the hack. Micro-Star International AKA MSI designs, manufactures, and sells motherboards and graphics cards for customers in the United States, Canada, and internationally.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

LockBit claims responsibility for Capital Health security incident The LockBit ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Capital Health , a healthcare provider in Pennington, New Jersey, last November. The group has allegedly exfiltrated more than 10 million files. Data breached: 41,500,000 records.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. Source New Manufacturing USA Yes 20,415 TECA Srl Source New Transport Italy Yes 16.7 Known records breached Zenlayer Source New Telecoms USA Yes 384,658,212 ASA Electronics Source New Engineering USA Yes 2.7

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure. In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The FBI and CISA warn of attacks carried out by the Rhysida ransomware group against organizations across multiple industry sectors. The report is part of the ongoing #StopRansomware effort that disseminates advisories about tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with ransomware groups.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers. Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten, also known as Fox Kitten or Parisite, is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

In this blog, and in and accompanying interview with our colleague Daniel Hjort from Nexus Group, we discuss the challenges that industry faces to ensure safe deployment and management of IoT technologies. According to Maciej Kranz, Cisco VP for strategic innovation, writing for IoTechExpo.com , “[In 2018] IoT security will become the No.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure. In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

China-linked Curious Gorge APT is targeting Russian government agencies, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that an APT group linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA SSF), tracked as Curious Gorge , is targeting Russian government agencies.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 21, 2021

Reports that the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was used by governments to spy on Apple iPhones used by journalists, activists, government officials and business executives is becoming a global controversy for NSO, Apple and a number of governments at the center of the scandal. Journalists, Government Officials Targeted.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2020

ZLab researchers spotted a new malicious espionage activity targeting Italian companies operating worldwide in the manufacturing sector. The group behind this activity is the same we identified in the past malicious operations described in Roma225 (12/2018), Hagga (08/2019), Mana (09/2019), YAKKA (01/2020). Introduction.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

government offers rewards of up to $10 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware gang leaders. This additional reward aims to target affiliated and initial access brokers involved and that facilitated the attacks of the group. critical infrastructure.”

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

21, 2023 — MxD, the Digital Manufacturing and Cybersecurity Institute, today hosted a roundtable discussion with the White House Office of the National Cyber Director. Each participating organization is committed to developing cyber skills and programs to train the workforce across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

. “This trend is believed to be a response to the encouragement from ALPHV Blackcat administrators, who urged affiliates to focus their efforts on hospitals following operational actions against the group and its infrastructure in early December 2023.” reads the press release. “To

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2020

The China-linked group tracked as APT41 exploited vulnerabilities in Citrix, Cisco, and ManageEngine in a campaign on a global scale. The China-linked cyberespionage group tracked as APT41 exploited vulnerabilities in Citrix, Cisco, and Zoho ManageEngine in a campaign on a global scale. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A BlackCat ransomware attack hit UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum causing an outage impacting the Change Healthcare payment exchange platform. A ransomware attack hit the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum leading to an outage impacting the Change Healthcare payment exchange platform. ” reads the SEC filing.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The ransomware operation has been active since late December 2019, the FBI published two flash alert to warn of the operation of the group. The Ragnar Locker group focuses on extortion, in some cases it did not deploy ransomware, instead it only stole the victim’s data threatening to leak it.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2020

The Coronavirus has prompted thousands of information security professionals to volunteer their skills in upstart collaborative efforts aimed at frustrating cybercriminals who are seeking to exploit the crisis for financial gain. At least three major industry groups are working to counter the latest cyber threats and scams.

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IT Governance

MAY 7, 2024

At least 191 Australian organisations affected by ZircoDATA ransomware attack The ransomware group BlackBasta listed Australia-based ZircoDATA as a victim in February, allegedly exfiltrating 395 GB of data. Source (New) IT services USA Yes 1,382 Worthen Industries Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Manufacturing USA Yes 1,277 R.J.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of an escalation in LockBit 2.0 Experts warn of active exploitation of the CVE-2018-13379 , a security bug heavily exploited by LockBit to breach networks. ransomware. in Australia since 2020.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command, and international partners released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn that Russia-linked threat actors are using compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters (EdgeRouters) to evade detection in cyber operations worldwide. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2020

The Vietnam-linked cyberespionage group tracked as APT32 carried out hacking campaigns against Chinese entities to collect intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis. Vietnam-linked APT group APT32 , also known as OceanLotus and APT-C-00, carried out cyber espionage campaigns against Chinese entities to gather intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

. “As of January 2022, the FBI has identified at least 52 entities across 10 critical infrastructure sectors affected by RagnarLocker ransomware, including entities in the critical manufacturing, energy, financial services, government, and information technology sectors,” reads the FBI’s flash alert.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 303 appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Researchers from threat hunting and intelligence firm Group-IB have detected a successful attack by a ransomware gang tracked as OldGremlin. Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has detected a successful attack by a ransomware gang, codenamed OldGremlin. Unsought invoice.

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