Saturday , December 21 2024

Data Breach

Telecom giant “Frontier” Hit by Cyberattack, Some system shut

Frontier

Frontier Communications, a Texas-based telecom company, reported a cyberattack to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company offers internet services in over 25 states and had $5.75 billion in revenues in 2023. The company said it detected unauthorized access to its IT systems on April 14 and began instituting “containment …

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CYBERSECURITY AND DATA PROTECTION
Serious security breach hits EU police agency

Europol

They were supposed to be under lock and key, in a secure storage room deep inside Europol’s headquarters in The Hague. But a clutch of highly sensitive files containing the personal information of top law enforcement executives went missing last summer. Europe’s law enforcement agency has been mired in a …

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“Operation FlightNight”
Hackers Hit Indian Gov.t, Energy Sectors with Malware: EclecticIQ Report

India flag

A new spying campaign has been discovered that targets Indian government agencies and the energy sector, using a modified open-source tool called HackBrowserData to steal browser credentials, cookies, and history. Researchers from EclecticIQ, a Dutch cybersecurity firm, found a hacking campaign in early March. They didn’t identify the hackers but …

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Trend Micro report
Earth Krahang hackers breach 70 orgs in 23 countries

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The APT group ‘Earth Krahang’ has hacked 70 organizations and attacked at least 116 in 45 countries. Trend Micro researchers have been monitoring a campaign targeting government organizations since early 2022. The group targeted 116 organizations in 35 countries and confirmed at least 70 compromises, including organizations linked to world …

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‘Hell Paradise’ Claims
Government Websites in 49 Countries at Risk

dark web

According to FalconFeeds x post, a threat actor has listed 49 countries as part of an experiment. They also claim that over 1000 government sites are vulnerable. According to Cyber Express, the threat actor is promoting an onion website called ‘Hell Paradise’ which aims to obtain vulnerable government sites and …

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IMF email account compromised: Investigates ongoing

IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently experienced a cyber incident, which was detected on February 16, 2024. After further investigation with help from cybersecurity experts, the breach was identified, and steps were taken to fix it. The investigation found that 11 IMF email accounts were hacked. The affected accounts have …

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Bank of America warns customers of data breach

Bank of America

Bank of America is warning customers about a data breach that exposed their personal information due to a hack at one of its service providers, Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS), last year. The customer’s personal information that was exposed in the security breach includes their names, addresses, social security numbers, dates …

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