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NCSC warns of a surge in ransomware attacks on education institutions

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks targeting education institutions. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks against education institutions. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Nation-state actors target Australia, Government warns

Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2020

A state-based actor is launching cyber attacks against government, public services and businesses, Australia ‘s prime minister said. Australia ‘s prime minister Scott Morrison said that a “state-based actor” is targeting government, public services, and businesses.

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Is Gelsemium APT behind a targeted attack in Southeast Asian Government?

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A stealthy APT group tracked as Gelsemium was observed targeting a Southeast Asian government between 2022 and 2023. Palo Alto Unit42 researchers an APT group tracked as Gelsemium targeting a Southeast Asian government. The experts tracked the cluster as CL-STA-0046, the malicious activity spanned over six months between 2022-2023.

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FBI and CISA joint alert blames Russia’s Energetic Bear APT for US government networks hack

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The US government declared that Russia-linked APT group Energetic Bear has breached US government networks and exfiltrated data. state, local, territorial, and tribal (SLTT) government networks, as well as aviation networks. . ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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China-linked hackers target government agencies by exploiting flaws in Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems, and MS Exchange

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

CISA published an advisory on China-linked groups targeting government agencies by exploiting flaws in Microsoft Exchange, Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems. Chinese state-sponsored hackers have probed US government networks looking for vulnerable networking devices that could be compromised with exploits for recently disclosed vulnerabilities.

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FBI issued a flash alert about Netwalker ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

and foreign government organizations. and foreign government organizations. and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the alert.

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CIRWA Project tracks ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

According to the summary findings related to the period 2013-2020, the most targeted critical infrastructures are government facilities, followed by education and healthcare. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Thinkful forces a password reset for all users after a data breach

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The online education platform for developers Thinkful suffered a security breach and is notifying the incident to its customers requiring them to reset their passwords. Hackers had access to certain information, such as government-issued IDs and Social Security numbers, or financial information. ” continues the notification.

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China-linked APT41 group exploits Citrix, Cisco, Zoho flaws

Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2020

The group hit entities in several industries, including the gaming, healthcare, high-tech, higher education, telecommunications, and travel services industries. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. concludes the report. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Crooks target Healthcare facilities involved in Coronavirus containment with Ransomware

Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

PaloAlto Networks experts warn of malicious Coronavirus themed phishing campaigns targeting government and medical organizations. Recently organizations in healthcare, research, and government facilities have been hit by Coronavirus-themed attacks that deployed multiple malware families, including ransomware and information stealers (i.e.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 253

Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for collecting student data through its Education Platform. ObliqueRAT, a new malware employed in attacks on government targets in Southeast Asia. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The best news of the week with Security Affairs.

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Operators behind Dark Caracal are still alive and operational

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

The Bandook was spotted last time in 2015 and 2017 campaigns, dubbed “ Operation Manul ” and “ Dark Caracal “, respectively attributed to Kazakh and the Lebanese governments. This circumstance suggests that the implant was developed by a third-party actor and used by multiple APT groups.

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Steelcase office furniture giant hit by Ryuk ransomware attack

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Steelcase is a US-based furniture company that produces office furniture, architectural and technology products for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world.

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Threat actors found a way to bypass mitigation F5 BIG-IP CVE-2020-5902 flaw

Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

The BIG-IP product is an application delivery controller (ADC), it is used by government agencies and major business, including banks, services providers and IT giants like Facebook, Microsoft and Oracle. Many of the targeted systems belong to government agencies, healthcare providers, educational organizations, and financial institutions.

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Data leak exposes sensitive data of all Ecuador ‘citizens

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Data were left unsecured online on a misconfigured Elasticsearch server, exposed data includes full PII, marital status and date of marriage, level of education, financial info, and more. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The server contained a total of 20.8 ” continues the post.

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DePriMon downloader uses a never seen installation technique

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The group is very sophisticated and used zero-day exploits and complex malware to conduct targeted attacks against governments and organizations in almost every industry, including financial, energy, telecommunications, and education, aerospace. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Russia-Linked Turla APT group Hijacked C2 of the Iranian OilRig

Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2019

Turla (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ), has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations and private businesses. The three recent Turla campaigns targeted governments and international organizations worldwide. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Turla, hacking).

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Purple Lambert, a new malware of CIA-linked Lambert APT group

Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

A deeper analysis of some of these samples revealed that they were compiled in 2014 and used in the wild between 2014 and 2015. According to the firm, the US cyber spies are targeting various industry sectors and government agencies. These malware strains did not present any similarities with malware associated with other APT groups.

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GCHQ implements World War II cipher machines in encryption app CyberChef

Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

UK intelligence agency GCHQ, as part of the celebration of its centenary , has released emulators for World War II cipher machines that can be executed in the encryption app CyberChef released for educational purposes. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Problem With the Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act

Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

The Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act may provide business owners with access to government-level tools to secure small business against attacks. can hope for at present and an encouraging sign that the problem is on the government’s radar. It’s as bipartisan a bill as the U.S. state and territory.

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Symantec uncovered the link between China-Linked Thrip and Billbug groups

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The group has continued launching attacks against entities in Southeast Asia, including military, satellite communications, media and educational organizations. The targets of the two groups show significant overlap, Billbug also targeted organizations many military and government organizations in South Asia since at least January 2009.

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New Bedford city infected with Ryuk ransomware, but did not pay $5.3M ransom

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

RYUK has been implicated in attacks on government, education, and private sector networks around the nation and the world.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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FritzFrog cryptocurrency P2P botnet targets Linux servers over SSH

Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in government, education, and finance sectors. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Access to over 3,000 compromised sites sold on Russian black marketplace MagBo

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Most of the compromised websites are e-commerce sites, but crooks also offered access to websites of organizations in healthcare, legal, education and insurance industries and belonging to government agencies. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Russian, or German hosting services.

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University, Professional Certification or Direct Experience?

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

but that recursive question raised a more general question: what are the differences between cybersecurity educational models? The education process is based upon the information to be shared, by meaning that information is the “starting brick” of education. Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash. Edited by Pierluigi Paganini.

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US CISA warns of attacks exploiting CVE-2020-5902 flaw in F5 BIG-IP

Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2020

The BIG-IP product is an application delivery controller (ADC), it is used by government agencies and major business, including banks, services providers and IT giants like Facebook, Microsoft and Oracle. Many of the targeted systems belong to government agencies, healthcare providers, educational organizations, and financial institutions.

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NetWalker ransomware operators have made $25 million since March 2020

Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

and foreign government organizations. and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. reads the alert. public health organization. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DOJ indicts Fxmsp hacker for selling access to hacked businesses

Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

The name Fxmsp refers a high-profile Russian- and English-speaking hacking group focused on breaching high-profile private corporate and government information. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Attorney Brian T. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Experts observed the growth of hi-tech crime landscape in Asia in 2018

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

Group-IB specialists discovered 19 928 of Singaporean banks’ cards that have shown up for sale in the dark web in 2018 and found hundreds of compromised government portals’ credentials stolen by hackers throughout past 2 years. Users’ logins and passwords from the Government Technology Agency ( [link] [.] Underground market economy.

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Russia-linked STRONTIUM APT targets IoT devices to hack corporate networks

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes Microsoft.

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CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

The servers belong to state government, educational, healthcare, and humanitarian aid organizations and each of them had been defaced or presented attempts to upload a webshell. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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TA505 group updates tactics and expands the list of targets

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

The TA505 also targeted government agencies in Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar using another type of.XLS or.DOC attachments. “We found another routine from a campaign targeting government agencies in Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar with another type of.XLS or.DOC attachment. ” continues the report. XLS or VBA.DOC macros.”

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Iran-Linked Seedworm APT target orgs in the Middle East

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

PowGoop appears to have been employed in attacks aimed at governments, education, oil and gas, real estate, technology, and telecoms organizations in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Iraq, Israel, Georgia, Turkey, and Vietnam. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Related: What local government can do to repel ransomware Ransomware came into existence in 1989 as a primitive program dubbed the AIDS Trojan that was spreading via 5.25-inch File encryption 2013 – 2015. The newsmaking emergence of CTB-Locker in 2014 and the CryptoWall ransomware in 2015 fully demonstrated this multi-pronged shift.

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Critical flaws affect Jira Service Desk and Jira Service Desk Data Center

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

The security researchers Satnam Narang of Tenable reported that tens of thousands of installs are exposed online, the IT ticketing application is widely adopted in several sectors including the healthcare, government, education and manufacturing industry. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Previously undocumented Aoqin Dragon APT targets entities in Southeast Asia and Australia

Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2022

SentinelOne documented a series of attacks aimed at government, education, and telecom entities in Southeast Asia and Australia carried out by a previously undocumented Chinese-speaking APT tracked as Aoqin Dragon. The APT primary focus on cyberespionage against targets in Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam.

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FBI and DHS CISA issue alerts on e-skimming attacks

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

“This warning is specifically targeted to small and medium-sized businesses and government agencies that take credit card payments online. Educate employees about safe cyber practices. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The only way to tackle this challenge is to educate the users about these threats and their potential implications. Users could leave all the responsibility to governments and other institutions. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. So, we believe that there needs to be a balance.

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Thinking of Hiring or Running a Booter Service? Think Again.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

The government seized four-dozen booter domains, and criminally charged Dobbs and five other U.S. But the government’s core claim — that operating a booter site is a violation of U.S. man charged in the government’s first 2018 mass booter bust-up. men for allegedly operating stresser services. Charles, Ill.

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2.6 billion records exposed in 2,308 disclosed data breaches in H1

Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2018

The most affected sector is the business one (40%), followed by healthcare (8.3%), government (8.2%), and education (4.5%). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “It’s not easy to characterize 2.6 40% of the organizations were not classified in the report, a not negligible percentage.

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NetWalker ransomware operators have made $25 million since March 2020

Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

and foreign government organizations. and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. reads the alert. public health organization. Pierluigi Paganini.

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P&G online beauty store First Aid Beauty hit by Magecart attack

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2019

As part of the Cyber Security Month, the FBI is urging organizations, especially small and medium-sized businesses and government agencies, to adopt the necessary countermeasures to prevent e-skimming attacks. Educate employees about safe cyber practices. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Merit is an acronym for the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad. The early Cyber Range hubs were mainly used to help educate and certify military technicians and cybersecurity professionals at selected companies. Merit has a fascinating heritage. But the program has steadily morphed.

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Piping botnet: Researchers warns of possible cyberattacks against urban water services

Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2018

“However, municipalities and local government entities have adopted new green technology using IoT smart irrigation systems to replace traditional sprinkler systems, and they don’t have the same critical infrastructure security standards.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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NCSC warns of a surge in ransomware attacks on education institutions

Nation-state actors target Australia, Government warns

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Is Gelsemium APT behind a targeted attack in Southeast Asian Government?

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FBI and CISA joint alert blames Russia’s Energetic Bear APT for US government networks hack

China-linked hackers target government agencies by exploiting flaws in Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems, and MS Exchange

FBI issued a flash alert about Netwalker ransomware attacks

CIRWA Project tracks ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure

Thinkful forces a password reset for all users after a data breach

China-linked APT41 group exploits Citrix, Cisco, Zoho flaws

Crooks target Healthcare facilities involved in Coronavirus containment with Ransomware

Security Affairs newsletter Round 253

Operators behind Dark Caracal are still alive and operational

Steelcase office furniture giant hit by Ryuk ransomware attack

Threat actors found a way to bypass mitigation F5 BIG-IP CVE-2020-5902 flaw

Data leak exposes sensitive data of all Ecuador ‘citizens

DePriMon downloader uses a never seen installation technique

Russia-Linked Turla APT group Hijacked C2 of the Iranian OilRig

Purple Lambert, a new malware of CIA-linked Lambert APT group

GCHQ implements World War II cipher machines in encryption app CyberChef

The Problem With the Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act

Symantec uncovered the link between China-Linked Thrip and Billbug groups

New Bedford city infected with Ryuk ransomware, but did not pay $5.3M ransom

FritzFrog cryptocurrency P2P botnet targets Linux servers over SSH

Access to over 3,000 compromised sites sold on Russian black marketplace MagBo

University, Professional Certification or Direct Experience?

US CISA warns of attacks exploiting CVE-2020-5902 flaw in F5 BIG-IP

NetWalker ransomware operators have made $25 million since March 2020

DOJ indicts Fxmsp hacker for selling access to hacked businesses

Experts observed the growth of hi-tech crime landscape in Asia in 2018

Russia-linked STRONTIUM APT targets IoT devices to hack corporate networks

CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in the wild

TA505 group updates tactics and expands the list of targets

Iran-Linked Seedworm APT target orgs in the Middle East

SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

Critical flaws affect Jira Service Desk and Jira Service Desk Data Center

Previously undocumented Aoqin Dragon APT targets entities in Southeast Asia and Australia

FBI and DHS CISA issue alerts on e-skimming attacks

IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Thinking of Hiring or Running a Booter Service? Think Again.

2.6 billion records exposed in 2,308 disclosed data breaches in H1

NetWalker ransomware operators have made $25 million since March 2020

P&G online beauty store First Aid Beauty hit by Magecart attack

MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow

Piping botnet: Researchers warns of possible cyberattacks against urban water services

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