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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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JANUARY 4, 2024

Nation-State Hackers Blamed for Severing Communications to 24 Million Citizens Ukraine's security intelligence chief said Russian hackers had been responsible for severing internet access and mobile communications from telecom operator Kyivstar in December, after compromising the firm's network months ago.

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

based Intrado — until last year known as West Safety Communications — a provider of 911 and emergency communications infrastructure, systems and services to telecommunications companies and public safety agencies throughout the country. Intrado did not respond to multiple requests for comment. .

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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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AUGUST 10, 2021

Platform Attempts to Communicate With Hackers Hackers have breached the blockchain-based Poly Network platform to steal more than $600 million in cryptocurrency, the platform announced Tuesday as it attempted to communicate with the hackers.

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MARCH 12, 2021

Audit Stresses Need for Better Communication With Companies Although CISA has made significant strides since it was established in 2018, the agency still has important work to do to fulfill its cybersecurity and national security obligations, the GAO finds.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

Incident Reflects Threats Facing Those Involved in COVID-19 Response A manufacturer of transit communication systems that pivoted to build ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic is reportedly the latest victim of the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Researchers Spot Vulnerability in Application-Layer Communication Protocol A new type of denial-of-service threat can disrupt an estimated 300,000 internet hosts that are at risk of exploitation.

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APRIL 14, 2022

Accenture's Robert Boyce on Adopting an Effective Communications Plan Accenture's new ransomware report reveals key challenges in executing an effective communications plan.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

So says NASA's first-ever security best practices guide for space communications, part of an effort to make mission security requirements more accessible.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

communications networks may still be compromised and detailing how its layered defenses and third-party cybersecurity partnerships thwarted the attack. Networks May Be Compromised T-Mobile disputed claims Wednesday that Chinese state-sponsored hackers breached its systems and stole customer data, warning that some U.S.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Attackers Claim They Stole 36 Million Unique Customer Records T-Mobile USA has confirmed that attackers accessed its computer systems, but the mobile communications provider is still investigating whether customers' personal data was exposed.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Cyber Safety Review Board to Examine Beijing-Linked Telecom Breaches A key federal cybersecurity panel will investigate Chinese-linked hacks into United States telecom networks and wiretapping infrastructure amid growing concerns of vulnerabilities embedded into the nation's communications infrastructure, an official told Information Security Media (..)

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JUNE 4, 2021

Also featured are police busting criminals who formerly used the EncroChat communications network and the strategies for filling the cyber skills gap. The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report details the ongoing wave of ransomware attacks, including the disruption of JBS, the world's largest supplier of meat.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

New Reporting Measures Follow Data Breach Affecting Prison Communications Provider Global Tel Link, a major prison communications provider in the U.S.,

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Is in Washington Ukrainian telecom operator Kyivstar was the target of a cyberattack that knocked internet access and mobile communications offline on the same day Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Washington to boost the case for additional military aid.

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MAY 12, 2022

Russia Continues Its Cyber Offensive, Launches New DDoS Attacks on Ukraine Viasat's satellite communications suffered an outage an hour before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. The company said it was a cyberattack, but did not identify the attacker. EU and Ukraine have now attributed this attack to Russia.

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MARCH 8, 2024

Amendments to Constrain Investigatory Powers Bill Fail in Final Stretch A last-ditch attempt by British lawmakers to amend a bill expanding electronic communication interception by the U.K. authorities failed despite concerns over pervasive surveillance.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Hiren Dave, CIO and CISO at Essen Health Care, shares how combining the roles of CIO and CISO improves risk management and communication.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Emergency Responder Among Several Recent Cisco Product Vulnerability Advisories Cisco has released urgent fixes to a critical vulnerability affecting an emergency communication system used to track callers' location in real time.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Cybereason: Attacks Exploited Microsoft Exchange Servers Chinese APT groups compromised networks of telecom providers across Southeast Asia in an effort to harvest customers' sensitive communications, according to Cybereason. As in other Chinese cyberattacks, these APT campaigns exploited flaws in Microsoft Exchange servers.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

FireEye said hacked networks were seen communicating with a malicious domain name — avsvmcloud[.]com Today, FireEye responded that the domain seizure was part of a collaborative effort to prevent networks that may have been affected by the compromised SolarWinds software update from communicating with the attackers.

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MAY 24, 2024

Telecom Company Also Faces OAIC Investigation and Potentially Millions in Fines The Australian Communications and Media Authority says it has filed proceedings against Optus in a federal court as the company failed to protect sensitive customer data during a data breach in September 2022.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

CEO Jay Chaudhry: In-Line Inspection, App-to-App Protection Aid Data Defense Growth Zscaler's ability to inspect traffic in-line and secure application-to-application communications has driven massive growth in its data protection business, CEO Jay Chaudhry said.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Rami Raulas on Why SSH Plans to Invest in Zero Trust, OT Defense and Quantum Safety In his first week in his new role as interim CEO of SSH Communications Security, Rami Raulas shares insights on the company’s strategic focus on zero trust, operational technology security, and quantum-safe cryptography to address evolving cybersecurity challenges.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Teemu Tunkelo Left SSH Abruptly After License Sales Slump and Stock Price Nosedive SSH Communications Security CEO Teemu Tunkelo left the Finnish cybersecurity vendor abruptly Monday after low license sales in late 2023 slowed the company's growth.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

Version Uses Open-Source Communication Framework Tool for Lateral Movement Microsoft identified a new variant of BlackCat ransomware malware that uses an open-source communication framework tool to facilitate lateral movement.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Vendors Want 'Clear, Consistent and Actionable Information' for Device Security Essential, real-time security information about every Internet of Things device should be clearly communicated to consumers before and after purchase, a consortium of technology vendors says in a list of IoT security principles, which recommend the use of "live labels." (..)

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

communication regulator laid down plans to implement a controversial regulation intended to prevent online child sexual abuse material after it officially became law. Controversial Proposal Formally Adopted Into Law on Thursday The U.K.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

These criminals use money mules who carry an Android device able to capture and relay NFC communications used by ATMs to and from an attacker-controlled device.

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MARCH 4, 2024

Researchers Say Hackers Used Fake Login Pages to Trick 100 Victims, Crypto Workers A new phishing campaign is targeting victims through mobile devices by mirroring legitimate login pages for the Federal Communications Commission and large cryptocurrency platforms including Binance and Coinbase.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

Android Banking Trojan Disguised As Dating or Government App Hackers are deploying a novel Android malware using an uncommon communication method to steal banking login data from compromised devices primarily in Southeast Asia.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The deal, expected to close by late 2024, will expand Swiss Post's offerings for secure digital communications for public and private organizations across Switzerland.

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