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Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2021
New Zealand central bank hit by a cyber attack

A cyber attack hit the New Zealand central bank, sensitive information has been potentially accessed by the intruders The New Zealand central bank announced today that a cyber attack hit its infrastructure. According to the Government organization, one of its data systems has been breached by an unidentified hacker, commercially and personally sensitive information might have […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 296

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. NCA arrested 21 customers of the WeLeakInfo service Over 200 million records of Chinese Citizens for Sale on the Darkweb Top data breaches of 2020 – Security Affairs Apex Laboratory […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2021
Dassault Falcon Jet hit by Ragnar Locker ransomware gang

Dassault Falcon Jet has disclosed a data breach that exposed personal information belonging to current and former employees. In December Dassault, Dassault Falcon Jet (DFJ) was the victim of a cyber attack that may have exposed personal information belonging to current and former employees. The data security incident also exposed information belonging to employees’ spouses […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 295

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. HackerOne announces first bug hunter to earn more than $2M in bug bounties SolarWinds releases updated advisory for SUPERNOVA backdoor Vermont Hospital confirmed the ransomware attack E-commerce app 21 Buttons […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2021
Top stories of 2020

Below the list of the top stories of 2020. December 21 – SUPERNOVA, a backdoor found while investigating SolarWinds hack While investigating the recent SolarWinds Orion supply-chain attack security researchers discovered another backdoor, tracked SUPERNOVA. August 2 – Garmin allegedly paid for a decryptor for WastedLocker ransomware BleepingComputer researchers confirmed that Garmin has received the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2020
Threat actor is selling 368.8 million records from 26 data breaches

A data breach broker is selling user records allegedly from twenty-six data breaches on a hacker forum. Security experts from Bleeping Computer reported that a threat actor is selling user records allegedly stolen from twenty-six companies on a hacker forum. The total volume of data available for sale is composed of 368.8 million stolen user […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2020
T-Mobile data breach: CPNI (Customer Proprietary Network Information) exposed

T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach that exposed customers’ network information (CPNI), including phone numbers and calls records. T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach exposing customers’ account’s information. The T-Mobile security staff discovered “malicious, unauthorized access” to their systems. “We are reaching out to let you know about a security incident we recently identified and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2020
Pay2Key hackers stole data from Intel’s Habana Labs

Pay2Key ransomware operators claim to have compromised the network of the Intel-owned chipmaker Habana Labs and have stolen data. ​Intel-owned AI chipmaker Habana Labs was hacked by Pay2key ransomware operators who claim to have stolen from the company. The group announced the hack on Twitter, they claim to have stolen sensitive data, including information about […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2020
Hacked Subway UK marketing system used in TrickBot phishing campaign

Subway UK confirmed the hack of a marketing system that was used to send out phishing messages to deliver malware to the customers. Hackers have compromised a marketing system in Subway UK and used it to send out phishing messages to deliver malware to the customers. Subway UK customers received emails from ‘Subcard’ about the processing […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 292

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. A critical flaw in industrial automation systems opens to remote hack Crooks stole 800,000€ from ATMs in Italy with Black Box attack Operators behind Dark Caracal are still alive and […]