Cybersecurity Highlights

This section registers the most relevant incidents or public events related to the cybersecurity and information and communication technologies (ICT), in a way that a chronological history of them is available, together with their main links, references and information sources.

Guardia Civil closes a criminal organization carried out swapping SIM scams

Five people have been arrested by Guardia Civil of León within the named operation “Duplex Card”, developed between Leon and Barcelona, where those involved used the SIM swapping to carry out the...

References: 

diariodevalladolid.es

ileon.com

computerhoy.com

Tags: 

Cybercrime

Massive credential reset in Wallapop after an unauthorized access

On November 1, Wallapop revoked the access credentials of its users after detecting unauthorized access to its shopping platform. The Spanish start-up has communicated the incident through its...

References: 

twitter.com

elpais.com

computerhoy.com

elmundo.es

osi.es

genbeta.com

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e-commerce

Exposed Adobe Creative Cloud user data

Comparitech, a technology services research and comparison company, has published an article detailing the exposure of 7 million Adobe Creative Cloud accounts.Information displayed, stored in a non...

References: 

theblog.adobe.com

comparitech.com

genbeta.com

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Cloud computing

Information leakage

Tool

Three people arrested after defrauding 10 million euros through CEO fraud

The Guardia Civil has arrested three people, and a fourth is being investigated, for conducting million-dollar scams on 12 foreign companies in the operation named Lavanco.The affected companies...

References: 

guardiacivil.es

cope.es

protegerse.com

cso.computerworld.es

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Cybercrime

Turla group activity report prepared by NSA and NCSC

The NSA (National Security Agency) of the United States and the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) of the United Kingdom have published a joint notice on the APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) of...

References: 

us-cert.gov

media.defense.gov

ncsc.gov.uk

incibe-cert.es

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APT

Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

Energy

Information leakage

Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

NordVPN suffers from unauthorised access to a data centre

NordVPN, a VPN provider, has confirmed that it suffered a cyber attack in March 2018 that gained unauthorized access to one of the data centers of a provider in Finland where its service was...

References: 

nordvpn.com

torguard.net

techcrunch.com

genbeta.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Tool

Vulnerability

Avast suffers a cyberattack against its VPN

Avast, a Czech cybersecurity software multinational, has admitted in a statement that it was the victim of a cybersecurity campaign called Abiss, in which its network was accessed.Avast discovered...

References: 

blog.avast.com

forbes.com

zdnet.com

genbeta.com

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Application

Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

The council of Jerez de la Frontera is the victim of a cyberattack

The local government of the city of Jerez de la Frontera has suffered a ransomware-type cyberattack that encrypted the files hosted on more than 50 computer servers, paralyzing, in this way, the...

References: 

twitter.com

diariodejerez.es

diariodejerez.es

twitter.com

twitter.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Encryption

Incident

Malware

Public administration

Valencia's municipal transport company suffers CEO fraud

The managing director of the EMT (Empresa Municipal de Transportes, municipal transport company) of Valencia, Josep Enric García Alemany, has reported the complaint filed with the National Police...

References: 

europapress.es

efe.com

elpais.com

officialpress.es

lavanguardia.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Public administration

Transport

Data leak from millions of Ecuadorians

vpnMentor's team of cybersecurity experts, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, discovered a large data leak that affects millions of people in Ecuador.The origin of the information leak, which affects...

References: 

telecomunicaciones.gob.ec

vpnmentor.com

zdnet.com

lavanguardia.com

edition.cnn.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Information leakage

Public administration

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