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.

Up to 35 years in prison for running a DDoS service

Matthew Gatrel, 32, has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit and unauthorised alteration of a protected computer and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He faces up to 35 years in...

References: 

justice.gov

krebsonsecurity.com

bleepingcomputer.com

Tags: 

Cybercrime

Denial of service

Internet

Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

A cyberattack against Olympus EMEA IT networks

Olympus company, a leader in for medical and industrial equipment solutions, has reported a cyberattack against its sales and manufacturing IT networks, located in Europe, Middle East and Africa ...

References: 

olympus.es

olympus.es

bleepingcomputer.com

techcrunch.com

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Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

Encryption

Health

Incident

Industrial Control System

Malware

Mēris, a new botnet, breaks DDoS attack record

According to Qrator Labs researchers, a new botnet known as Mēris has appeared, which has a recorded power of 21.8 million of request per second (RPS) so far and is composed of at least 200.000...

References: 

blog.qrator.net

bleepingcomputer.com

xataka.com

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Botnet

Cybercrime

Incident

Internet

Malware

Cybercriminals gained access to UN IT network

Spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, has confirmed a data breach in which cybercriminals gained access to the IT network using stolen credentials related to the Umoja...

References: 

un.org

bloomberg.com

europapress.es

Tags: 

Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

Incident

Information leakage

Internet

Thousands of Fortinet device login credentials were linked

Cybersecurity solutions provider Fortinet has confirmed that a cybercriminal has made public the SSL-VPN login credentials associated with at least 87.000 FortiGate SSL-VPN devices via the RAMP...

References: 

fortinet.com

bleepingcomputer.com

thehackernews.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

gist.github.com

Tags: 

Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

Incident

Information leakage

SSL/TLS

Tool

Vulnerability

Cybercriminals turn a Jenkins server into a cryptominer

The Jenkins infrastructure team has reported that its deprecated Confluence service was the target of a cyberattack in early September, exploiting vulnerability CVE-2021-26084 to install a Monero...

References: 

jenkins.io

threatpost.com

zdnet.com

incibe-cert.es

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Incident

Malware

Tool

Vulnerability

WhatsApp faces millions in GDPR fine

The Data Protection Commission has ordered WhatsApp Ireland Ltd. to pay a fine of 225 million euros for allegedly failing to comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation in...

References: 

dataprotection.ie

xataka.com

bleepingcomputer.com

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Application

Social networks

Millions of data stolen from T-Mobile

Network operator T-Mobile US has confirmed a cyberattack on its IT systems in which cybercriminals gained unauthorised access to personally identifiable data relating to millions of customers,...

References: 

t-mobile.com

t-mobile.com

t-mobile.com

vice.com

bleepingcomputer.com

theverge.com

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Incident

Information leakage

Zurich Seguros has warned of data theft

The insurer Zurich has reported a security incident, occurred on 12 and 13 August, in which cybercriminals stole personal information from a database corresponding to a limited number of its...

References: 

zurich.es

elconfidencial.com

elperiodico.com

future.inese.es

Tags: 

Cybercrime

Incident

Microsoft Power Apps put the confidentiality of millions of data at risk

UpGuard researchers have reported a vulnerability that affects Microsoft Power Apps, related to a configuration flaw in ODdata API, which could have exposed online more than 38 million of sensitive...

References: 

upguard.com

docs.microsoft.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

zdnet.com

thehackernews.com

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Application

Incident

Information leakage

Internet

Microsoft

Public administration

Vulnerability

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