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.

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Manipulated Kodi extensions to mine cryptocurrencies

ESET researchers have discovered several extensions of the Kodi plugin used to distribute cryptocurrency mining malware.Kodi (former XvBMC) is a media center natively supported in the main...

References:

welivesecurity.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

redeszone.net

bleepingcomputer.com

cyberscoop.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Malware

Data of 130 million customers of Chinese hotels for sale in the Dark Web

According to Chinese media, several cybersecurity companies discovered in a Chinese forum of the Dark Web an announcement about the sale of data of more than 130 million people for 8 bitcoins ...

References:

ethereumworldnews.com

thenextweb.com

tuexperto.com

noticiasseguridad.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Information leakage

Sophos researchers calculate that SamSam was used to steal $6 million in 3 years

Sophos researchers have published a report on the modus operandi of ransomware-type malware known as SamSam. According to these researchers, the malware, which would have been operating since...

References:

certsi.es

nakedsecurity.sophos.com

sophos.com

genbeta.com

thehackernews.com

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A 20-year-old student steals $5 million in cryptocurrencies

A 20-year-old university student was arrested in Los Angeles, accused of operating nearly 50 phones at a Bitcoin conference and stealing $5 million in cryptocurrencies with the technique known as...

References:

bitcoinexchangeguide.com

techspot.com

infocoin.net

xataka.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Social networks

KICKICO suffers a computer attack with losses of more than 70 million KickCoins

On July 26 at 9:04 (UTC), the KICKICO platform suffered a computer attack that caused the loss of more than 70 million KickCoins, approximately $7.7 million. The security problems have been...

References:

medium.com

thehackernews.com

adslzone.net

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Theft of crypto coins through a fake Hello VPN extension

A fake extension of Hola VPN for Chrome has allowed MyEtherWallet.com users to steal cryptomoney.The malicious extension was designed to redirect users to a fake MyEtherWallet.com portal and in...

References:

hola.org

genbeta.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Malware

Docker Hub deletes 17 images with cryptocurrencies mining malware

Docker Hub deleted 17 images that contains cryptocurrencies mining malware. The identity of the owner or the owners of the account “docker123321” associated with the uploaded images is unknown...

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kromtech.com

arstechnica.com

muyseguridad.net

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40 Million dollars stole in cryptocurrency

The Korean exchange Coinrail has been affected by a theft of 40 million dollars in cryptocurrencies Altcoins, cryptocurrencies that are derived from the Bitcoin source code. Stolen Altcoins are...

References:

techcrunch.com

adslzone.net

bleepingcomputer.com

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Cryptocurrency

Incident

The website of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine victim of ransomware

On April 24, the official website of the Ukrainian energy ministry was the victim of a ransomware attack, requesting 0.1 bitcoin for its restoration. The affected web portal, whose content manager...

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reuters.com

bbc.com

threatpost.com

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Tesla servers involved to mine cryptocurrency

Redlock’s researchers found an intrusion into Amazon Web Services, belonging to Tesla, which had no access credentials and was open to the public Internet.The undefined hackers accessed the Tesla...

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fortune.com

redlock

es.gizmodo.com

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Cloud computing

Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

Manipulated Kodi extensions to mine cryptocurrencies

Data of 130 million customers of Chinese hotels for sale in the Dark Web

Sophos researchers calculate that SamSam was used to steal $6 million in 3 years

A 20-year-old student steals $5 million in cryptocurrencies

KICKICO suffers a computer attack with losses of more than 70 million KickCoins

Theft of crypto coins through a fake Hello VPN extension

Docker Hub deletes 17 images with cryptocurrencies mining malware

40 Million dollars stole in cryptocurrency

The website of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine victim of ransomware

Tesla servers involved to mine cryptocurrency

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