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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Thousands of MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin servers infected in Nansh0u campaign

Experts from Guardicore Labs, a cybersecurity research company, published an extensive report on 29 May detailing a cryptojacking campaign, called Nansh0u, that attacked MS-SQL (Windows) and...

References:

guardicore.com

bleepingcomputer.com

zdnet.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Malware

The crypto currency exchange platform, Binance, suffers a security breach

The platform for exchanging crypto currencies, Binance, suffered a cyberattack on 7 May 2019 that has resulted in the subtraction of 7,000 Bitcoins (BTC), equivalent to 40 million dollars.In an...

References:

binance.zendesk.com

techcrunch.com

databreachtoday.com

redeszone.net

genbeta.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Information leakage

Europol closes two black market portals on Dark Web

Europol has done one of the largest international raids by collaborating between different countries and organizations to close black market portals of the Dark Web, Wall Street Market and...

References:

europol.com

hipertextual.com

theverge.com

unaaldia.com

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User accounts for sale on the Dark Web

A hacker has put to auction in the Dark Web 9 databases, containing 92 million user accounts, worth 2625 BTC. It is the third of these collections to be put on sale since the beginning of 2019.The...

References:

thehackernews.com

redeszone.net

movilexperto.com

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Cryptocurrency

Information leakage

Massive credential leak on the Dark Web

The British media The Register has published a new massive leak of personal data, which would affect some 617 million accounts, which have been put up for sale on the Dark Web.The published...

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theregister.co.uk

redeszone.net

itproportal.com

genbeta.com

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Australian shipbuilder Austal affected by ransomware

On November 1, 2018, the enterprise Austal, an Australian shipbuilding company of defense and commercial ships, reported that it had refused to pay the required ransom of 1 bitcoin after being the...

References:

asx.com.au

bankinfosecurity.com

portswigger.net

spamfighter.com

lavanguardia.com

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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...

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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

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Cybersecurity Highlights

Thousands of MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin servers infected in Nansh0u campaign

The crypto currency exchange platform, Binance, suffers a security breach

Europol closes two black market portals on Dark Web

User accounts for sale on the Dark Web

Massive credential leak on the Dark Web

Australian shipbuilder Austal affected by ransomware

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

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