Cybersecurity Highlights

A North American water treatment plant has been compromised

Wyatt A. Travnichek, a Kansas citizen, 22, has been charged for allegedly tampering with the public drinking water system and recklessly damaging a protected computer during unauthorised access.The...

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Public administration

Water treatment

Castellón City Hall confirms a cyberattack

Castellón de la Plana City Hall has confirmed that it has been the victim of a cyberattack which has taken part of its IT systems out of service, as well as its electronic headquarters, tax portal...

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elmundo.es

xataka.com

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Public administration

Malicious code uploaded to PHP server

One of the developers of the PHP language, Nikita Popov, reported that the PHP source code was maliciously modified, adding a backdoor to enable remote code execution, and that the modification was...

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news-web.php.net

bankinfosecurity.com

derechodelared.com

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Honeywell detects security incident

On 23th of March, the multinational company Honeywell, which is engaged in multiple industrial activities, confirmed that it had detected a malware intrusion that disrupted part of its IT systems...

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isssource.com

securityweek.com

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Cyberattack against Sierra Wireless

Canadian company Sierra Wireless, a leading global provider of IoT solutions, has confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware cyberattack targeting its internal IT infrastructure and corporate...

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sierrawireless.com

sec.gov

businesswire.com

elespanol.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

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Other critical infrastructures

Security incident at Verkada

Security systems manufacturer Verkada has confirmed that it has suffered a cyberattack, targeting one of its Jenkins servers, leading to a data breach.The security incident is suspected to have...

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bloomberg.com

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Other critical infrastructures

Till Kottmann charged with multiple offences

The Swiss cybercriminal Till Kottmann, 21, also known by the pseudonyms Tillie, deletescape or tillie crimew, has been indicted by the US Department of Justice for alleged computer intrusion and...

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justice.gov

infobae.com

theverge.com

bleepingcomputer.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

SEPE begins to recover its services after suffering a cyberattack

The Spanish State Public Employment Service (SEPE), an autonomous body attached to the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy that forms the Spanish National Employment System, has confirmed a...

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twitter.com

prensa.mites.gob.es

sepe.es

twitter.com

vozpopuli.com

abc.es

unaaldia.hispasec.com

bleepingcomputer.com

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Public administration

A data breach at SITA affects multiple airlines

SITA, the leading provider in air transport communications and IT worldwide, has confirmed that its servers, called SITA Passenger Service System (SITA PSS), have been the target of a sophisticated...

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sita.aero

bleepingcomputer.com

threatpost.com

lavanguardia.com

elpais.com

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Microsoft warns that government-backed cybercriminals gained access to email systems

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has reported multiple 0-day exploits used by a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor to attack local versions of Microsoft Exchange Server in a...

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blogs.microsoft.com

microsoft.com

bleepingcomputer.com

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Cybersecurity Highlights

A North American water treatment plant has been compromised

Castellón City Hall confirms a cyberattack

Malicious code uploaded to PHP server

Honeywell detects security incident

Cyberattack against Sierra Wireless

Security incident at Verkada

Till Kottmann charged with multiple offences

SEPE begins to recover its services after suffering a cyberattack

A data breach at SITA affects multiple airlines

Microsoft warns that government-backed cybercriminals gained access to email systems

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