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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Vitoria City Council denounces phishing scam

The City Council of Vitoria has reported to the Local Police the fraud it has detected in the payment of several invoices. According to the investigation, one of the supplier companies would have...

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blogs.vitoria-gasteiz.org

elcorreo.com

genbeta.com

gasteizhoy.com

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Public administration

International operation coordinated by Europol dismantles FluBot

FluBot, a Trojan designed for Android devices and which has been present in multiple fraudulent SMS campaigns since 2020, has been deactivated in a joint operation involving the police forces of 11...

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europol.europa.eu

bleepingcomputer.com

thehackernews.com

xataka.com

abc.es

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Other critical infrastructures

Social networks

Phishing scam at the Institut d'Informàtica de Barcelona

A group of cybercriminals have impersonated the company Sistemas Informáticos Abiertos (SIA) to request payment from the Institut d'Informàtica (IMI) for services rendered for the months of...

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lavanguardia.com

genbeta.com

elnacional.cat

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Public administration

The Austrian state of Carinthia hit by BlackCat ransomware

The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group has attacked the Austrian state of Carinthia, demanding the payment of five million dollars in Bitcoin to unlock all the files it has managed to encrypt.The...

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lavanguardia.com

euractiv.com

bleepingcomputer.com

bankinfosecurity.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Public administration

General Motors suffers credential stuffing attack

US automaker General Motors was the victim of a credential stuffing attack that exposed some customers' information and allowed attackers to redeem reward points for gift cards.The specific target...

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oag.ca.gov

bleepingcomputer.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

blog.malwarebytes.com

thecybersecurity.news

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French hospital group GHT suffers cyberattack

GHT Coeur Grand Est, a French hospital group, has been the victim of a cyberattack that served to infiltrate the system, causing the theft of confidential and patient data.The attack consisted of...

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ght-coeurgrandest.fr

.bleepingcomputer.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

escudodigital.com

diarioinforme.com

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Microsoft reports cybersecurity incident

Microsoft has published an official post in response to the news related to the alleged cyberattack perpetrated by the LAPSUS$ ransomware group, which would have resulted in the obtaining of the...

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microsoft.com

techmonitor.ai

hipertextual.com

es.gizmodo.com

cyberkendra.com

xataka.com

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Six US states hit by China-based cyberattack

Cybersecurity firm Mandiant uncovered evidence of data exfiltration by the Chinese hacking group known as 'APT41', which targeted US state governments between May 2021 and February 2022.The events...

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mandiant.com

wired.com

theverge.com

techcrunch.com

threatpost.com

computing.co.uk

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Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

Vulnerability

API requests not authenticated by mobile device monitoring services

Consumer spyware is often sold under the guise of child or family surveillance software, but is also known as stalkerware because of its ability to track and monitor.The website TechCrunch...

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techcrunch.com

cert.org

yahoo.com

adexchanger.com

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Red Cross cyberattack causes data leakage

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was the victim of a cyberattack targeting its computer servers. As a result, the personal and confidential data of more than 515,000 highly...

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icrc.org

bleepingcomputer.com

edition.cnn.com

theguardian.com

bloomberg.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Cybersecurity Highlights

Vitoria City Council denounces phishing scam

International operation coordinated by Europol dismantles FluBot

Phishing scam at the Institut d'Informàtica de Barcelona

The Austrian state of Carinthia hit by BlackCat ransomware

General Motors suffers credential stuffing attack

French hospital group GHT suffers cyberattack

Microsoft reports cybersecurity incident

Six US states hit by China-based cyberattack

API requests not authenticated by mobile device monitoring services

Red Cross cyberattack causes data leakage

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