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...

References:

blogs.vitoria-gasteiz.org

elcorreo.com

genbeta.com

gasteizhoy.com

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Public administration

Yodel delivery company disrupted by cyberattack

Yodel, a leading UK-based delivery services company, has officially reported a disruption to its services due to a cyberattack on its systems.It says it is working to restore operations as soon as...

References:

yodel.co.uk

twitter.com

itpro.co.uk

zdnet.com

bleepingcomputer.com

computerweekly.com

theregister.com

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Cloudflare mitigates the largest HTTPS DDoS attack in history

Cloudflare recently revealed that it had successfully intercepted and mitigated the largest HTTPS DDoS distributed denial of service attack of around 26 million requests per second (RPS).He said...

References:

blog.cloudflare.com

cybersecuritynews.com

itpro.co.uk

teknofilo.com

thehackernews.com

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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...

References:

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...

References:

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...

References:

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...

References:

oag.ca.gov

bleepingcomputer.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

blog.malwarebytes.com

thecybersecurity.news

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DDoS attack on Activision Blizzard

Video game company Activision Blizzard has received a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack directly on its Battle.net platform. This has reportedly resulted in some players experiencing high...

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twitter.com

express.co.uk

enhacke.com

theverge.com

areajugones.sport.es

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Costa Rica declares state of national cyberemergency

The president of the Costa Rican government has signed three national emergency decrees, one of them concerning the country's cybersecurity, due to the latest ransomware attacks by the Conti group...

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twitter.com

therecord.media

derechodelared.com

bleepingcomputer.com

vandal.elespanol.com

t3mag.lat

hd-tecnologia.com

larepublica.net

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Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

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...

References:

ght-coeurgrandest.fr

.bleepingcomputer.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

escudodigital.com

diarioinforme.com

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Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

Vitoria City Council denounces phishing scam

Yodel delivery company disrupted by cyberattack

Cloudflare mitigates the largest HTTPS DDoS attack in history

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

DDoS attack on Activision Blizzard

Costa Rica declares state of national cyberemergency

French hospital group GHT suffers cyberattack

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