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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Lenovo's computers vulnerable to MITM

From September 2014 to January 2015 Lenovo precharged in some of their PCs a software, called Superfish, capable of intercepting HTTPS traffic, using self-signed root certificates, to insert...

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lenovo.com

us-cert.gov

lenovo.com

xataka.com

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Carbanak: hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from banks

A group of hackers has stolen, since 2013, hundreds of millions of dollars in accounts of e-payment systems and banks of different countries. Specially affected are Russia and USA due to the volume...

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securityweek.com

europapress.es

es.reuters.com

threatpost.com

securityaffairs.co

securelist

securelist.com

group-ib.com

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Samsung SmartTV could send voice data to third companies

Controversy over the terms of the Privacy Policy of Samsung SmartTV. These televisions have functionality to be handled by the voice, so that television is always listening. Under the terms of use...

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samsung.com

thedailybeast.com

gizmodo.com

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Cyberespionage

Information leakage

Incident

Anthem hacked

Anthem, the second largest health insurer in the USA has been hacked. This could be the largest incident in the health sector until now, and could affect to approximately 80 million registers with...

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forbes.com

threatpost.com

krebsonsecurity.com

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Information leakage

Facebook and Instagram offline during one hour

During approximately one hour, Facebook and Instagram have gone offline. Facebook has declared that this event has not been the consequence of an attack. Instead, they have stated that the problem...

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engadget.com

dailymail.co.uk

abc.es

blog.elhacker.net

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Social networks

$5M stolen from Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp

The third worldwide bitcoins exchanger, Bitstamp, has suffered a security breach in their systems in which were stolen 19,000 BTCs (worth about $ 5 million, a BTC was about $ 270 at the time of the...

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zdnet.com

reuters.com

thenextweb.com

adslzone.net

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Incident

DDoS attack paralyzes online platforms Xbox and Playstation Network

Throughout Christmas Day the online gaming platforms Sony Playstation Network and Xbox Microsoft suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack left inaccessible both services. The attack...

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abc.es

cnet.com

krebsonsecurity.com

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Denial of service

DDoS against Dinahosting leaves out service 60,000 websites

The company Dinahosting suffered a distributed denial of service attack against its DNS service that left inaccessible 60,000 websites. The attack was performed in several series that lasted more...

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facebook.com

elmundo.es

computerhoy.com

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Incident

Denial of service

Cyberattack on German steel factory causes 'massive damage'

The Federal Office for Information Security of Germany (BSI) has reported a cyberattack suffered by a German steel factory that caused a massive physical damage to the system. The attackers used a...

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bund.de

pcworld.com

bbc.com

securityaffairs.co

wired.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Industrial Control System

ICANN data compromised

ICANN, nonprofit entity responsible for the coordination of maintenance and methodology of several databases of unique identifiers related to the namespaces of the Internet, has suffered a security...

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icann.org

theregister.co.uk

pcworld.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

Lenovo's computers vulnerable to MITM

Carbanak: hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from banks

Samsung SmartTV could send voice data to third companies

Anthem hacked

Facebook and Instagram offline during one hour

$5M stolen from Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp

DDoS attack paralyzes online platforms Xbox and Playstation Network

DDoS against Dinahosting leaves out service 60,000 websites

Cyberattack on German steel factory causes 'massive damage'

ICANN data compromised

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