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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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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Dutch Research Council virtually paralysed

The Netherlands Research Council (NWO, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek), an independent administrative body dedicated to subsidising and directing scientific research...

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now.nl

bleepingcomputer.com

sciencemag.org

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Credential stuffing attack against RIPE NCC

The RIPE Network Coordination Centre (NCC), which manages the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia by allocating IP address blocks to internet providers,...

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ripe.net

bleepingcomputer.com

zdnet.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

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Insider discovered at Yandex

Russian specialist of Internet services and products, Yandex, has reported the presence of an insider among its staff of system administrators who has compromised multiple mailboxes.The employee in...

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yandex.com

bleepingcomputer.com

securityaffairs.co

infosecurity-magazine.com

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Police operation against SIM-Swapping

Europol has reported the arrest of ten cybercriminals involved in a string of SIM-Swapping attacks against various celebrities in the United States throughout 2020.Those targeted include:...

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europol.europa.eu

bleepingcomputer.com

zdnet.com

adslzone.net

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Data breach at Stormshield

Stormshield, a French company who is a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions for IT/OT sectors and cloud environments, has reported unauthorised access to its technical support ticket...

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stormshield.com

ssi.gouv.fr

bleepingcomputer.com

zdnet.com

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Cloud computing

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The perl.com domain has been hijacked

The Perl NOC, the blog dedicated to the infrastructure around the Perl programming language, has reported that the domain perl.com was hijacked on 27th of January and, at the time of publication,...

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log.perl.org

bleepingcomputer.com

securityaffairs.co

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One step closer to the end of NetWalker

The US Department of Justice, in cooperation with authorities in Bulgaria, has announced a coordinated international law enforcement action aimed at stopping the NetWalker ransomware, bringing...

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justice.gov

blog.chainalysis.com

zdnet.com

bleepingcomputer.com

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An International collaboration disrupts Emotet botnet

Europol has issued a statement informing that the botnet, EMOTET, has been disrupted following an international operation, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, involving law enforcement and...

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europol.europa.eu

bleepingcomputer.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

xataka.com

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Incident

Internet

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Public administration

Campaign targeting cybersecurity researchers detected

Google has identified an ongoing campaign targeting cybersecurity researchers working on study of vulnerabilities across multiple companies and organizations, suspected to be perpetrated by an...

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blog.google

bleepingcomputer.com

zdnet.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

microsoft.com

blog.google

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