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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Toll Group stops its services because of a ransomware
The Australian company of transport and logistics, Toll Group, has been obligated to disable some of its systems after a ransomware attack.The security incident took place on Friday, 31st January,...
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tollgroup.com
tollgroup.com
businessinsider.com
itnews.com.au
infosecurity-magazine.com
Travelex, currency exchange bureau from London, victim of a ransomware incident
The currency exchange bureau from London, Travelex, has been victim of a ransomware incident called Sodinokibi, known as Sodin or REvil as well. The incident took place on December 31st, suspending...
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twitter.com
twitter.com
computing.es
infosecurity-magazine.com
bbc.com
New Orleans declares state of emergency for ransomware type incident
The City of New Orleans, located in the State of Louisiana, has seen its public services paralysed after falling victim to a ransomware-type malware infection.The detection took place in the early...
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twitter.com
techcrunch.com
cso.computerworld.es
Malware infiltrated on the Monero official website
The official website of the well-known Monero crypto currency had published for a few hours the binaries of its CLI wallet application that contained a malware.This unauthorized modification of the...
References:
getmonero.org
arstechnica.com
genbeta.com
unaaldia.hispasec.com
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La Zaragozana victim of a ransomware
The independent brewery La Zaragozana, belonging to the Grupo Ágora, was a victim of a ransomware. From the beginning they made clear their refusal to meet the demands of the kidnappers.The events...
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twitter.com
cadenaser.com
elperiodicodearagon.com
heraldo.es
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Oil company Pemex suffered ransomware cyberattack
The Mexican oil company Pemex has admitted, in an official statement, that it was the victim of a cyberattack on November 10. In that statement, the company specified that the attack affected the...
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pemex.com
elpais.com
bloomberg.com
vanguardia.com.mx
europapress.es
xataka.com.mx
Google creates the App Defense Alliance to improve the security of the Google Play Store
To promote the security of Google Play Store, Google has started a collaboration with ESET, Lookout and Zimperium named App Defense Alliance. The main goal of this alliance is to stop malware...
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security.googleblog.com
wired.com
engadget.com
silicon.es
muyseguridad.net
Ransomware incidents in companies
On November 4, several security incidents affecting Spanish companies were reported. These incidents were related to ransomware campaigns that blocked company computers. According to the...
References:
incibe.es
dsn.gob.es
cadenaser.com
xataka.com
The council of Jerez de la Frontera is the victim of a cyberattack
The local government of the city of Jerez de la Frontera has suffered a ransomware-type cyberattack that encrypted the files hosted on more than 50 computer servers, paralyzing, in this way, the...
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twitter.com
diariodejerez.es
diariodejerez.es
twitter.com
twitter.com