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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Ransomware against Open University of Catalonia

The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC) has reported that a ransomware-type cyberattack has infected the institution's central servers. According to the UOC on...

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cronicaglobal.elespanol.com

lavanguardia.com

xataka.com

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Cloudflare blocks largest DDoS cyberattack on record

US-based Cloudflare, which operates a content delivery network and provides internet security services and distributed domain name servers, has reported blocking a DDoS attack with peaks of up to 2...

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blog.cloudflare.com

techcrunch.com

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MediaMarkt suffers cyber-attack that blocks its servers in several European countries

The German multinational admitted its IT infrastructure was running abnormally due to a cyber-attack that appeared to be a ransomware variant.The cyber-attack encrypted servers and workstations,...

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rtlnieuws.nl

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bleepingcomputer.com

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Weir Group responds to ransomware attempt

Scottish multinational engineering company, Weir Group, has confirmed an attempted ransomware attack in September that caused temporary disruption to some of its activities, such as shipping and...

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global.weir

reuters.com

mining.com

bleepingcomputer.com

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Several Meliá Group hotel servers suffer a cyber attack

The Meliá hotel chain reported it was the victim of a computer attack in the early morning of 4th of October, affecting several of the group's hotels, which led to the activation of response...

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europapress.es

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elespanol.com

elpais.com

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Total disruption of GSS services due to a ransomware

The Spanish and Latin American division of the Covisian Group, GSS, one of the main contact center service providers in Europe, has been victim of a ransomware cyberattack, causing a downfall of...

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therecord.media

vozpopuli.com

securityaffairs.co

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Other critical infrastructures

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Cyberattack hit technology giant TTEC

TTEC, dedicated to customer digital experience (CX) services, has confirmed a cyberattack on its IT systems, disrupting some of its activities.Five days after its detection on 12th of September,...

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ttec.com

krebsonsecurity.com

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A cyberattack against Olympus EMEA IT networks

Olympus company, a leader in for medical and industrial equipment solutions, has reported a cyberattack against its sales and manufacturing IT networks, located in Europe, Middle East and Africa ...

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olympus.es

bleepingcomputer.com

techcrunch.com

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Industrial Control System

Malware

Mēris, a new botnet, breaks DDoS attack record

According to Qrator Labs researchers, a new botnet known as Mēris has appeared, which has a recorded power of 21.8 million of request per second (RPS) so far and is composed of at least 200.000...

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blog.qrator.net

bleepingcomputer.com

xataka.com

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Cybercriminals turn a Jenkins server into a cryptominer

The Jenkins infrastructure team has reported that its deprecated Confluence service was the target of a cyberattack in early September, exploiting vulnerability CVE-2021-26084 to install a Monero...

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jenkins.io

threatpost.com

zdnet.com

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Cybersecurity Highlights

Ransomware against Open University of Catalonia

Cloudflare blocks largest DDoS cyberattack on record

MediaMarkt suffers cyber-attack that blocks its servers in several European countries

Weir Group responds to ransomware attempt

Several Meliá Group hotel servers suffer a cyber attack

Total disruption of GSS services due to a ransomware

Cyberattack hit technology giant TTEC

A cyberattack against Olympus EMEA IT networks

Mēris, a new botnet, breaks DDoS attack record

Cybercriminals turn a Jenkins server into a cryptominer

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