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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Manipulated Kodi extensions to mine cryptocurrencies

ESET researchers have discovered several extensions of the Kodi plugin used to distribute cryptocurrency mining malware.Kodi (former XvBMC) is a media center natively supported in the main...

References: 

welivesecurity.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

redeszone.net

bleepingcomputer.com

cyberscoop.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Malware

CamuBot, a new financial malware, attacks banking clients in Brazil

Researchers at IBM X-Force have discovered a new malware for now attacks Brazilian banks, through clients who perform operations through commercial banking. In August 2018 the first attacks were...

References: 

threatpost.com

spamfighter.com

securityintelligence

techcrunch.com

cso.computerworld.es

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Cybercrime

Tool

Incident

Malware

The FBI warns of a possible hack to ATMs worldwide

Kerbs on Security says in his blog that the FBI has alerted financial institutions around the world about a supposed ATM hacking that could carried out soonThe attackers would be in charge of...

References: 

krebsonsecurity.com

krebsonsecurity.com

genbeta.com

cnnespanol.cnn.com

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Incident

Malware

A virus closes several factories of TSMC, one of the manufacturers of iPhone

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), one of the largest manufacturers semiconductors and processor in the world, was recently forced to close several factories during the weekend,...

References: 

bloomberg.com

thehackernews.com

blog.segu-info.com.ar

applesfera.com

xataka.com

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Apple

Incident

Malware

A cryptojacking campaign affects more than 200,000 MikroTik routers

A researcher group from SpiderLabs (Trustwave) has found a new botnet consisting of more than 200,000 MikroTik routers, that injects a serie of Coinhive scripts to mine cryptocurrencies using the...

References: 

trustwave.com

redeszone.net

welivesecurity.com

welivesecurity.com

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0day

Botnet

Malware

Vulnerability

Sophos researchers calculate that SamSam was used to steal $6 million in 3 years

Sophos researchers have published a report on the modus operandi of ransomware-type malware known as SamSam. According to these researchers, the malware, which would have been operating since...

References: 

certsi.es

nakedsecurity.sophos.com

sophos.com

genbeta.com

thehackernews.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Encryption

Incident

Malware

Create a botnet with 18,000 routers in one day

The author of the malware "Anarchy" has managed to create a botnet by infecting a total of 18,000 Huawei HG532 routers that were exposed to the Internet without patching the CVE-2017-17215...

References: 

cyware.com

securityaffairs.co

bleepingcomputer.com

scmagazine.com

blog.avira.com

zdnet.com

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Botnet

Cybercrime

Denial of service

Incident

IoT

Malware

Vulnerability

Theft of crypto coins through a fake Hello VPN extension

A fake extension of Hola VPN for Chrome has allowed MyEtherWallet.com users to steal cryptomoney.The malicious extension was designed to redirect users to a fake MyEtherWallet.com portal and in...

References: 

hola.org

genbeta.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Malware

Docker Hub deletes 17 images with cryptocurrencies mining malware

Docker Hub deleted 17 images that contains cryptocurrencies mining malware. The identity of the owner or the owners of the account “docker123321” associated with the uploaded images is unknown...

References: 

kromtech.com

arstechnica.com

muyseguridad.net

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Cloud computing

Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Malware

At least 500,000 devices infected by VPNFilter malware

Cisco researchers have published a report that alerts on a new malware called VPNFilter, whose main objective are domestic routers, small business and NAS storage devices.The attack has been...

References: 

blog.talosintelligence.com

blogs.cisco.com

adslzone.net

eleconomista.es

blog.talosintelligence.com

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Cyberespionage

Information leakage

Malware

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