Cybersecurity Highlights

International operation coordinated by Europol dismantles FluBot

FluBot, a Trojan designed for Android devices and which has been present in multiple fraudulent SMS campaigns since 2020, has been deactivated in a joint operation involving the police forces of 11...

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Andorra Telecom suffers several DDoS cyberattacks

Andorra Telecom, the telephone company of the Principality of Andorra, suffered a collapse of its network due to a series of DDoS cyber-attacks, mainly during the course of the streaming of a video...

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Twitch has confirmed a data breach

Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch has confirmed a security breach that has resulted in the exfiltration of at least 125GB of data.The torrent file, which has been posted anonymously on a forum...

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twitter.com

blog.twitch.tv

xataka.com

larazon.es

bleepingcomputer.com

osi.es

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Facebook server outage

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger services were disrupted by a global outage, affecting users in Europe, America and Asia in particular.As Facebook explains in its official statement,...

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twitter.com

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zdnet.com

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elpais.com

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WhatsApp faces millions in GDPR fine

The Data Protection Commission has ordered WhatsApp Ireland Ltd. to pay a fine of 225 million euros for allegedly failing to comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation in...

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dataprotection.ie

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National Police arrest group of people for hackstorsion

The Spanish National Police have arrested 10 cybercriminals for allegedly being responsible for carrying out criminal activities on the Internet and hackstorsion to some 430 victims, after they...

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lavanguardia.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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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

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unaaldia.hispasec.com

microsoft.com

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The main Danish news agency, Ritzau, is paralysed by ransomware

Ritzau, the largest news agency in Denmark, has become the target of a ransomware cyberattack and has refused to pay for recovering its encrypted systems and data.The incident took place on Tuesday...

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Social Data exposes information from millions of social media profiles

Social Data, a company dedicated to the commercialization of data on influential profiles in social networks to marketers, has exposed a database of almost 235 million profiles of social networks...

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forbes.com

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Cybersecurity Highlights

International operation coordinated by Europol dismantles FluBot

Andorra Telecom suffers several DDoS cyberattacks

Twitch has confirmed a data breach

Facebook server outage

WhatsApp faces millions in GDPR fine

National Police arrest group of people for hackstorsion

Police operation against SIM-Swapping

Campaign targeting cybersecurity researchers detected

The main Danish news agency, Ritzau, is paralysed by ransomware

Social Data exposes information from millions of social media profiles

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