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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Detected a spam campaign that distributes malware via email

Taking advantage of the dissemination of news about the Boeing 737 Max 8 accidents, a new spam campaign is being carried out that distributes malware via email.Those affected receive an email with...

References:

bleepingcomputer.com

securityaffairs.co

2-spyware.com

malware-board.com

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Malware

Tool

Transport

Airbus suffers a cyberattack that exposes professional and employee data

Airbus airline has published an announcement reporting a security incident in its information systems, specifically in its commercial aircraft business.They explain that there was unauthorised...

References:

airbus.com

eldiario.es

europapress.es

hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com

threatpost.com

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GreyEnergy malware threatens critical infrastructure since 2015

ESET researchers Anton Cherepanov and Robert Lipovsky have published a study revealing details of a new malicious actor nicknamed GreyEnergy, who appears to be the successor to BlackEnergy.The...

References:

welivesecurity.com

cyberscoop.com

hackread.com

innovadores.larazon.es

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Malware

IoT

Incident

Industrial Control Systems

The Port of Barcelona suffers a cyber attack

The Port of Barcelona has reported a cyber attack known in the early morning of September 20, which has affected several internal servers of the organization.According to the information published...

References:

twitter.com

lavanguardia.com

europapress.es

metropoliabierta.com

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Security breach at Stewart International Airport in New York

Chris Vickery, a senior investigator at the MacKeeper Security Center, has released details of a security breach found in Stewart Airport backup systems. According to Vickery more than 700 GB of...

References:

mackeeper.com

engadget.com

zdnet.com

ibtimes.co.uk

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Information leakage

Transport

The San Francisco metro network suffers a ransomware attack

The San Francisco metro system has been infected by ransomware, affected about 900 of its computers. For two days the service was provided free of charge, since the machines to take out tickets or...

References:

theregister.co.uk

arstechnica.com

csoonline.com

thehackernews.com

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Encryption

Incident

Transport

Hacked flight information screens of the two major airports in Vietnam

On 29 July 2016 a group of cybercriminals, allegedly Chinese, attacked both website of Vietnam Airlines, filtering user information, such as flight information screens of the two major Vietnamese...

References:

nytimes.com

theguardian.com

europapress.es

huffingtonpost.com

wikipedia.org

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Cyberattack grounds 1400 passengers

A cyberattack targeting LOT, national polish airlines, caused at least 10 international flights to be cancelled, grounding 1400 passengers. The incident, that affected the creation of new flight...

References:

reuters.com

http://securityaffairs.co/

actualidad.rt.com/

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Cybercrime

Incident

Transport

Operation Cleaver

The company Cylance has published a report describing how hackers based in Iran, have coordinated attacks against more than 50 companies from 16 different countries. This campaign, named Operation...

References:

cylance.com

net-security.org

businessweek.com

engadget.com

securityaffairs.co

threatpost.com

hispasec.com

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Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

Transport

Corporate access