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

businessinsider.com

itnews.com.au

infosecurity-magazine.com

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Mitsubishi Electric has been the victim of a cyberattack

Mitsubishi Electric has been compromised by a data leak, approximately 200MB, due to unauthorized access.The incident was detected on June 28, 2019, and was made public last Monday, January 20. The...

References:

mitsubishielectric.co.jp

japantimes.co.jp

infosecurity-magazine.com

bankinfosecurity.com

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Valencia's municipal transport company suffers CEO fraud

The managing director of the EMT (Empresa Municipal de Transportes, municipal transport company) of Valencia, Josep Enric García Alemany, has reported the complaint filed with the National Police...

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europapress.es

efe.com

elpais.com

officialpress.es

lavanguardia.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Public administration

Transport

Toyota subsidiary victim of email fraud

Toyota Boshoku Corporation, a manufacturer of automotive components belonging to the Toyota Motor Corporation group, announced that one of its European subsidiaries lost more than $37 million after...

References:

toyota-boshoku.com

bleepingcomputer.com

scmagazineuk.com

ituser.es

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Cybercrime

Incident

Transport

Cyberattack on London's Oyster transport payment system

Transport for London (TfL), the agency responsible for public transport in the British capital, revealed that some contactless card accounts in Oyster, the payment system for transport, were...

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twitter.com

theregister.co.uk

bbc.com

wired.co.uk

noticiasseguridad.com

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Cybercrime

Information leakage

Public administration

Tool

Transport

Honda data exposed on Elasticsearch servers

Researcher Justin Paine, through a Shodan search, discovered an Elasticsearch database, owned by Honda Motor Company, without any security measures.The information contained in the database was...

References:

rainbowtabl.es

bleepingcomputer.com

threatpost.com

tripwire.com

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Incident

Information leakage

Transport

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...

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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...

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welivesecurity.com

cyberscoop.com

hackread.com

innovadores.larazon.es

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Malware

IoT

Incident

Industrial Control System

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...

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twitter.com

lavanguardia.com

europapress.es

metropoliabierta.com

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Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

Toll Group stops its services because of a ransomware

Mitsubishi Electric has been the victim of a cyberattack

Valencia's municipal transport company suffers CEO fraud

Toyota subsidiary victim of email fraud

Cyberattack on London's Oyster transport payment system

Honda data exposed on Elasticsearch servers

Detected a spam campaign that distributes malware via email

Airbus suffers a cyberattack that exposes professional and employee data

GreyEnergy malware threatens critical infrastructure since 2015

The Port of Barcelona suffers a cyber attack

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