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.

The University Hospital from Torrejón is affected by a computer virus

Normal working of several information systems of University Hospital from Torrejón de Ardoz has been affected by a computer virus.IT system broke down on January 17th last, moment when the...

References: 

hospitaldetorrejon.es

europapress.es

muyseguridad.net

elmundo.es

lavanguardia.com

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Cybercrime

Health

Incident

Public administration

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

mitsubishielectric.co.jp

japantimes.co.jp

infosecurity-magazine.com

bankinfosecurity.com

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0day

Cybercrime

Incident

Information leakage

Transport

Security incident at University of Burgos

University of Burgos has suffered a cyberattack due to an unauthorized access to personal data.According to the Rectorate, the incident took place on January 14th, at 9:30, affecting some users...

References: 

ubu.es

burgosconecta.es

diariodeburgos.es

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Cybercrime

Incident

Information leakage

Public administration

Security flaw in TikTok solved

Check Point cybersecurity researchers detected and reported a security flaw in the application of the popular social network TikTok.This flaw could have allowed cybercriminals to take control of...

References: 

checkpoint.com

theverge.com

threatpost.com

globbsecurity.com

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Application

Social networks

Vulnerability

Travelex, currency exchange bureau from London, victim of a ransomware incident

The currency exchange bureau from London, Travelex, has been victim of a ransomware incident called Sodinokibi, known as Sodin or REvil as well. The incident took place on December 31st, suspending...

References: 

twitter.com

twitter.com

computing.es

infosecurity-magazine.com

bbc.com

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Banking sector

Incident

Malware

Security fail over Xiaomi cameras

Several users have been affected by a security fail using Mi Home Basic 1080p, through Google Home Hub. This fail allowed them to access to the video signal of other users with the same gadgets.One...

References: 

c.mi.com

androidpolice.com

xataka.com

thehackernews.com

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Google

Information leakage

IoT

Thai prison, Lang Suan, victim of a security incident

The Thai prison, Lang Suan, in Chumphon province, has suffered a cyberattack on its video surveillance system (Closed Circuit Television, CCTV) by dumping its video signal on YouTube for several...

References: 

bangkokpost.com

welivesecurity.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Internet

IoT

Public administration

Social networks

New Orleans declares state of emergency for ransomware type incident

The City of New Orleans, located in the State of Louisiana, has seen its public services paralysed after falling victim to a ransomware-type malware infection.The detection took place in the early...

References: 

twitter.com

techcrunch.com

cso.computerworld.es

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Incident

Malware

Public administration

Malware infiltrated on the Monero official website

The official website of the well-known Monero crypto currency had published for a few hours the binaries of its CLI wallet application that contained a malware.This unauthorized modification of the...

References: 

getmonero.org

arstechnica.com

genbeta.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Cryptocurrency

Malware

La Zaragozana victim of a ransomware

The independent brewery La Zaragozana, belonging to the Grupo Ágora, was a victim of a ransomware. From the beginning they made clear their refusal to meet the demands of the kidnappers.The events...

References: 

twitter.com

cadenaser.com

elperiodicodearagon.com

heraldo.es

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Cybercrime

Feeding

Malware

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