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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.

OpenPGP Certificate Flooding

06/28/2019
Robert J Hansen and Daniel Kahn Gillmor, maintainers of the OpenPGP protocol, have been victims of a cyberattack caused by functionalities in the design of PGP, which are that it has no limit on...
References: 
github.com/rjhansen
dkg.fifthhorseman.net
blogthinkbig.com
incibe-cert.es

Dismantled a group specializing in CEO fraud

06/28/2019
Spanish National Police officers, in collaboration with Europol, have succeeded in arresting the alleged perpetrator of a Nigerian criminal group, specializing in CEO fraud, at Barajas airport,...
References: 
interior.gob.es
adslzone.net
europapress.es
atlantico.net
Tags: 
Cybercrime
Incident

New Silex malware blocks IoT devices

06/25/2019
A new malware named Silex has successfully attacked more than 2,000 IoT devices in just over 4 hours.Akamai researcher Larry Cashdollar was the first to discover this malware. Once the device has...
References: 
zdnet.com
xataka.com
bleepingcomputer.com
threatpost.com
Tags: 
IoT
Malware

Ransomware forces closure of ASCO factories

06/11/2019
ASCO, a Belgian company that manufactures components for both military and commercial aircraft, was the victim of a ransomware attack on 7 June.The company has issued a statement explaining that...
References: 
asco.be
zdnet.com
securityweek.com
Tags: 
Incident
Malware

Emuparadise victim of a data breach

06/10/2019
The Emuparadise website, meeting point about retro videogames, has been victim of a data breach that affects to 1,1 million users.The incident took place on April 1, 2018 and it affected to forum...
References: 
epforums.org
zdnet.com
scmagazine.com
twitter.com/emuparadise
Tags: 
Incident
Information leakage

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