Tag: Cyberattacks
A Wall Street Journal report pointed to Verizon and AT&T among the impacted internet service providers in the China-linked attacks. Verizon and AT&T were reportedly among the affected internet service providers in a China-linked hacking campaign by a group tracked as Salt Typhoon. The report Saturday from the Wall Street Journal followed the outlet’s prior…
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The Microsoft-DOJ effort has aimed to disrupt the group Star Blizzard—tied to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB)—which has been ‘targeting Microsoft customers globally.’ Microsoft disclosed details Thursday about a recent effort to disrupt the activities of a “relentless” Russia-linked threat group, which has targeted Microsoft customers worldwide including in the U.S., the company said. The…
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A cybersecurity researcher tells CRN that his own family was recently targeted with a convincing voice-clone scam. While audio deepfake attacks against businesses have rapidly become commonplace in recent years, one cybersecurity researcher says it’s increasingly clear that voice-clone scams are also targeting private individuals. He knows this first-hand, in fact. The researcher, Kyle Wilhoit…
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CISA urges organizations to address the remote code execution vulnerability affecting Ivanti EPM. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Wednesday urged organizations to prioritize patching for a previously disclosed, critical-severity vulnerability affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager, which has now seen exploitation in attacks. The remote code execution (RCE) flaw in the product, also known…
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The Texas health system has been working to recover its systems after the Sept. 26 attack. A ransomware attack against Texas-based UMC Health System has led to major patient care disruptions, according to reports. The health system—which reports having more than 30 clinics in western Texas and eastern New Mexico—has reportedly been forced to divert…
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The settlement comes after an FCC investigation into a major 2021 breach as well as three other incidents at T-Mobile in 2022 and 2023. T-Mobile will pay $31.5 million in connection with a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over a series of four breaches from 2021 to 2023, the agency announced Monday. The…
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For the week ending Sept. 27, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including HP Inc., Torq, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, SafeBreach and Salesforce. The Week Ending Sept. 27 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is HP Inc. for a savvy acquisition that will provide customers with…
Read MoreIncidents disclosed over the past week have included attacks targeting Internet service providers and a municipal water treatment system. Threat actors continue to intensify their targeting of U.S. critical infrastructure providers, as demonstrated by a series of recently disclosed attacks. This week has seen incidents disclosed including attacks targeting internet service providers and a cyberattack…
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A threat actor is reportedly claiming to have posted Dell employee data on a hacker forum. After a threat actor claimed this week to have posted stolen data belonging to Dell Technologies employees, the tech giant disclosed Friday that it’s investigating the allegations. The company has not yet specified whether a security incident has affected…
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The vendor disclosed that a ‘limited’ number of customers have been attacked through exploits of the flaw affecting its Cloud Service Appliance. Ivanti disclosed Thursday it’s aware of attacks against some customers through exploitation of a newly discovered, critical-severity vulnerability affecting its Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) gateway. It’s the second flaw in Ivanti’s CSA gateway…
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