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Microsoft MSHTML flaw exploited in Gmail and Instagram phishing scam

November 26th, 2021 0

The attacks started in July 2021 in which threat actors exploited Microsoft MSHTML vulnerability to target overseas Iranians.

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Swire Pacific Offshore Operations hit by Cl0p ransomware gang

November 25th, 2021 0

As seen by Hackread.com, the Cl0p ransomware gang has leaked partial SPO data including names, email addresses, passport scans, and more.

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Iran's Top Tier Airline Mahan Air Hit by Cyberattack

November 22nd, 2021 0

According to Mahan Air, the cyberattack was launched on Sunday morning and its responsibility was later claimed by a relatively lesser-known hacking group- “Hooshyarane Vatan” (Vigilant of the Nation).

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Bandwidth.com reports multimillion dollar loss post DDoS attacks

November 10th, 2021 0

In September 2021, Bandwidth.com suffered a series of days-long DDoS attacks forcing its service to go offline in the United States.

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Iranian Gas Stations Crippled After Suffering Cyberattack

October 27th, 2021 0

Soon after the cyberattack, videos and posts started surfacing on social media displaying messages that read: "Khamenei! Where is our gas?" Another sign read: "Free gas in Jamaran gas station."

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SolarWinds hackers, Nobelium, hit cloud providers and resellers

October 25th, 2021 0

So far, Microsoft has informed 140 companies about the new attack campaign being carried out by Nobelium 14 of which were compromised by the group.

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CISA - Ransomware targeted SCADA systems of 3 US water facilities

October 15th, 2021 0

US has warned of more ransomware attacks on IT and OT networks of country's Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) Sector facilities.

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Microsoft Azure customer hit by 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack

October 12th, 2021 0

Microsoft has confirmed that the DDoS attack against an Azure customer originated from a botnet comprising at least 70,000 compromised devices.

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Bandwidth.com is latest victim of nonstop DDoS attacks against VoIP

September 28th, 2021 0

Bandwidth.com has been suffering DDoS attacks for the past 3 days nonstop and at the time of publishing this article, its service was still down.

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Canadian firm VoIP.ms hit by non-stop extortion-based DDoS attacks

September 21st, 2021 0

Although unconfirmed; the notorious REvil ransomware gang could be behind the DDoS attacks on VoIP.ms. Here's what we know so far.