Security News

Orange Spain Faces BGP Traffic Hijack After RIPE Account Hacked by Malware
2024-01-05 10:01

Mobile network operator Orange Spain suffered an internet outage for several hours on January 3 after a threat actor used administrator credentials captured by means of stealer malware to hijack...

Infostealer malware, weak password leaves Orange Spain RIPE for plucking
2024-01-04 13:15

A weak password exposed by infostealer malware is being blamed after a massive outage at Orange Spain disrupted around half of its network's traffic. The malware had infected the account of an Orange Spain employee.

Hacker hijacks Orange Spain RIPE account to cause BGP havoc
2024-01-03 19:44

Orange Spain suffered an internet outage today after a hacker breached the company's RIPE account to misconfigure BGP routing and an RPKI configuration. "Resource Public Key Infrastructure is a cryptographic method of signing records that associate a BGP route announcement with the correct originating AS number," explains a Cloudflare article on RPKI. By enabling RPKI with a routing body such as ARIN or RIPE, a network can cryptographically certify that only routers under their control can advertise an AS number and their associated IP addresses.

Orange to provide cloud services for Egypt’s ‘New Administrative Capital’
2021-02-09 23:30

Orange Business Services announced that it will design and build a new data center to provide cloud services for Egypt's 'New Administrative Capital'. The project will be implemented in collaboration with Orange Egypt, who will supply the required infrastructure and services, following their appointment as the project's prime contractor by Administrative Capital for Urban Development - owner and developer of the New Administrative Capital.

Orange is the new green: Nigeria scammer bags $1m while operating behind bars
2019-11-21 05:54

Fraudster oversaw operation with contraband phone A convicted fraudster housed in a maximum security prison in Nigeria managed to pull off a $1m (£775,000) online scam from behind bars.…

Orange and Cisco to help customers transform their enterprise LAN into SD-LAN
2019-06-24 01:30

Orange Business Services and Cisco are co-innovating to help customers transform their enterprise local area network (LAN) into more flexible, powerful software defined LANs (SD-LAN). Building on...

Orange signs an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of SecureLink
2019-05-10 00:00

On 7 May 2019, Orange entered into an agreement with Investcorp to acquire 100% of SecureLink on a €515m Enterprise Value basis. SecureLink, based in the Netherlands, is one of the largest...

Orange is at it again - buys SecureLink for an eye-watering €515m including debts
2019-05-08 16:15

French telco's cyber arm consumes second infosec specialist of 2019 Orange has snaffled Belgium-based security services outfit SecureLink for a whopping enterprise buy price of €515m.…

Orange Acquires Cybersecurity Firm SecureLink
2019-05-08 12:20

French telecom giant Orange on Tuesday announced that it signed an agreement to acquire Netherlands-based cybersecurity firm SecureLink. read more

Orange acquires SecureData to increase expertise in cybersecurity
2019-02-04 04:00

Orange has announced the acquisition of SecureData Group for an undisclosed amount. The UK-based company, SecureData, is the largest independent cybersecurity service provider in the UK, the first...