Security News

Spain busts voice phishing ring for defrauding 10,000 bank customers
2024-12-12 16:44

The Spanish police, working with colleagues in Peru, conducted a simultaneous crackdown on a large-scale voice phishing (vishing) scam ring in the two countries, arresting 83 individuals. [...]

Spain arrests three for using DDoSia hacktivist platform
2024-07-22 13:18

The Spanish authorities have arrested three individuals for using DDoSia, a distributed denial of service platform operated by pro-Russian hacktivists, to conduct DDoS attacks against governments...

APT41 Infiltrates Networks in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, and the U.K.
2024-07-19 07:24

"APT41 successfully infiltrated and maintained prolonged, unauthorized access to numerous victims' networks since 2023, enabling them to extract sensitive data over an extended period," Google-owned Mandiant said in a new report published Thursday. Attack chains involve the use of web shells, custom droppers, and publicly available tools to achieve persistence, deliver additional payloads, and exfiltrate data of interest.

Alleged Scattered Spider sim-swapper arrested in Spain
2024-06-17 14:16

A 22-year-old British national allegedly linked to the Scattered Spider hacking group and responsible for attacks on 45 U.S. companies has been arrested in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Though the authorities have not yet shared details about the threat group the suspect is associated with, VX-Underground alleges without substantiating that he is "Tyler," a SIM swapping specialist from the notorious Scattered Spider group.

U.K. Hacker Linked to Notorious Scattered Spider Group Arrested in Spain
2024-06-16 04:31

Law enforcement authorities have allegedly arrested a key member of the notorious cybercrime group called Scattered Spider. The individual, a 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom, was arrested...

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.

Kelvin Security hacking group leader arrested in Spain
2023-12-11 14:27

The Spanish police have arrested one of the alleged leaders of the 'Kelvin Security' hacking group, which is believed to be responsible for 300 cyberattacks against organizations in 90 countries since 2020. News of the arrest of a leader of the financial component of the group was posted to the Spanish National Police's Telegram channel Sunday morning, stating that the threat actors are linked to attacks on government institutions across Spain, Germany, Italy, Argentina, Chile, Japan, and the United States.

34 Cybercriminals Arrested in Spain for Multi-Million Dollar Online Scams
2023-10-24 11:00

Spanish law enforcement officials have announced the arrest of 34 members of a criminal group that carried out various online scams, netting the gang about €3 million ($3.2 million) in illegal...