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![Chinese Cyber Espionage Targets Telecom Operators in Asia Since 2021](/static/build/img/news/chinese-cyber-espionage-targets-telecom-operators-in-asia-since-2021-small.jpg)
Cyber espionage groups associated with China have been linked to a long-running campaign that has infiltrated several telecom operators located in a single Asian country at least since 2021. "The...
![Russian Hackers May Have Targeted Ukrainian Telecoms with Upgraded 'AcidPour' Malware](/static/build/img/news/russian-hackers-may-have-targeted-ukrainian-telecoms-with-upgraded-acidpour-malware-small.jpg)
The data wiping malware called AcidPour may have been deployed in attacks targeting four telecom providers in Ukraine, new findings from SentinelOne show. The cybersecurity firm also confirmed...
![Former telecom manager admits to doing SIM swaps for $1,000](/static/build/img/news/former-telecom-manager-admits-to-doing-sim-swaps-for-1000-small.jpg)
A former manager at a telecommunications company in New Jersey pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for accepting money to perform unauthorized SIM swaps that enabled an accomplice to hack customer accounts. SIM swapping is an unauthorized porting of a targeted person's phone number to another physical SIM card or eSIM chip controlled by the attacker.
![GTPDOOR Linux Malware Targets Telecoms, Exploiting GPRS Roaming Networks](/static/build/img/news/gtpdoor-linux-malware-targets-telecoms-exploiting-gprs-roaming-networks-small.jpg)
Threat hunters have discovered a new Linux malware called GTPDOOR that’s designed to be deployed in telecom networks that are adjacent to GPRS roaming exchanges (GRX) The malware is novel in the...
![FCC orders telecom carriers to report PII data breaches within 30 days](/static/build/img/news/fcc-orders-telecom-carriers-to-report-pii-data-breaches-within-30-days-small.jpg)
Starting March 13th, telecommunications companies must report data breaches impacting customers' personally identifiable information within 30 days, as required by FCC's updated data breach reporting requirements."Without an FCC rule requiring breach notifications for the above categories of PII, there would be no requirement in Federal law that telecommunications carriers report non-CPNI breaches to their customers," the FCC said.
![Sea Turtle Cyber Espionage Campaign Targets Dutch IT and Telecom Companies](/static/build/img/news/sea-turtle-cyber-espionage-campaign-targets-dutch-it-and-telecom-companies-small.jpg)
Telecommunication, media, internet service providers (ISPs), information technology (IT)-service providers, and Kurdish websites in the Netherlands have been targeted as part of a new cyber...
![Russian Hackers Had Covert Access to Ukraine's Telecom Giant for Months](/static/build/img/news/russian-hackers-had-covert-access-to-ukraine-s-telecom-giant-for-months-small.jpg)
Ukrainian cybersecurity authorities have disclosed that the Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Sandworm was inside telecom operator Kyivstar's systems at least since May 2023. The...
![Albanian Parliament and One Albania Telecom Hit by Cyber Attacks](/static/build/img/news/albanian-parliament-and-one-albania-telecom-hit-by-cyber-attacks-small.jpg)
The Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania have been targeted by cyber attacks, the country’s National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security...
![Iranian Hackers Using MuddyC2Go in Telecom Espionage Attacks Across Africa](/static/build/img/news/iranian-hackers-using-muddyc2go-in-telecom-espionage-attacks-across-africa-small.jpg)
The Iranian nation-state actor known as MuddyWater has leveraged a newly discovered command-and-control (C2) framework called MuddyC2Go in its attacks on the telecommunications sector in Egypt,...
![Major Cyber Attack Paralyzes Kyivstar - Ukraine's Largest Telecom Operator](/static/build/img/news/major-cyber-attack-paralyzes-kyivstar-ukraine-s-largest-telecom-operator-small.jpg)
Ukraine's biggest telecom operator Kyivstar has become the victim of a cyber attack, disrupting customer access to mobile and internet services. "The cyberattack on Ukraine's #Kyivstar telecoms...