Security News

FCC orders telecom carriers to report PII data breaches within 30 days
2024-02-12 21:50

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
2024-01-06 08:19

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
2024-01-05 07:27

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
2023-12-29 13:57

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
2023-12-19 11:41

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
2023-12-13 10:18

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...

New Stealthy 'Krasue' Linux Trojan Targeting Telecom Firms in Thailand
2023-12-07 06:15

A previously unknown Linux remote access trojan called Krasue has been observed targeting telecom companies in Thailand by threat actors to main covert access to victim networks at lease since...

Chilean telecom giant GTD hit by the Rorschach ransomware gang
2023-10-25 22:05

On the morning of October 23rd, GTD suffered a cyberattack that impacted numerous services, including its data centers, internet access, and Voice-over-IP. "We understand the importance of proactive and fluid communication in the face of incidents in accordance with what we previously discussed on the phone, I would like to inform you that we are experiencing a partial impact on services as a result of a cybersecurity incident," reads a GTD security incident notification. Today, Chile's Computer Security Incident Response Team confirmed that GTD suffered a ransomware attack.

CERT-UA Reports: 11 Ukrainian Telecom Providers Hit by Cyberattacks
2023-10-17 05:46

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has revealed that threat actors "interfered" with at least 11 telecommunication service providers in the country between May and September...

ToddyCat hackers use 'disposable' malware to target Asian telecoms
2023-10-12 14:09

A newly discovered campaign dubbed "Stayin' Alive" has been targeting government organizations and telecommunication service providers across Asia since 2021, using a wide variety of "Disposable" malware to evade detection. The attacks appear to originate from the Chinese espionage actor known as 'ToddyCat,' which relies on spear-phishing messages carrying malicious attachments to load a variety of malware loaders and backdoors.