LISBON (Reuters) – Vodafone's Portuguese unit said on Tuesday a hacker attack overnight had disrupted its services but assured its customers that their personal data had not been compromised as a result of the incident, which is under investigation.
Vodafone Portugal said in a statement its system faced technical problems on Monday evening, with thousands of customers reporting they were unable to make calls or access the internet on their phones or computers.
The race to save the Internet from quantum hackers
In cybersecurity circles, they call it Q-day: the day when quantum computers will break the Internet.
Almost everything we do online is made possible by the quiet, relentless hum of cryptographic algorithms. These are the systems that scramble data to protect our privacy, establish our identity and secure our payments.
You've still not patched it?
Danny Palmer is a senior reporter at ZDNet. Based in London, he writes about issues including cybersecurity, hacking and malware threats.
The focus on Log4j, described at the time as one of the most serious cybersecurity vulnerabilities to ever emerge , was understandably the key issue for enterprise cybersecurity teams in the final weeks of 2021.
Palestinian Hackers Use New NimbleMamba Implant in Recent Attacks
An advanced persistent threat (APT) hacking group operating with motives that likely align with Palestine has embarked on a new campaign that leverages a previously undocumented implant called NimbleMamba .
But the lull in the activities has been offset by the operators actively working to retool their arsenal, resulting in the development of NimbleMamba, which is designed to replace LastConn, which, in turn, is believed to be an upgraded version of another backdoor called SharpStage that was used
Microsoft: These hackers are targeting emergency response and security organizations in Ukraine |
Liam Tung is a full-time freelance technology journalist who writes for several Australian publications.
Microsoft has detailed recent hacking activity of cyber actors, most likely aligned with the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), who have targeted Ukraine government, security agencies and aid organizations.
Suspected Chinese hackers hit News Corp with 'persistent cyberattack' - CNN
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Buffalo County HHS Zoom meeting rescheduled due to hackers
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BUFFALO COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) -A community meeting scheduled to be held on zoom Tuesday by the Buffalo County Department of Health and Human Services was hacked.
According to a release from the Buffalo County Department of Health and Human Services, the meeting was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, however, hackers were able to enter the meeting and override the host's controls.
Hackers have begun adapting to wider use of multi-factor authentication | TechRepublic
Security researchers at Proofpoint are warning of a new threat that's only likely to become more serious as time goes on: Hackers who publish phishing kits are beginning to add multi-factor authentication bypassing capabilities to their software.
Proofpoint said that a recent study from MFA company Duo found that, as of 2021, 78% of people have or do use MFA, compared to just 28% in 2017. That rapid increase surely ruffled some cybercriminal feathers in the past few years, but that hardly means they're down for the count.
Quincy: Hackers broke into city servers, demanded money in exchange for data
QUINCY – The city is working to restore access to some of its servers after Quincy's online network was hacked in a targeted cyberattack last Thursday.
Chris Walker, chief of staff to Mayor Thomas Koch, said the Quincy Police Department's server and network "showed signs of disruption" Thursday morning, which alerted the city's IT department to something amiss.
A Vodafone foi ontem alvo de um ciberataque malicioso sem precedentes. Neste momento, recuperámos os serviços de vo… https://t.co/ZmkEthjTGF VodafonePT (from Portugal) Tue Feb 08 10:30:11 +0000 2022
A cyberattack that took place last night has brought down Vodafone Portugal's mobile, SMS, fixed voice, and TV serv… https://t.co/SYYLqPD5sp campuscodi (from EU) Tue Feb 08 10:43:01 +0000 2022
Perante o ciberataque ocorrido, "a nossa prioridade absoluta é o restabelecimento dos nossos serviços. As nossas eq… https://t.co/zC1ZYi2Q8z VodafonePT (from Portugal) Tue Feb 08 20:30:00 +0000 2022
Vodafone Portugal hit by hackers, says no client data breach https://t.co/hXYWwovtXY https://t.co/0rXHAJIz4b Reuters (from Around the world) Tue Feb 08 10:20:14 +0000 2022
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