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Cyber attack on Orange: Telecom giant isolates compromised system

31. July, 2025 - 12:25

The French telecommunications group Orange has been the victim of a cyber attack. The company discovered a compromised system last Friday and immediately isolated it from the rest of the network.

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Investigators dismantle Blacksuit ransomware infrastructure

29. July, 2025 - 08:35

A group of criminals is causing almost half a billion euros in damage worldwide with online extortion. Investigators have now succeeded in striking a major blow against the cyber criminals.

60 canceled flights

Aeroflot flights canceled: Hackers and Kremlin speak of attack

28. July, 2025 - 13:10

Ukrainian drone attacks repeatedly cause massive problems in Russia’s air traffic. However, the dozens of new flight cancellations in Moscow probably have a different reason.

Through the CRM system

Allianz Life hacked through social engineering

28. July, 2025 - 08:16

The US subsidiary of Germany’s Allianz SE confirms a major cyber attack in which hackers have stolen the personal data of the “majority” of its customers.

3-pillar program

Great Britain wants to ban ransomware payments

24. July, 2025 - 09:08

The British government has fleshed out its anti-ransomware strategy. On Tuesday, the Home Office published plans for three key measures: a payment ban for public institutions and critical infrastructure, mandatory reporting before ransom payments are made and a general obligation to report ransomware attacks.

Akira Ransomware

Weak password destroys 158-year-old company

22. July, 2025 - 11:27

A single password that was too weak was enough to destroy the KNP transport company and put 700 people out of work. To this day, the employee concerned does not know that his compromised password led to the destruction of the company – out of consideration.

Botnet

Authorities shut down server of hacker group “NoName057(16)”

16. July, 2025 - 19:27

International authorities take action against a hacker group. Their targets were also in Germany and were intended to disrupt politics and society.

Fake e-mail

Phishing attack costs school district 1.8 million dollars

16. July, 2025 - 10:20

Fraudsters posed as a trustworthy supplier and scammed millions with a fake invoice. The investigating authorities were at least able to recover part of the money.

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Deepfake: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio imitated on Signal

10. July, 2025 - 16:41

An unknown individual apparently impersonated US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with deceptively real audio and text messages on the messenger Signal. The aim of the campaign was to influence politicians in the USA and abroad. This is an extremely worrying example of the growing threat posed by deepfakes.

DDoS attack

Burqa ban triggers cyber attack on Swiss Confederation

08. July, 2025 - 13:33

The hours-long IT outage of the Swiss Federal Administration on January 10 had political reasons: Cyber criminals attacked the systems in response to the new ban on veiling.

Cyber attack on Orange: Telecom giant isolates compromised system

Investigators dismantle Blacksuit ransomware infrastructure

Aeroflot flights canceled: Hackers and Kremlin speak of attack

Allianz Life hacked through social engineering

Great Britain wants to ban ransomware payments

Weak password destroys 158-year-old company

Authorities shut down server of hacker group “NoName057(16)”

Phishing attack costs school district 1.8 million dollars

Deepfake: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio imitated on Signal

Burqa ban triggers cyber attack on Swiss Confederation

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