Latest Italy news

Synlab Italia suspends operations following ransomware attack

Synlab Italia has suspended all its medical diagnostic and testing services after a ransomware attack forced its IT systems to be taken offline.
- Bill Toulas
- April 22, 2024
- 11:27 AM
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SpyNote Android malware spreads via fake volcano eruption alerts

Android malware 'SpyNote' was seen in an Italy-focused campaign that uses a phony 'IT-alert' public alert service website to infect visitors.
- Bill Toulas
- October 17, 2023
- 11:54 AM
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Hyundai data breach exposes owner details in France and Italy

Hyundai has disclosed a data breach impacting Italian and French car owners and those who booked a test drive, warning that hackers gained access to personal data.
- Bill Toulas
- April 12, 2023
- 10:55 AM
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Vodafone Italy discloses data breach after reseller hacked

Vodafone Italia is sending customers notices of a data breach, informing them that one of its commercial partners, FourB S.p.A., who operates as a reseller of the telco's services in the country, has fallen victim to a cyberattack.
- Bill Toulas
- November 02, 2022
- 01:05 PM
- 0
BlackCat ransomware claims attack on Italian energy agency

The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang claimed responsibility for an attack that hit the systems of Italy's energy agency Gestore dei Servizi Energetici SpA (GSE) over the weekend.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 02, 2022
- 04:05 PM
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LockBit claims ransomware attack on Italian tax agency

Italian authorities are investigating claims made by the LockBit ransomware gang that they breached the network of the Italian Internal Revenue Service (L'Agenzia delle Entrate).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 26, 2022
- 07:17 AM
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Spyware vendor works with ISPs to infect iOS and Android users

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed today that RCS Labs, an Italian spyware vendor, has received help from some Internet service providers (ISPs) to infect Android and iOS users in Italy and Kazakhstan with commercial surveillance tools.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 23, 2022
- 01:07 PM
- 1
Vice Society ransomware claims attack on Italian city of Palermo

The Vice Society ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the recent cyber attack on the city of Palermo in Italy, which has caused a large-scale service outage.
- Bill Toulas
- June 09, 2022
- 11:43 AM
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Italian city of Palermo shuts down all systems to fend off cyberattack

The municipality of Palermo in Southern Italy suffered a cyberattack on Friday, which appears to have had a massive impact on a broad range of operations and services to both citizens and visiting tourists.
- Bill Toulas
- June 06, 2022
- 10:13 AM
- 0
Italy warns organizations to brace for incoming DDoS attacks

The Computer Security Incident Response Team in Italy issued an urgent alert yesterday to raise awareness about the high risk of cyberattacks against national bodies and organizations on Monday.
- Bill Toulas
- May 30, 2022
- 02:10 PM
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Clearview AI fined €20M for collecting Italians’ biometric data

The Italian privacy guarantor (GPDP) has imposed a fine of €20,000,000 on Clearview AI for implementing a biometric monitoring network in Italy without acquiring people's consent.
- Bill Toulas
- March 09, 2022
- 11:09 AM
- 0
Fake support agents call victims to install Android banking malware

The BRATA Android remote access trojan (RAT) has been spotted in Italy, with threat actors calling victims of SMS attacks to steal their online banking credentials.
- Bill Toulas
- December 03, 2021
- 12:40 PM
- 0
Telegram channel admins who sold fake vaccine cards arrested

The Italian financial crime agency (Guardia di Finanza - GdF) has announced the arrest of several individuals suspected of managing Telegram channels to promote fake vaccine certificates, aka 'Green Passes.'
- Bill Toulas
- November 29, 2021
- 10:11 AM
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Google, Apple fined by Italian authority for aggressive data collection

Italy's competition authority (Autorita Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato) has announced a fine of 10 million Euros ($11.3 million) against Google and Apple.
- Bill Toulas
- November 26, 2021
- 01:42 PM
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Italian celebs' data exposed in ransomware attack on SIAE

The Italian data protection authority Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali (GPDP) has announced an investigation into a data breach of the country's copyright protection agency.
- Bill Toulas
- October 22, 2021
- 10:06 AM
- 0
Energy group ERG reports minor disruptions after ransomware attack

Italian energy company ERG reports "only a few minor disruptions" affecting its information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure following a ransomware attack on its systems.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 04, 2021
- 05:34 PM
- 0
Ransomware attack hits Italy's Lazio region, affects COVID-19 site

The Lazio region in Italy has suffered a reported ransomware attack that has disabled the region's IT systems, including the COVID-19 vaccination registration portal.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 03, 2021
- 02:13 PM
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New [F]Unicorn ransomware hits Italy via fake COVID-19 infection map

A new ransomware threat called [F]Unicorn has been encrypting computers in Italy by tricking victims into downloading a fake contact tracing app that promises to bring real-time updates for COVID-19 infections.
- Ionut Ilascu
- May 26, 2020
- 12:23 PM
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TrickBot Malware Targets Italy in Fake WHO Coronavirus Emails

A new spam campaign is underway that is preying on the fears of Coronavirus (COVID-19) to target people in Italy with the TrickBot information-stealing malware.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 06, 2020
- 03:30 AM
- 0
Dharma Ransomware Attacks Italy in New Spam Campaign

Threat actors are distributing the Dharma Ransomware in a new spam campaign targeting Windows users in Italy.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 18, 2020
- 06:43 PM
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