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"Embargo Ransomware Escalates Attacks to Cloud Environments"According to Microsoft, the threat actor "Storm-0501" now targets hybrid cloud environments, expanding its strategy to compromise all victim assets. In 2021, the threat actor became a "Sabbath" ransomware affiliate.
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"Meta Hit With $102 Million Privacy Fine From European Union Over 2019 Password Security Lapse"The Irish Data Protection Commission fined the US tech company Meta $101.6 million after an investigation that revealed a password security lapse.
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"Governments Urge Improved Security and Resilience for Undersea Cables"The US government and global partners want to improve undersea cable infrastructure security and resiliency to protect global communications and data.
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"Transport, Logistics Orgs Hit by Stealthy Phishing Gambit"Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks have targeted a few North American transportation and logistics companies. An unknown threat actor has weaponized at least 15 company email accounts since May.
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"New HTML Smuggling Campaign Delivers DCRat Malware to Russian-Speaking Users"A new HTML smuggling campaign targets Russian-speaking users to spread "DCRat" malware, also known as the "DarkCrystal RAT." According to researchers, this is the first time the malware has been deployed this way, instead of through compromised o
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"US Announces Charges, Sanctions Against Russian Administrator of Carding Website"The US government recently announced rewards of up to $10 million each for information leading to the arrest of two Russian nationals charged over their involvement in operating and laundering proceeds from carding websites.
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"US Sanctions Crypto Exchanges for Facilitating Russian Cybercrime"The US government has sanctioned cryptocurrency exchanges used by Russian cybercriminals. The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has set sanctions against "Cryptex," a cryptocurrency exchange registered in St.
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"Millions of Kia Cars Were Vulnerable to Remote Hacking"According to security researcher Sam Curry, vulnerabilities in a website dedicated to Kia vehicle owners could have allowed attackers to remotely control millions of cars.
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"New Security Protocol Shields Data From Attackers During Cloud-Based Computation"A new security protocol developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) uses the quantum properties of light to ensure that data sent to and from a cloud server remains secure during deep-learning computations.
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"NSA Jointly Releases Guidance for Mitigating Active Directory Compromises""The National Security Agency (NSA) joins the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD ACSC) and others in releasing the Cybersecurity Technical Report (CTR), 'Detecting and Mitigating Active Directory Compromises.' The gu
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"NIST Scraps Passwords Complexity and Mandatory Changes in New Guidelines"According to new guidelines published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), using a mixture of character types in your passwords and regularly changing passwords are officially no longer best password management practices.
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"Data Breach at MC2 Data Leaves 100 Million at Risk of Fraud"Security researchers at Cybernews have recently uncovered a massive data leak exposing the personal information of over 100 million US citizens.