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"DOJ Charges Hackers for Stealing $230 Million in Crypto From Individual"Two people have been charged by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for stealing over $230 million in cryptocurrency from an individual in Washington, DC.
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"'Marko Polo' Hackers Found to Be Running Dozens of Scams"Researchers with the Recorded Future Insikt Group reported that a prolific group of threat actors known as "Marko Polo" is responsible for at least 30 cybercrime scams, including malware attacks, phishing attacks, and cryptocurrency fraud.
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"Insecure APIs and Bot Attacks Cost Global Firms $186bn"Thales found that Application Programming Interface (API) adoption and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered bot attacks are rising and costing global organizations tens of billions of dollars yearly.
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"Packed With Features, 'SambaSpy' RAT Delivers Hefty Punch"A recently discovered Remote Access Trojan (RAT) named "SambaSpy" has a Swiss Army knife-like set of spying and data theft functions.
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"NSA and Allies Issue Advisory about PRC-Linked Actors and Botnet Operations"The National Security Agency (NSA) has joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the US Cyber Command's Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), and international allies in releasing new information regarding People's Republic of China (PRC)-
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"Microsoft Warns of New INC Ransomware Targeting US Healthcare Sector"Microsoft has revealed that a financially motivated threat actor has been targeting US healthcare with "INC" ransomware.
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"CISA Releases Cyber Defense Alignment Plan for Federal Agencies"The Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) Operational Cybersecurity Alignment (FOCAL) plan from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) aims to align the federal enterprise against cyber threats.
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"Cryptojacking Gang TeamTNT Makes a Comeback"Researchers found new activity conducted by "TeamTNT" dating back to 2023, even though the group was believed to have disappeared in 2022.
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"Windows Users Targeted With Fake Human Verification Pages Delivering Malware"Fake human verification pages are tricking Windows users into installing malware. Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 found seven fake CAPTCHA-style human verification pages in late August 2024.
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"Clever 'GitHub Scanner' Campaign Abusing Repos to Push Malware"A new phishing campaign is using GitHub repositories to spread the "Lumma Stealer" password-stealing malware to those who frequent or receive email notifications from an open source project repository.
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"Preventing Ransomware by Fully Remediating Infostealer Attacks"According to SpyCloud's "2024 Malware and Ransomware Defense Report," ransomware attacks often use data stolen through previous infostealer infections, emphasizing the need to remediate all malware infections thoroughly.
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Virtual Institutes Mid-Year Meeting SummaryThe Science of Security (SoS) Virtual Institutes (VIs) held their Mid-Year meeting at the International Computer S