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  • "Data Backup Is No Longer Just About Operational Fallback"
    Data backup has generally been the responsibility of Information Technology (IT) operations, whilst security teams have been in charge of dealing with threats to data posed by attacks. According to the global IT research and advisory company Info-Tech…
  • "Bluebottle Hackers Used Signed Windows Driver in Attacks on Banks"
    A signed Windows driver was used in bank attacks in French-speaking countries, most likely by the threat actor that stole over $11 million from multiple banks. The operations and targets are consistent with the OPERA1ER hackers, who have been linked to…
  • "Data of 235 Million Twitter Users Leaked Online"
    Data on 235 million Twitter users has been published on a popular hacker forum. Experts have confirmed the legitimacy of the entries in the massive leaked archive. A threat actor exposed the data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts at the end of July 2022…
  • "Rackspace: Ransomware Attack Bypassed ProxyNotShell Mitigations"
    Rackspace Technology has confirmed that the December 2022 ransomware attack that disrupted email services for thousands of its Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) clients stemmed from a zero-day exploit against a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)…
  • "SpyNote Strikes Again: Android Spyware Targeting Financial Institutions"
    Since at least October 2022, a new variant of the Android malware SpyNote, also known as SpyMax, has been targeting financial institutions. ThreatFabric stated that the developer of the malware, who previously sold it to other parties, made the source…
  • "Hacker Lexicon: What Is a Pig Butchering Scam?"
    Criminals generate billions of dollars through Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks and romance scams. These attacks begin with social engineering to trick the victim into doing something that would benefit the threat actor, such as trusting someone…
  • "Ransomware Predictions in 2023: More Government Action and a Pivot to Data Extortion"
    In 2022, there were thousands of ransomware attacks, ranging from breaches that targeted the military to incidents that brought entire governments to a halt. Ransomware groups such as Conti ceased operations, while LockBit and Hive attacked thousands of…
  • "Hackers Steal $3.5M Worth of Digital Assets From GMX Whale"
    On January 3, many people observed suspicious GMX token movements. Following this, CertiK and PeckShield identified the transactions as an exploit that drained a GMX whale of $3.4 million worth of GMX tokens. According to the data analysis website…
  • "Android's First Security Updates for 2023 Patch 60 Vulnerabilities"
    Google recently announced the first Android security updates for 2023, which patch a total of 60 vulnerabilities.  The first part of the update, which arrives on devices as the 2023-01-01 security patch level, addresses 19 security defects in the…
  • "New Federal Cybersecurity Requirements for Railway Operators"
    The US government is prioritizing improving cybersecurity across the nation's critical industries. Officials acknowledged the importance of defending US infrastructure when the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack shut down a crucial fuel pipeline,…
  • "Cyberattack Against Records Vendor Cott Systems Interrupts Counties Nationwide"
    Local governments across the US have resorted to paper-based methods to process birth certificates, marriage licenses, real estate transactions, and other critical paperwork following an apparent cyberattack on a digital-records management vendor in…
  • "Cyber Attack on Car Dealership Arnold Clark Forces Systems Offline"
    The car dealership Arnold Clark has confirmed that it was the target of a cyberattack in December 2022. According to the company, it has protected the data of its clients, as well as its systems and third-party partners. However, the network outage has…