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  • Banking and Utilities are The Top Two Targets for Ransomware Attacks

    Over half of ransomware attacks are targeting one of three industries; banking, utilities and retail, according to analysis by cybersecurity researchers – but they’ve also warned that all industries are at risk from attacks. According to detections by Trellix, banking and finance was the most common target for ransomware during the reporting period, accounting for 22%…

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  • IoT Vulnerabilities and the Helix22 Solution

    There’s a reason IoT devices have become so ubiquitous – they really do support and enable greater convenience and efficiency in our lives. But IoT devices, like any device, are subject to security flaws. IoT devices can create entry points into an enterprise’s environment, and this can cause unpredictable, cascading effects on the organization’s networks.…

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  • News Corp Hit By Cyber Attack

    News Corp was the target of a hack that accessed emails and documents of journalists and other employees, an incursion the company’s cybersecurity consultant said was likely meant to gather intelligence to benefit China’s interests. The attack, discovered on Jan. 20, affected a number of publications and business units including The Wall Street Journal and its…

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  • Wormhole Blockchain Bridge Taken For More Than $300 million

    Wormhole, a popular bridge to move cryptocurrency from one blockchain to another, saw 120,000 Ether — approximately $325 million — stolen by hackers in a move that could destabilize the bridge. “The wormhole network was exploited for 120k wETH [Wormhole Ether]. ETH will be added over the next hours to ensure wETH is backed 1:1.…

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  • Turkish Firms and Gov’t Under Cyber Attack

    Details have emerged about a previously undocumented malware campaign undertaken by the Iranian MuddyWater advanced persistent threat (APT) group targeting Turkish private organizations and governmental institutions. “This campaign utilizes malicious PDFs, XLS files and Windows executables to deploy malicious PowerShell-based downloaders acting as initial footholds into the target’s enterprise,” Cisco Talos researchers Asheer Malhotra and…

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  • FBI Warns US Private Firms of Hacker Attacks Conducted by Iranian Cyber Firm

    The FBI this week issued a private industry notification to warn organizations about the malicious activities conducted by an Iranian cyber company named Emennet Pasargad. The agency has described their tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) and it has shared several recommendations for preventing and detecting attacks. In November 2021, the U.S Treasury Department announced sanctions…

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  • France’s Ministry of Justice Hit by Ransomware

    The Ministry of Justice of France is a body of the French government, which is responsible for: supervision of the judiciary, its maintenance and administration; participation as Vice President of the Judicial Council; supervision of the prosecutor’s office; prison systems. A few hours ago Lockbit ransomware operators have announced to have stolen data from Ministry…

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  • Qubit Finance Robbed of $80 Million in Crypto Heist – Asks Hacker To Give It Back

    A threat actor has used an exploit to steal approximately $80 million from Qubit Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that allows users to loan and speculate on cryptocurrency price variations. The hack took place on January 27, and was formally acknowledged by the platform within hours. The company later followed this statement up with a…

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  • Canada’s Foreign Affairs Dept Hit By A Cyber Attack

    Canada’s foreign affairs department was hit with a cyberattack last week, according to the Treasury Board of Canada. The hack of Global Affairs Canada, the government entity responsible for diplomatic and global relations, occurred on Wednesday, according to a statement provided by the Treasury Board. Canada’s Parliament Building in the nations capital Ottawa. The statement…

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  • Dark Herring Malware Infected Over a 100 Million Android Devices – Added $15/month to DCB App Billing

    While some financially motivated scams may seem simple on the surface, the truth of the matter is that cybercriminals are investing large amounts of money into strategies and infrastructure to scale up their malicious campaigns. Those investments are paying off as threat actors continue to target mobile users with successful campaigns. Nearly 500 malicious apps…

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