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Tag: dataprotection
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EU Hit With Cyber Attack After Designating Russia A State Sponsor of Terrorism
Hackers hit the European Parliament website with a “sophisticated” cyberattack last week, shortly after the body declared Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. The cyberattack disrupted the website’s service moments after the members took their vote. The Parliament cannot officially designate Russia as a terrorism sponsor, but with its vote urged the European Union to do… Read more
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Interpol Seized $130 Million From Cyber-Crimes and Arrested 975 People
Interpol on Thursday announced the seizure of $130 million worth of virtual assets in connection with a global crackdown on cyber-enabled financial crimes and money laundering. The international police operation, dubbed HAECHI-III, transpired between June 28 and November 23, 2022, resulting in the arrests of 975 individuals and the closure of more than 1,600 cases. This comprised two… Read more
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GAO Issues “Cybersecurity Risks To Offshore Oil and Gas Infrastructure” Report
The offshore oil and gas infrastructure faces cybersecurity risks that the Department of Interior should immediately address, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) notes in a new report. Consisting of more than 1,600 facilities, the offshore oil and gas infrastructure is divided into two categories, namely exploitation and drilling (including mobile offshore drilling units and… Read more
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Air Asia Has Over 5 Million Users and Employees Info Stolen
The cybercrime group called Daixin Team has leaked sample data belonging to AirAsia, a Malaysian low-cost airline, on its data leak portal. The development comes a little over a week after the company fell victim to a ransomware attack on November 11 and 12. The threat actors allegedly claim to have obtained the personal data associated with… Read more
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India’s New Digital Personal Data Protection Bill
The Indian government on Friday released a draft version of the much-awaited data protection regulation, making it the fourth such effort since it was first proposed in July 2018. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, as it’s called, aims to secure personal data, while also seeking users’ consent in what the draft claims is “clear and plain… Read more
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Google Ads Being Used to Distribute Malware
A developing threat activity cluster has been found using Google Ads in one of its campaigns to distribute various post-compromise payloads, including the recently discovered Royal ransomware. Microsoft, which spotted the updated malware delivery method in late October 2022, is tracking the group under the name DEV-0569. “Observed DEV-0569 attacks show a pattern of continuous innovation, with… Read more
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Hive Ransomware Group Extorts over $100 Million in 18 Months
An alert published by CISA, the FBI, and the HHS states that the Hive ransomware group extorted over $100 million in ransom payments from 1,300 organizations, from June 2021 to November 2022. As of November 2022, Hive ransomware actors have victimized over 1,300 companies worldwide, receiving approximately US$100 million in ransom payments, according to FBI… Read more
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Iranian-backed Threat Group Hacked Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) Organization
The FBI and CISA revealed in a joint advisory published today that an unnamed Iranian-backed threat group hacked a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization to deploy XMRig cryptomining malware. The attackers compromised the federal network after hacking into an unpatched VMware Horizon server using an exploit targeting the Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) remote code execution vulnerability. … Read more
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Cybersecurity is Part of National Security
At BLAKFX we have considered Cybersecurity a National Security issue since at least 2012. That is the year our CEO launched Wickr. In fact, a primary reason we came into existence was to ensure cybersecurity was considered and integral part of national security and defense. We realized that the era of perimeter data security tools… Read more
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Cdn Grocery Store Chain Sobeys Suffers Ransomware Attack
Sobeys is the second largest supermarket chain in Canada. The company operates over 1,500 stores operating across Canada under a variety of banners. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited, a Canadian business conglomerate. During the last week, grocery stores and pharmacies belonging to the company have experienced IT issues. “The Company’s grocery stores remain… Read more