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U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group

Krebs on Security

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. This is not the U.S.

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Market Leading Cybersecurity and National Security Lawyers David Lashway and John Woods Join Sidley in Washington, D.C.

Data Matters

He has significant experience in addressing election security and misinformation related issues, and was deeply involved in the investigations into the 2016 and 2020 elections targeting various U.S. He is one of the few lawyers who has led multiple global responses to data integrity attacks involving the financial services industry.

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Integrating Long-Term Digital Preservation into Your Information Governance Program: First Steps

Preservica

The 2016 IGI Benchmark Report on The Governance of Long-term Digital Information confirmed that nearly all organizations represented have digital records and information that keep or need to keep in excess of 10 years. Download the Information Governance Initiative (IGI) benchmark report and the 2017 benchmark highlights.

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The Impact of Data Protection Laws on Your Records Retention Schedule

ARMA International

The purpose of this article is to remove the fear and intimidation of domestic and global data protection laws and show how these laws and requirements are consistent with the existing objectives of your records retention schedule and information governance policy. 2016/679 (EU, April 27). 2016/679, Art. 2 DLA Piper. 2000. . §

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Microsoft partnered with other security firms to takedown TrickBot botnet

Security Affairs

Trickbot has been active since 2016, at the time the authors of the author designed it to steal banking credentials. Over the years, the threat evolved and its operators implemented a modular structure that allowed them to offer the threat as malware-as-a-service. ” concludes Microsoft.

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Lazarus malware delivered to South Korean users via supply chain attacks

Security Affairs

The group is considered responsible for the massive WannaCry ransomware attack, a string of SWIFT attacks in 2016, and the Sony Pictures hack. The attackers are attempting to exploit the need to install additional security software when South Korean users visit government or financial services websites. .

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Cachet Financial Reeling from MyPayrollHR Fraud

Krebs on Security

It’s worth noting that the MyPayrollHR fraud wasn’t the first time Cachet has been tripped up by the demise of a payroll company: In 2016, the collapse of Monterey, Calif. The government alleges Mann was kiting millions of dollars in checks between his accounts at Bank of American and Pioneer from Aug. But on Oct.