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Cl0p hacker operating from Russia-Ukraine war front line – exclusive

Security Affairs

As is quite common with malicious activity en masse, malicious hackers chose the Memorial Day weekend in the US (May 27th and 28th) for a “broad swath of activity.” In June 2021, Ukrainian law enforcement, in collaboration with US and South Korean officials, arrested six Cl0p members and dismantled the gang’s infrastructure.

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French authorities arrested a Russian national for his role in the Hive ransomware operation

Security Affairs

As of November 2022, Hive ransomware actors have victimized over 1,300 companies worldwide, receiving approximately US$100 million in ransom payments” reads the alert published by CISA in November. anti-cybercrime (Ofac).”

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Glut of Fake LinkedIn Profiles Pits HR Against the Bots

Krebs on Security

Since then, the response from LinkedIn users and readers has made clear that these phony profiles are showing up en masse for virtually all executive roles — but particularly for jobs and industries that are adjacent to recent global events and news trends. These people don’t exist, and they’re claiming they work for us!”

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Chinese Supply-Chain Attack on Computer Systems

Schneier on Security

The US government has known about it for almost as long, and has tried to keep the attack secret: China’s exploitation of products made by Supermicro, as the U.S. The US government has known about it for almost as long, and has tried to keep the attack secret: China’s exploitation of products made by Supermicro, as the U.S.

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Operation Falcon: Group-IB helps INTERPOL identify Nigerian BEC ring members

Security Affairs

As part of BEC, phishing emails can target particular people within an organization or sent out en masse. Often disguised as money transfer requests, HR-communications or business proposals they aim to steal confidential data. Business Email Compromise (BEC) is a type of email phishing attack that relies on social engineering.

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Hunting the ICEFOG APT group after years of silence

Security Affairs

Chi-en (Ashley) Shen, a senior security researcher at FireEye, collected evidence that demonstrates that China-linked APT group ICEFOG (aka Fucobha ) is still active. This week, Chi-en (Ashley) Shen presented at the CONFidence cybersecurity conference held in Poland her analysis on new samples of malware associated with the ICEFOG group.

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AI and Microdirectives

Schneier on Security

Made possible by advances in surveillance, communications technologies, and big-data analytics, microdirectives will be a new and predominant form of law shaped largely by machines. They are “micro” because they are not impersonal general rules or standards, but tailored to one specific circumstance.

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