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Guy Fawkes Day – LulzSec Italy hit numerous organizations in Italy

Security Affairs

Italian Military Personnel and National Association of Professional Educators. Italian Military Personnel and National Association of Professional Educators. National Mining Office for Hydrocarbons & Geo-resources. National Association of Professional Educators. Exposed in the Hack: National Research Center.

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Vollgar botnet has managed to infect around 3k MSSQL DB servers daily

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity researchers spotted a crypto-mining botnet, tracked as Vollgar, that has been hijacking MSSQL servers since at least 2018. Researchers at Guardicore Labs discovered a crypto-mining botnet , tracked as Vollgar botnet , that is targeting MSSQL databases since 2018. and Windows Script Host Object Model (wshom).

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Steelcase office furniture giant hit by Ryuk ransomware attack

Security Affairs

Steelcase is a US-based furniture company that produces office furniture, architectural and technology products for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world.

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News alert: Beazley reports on how AI, new tech distract businesses as cyber risk intensifies

The Last Watchdog

trillion by 2025, a 300% increase since 2015 1. The economic impact of cybercrime on business across the globe continues to reach new levels, with the cost predicted to reach US$10.5 Yet, boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing.

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Access to over 3,000 compromised sites sold on Russian black marketplace MagBo

Security Affairs

Most of the compromised websites are e-commerce sites, but crooks also offered access to websites of organizations in healthcare, legal, education and insurance industries and belonging to government agencies. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Russian, or German hosting services. .

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Don’t Get “Wild” with Wildcards: eDiscovery Throwback Thursdays

eDiscovery Daily

37(b)(2)(C).” (Spoiler alert – the defendant didn’t ultimately go to jail, but was ordered to pay over 1 million dollars to the plaintiff)… Even before the 2015 Federal Rules changes, we didn’t see any other cases where the parties were threatened with jail time. mine) and it will locate that word and its variations.

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

Cisco Umbrella , analyzing the threat environment for 2022, found that 86% of organizations experienced phishing, 69% experienced unsolicited crypto mining, 50% were affected by ransomware, and 48% experienced some form of information-stealing malware. Educating and training employees is a must-do in modern endpoint security.