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Google obtained a temporary court order against CryptBot distributors

Security Affairs

CryptBot malware is active since at least 2019, it allows operators to steal sensitive data from the Google Chrome of the infected systems. This lawsuit targeting Cryptbot’s malware distributors shows our commitment to protecting users from each level of the cybercriminal ecosystem.” ” reads the announcement published by Google.

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Crooks social-engineered GoDaddy staff to take over crypto-biz domains

Security Affairs

” Cyber criminals also targeted crypto-mining firm NiceHash with the same technique and successfully carried out a DNS hijacking attack. The hosting provider submitted a data breach notice with the California Attorney General, it revealed that the intrusion took place in October 2019. Pierluigi Paganini.

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GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

Krebs on Security

2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020. 18 Central European Time (CET), cyptocurrency mining service NiceHash disccovered that some of the settings for its domain registration records at GoDaddy were changed without authorization, briefly redirecting email and web traffic for the site. .

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2019 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 2

eDiscovery Daily

It’s also worth noting that Tom O’Connor and I will once again be discussing some of these cases – and what the legal profession can learn from those rulings – on our webcast on Wednesday, January 29 th – Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions of 2019 and Their Impact on 2020 at noon CT (1pm ET, 10am PT). BIOMETRIC SECURITY. GEO Group, Inc.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

Source (New) Software Luxembourg Yes 3,600,000 National Automobile Dealers Association Source (New) Retail USA Yes 1,065,000 Consórcio Canopus Source (New) Professional services Brazil Yes 1,400,000 The Teaching Company (Wondrium by The Great Courses) Source (New) Education USA Yes 1.3 TB Gräbener Maschinentechnik GmbH & Co.

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Flaws in Social Warfare plugin actively exploited in the wild

Security Affairs

Maintainers of Social Warfare for WordPress also addressed a remote code execution (RCE), both issues were tracked as CVE-2019-9978. Experts pointed out that attackers can exploit the vulnerabilities to take complete control over websites and servers and use them for malicious purposed, such as mining cryptocurrency or deliver malware.

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How to prioritize data strategy investments as a CDO

IBM Big Data Hub

From 2019 to 2021, our GCDO successfully aligned our data strategy to top-line growth with a strong focus on revenue. Another part of our pivot was an education and mindset shift to design thinking. A data-literate culture. All these pieces worked together to set us up for a successful strategy pivot in 2021.