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New Agent Raccoon malware targets the Middle East, Africa and the US

Security Affairs

The malware was used in attacks against multiple industries, including education, real estate, retail, non-profit organizations, telecom companies, and governments. The analysis of the C2 infrastructure revealed that it dates back to 2020.

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11 cyber security predictions for 2020

IT Governance

The retail and hospitality industries will continue to have their POS equipment targeted. Despite the rise in sophisticated attacks, 2020 will continue to see newbies and unskilled attackers using toolkits from the dark web to launch scams (such as sexploitation), and phishing and ransomware attacks.

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US citizens lost more than $68M to SIM swap attacks in 2021, FBI warns

Security Affairs

“From January 2018 to December 2020, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 320 complaints related to SIM swapping incidents with adjusted losses of approximately $12 million. The FBI recommends mobile carriers take the following precautions: Educate employees and conduct training sessions on SIM swapping.

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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. billion in 2020. “On October 22, 2020, Steelcase Inc. It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world.

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Decathlon Spain data leak exposed Spanish employees’ data & more

Security Affairs

Experts from vpnMentor have uncovered a leaking, active database containing over 123 million records belonging to the sporting goods retailer Decathlon Spain (and possibly Decathlon UK as well). Experts discovered a leaking, active database with over 123 million records belonging to Decathlon Spain (and possibly Decathlon UK as well).

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UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S. orgs with 3 malware

Security Affairs

FireEye’s Mandiant unit observed two distinct waves of attacks carried out by the cybercrime group in December 2020. The groups targeted organizations in the business services, financial, health, retail/consumer, aero-military, engineering and manufacturing, government, education, transportation, and utilities industries.

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Data breaches and cyber attacks quarterly review: Q2 2021

IT Governance

To put this in even more context, in the second quarter of 2020 we disclosed just 55 incidents, meaning attacks have almost tripled in the past year. The healthcare and health sciences sector, which suffered the most number of breaches in 2019 and 2020, was second with 76 disclosures.