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New Bad Magic APT used CommonMagic framework in the area of Russo-Ukrainian conflict

Security Affairs

In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. doc,docx.xls,xlsx,rtf,odt,ods,zip,rar,txt,pdf.

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US GOV OFFERS A REWARD OF UP TO $15M FOR INFO ON LOCKBIT GANG MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES

Security Affairs

government offers rewards of up to $15 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of LockBit ransomware gang members and affiliates. The NCA will reach out to victims based in the UK in the coming days and weeks, providing support to help them recover encrypted data.

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A deeper insight into the CloudWizard APT’s activity revealed a long-running activity

Security Affairs

In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. ” reads the new report published by Kaspersky.

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Feds Warn About Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks, Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

Secret Service issued a detailed advisory on the BlackByte Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) group, which has attacked critical infrastructure industries in recent months, among them government, financial and food and agriculture targets. Also read: Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2022. The 15 Vulnerabilities Explained.

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More details about Operation Cronos that disrupted Lockbit operation

Security Affairs

The NCA will reach out to victims based in the UK in the coming days and weeks, providing support to help them recover encrypted data. In 2022, LockBit was one of the most active ransomware groups, and its prevalence continued into 2023. ” said National Crime Agency Director General, Graeme Biggar.

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GUEST ESSAY: Why organizations need to prepare for cyber attacks fueled by quantum computers

The Last Watchdog

Related: The role of post-quantum encryption. Quantum computers pose yet another looming threat since it has been mathematically proven that quantum computers with enough power will crack all the world’s public encryption. We most recently witnessed this as Russia invaded Ukraine.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 27 November – 3 December 2023

IT Governance

35 TB of data exfiltrated from Henry Schein, plus ALPHV/BlackCat re-encrypted the newly restored files As we first reported last month , the US healthcare solutions provider Henry Schein announced on 15 October that it had suffered a cyber attack that caused disruption to its manufacturing and distribution businesses.