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Who is the Network Access Broker ‘Wazawaka?’

Krebs on Security

In a great many ransomware attacks, the criminals who pillage the victim’s network are not the same crooks who gained the initial access to the victim organization. More commonly, the infected PC or stolen VPN credentials the gang used to break in were purchased from a cybercriminal middleman known as an initial access broker.

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Home Depot Agrees to Pay $17.5 Million in Multistate Settlement Following 2014 Data Breach

Hunton Privacy

million and implement a series of data security practices in response to a data breach the company experienced in 2014. We previously reported on a settlement Home Depot reached in 2017 to resolve a putative class action brought by financial institutions impacted by the 2014 data breach. (“Home Depot”) agreed to pay $17.5

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Crooks stole $10 million from Norway’s state investment fund Norfund

Security Affairs

Norway’s state investment fund, Norfund, suffered a business email compromise (BEC) attack, hackers stole $10 million. Hackers stole $10 million from Norway’s state investment fund, Norfund, in a business email compromise (BEC) attack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Ticketmaster will pay $10 Million fine over hacking a competitor

Security Affairs

Ticketmaster agreed to pay a $10 million fine for hacking into the computer system of the startup rival CrowdSurge. The news is disturbing, Ticketmaster has agreed to pay a $10 million fine after being charged with illegally accessing computer systems into the computer system of the startup rival CrowdSurge. Attorney DuCharme.

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UK ICO proposes a $123 million fine for Marriott 2014 data breach

Security Affairs

The UK’s data privacy regulator plans to fine giant hotel chain Marriott International with a £99 million ($123 million) under GDPR over 2014 data breach. The UK’s data privacy regulator announced that the giant hotel chain Marriott International faces a £99 million ($123 million) fines under GDPR over 2014 data breach.

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Lenovo Solution Centre flaw allows hacking Windows laptop in 10 minutes

Security Affairs

“The bug itself is a DACL (discretionary access control list) overwrite, which means that a high-privileged Lenovo process indiscriminately overwrites the privileges of a file that a low-privileged user is able to control. The task created by the LSC runs the LSC.Services.UpdateStatusService.exe binary 10 minutes after a login event.

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Iran – Government blocks Internet access in response to the protests

Security Affairs

Iran – After the announcement of the government to cut fuel subsidies, protests erupted in the country and the authorities blocked Internet access. Initially, mobile networks stopped working in large areas of the country, the government blocked any access to the Internet. SecurityAffairs – Iran, Internet access).

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