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Pro-Russia hackers target critical infrastructure in North America and Europe

Security Affairs

Pro-Russia hacktivists have been targeting and compromising small-scale Operational Technology (OT) systems in North American and European Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS), Dams, Energy, and Food and Agriculture Sectors. The malicious activity began in 2022 and is still ongoing. ” reads the joint advisory.

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Operation Blacksmith: Lazarus exploits Log4j flaws to deploy DLang malware

Security Affairs

North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus was spotted exploiting Log4j vulnerabilities to deploy previously undocumented remote access trojans. The North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus is behind a new hacking campaign that exploits Log4j vulnerabilities to deploy previously undocumented remote access trojans (RATs).

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San Francisco 49ers NFL team discloses BlackByte ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The analysis of the ransomware revealed that it was developed to avoid infecting systems that primarily use Russian or related languages. Anyone that could access the raw key would be able to decrypt the files. The experts spotted the BlackByte ransomware while investigating a recent malware incident. ” reads the advisory.

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

Security Affairs

A deeper analysis revealed that the threat actor CloudWizard has been linked to an activity cluster that dates back to May 2016 that was tracked by ESET researchers as Operation Groundbait. Further analysis revealed that the actor behind the above operations has been active since at least 2008. ” We are in the final!

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6 Best Threat Intelligence Feeds to Use in 2023

eSecurity Planet

As a bonus, many of these tools are free to access and have specialized feeds that focus on different industries and sectors. OTX prides itself on being a completely open community for threat intelligence, extending access to threat research and shared expertise from security professionals to any and all users. critical infrastructure.

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HawkEye Keylogger is involved in attacks against business users

Security Affairs

The author is selling it through a licensing model and is also offering access to updates for specific periods of time. ” reads the analysis published by Cisco Talos. The latest variant appeared in the cybercrime underground in December 2018, it was named HawkEyeReborn v9. ” continues the post.

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Climate change predictions: Anticipating and adapting to a warming world

IBM Big Data Hub

6 More intense droughts and water scarcity Global warming is causing more intense droughts and affecting water storage on land, decreasing access to freshwater. Parts of Africa will be especially vulnerable, with agricultural yields declining by as much as 50% in some areas.