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Russia-linked APT28 uses COVID-19 lures to deliver Zebrocy malware

Security Affairs

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The lure was delivered as part of a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) file that could be accessed only by Windows 10 users.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in April 2021 – 1 billion records breached

IT Governance

It was another busy month in the cyber security sector, as we discovered 143 incidents that resulted in 1,098,897,134 breached records. Ransomware was again one of the biggest contributors to that total, accounting for almost one in three data breaches. The report takes the information collected in these lists and summarises our findings.

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MY TAKE: Cyber attacks on industrial controls, operational technology have only just begun

The Last Watchdog

Convergence of the two in the industrial internet of things (IIoT) makes for better communication and access to online data and processes, but it also flings the door wide open for nefarious activity by cyber criminals. “May you live in interesting times.” Related: 7 attacks that put us at the brink of cyber war. Dismantling the silos.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in August 2020 – 36.6 million records breached

IT Governance

There were a massive 99 data breaches and cyber attacks in August, making it the third-biggest monthly total of the year by number of security incidents. But, by contrast, only 36,673,575 records were confirmed to have been leaked, which is the fewest we’ve recorded since May 2018. Cyber attacks. Hitachi Chemical Co. Cyber attacks. Data breaches.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 January 2024

IT Governance

GB JSP Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Thailand) PCL Source (New) Manufacturing Thailand Yes >80 GB TREZOR Source (New) Crypto France Yes Nearly 66,000 Oak View Group Source (New) Leisure USA Yes 58,935 Innefu Labs Pvt. VF Corporation confirms 35.5 million customers’ data. Data breached: 35,500,000 records. O’Hara & Sons, Inc.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 461 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl. Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl. Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl.

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Exclusive Cybaze ZLab – Yoroi – Hunting Cozy Bear, new campaign, old habits

Security Affairs

The researchers of Yoroi ZLab, on 16 November, accessed to a new APT29’s dangerous malware which seems to be involved in the recent wave of attacks aimed at many important US entities, such as military agencies, law enforcement, defense contractors , media companies and pharmaceutical companies. The C2C “ pandorasong[.]com