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Six Charged in Mass Takedown of DDoS-for-Hire Sites

Krebs on Security

men with computer crimes related to their alleged ownership of the popular DDoS-for-hire services. Miller was charged this week with conspiracy and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The DOJ also charged six U.S. The booter service OrphicSecurityTeam[.]com com and royalstresser[.]com Defendant Angel Manuel Colon Jr.

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REvil ransomware gang hacked Acer and is demanding a $50 million ransom

Security Affairs

Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation Acer was victim of a REvil ransomware attack, the gang demanded a $50,000,000 ransom. Taiwanese computer giant Acer was victim of the REvil ransomware attack, the gang is demanding the payment of a $50,000,000 ransom, the largest one to date. billion in revenue.

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Citizen of Croatia charged with running the Monopoly Market drug marketplace

Security Affairs

. “In December 2021, in coordination with foreign law enforcement partners in Germany and Finland, the computer server hosting Monopoly was seized and taken offline.” Through extensive analysis of these records, Desnica was identified as the operator of Monopoly.” ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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First Multistate HIPAA Data Breach Lawsuit May Signal Increased State Interest in Data Security Enforcement

Data Matters

On December 3, 2018, twelve attorneys general (“AGs”) jointly filed a data breach lawsuit against Medical Informatics Engineering and its subsidiary, NoMoreClipboard LLC (collectively “the Company”), an electronic health records company, in federal district court in Indiana. See Indiana v. Informatics Eng’g, Inc. , 3:18-cv-00969 (N.D.

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Using Microsoft Powerpoint as Malware Dropper

Security Affairs

Marco Ramilli, founder and CEO at cyber security firm Yoroi has explained how to use Microsoft Powerpoint as Malware Dropper. Nowadays Microsoft office documents are often used to propagate Malware acting like dynamic droppers. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background.

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Is Emotet gang targeting companies with external SOC?

Security Affairs

Today I’d like to share a quick analysis resulted by a very interesting email which claimed to deliver a SOC “weekly report” on the victim email. Technical Analysis. The attached document is a well obfuscated Microsoft Word document which asks to enable macros in order to view its content. Thury-Harcourt, France.

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GravityRAT malware also targets Android and macOS

Security Affairs

GravityRAT is a malware strain known for checking the CPU temperature of Windows computers to avoid being executed in sandboxes and virtual machines. ” reads an analysis published by Cisco Talos that spotted the malware back in 2017 when it was used by an APT group targeting India. . ” concludes Kaspersky.