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QakBot Big Game Hunting continues: the operators drop ProLock ransomware for Egregor

Security Affairs

Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has discovered that QakBot (aka Qbot) operators have abandoned ProLock for Egregor ransomware. The biggest ransom demand detected by Group-IB team has been at $4 million worth of BTC. of victims) and Retail (14.5%). ProLock = Egregor.

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Russia-linked APT28 compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to facilitate cyber operations

Security Affairs

. “These operations have targeted various industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Education, Energy & Utilities, Governments, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Retail, Technology, and Transportation. Communication to and from the EdgeRouters involved encryption using a randomly generated 16-character AES key.

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Exclusive: Welcome “Frappo” – Resecurity identified a new Phishing-as-a-Service

Security Affairs

“Frappo” acts as a Phishing-as-a-Service and enables cybercriminals the ability to host and generate high-quality phishing pages which impersonate major online banking, e-commerce, popular retailers, and online-services to steal customer data. The last update of the service was registered May 1, 2022. To nominate, please visit:?

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in March 2020 – 832 million records breached

IT Governance

Hacker group has been infiltrating DrayTek enterprise routers to spy on corporate networks (unknown). Randleman Eye Center says some files were encrypted in cyber attack (unknown). Police investigate ransomware incident at Jamaica National Group (unknown). Sunshine Behavioral Health Group faces lawsuit after CCPA violation.

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Does artificial intelligence mean artificial security?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Are your AI plans supported by an encryption strategy? The firm’s AI team says the software contains encryption. However, in this scenario where are the encryption keys? It’s important to understand that encryption will affect data in other related applications and processes as well. Are they encrypting it?

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TA505 is expanding its operations

Security Affairs

The threat group is also known for its recent attack campaign against Bank and Retail business sectors, but the latest evidence indicates a potential expansion of its criminal operation to other industries too. su”, using an SSL encrypted communication, and stores them in “C:UsersPublic” path: “ rtegre.exe ” and “ wprgxyeqd79.exe

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in August 2022 – 97 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

In other news… Florida Orthopaedic Institute settles lawsuit after 2020 ransomware incident Brazilian police launch investigation targeting Lapsus$ group South Korea to ban 16 unregistered overseas crypto exchanges. announces security breach (unknown) The Country Club at Woodfield, Inc.