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Experts warn of a surge in NetSupport RAT attacks against education and government sectors

Security Affairs

Experts warn of a surge in NetSupport RAT attacks against education, government, and business services sectors. The most impacted sectors are education, government, and business services. NetSupport RAT is a remote control and desktop management software developed by NetSupport Ltd.

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Balikbayan Foxes group spoofs Philippine gov to spread RATs

Security Affairs

Experts uncovered a new threat actor, tracked as Balikbayan Foxes, that is impersonating the Philippine government to spread malware. . The group focuses on Shipping/Logistics, Manufacturing, Business Services, Pharmaceutical, and Energy entities, among others. ” reads the analysis published by the experts. .

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 30 October – 5 November 2023

IT Governance

When MOVEit was hacked by the Russian Cl0p ransomware gang in May, email addresses and links to government employee surveys were compromised. SEC Charges SolarWinds and its CISO with Fraud The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) has charged the software company SolarWinds and its CISO (chief information security officer), Timothy G.

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10 things you must do to become cyber secure

IT Governance

As such, we recommend that you enrol all employees on annual staff awareness courses covering the essentials of cyber security and specific topics, such as phishing and the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). System monitoring enables organisations to detect criminals’ attempts to attack systems and business services.

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Weekly podcast: banks, Thomas Cook, London cyber court and Facebook

IT Governance

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 13 July. Until next time you can keep up with the latest information security news on our blog. Visit our website for more information: itgovernance.co.uk. Here are this week’s stories. The consultation period ends on 5 October. Well, that’ll do for this week.

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New Leak Shows Business Side of China’s APT Menace

Krebs on Security

Experts say the leak illustrates how Chinese government agencies increasingly are contracting out foreign espionage campaigns to the nation’s burgeoning and highly competitive cybersecurity industry. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 273

Security Affairs

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