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China Issues Data Security Law

Hunton Privacy

After two rounds of public comments, the Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “DSL”) was formally issued on June 10, 2021, and will become effective on September 1, 2021. The DSL will apply to data recorded in electronic and other forms. Data Security Policies.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2022: 408 Million Breached Records

IT Governance

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly lists of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 1,063 security incidents in 2022, which accounted for 480,014,323 breached records. How security incidents occurred.

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SpecTor operation: 288 individuals arrested in the seizure of marketplace Monopoly Market

Security Affairs

According to the press release published by the Europol, the seized drugs include over 258 kg of amphetamines, 43 kg of cocaine, 43 kg of MDMA, and over 10 kg of LSD and ecstasy pills. The Monopoly Market was launched in 2019 and the German authorities seized the marketplace’s infrastructure in December 2021.

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Vice Society ransomware gang is using a custom locker

Security Affairs

Vice Society ransomware has been active since June 2021, it is considered by researchers a spin-off of the HelloKitty ransomware , the malware targets both Windows and Linux systems primarily belonging to small or midsize victims. The malware dropped ransom notes with the file name “AllYFilesAE” in each encrypted directory.

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Authorities dismantled the card-checking platform Try2Check

Security Affairs

The service allowed crooks to check the status of bulks of stolen credit card data that were purchased or sold by cybercriminals. Over a nine-month period in 2018, the site performed at least 16 million checks, and over a 13-month period beginning in September 2021, the site performed at least 17 million checks.”

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Mitre shared 2022 CWE Top 25 most dangerous software weaknesses

Security Affairs

Often easy to find and exploit, these can lead to exploitable vulnerabilities that allow adversaries to completely take over a system, steal data, or prevent applications from working.” Below is a list of the weaknesses in the 2022 CWE Top 25: Rank ID Name Score KEV Count (CVEs) Rank Change vs. 2021 1 CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write 64.20

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What is Cyber Extortion and How Can It Be Prevented?

IT Governance

The simplest technique was to sell the information on the dark web to other cyber criminals. With individuals’ details on sale for as little as £10, this is a consistent but inefficient way of profiting from criminal activity. The alternative was to use the stolen information directly for fraudulent purposes.

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