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Dark Basin, a hack-for-hire group that remained under the radar for 7 years

Security Affairs

Researchers from Citizen Lab uncovered the operations of a hack-for-hire group tracked as Dark Basin that targeted thousands of journalists, elected and senior government officials, advocacy groups, and hedge funds worldwide over 7 years. Citizen Lab shared information about the attacks with the U.S. media outlets.

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6 Best Threat Intelligence Feeds to Use in 2023

eSecurity Planet

Here are our picks for the top threat intelligence feeds that security teams should consider adding to their defensive arsenal: AlienVault Open Threat Exchange: Best for community-driven threat feeds FBI InfraGard: Best for critical infrastructure security abuse.ch

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Ransomware attacks and costs. Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted.

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Historic Charges: First Enforcement Action Filed by New York Department of Financial Services Under Cybersecurity Regulation

Data Matters

2 Because First American’s violations included the exposure of millions of documents containing nonpublic information (NPI), the total penalty potentially could be substantial. Public access to these documents was caused by an application software vulnerability that was initially introduced in May 2014. e) and 500.01(g),

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U.S. Gov imposed Visa restrictions on 13 individuals linked to commercial spyware activity

Security Affairs

The measure aims to counter the misuse of surveillance technology targeting journalists, academics, human rights defenders, dissidents, and US Government personnel, as documented in the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Government personnel.” government. national security or foreign policy interests.

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The CyberWire Daily Podcast EP. 389 With Guest Speaker David Brumley

ForAllSecure

The CyberWire Daily podcast delivers the day's cyber security news into a concise format. Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. Learn more at extrahop.com/cyber.

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The Legitimisation of Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

That harm extends all the way from those in data breaches feeling a sense of personal violation (that's certainly how I feel when I see my personal information exposed), all the way through to people literally killing themselves (there are many documented examples of this in the wake of the Ashley Madison breach). in August last year.