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ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from Creos Luxembourg S.A.

Security Affairs

The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have breached the European gas pipeline Creos Luxembourg S.A. The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have hacked the European gas pipeline Creos Luxembourg S.A. The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group claims to have stolen more than 150 GB from the company, a total of 180.000 files.

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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. Jump to: What is ransomware? How ransomware works. Preventing ransomware. Ransomware attacks and costs.

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BlackCat (aka ALPHV) Ransomware is Increasing Stakes up to $2,5M in Demands

Security Affairs

BlackCat (aka ALPHV) Ransomware gang introduced an advanced search by stolen victim’s passwords, and confidential documents. They introduced an advanced search by stolen victim’s passwords, and confidential documents leaked in the TOR network. The notorious cybercriminal syndicate BlackCat competes with Conti and Lockbit 3.0.

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A flaw in Microsoft OAuth authentication could lead Azure account takeover

Security Affairs

Experts from Cyberark discovered the following three vulnerable Microsoft applications that trust these unregistered domains Portfolios , O365 Secure Score , Microsoft Service Trust. You can see more API calls documented here.” This vulnerability’s attack surface is very wide and its impact can be very powerful.”

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Report: No ‘Eternal Blue’ Exploit Found in Baltimore City Ransomware

Krebs on Security

have been held hostage by a ransomware strain known as “ Robbinhood.” National Security Agency (NSA) and leaked online in 2017. “We took a look at it and found a pretty vanilla ransomware binary,” Stewart said. For almost the past month, key computer systems serving the government of Baltimore, Md.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 266

Security Affairs

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived!

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Is the Resurgence of Phishing Attacks A Cause For Concern?

Adapture

Let this sink in: For every 10 cyber security incidents that are reported, 8 of them are phishing attacks. What’s more, phishing attacks target what’s often the weakest link in an organization’s security infrastructure; namely, its end users. If the attachment is a ransomware, your end user’s computer could get encrypted and locked up.