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Hitachi Energy Latest Victim of Clop GoAnywhere Attacks

Data Breach Today

Attackers Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerability in Fortra's Managed File Transfer Software Hitachi Energy joined the ranks of victims hit by the Clop ransomware group, which has exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Fortra's widely used managed file transfer software, GoAnywhere MFT. Clop claimed responsibility for the hack, which compromised networks used by 130 different organizations.

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Warning Customers About Social Engineering.

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It’s a familiar story: scam artists impersonate a trusted brand, a trusted business or a trusted authority in emails and on bogus sites designed to exploit that very trust to commit fraud. Generally, this isn’t the fault of the person or organization being impersonated. But it’s worth remembering that there are practices and policies an organization can take to help keep their customers and other stakeholders protected from this kind of fraud.

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FBI Says It Arrested BreachForums Mastermind 'Pompompurin'

Data Breach Today

Agents Say NY Man Ran the Popular Successor to Forum Shuttered in April 2022 Federal agents arrested the alleged administrator of criminal underground forum BreachedForums, tracing him to a small town in New York's Hudson Valley. FBI agents say Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, resident of Peekskill, confessed to being "pompompurin.

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US govt agencies released a joint alert on the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware

Security Affairs

The US government released a joint advisory that provides technical details about the operation of the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware gang. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint advisory that provides indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with the notorious LockBit 3.0 ransomware. “The Fe

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.

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Security News This Week: Ring Is in a Standoff With Hackers

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: A SpaceX supplier ransom, critical vulnerabilities in dozens of Android phones, and more.

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Feds arrested Pompompurin, the alleged owner of BreachForums

Security Affairs

U.S. law enforcement arrested this week a US citizen suspected to be Pompompurin, the notorious owner of the BreachForums cybercrime forum. U.S. law enforcement arrested this week a US man that goes online with the moniker “Pompompurin,” the US citizen is accused to be the owner of the popular hacking forum BreachForums. The news of the arrest was first reported by Bloomberg, which reported that federal agents arrested Conor Brian Fitzpatrick from Peekskill, New York.

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Kaspersky released a new decryptor for Conti-based ransomware

Security Affairs

Kaspersky released a new version of the decryptor for the Conti ransomware that is based on the previously leaked source code of the malware. Kaspersky has published a new version of a decryption tool for the Conti ransomware based on previously leaked source code for the Conti ransomware. In March 2022, a Ukrainian security researcher has leaked the source code from the Conti ransomware operation to protest the gang’s position on the conflict.