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US GOV OFFERS A REWARD OF UP TO $15M FOR INFO ON LOCKBIT GANG MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES

Security Affairs

government offers rewards of up to $15 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of LockBit ransomware gang members and affiliates. Yesterday, a joint law enforcement action, code-named Operation Cronos , conducted by law enforcement agencies from 11 countries disrupted the LockBit ransomware operation.

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More details about Operation Cronos that disrupted Lockbit operation

Security Affairs

Yesterday, a joint law enforcement action, code-named Operation Cronos , conducted by law enforcement agencies from 11 countries disrupted the LockBit ransomware operation. In 2022, LockBit was one of the most active ransomware groups, and its prevalence continued into 2023. on January 5, 2020.

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6,009,014 MovieBoxPro Accounts Breached in Another Data Scraping Incident

IT Governance

A further 381,000 New York City public school students affected by 2022 data breach In January 2022 , personal data from around 820,000 New York City public school students, both current and former, was breached. We also found 11 organisations providing a significant update on a previously disclosed incident.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – November 6, 2023 – Windows Drivers and Exchange Flaws

eSecurity Planet

CVE-2022-4886 (Path Sanitization Bypass): This 8.8-level Given the ease with which these vulnerabilities might be exploited, rapid action is required to prevent broad assaults on both government and commercial networks. The Problem: Three flaws discovered by the Kubernetes security community carry CVSS severity scores of 7.6

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 January 2024

IT Governance

Compromised data includes victims’ names, addresses, phone numbers and Aadhaar numbers (a 12-digit government identification number). It remains unclear how the data breach occurred, but the attackers apparently suggested it was the result of “exploiting vulnerabilities within government databases of telecommunication systems”.

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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

*Reprinted with permission from the May 6, 2022 edition of the New York Law Journal © 202X ALM Global Properties, LLC. Attorney General described a recent takedown of a Russian government-sponsored botnet called Cyclops Blink before it was weaponized and caused damage. and foreign government agencies. All rights reserved.