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Vice Society gang is using a custom PowerShell tool for data exfiltration

Security Affairs

Vice Society ransomware operators have been spotted using a PowerShell tool to exfiltrate data from compromised networks. Threat actors are using the PowerShell tool to evade software and/or human-based security detection mechanisms. The script ignores files that are under 10 KB in size and that do not have a file extension.

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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. That represents an 14.8%

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Top 8 Cyber Insurance Companies for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Whereas in the past, cyber insurers may have frequently extended liability limits of $10 million, it is becoming increasingly more common that carriers can only extend a max of $5 million limit per risk.”. Also see: Best Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Tools. was worth roughly $4.1 billion in direct written premiums in 2020.

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Hackers are taking advantage of the interest in generative AI to install Malware

Security Affairs

In March, security experts at Meta found multiple malware posing as ChatGPT or similar AI tools. “Since March alone, our security analysts have found around 10 malware families posing as ChatGPT and similar tools to compromise accounts across the internet. ” reads the Meta’s Q1 2023 Security Reports.

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Archive-It Partner News, May 2022

Archive-It

Rushing to document and save: The War in Ukraine 2022 web archive. Recording & slides from the SAA WAS Coffee Cha t – On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, the SAA Web Archiving Section hosted Library and Archives Canada’s Tom Smyth to discuss web and social media preservation. by the Archive-It team. Save the Date!

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25 Most Dangerous Software Flaws Identified by MITRE

eSecurity Planet

MITRE said its goal is to help professionals handle and mitigate various risks, which includes software for “architects, designers, developers, testers, users, project managers, security researchers, educators,” and many other contributors. Top 10 Unchanged. See the Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2022.

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Microsoft aims at stopping cybercriminals from using cracked copies of Cobalt Strike

Security Affairs

Microsoft announced it has taken legal action to disrupt the illegal use of copies of the post-exploitation tool Cobalt Strike by cybercriminals. to remove cracked versions of Cobalt Strike (“refer to stolen, unlicensed, or otherwise unauthorized versions or copies of the tool”) so they can no longer be used by cybercriminals.