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Experts spotted a variant of the Agenda Ransomware written in Rust

Security Affairs

Trend Micro researchers have spotted a new variant of the Agenda ransomware (aka Qilin) that is written in Rust Language. The Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group uses a double-extortion model, with most of the victims in the manufacturing and IT industries. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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GUEST ESSAY: Too many SMBs continue to pay ransomware crooks — exacerbating the problem

The Last Watchdog

One report showed ransomware attacks increased by 80 percent in 2022, with manufacturing being one of the most targeted industries. The Glenn County Office of Education in California suffered an attack limiting access to its own network. So wWhy would a business pay out money instead of cleaning up the mess and securing its systems?

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New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware

Security Affairs

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. Then Trend Micro researchers initially analyzed a Windows 32-bit sample of the ransomware from Twitter.

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Lazarus APT uses DTrack backdoor in attacks against LATAM and European orgs

Security Affairs

Kaspersky reported attacks against entities in multiple industries, including education, chemical manufacturing, governmental research centers and policy institutes, IT service providers, utility providers and telecommunications. “The DTrack backdoor continues to be used actively by the Lazarus group. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

If you take a look at the global market for IoT, you can easily spot the trend. A hacker managed to identify a weak spot in a security camera model. Usually, the default settings are not focused on security. The only way to tackle this challenge is to educate the users about these threats and their potential implications.

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NEW TECH: DataLocker introduces encrypted flash drive — with key pad

The Last Watchdog

DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. Park: The trend nowadays is to move everything to the cloud. You need to rely on external storage to securely transport your data.