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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. Follow him on Twitter or LinkedIn for more articles on emerging cybersecurity trends.

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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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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

Promote cross- and up-selling Recommendation engines use consumer behavior data and AI algorithms to help discover data trends to be used in the development of more effective up-selling and cross-selling strategies, resulting in more useful add-on recommendations for customers during checkout for online retailers.

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

Hancitor became another commodity malware which partnered with ransomware gangs to help them gain initial access to target networks – the increasing trend outlined by Group-IB researchers in the recent Ransomware Uncovered 2020/2021 report. The exfiltrated data is published on a dedicated Cuba DLS (Data Leak Site).

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About Half of Surveyed Companies Haven’t Started Preparing for CCPA: Data Privacy Trends

eDiscovery Daily

technology, manufacturing, financial services, utilities and health care companies finds that 44 percent of companies that will impacted by the CCPA haven’t yet taken steps towards compliance. The post About Half of Surveyed Companies Haven’t Started Preparing for CCPA: Data Privacy Trends appeared first on CloudNine.