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Australian Cyber Security Centre warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

In addition to the encryption of data, victims have received threats that data stolen during the incidents will be published.” Most of the attacks have been reported in July, the organizations hit by the ransomware gang operate in professional services, construction, manufacturing, retail, and food industries. ransomware.

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QakBot Big Game Hunting continues: the operators drop ProLock ransomware for Egregor

Security Affairs

Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has discovered that QakBot (aka Qbot) operators have abandoned ProLock for Egregor ransomware. The biggest ransom demand detected by Group-IB team has been at $4 million worth of BTC. Egregor’s favorite sectors are Manufacturing (28.9%

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Russia-linked APT28 compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to facilitate cyber operations

Security Affairs

“These operations have targeted various industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Education, Energy & Utilities, Governments, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Retail, Technology, and Transportation. Communication to and from the EdgeRouters involved encryption using a randomly generated 16-character AES key.

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Ransomware at IT Services Provider Synoptek

Krebs on Security

-based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries , including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software. A now-deleted Tweet from Synoptek on Dec.

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Boyne Resorts ski and golf resort operator hit with WastedLocker ransomware

Security Affairs

The company owns and operates eleven properties and an outdoor lifestyle equipment/apparel retail division with stores in cities throughout Michigan. Most of the victims belong to the manufacturing industry, followed by IT and media and telecommunications sectors. An industry leader in multiple U.S.

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MY TAKE: How digital technology and the rising gig economy are exacerbating third-party risks

The Last Watchdog

I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss that question with Catherine Allen, chairman and CEO of the Santa Fe Group, and Mike Jordan, senior director of Santa Fe’s Shared Assessments program. Addressing third-parties Allen founded The Santa Fe Group in 1995 and established it as a leading consultancy, specializing on emerging technologies.

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

A group of Ukrainian hackers took the Moscow Stock Exchange offline on Monday, while the hacking collective Anonymous, which has declared “cyber war” against Russia , said it had taken down RT News, the Russian state-controlled television network. Other attacks had more broadly political motives.

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