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Actions Target Russian Govt. Botnet, Hydra Dark Market

Krebs on Security

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in the United States and Ukraine. energy facilities. Separately, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. Dragonfly 2.0,

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware. Technological tactics.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in March 2020 – 832 million records breached

IT Governance

Princess Cruises and Holland America Line caught out by phishing scam (unknown). South African utility provider Eskom is still feeling effects of a cyber security incident (unknown). Tandem Diabetes Care notifies patients of phishing incident (unknown). Staff at Teaching Council hit by phishing email (9,735).

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in August 2022 – 97 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

Crypto firm Nomad loses nearly $200 million in bridge hack (unknown) Solana and Slope confirm wallet security breach (8,000) Malaysian payment gateway platform iPay88 suffers data leak (unknown) Ypsilanti-area utility customers’ bank information exposed (2,00) Chester Upland schools victim of BEC scheme to the tune of $3 million (unknown).

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MY TAKE: Memory hacking arises as a go-to tactic to carry out deep, persistent incursions

The Last Watchdog

In fact, memory attacks have quietly emerged as a powerful and versatile new class of hacking technique that threat actors in the vanguard are utilizing to subvert conventional IT security systems. Allegedly developed by US and Israeli operatives, Stuxnet was discovered circulating through Iranian nuclear energy facilities in 2010.

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Weekly podcast: ICS attacks, Reddit and SIM swap arrests

IT Governance

A new report from Cybereason has highlighted the alarming scale and variety of attacks faced by ICS or industrial control systems, and it seems that it’s not only nation-state attackers but also opportunistic traditional cybercriminals that are now targeting utility providers.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 December 2023

IT Governance

LLC, Prime-Line Products and Shop-Vac USA, LLC Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes Thousands of administrative documents, budgets, sales invoices, salary information, company secrets; dozens of NVDAs; over 100 distributor agreements; and some passports Bell Flavors & Fragrances Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1,768 Simoniz USA, Inc.