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UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S. orgs with 3 malware

Security Affairs

The group targeted the organization with phishing attacks aimed at spreading at least three new sophisticated malware strains. The phishing messages include links to a malicious website that serves the malware, experts pointed out that the emails had subject lines that were customized for each targeted organization.

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In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free

Krebs on Security

There are dozens of private companies that specialize in providing consumer credit reports and scores to specific industries, including real estate brokers, landlords, insurers, debt buyers, employers, banks, casinos and retail stores. citizens. In other cases, it’s trivial for anyone to sign up for these services.

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

Tensions rose throughout February as the Russian military amassed across the Ukrainian border. Although Vladimir Putin and his sympathisers assured the world that they were simply conducting military exercises, the inevitable occurred on 24 February, when troops mobilised and war was declared.

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Breaking the Ice on DICE: scaling secure Internet of Things Identities

The Security Ledger

» Related Stories Expert says: Hack your Smart Home to Secure It Fitness apps: Good for your health, not so much for military security Mobile, automation-industry leaders promote two new IoT security efforts. Among them: establishing strong device. Read the whole entry. » Secure identities are the foundation of secure ecosystems.

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Group-IB presents its annual report on global threats to stability in cyberspace

Security Affairs

According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace. For example, in 2019, Lazarus attacked a nuclear organization in India, which led to the power plant’s second unit being shut down.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Going Passwordless

ForAllSecure

For example, here’s Jerry Lewis in a scene from a 1950s film, where he’s trying to break into a Nazi German military base. When we travel, for example, to a different country, we have this thing called a passport, you know, this physical thing that we hold in our hands. Lewis: Good. Other: Wait.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #10 [Eye Opener] BusinessWeek: The Satellite Hack Everyone Is Finally Talking About

KnowBe4

They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. The packages themselves weren't malicious, but they contained README text files with links to phishing sites. government.