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UK and US sanctioned 11 members of the Russia-based TrickBot gang

Security Affairs

governments sanctioned 11 more individuals who were alleged members of the Russia-based TrickBot cybercrime gang. Government and U.S. Government and U.S. The United States, in coordination with the United Kingdom, sanctioned eleven more individuals who are members of the Russia-based Trickbot cybercrime group.

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MY TAKE: Iran’s cyber retaliation for Soleimani assassination continues to ramp up

The Last Watchdog

Buried in the Shamoon code was an image of a burning American flag, intended as an admonishment to the Saudi government for supporting American foreign policy in the Middle East. Russia has twice now knocked out Ukraine’s power grid for extended periods, in the Industroyer attacks of December 2015 and again in December 2016.

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Free Ransomware Decryption Site Celebrates Milestone as New Threats Emerge

eSecurity Planet

” No More Ransom was founded in 2016 by the Dutch National Police, Europol, Intel Security and Kaspersky Lab. Haron’s ransom note and negotiation site bear striking similarities to Avaddon ransomware, the key difference being that Haron requires an ID and password to log into the negotiation site.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. Even government and public bodies’ websites – including, ironically, the ICO – were found to be running cryptomining software after a third-party plug-in was compromised, but it transpired. The Russian foreign ministry denied rumours of Muscovite involvement.

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2019 end-of-year review part 2: July to December

IT Governance

The Chinese smart home vendor Orvibo leaked more than two billion user logs containing sensitive personal data such as names, email addresses, passwords and locations. After a series of ransomware attacks on US local governments, a group of more than 1,400 US municipal officials vowed not to pay any more ransomware attackers.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware frequently contains extraction capabilities that can steal critical information like usernames and passwords, so stopping ransomware is serious business. The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Jump to: What is ransomware?

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The Legitimisation of Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

I very consciously avoided talking about it publicly at the time (largely because I didn't want to draw attention to it), but particularly around late 2016 and very early 2017, I was quite concerned with the broader genre that is data breach search services. The Industry Cleaned Up a Lot in 2017. Not had a @haveibeenpwned notification!