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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. In 2021, the Conti gang used in exclusive the TrickBot to achieve initial access to the network of organizations worldwide. Government and U.S. companies, including hospitals.”

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Arrests in $400M SIM-Swap Tied to Heist at FTX?

Krebs on Security

government did not name the victim organization, but there is every indication that the money was stolen from the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX , which had just filed for bankruptcy on that same day. 11-12, 2022. 11, 2022 after they SIM-swapped an AT&T customer by impersonating them at a retail store using a fake ID.

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Data breaches and cyber attacks in 2021: 5.1 billion breached records

IT Governance

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 1,243 security incidents in 2021, which accounted for 5,126,930,507 breached records.

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Top 12 Cloud Security Best Practices for 2021

eSecurity Planet

CloudPassage’s 2021 AWS Cloud Security Report found that misconfiguration of cloud platforms (71 percent), exfiltration of sensitive data (59 percent), and insecure APIs (54 percent) are the top cloud security threats facing cybersecurity professionals. Those concerns are certainly justified. What is cloud security? Source: Microsoft.

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CERT of Ukraine says Russia-linked APT backdoored multiple govt sites

Security Affairs

The CERT of Ukraine (CERT-UA) revealed that Russia-linked threat actors have compromised multiple government websites this week. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) said that Russia-linked threat actors have breached multiple government websites this week.

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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. Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Jump to: What is ransomware? How ransomware works.

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Avaddon ransomware gang shuts down their operations and releases decryption keys

Security Affairs

This morning, BleepingComputer received a message from a source that was pretending to be the FBI that included a password and a link to a password-protected ZIP archive. — Fabian Wosar (@fwosar) June 11, 2021. link] — Emsisoft (@emsisoft) June 11, 2021. Do not pay. ” states Emsisoft.