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Security Affairs newsletter Round 453 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

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PYSA ransomware gang is the most active group in November

Security Affairs

CERT-FR’s alert states that the Pysa ransomware code is based on public Python libraries. Once compromised the target network, attackers attempt to exfiltrate the company’s accounts and passwords database. The overall number of ransomware attacks increased by 1.9% in November compared to October. continues the report.

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Florida Man Arrested in SIM Swap Conspiracy

Krebs on Security

Unauthorized SIM swaps often are perpetrated by fraudsters who have already stolen or phished a target’s password, as many banks and online services rely on text messages to send users a one-time code that needs to be entered in addition to a password for online authentication. All four major U.S.

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U.S. Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble hit by cyberattack

Security Affairs

is an American bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States in fifty states. Over the weekend, users have been complaining on Nook’s Facebook page and Twitter that they were not able to access their library of purchased eBooks and magazine subscriptions. Barnes & Noble, Inc. ,

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2020 – 586 million records breached

IT Governance

million) Phil i ppines COVID-19 track and trace app leaks citizens’ data (unknown) Contractor mistakenly removed data from Hong Kong’s Queen Mary Hospital (442) Cloud Clusters Inc.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023

IT Governance

Among those affected was SAP SE. The researchers discovered credentials that provided access to 95,592,696 artifacts, as well as download permissions and some deploy operations.

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

The Security Ledger

We know that intuitively just from our experiences online, where phishing attacks and identity theft are rampant – often taking advantage of weak identities like user names and passwords, or Social Security Numbers. We have those libraries and we’ve wrapped our heads around how that works.

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