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Snatch ransomware gang claims the hack of the food giant Kraft Heinz

Security Affairs

In a statement shared with media [ 1 ] [ 2 ], [ 3 ] the company said that it investigating a cyberattack on a decommissioned marketing website. ” In August the gang claimed the hack of the Department of Defence South Africa and added the military organization to its leak site.

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GUEST ESSAY: Rising cyber risks make business intelligence gathering more vital than ever

The Last Watchdog

Intelligence is required to support the evolving needs of business, providing information for decision makers throughout the company lifecycle – everything from entering and exiting markets to managing mature operations. with a turnover of over USD 250 million) about the importance of intelligence to their company.

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NEW TECH: DataLocker introduces encrypted flash drive — with key pad

The Last Watchdog

DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. Park: The trend nowadays is to move everything to the cloud. DataLocker actually got traction, early on, selling to the military.

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Russia-linked APT29 spotted targeting JetBrains TeamCity servers

Security Affairs

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), Polish Military Counterintelligence Service (SKW), CERT Polska (CERT.PL), and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) the group is targeting TeamCity servers since September 2023. The flaw impacts on-premises version 2023.05.3 ” concludes the report.

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Malicious app exploiting CVE-2019-2215 zero-day available in Google Play since March

Security Affairs

This means that most of the Android devices available on the market with the unpatched kernel are still vulnerable to this vulnerability, even is the owners have installed the latest Android security updates. The examined information included marketing materials for this exploit, and that the exploit was used to install a version of Pegasus.

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Spyware, ransomware and Nation-state hacking: Q&A from a recent interview

Security Affairs

Pegasus is probably the most popular surveillance software on the market, it has been developed by the Israeli NSO Group. Many governments have fallen victim to massive ransomware attacks from groups linked to organized crime, how bad can this new trend of hacking get? Is the Pegasus spyware as a game-changer?

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Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Turned Cybersecurity Leader, Dies at 59

eSecurity Planet

With Mitnick as the public face of the company, KnowBe4 rocketed to the top of the nascent market for employee cybersecurity training. military systems and launch nuclear missiles through mere whistling. The company raised more than $300 million in venture funding and went public before being acquired for $4.6