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  1. 'Prestige' Ransomware Group Targets Organizations in Ukraine and Poland

    The campaign had several features differentiating it from other ransomware tracked by Microsoft

  2. Amazon Customers Receive Smishing Warning After Receiving Fake Texts

    Which? said it has reported the fake URLs to the National Cyber Security Centre

  3. Ransom Cartel Linked to Russia-Based REvil Ransomware Group

    The collection became increasingly clear through the tools used by both threat actors

  4. Spanish Police Bust Region's "Biggest Narco Bank"

    Underground organization said to have laundered €300m annually

  5. Hackney Council Ransomware Attack Cost £12m+

    Local government's travails highlight devastating impact of breaches

  6. Global Cops Arrest Dozens Linked to Financial Crime Gang

    Black Axe syndicate responsible for multimillion-dollar losses

  7. Mirai Botnet Targeted Wynncraft Minecraft Server, Cloudflare Reports

    The multi-vector, 2.5Tbps attack consisted of UDP and TCP floods

  8. Shein Holding Company Fined $1.9m For Not Disclosing Data Breach

    The data breach saw Zoetop allegedly trying to keep the real impact of the leak quiet

  9. Education Sector Experienced 44% Increase in Cyber-Attacks Over Last Year

    An average of 2297 attacks against organizations were recorded every week

  10. #DTX2022: How to Scam Someone Using Social Media Phishing

    Jake Moore, global cybersecurity advisor at ESET, shared at DTX Europe 2022 how he used a fake social media profile to hack employees of a company

  11. Magniber Ransomware Adopts JavaScript to Attack Individual Users

    Consumers should protect themselves by using least-privilege principles

  12. Report Shows How China Has Been Using Cyber-Attacks Over the Past Decade

    Consultancy firm Booz Allen has published a comprehensive report on Chinese-sponsored threat

  13. Chinese APT WIP19 Targets IT Service Providers and Telcos

    The group is characterized by the use of a stolen digital certificate issued by DEEPSoft

  14. Malicious WhatsApp Mod Spotted Infecting Android Devices

    YoWhatsApp v2.22.11.75 was distributed via ads on Android apps like Snaptube and VidMate

  15. Budworm Espionage Group Returns, Targets US State Legislature

    Budworm leveraged the Log4j vulnerabilities to compromise the Apache Tomcat service on servers

  16. IP Cameras, VoIP and Video Conferencing Revealed as Riskiest IoT Devices

    Warning to orgnaizations to be aware of risky devices across IT, IoT, OT and IoMT

  17. UK Government Urges Action to Enhance Supply Chain Security

    The NCSC guidance has been issued amid a significant increase in supply chain attacks in recent years

  18. #DTX2022: Cyber Needs to Redress the Defensive-Offensive Balance Following Russia-Ukraine

    The Russia-Ukraine conflict highlights the value of defensive cybersecurity, says Dr Alexi Drew

  19. FormBook Tops Check Point's Most Wanted Malware List For September

    Vidar, an infostealer, has entered the top 10 list in eighth place for the first time

  20. Microsoft October 2022 Patch Tuesday Fixes 84 Flaws, Including Zero-Day

    Thirteen of the 84 vulnerabilities fixed in yesterday’s update are classified as 'Critical'

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