20 Jul

DoJ, FBI recover $500,000 in ransomware payments to Maui gang

Federal law enforcement officials this week said they seized about $500,000 that healthcare facilities in the United States paid to the Maui ransomware group. Maui

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20 Jul

Singapore distances itself from local crypto companies

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Tuesday that its cryptocurrency regulations will add measures to protect consumers, in addition to ongoing work to

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20 Jul

Amazon sues 10,000 Facebook Group admins for offering fake reviews

Amazon is suing over 10,000 administrators of Facebook groups that offer to post fake reviews on the online souk’s website in exchange for products and

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20 Jul

Belgium says Chinese cyber gangs attacked its government and military

The government of Belgium has claimed it detected three Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat actors attacking its public service and defence forces. A government statement names

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19 Jul

Security flaws in GPS trackers can be abused to cut off fuel to vehicles, CISA warns

A handful of vulnerabilities, some critical, in MiCODUS GPS tracker devices could allow criminals to disrupt fleet operations and spy on routes, or even remotely

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19 Jul

Google pulls malware-infected apps in its Store, over 3 million users at risk

Google pulled 60 malware-infected apps from its Play Store, installed by more than 3.3 million punters, that can be used for all kinds of criminal

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19 Jul

Walmart-controlled flight booking service suffers substantial data leak

An Indian flight booking website majority-owned by US retail colossus Walmart has experienced a data breach, but is saying very little about what happened or

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19 Jul

Jailed crooks told to cough up $600k for COVID fraud

Two Florida residents will spend years behind bars and pay more than half a million dollars for wire fraud and identity theft, among other illicit

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18 Jul

Bogus cryptocurrency apps steal millions in mere months

Cybercriminals posing as legitimate investment firms and cryptocurrency exchanges have stolen tens of millions of dollars from more than 200 people by convincing them to

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18 Jul

Botnet malware disguises itself as password cracker for industrial controllers

Industrial engineers and operators are being lured into running backdoor malware disguised as tools for recovering access to work systems. These programs offer to crack

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18 Jul

Albanian government websites go dark after cyberattack

Albania’s online public services and websites have gone dark following what appears to be a cyberattack. According to a statement from the Albanian National Agency

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18 Jul

Microsoft’s latest security patch troubles Windows 11 users

Complaints over Microsoft’s latest patch Tuesday have intensified after some Windows 11 users found their systems worse for wear following installation. The July 12 patch,

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18 Jul

Bill for US telcos to bin Chinese kit blows out by $3 billion

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) notified Congress on Friday that the cost to rip and replace equipment kit from Huawei and ZTE installed at

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18 Jul

TikTok’s chief security officer steps aside, thanks to Oracle move

TikTok’s Global Chief Security Officer Roland Cloutier has “transitioned” from his job into “a strategic advisory role focusing on the business impact of security and

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18 Jul

Alibaba execs hauled in to discuss Shanghai Police data leak

Asia In Brief Senior execs from Alibaba Cloud were summoned to discuss the data leak that saw information pertaining to a billion Chinese citizens sold

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16 Jul

North Koreans spotted harassing SMBs with malware

In brief SMBs, beware: Microsoft said this week it has discovered a North Korean crew targeting small businesses with ransomware since September of last year.

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15 Jul

CISA pulls the fire alarm on Juniper Networks bugs

Juniper Networks has patched critical-rated bugs across its Junos Space, Contrail Networking and NorthStar Controller products that are serious enough to prompt CISA to weigh

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15 Jul

Thousands of websites run buggy WordPress plugin that allows complete takeover

Miscreants have reportedly scanned almost 1.6 million websites in attempts to exploit an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in a previously disclosed buggy WordPress plugin. Traced

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