29 Oct

Feds cuff Russian said to be developer of ‘Trickbot’ ransomware

The US Department of Justice claims it’s arrested a member of a gang that deployed the Trickbot ransomware. A heavily-redacted indictment names Vladimir Dunaev as

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29 Oct

India’s Supreme Court starts probe into use of Pegasus spyware

India’s Supreme Court has taken the unusual step of commissioning a Technical Committee to investigate whether the national government used the NSO Group’s “Pegasus” spyware

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28 Oct

Yet again, Cream Finance skimmed by crooks: $130m in crypto assets stolen

Decentralized finance biz Cream Finance became further decentralized on Wednesday with the theft of $130m worth of crypto assets from its Ethereum lending protocol. Cream

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28 Oct

REvil gang member identified living luxury lifestyle in Russia, says German media

German news outlets claim to have identified a member of the infamous REvil ransomware gang – who reportedly lives the life of Riley off his

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28 Oct

Good Grief! Ransomware gang has only gone and pwned the NRA – or so it claims

Grief ransomware gang took to a dark portal website where it typically publishes the data of victims that haven’t paid up, to identify its latest

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28 Oct

CIOs to play key role in US cybersecurity strategy

CIOs who overlook the US government’s cybersecurity orders do so at their peril — and that of their enterprise. That’s what former US Cybersecurity and

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28 Oct

If your hair isn’t already gray, 2022’s security threats will get it there, warn infosec duo

Those hoping for some respite from the world’s ongoing woes are out of luck, apparently. FireEye and McAfee, whose business models center around charging enterprises

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27 Oct

NPM packages disguised as Roblox API code caught carrying ransomware

Yet another NPM library has turned up infected with malware. Security firm Sonatype on Wednesday said it had spotted two related malicious NPM libraries that

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27 Oct

Dark HunTOR: 150 arrested, $31 million seized in major dark web bust

The police sting spanned three continents and involved crackdowns in nine countries Law enforcement agencies from Europe, the United States and Australia have teamed up

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27 Oct

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Cybersecurity First

This week’s blog post highlighting Cybersecurity Awareness Month is from NIST’s Marian Merritt, Deputy Director and Lead for Industry Engagement for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education

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27 Oct

Warehouse belonging to Chinese payment terminal manufacturer raided by FBI

US feds were spotted raiding a warehouse belonging to Chinese payment terminal manufacturer PAX Technology in Jacksonville, Florida, on Tuesday, with speculation abounding that the

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27 Oct

Wslink: Unique and undocumented malicious loader that runs as a server

There are no code, functionality or operational similarities to suggest that this is a tool from a known threat actor ESET researchers have discovered a

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27 Oct

Protonmail celebrates Swiss court victory exempting it from telco data retention laws

Encrypted email provider Protonmail has hailed a recent Swiss legal ruling as a “victory for privacy,” after winning a lawsuit that sees it exempted from

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27 Oct

Singaporean minister touts internet ‘kill switch’ that finds kids reading net nasties and cuts ’em off ASAP

A Minister in the Singapore government has suggested the creation of an internet kill switch that would prevent minors from reading questionable material online –

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27 Oct

McAfee Enterprise & FireEye 2022 Threat Predictions

What cyber security threats should enterprises look out for in 2022? Ransomware, nation states, social media and the shifting reliance on a remote workforce made

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27 Oct

China Telecom booted out of USA as Feds worry it could disrupt or spy on local networks

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has terminated China Telecom’s authority to provide communications services in the USA. In its announcement of the termination, the

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26 Oct

These couldn’t wait for Patch Tuesday: Adobe issues bonus fixes for 92 security holes in 14 products

A mere two weeks after its most recent set of security patches, Adobe has issued another 14 security bulletins covering 92 CVE-listed bugs. Nonetheless, Adobe’s

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26 Oct

Matrix for the masses platform Element One goes live: $5 a month with WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram bridges

Element, which makes Matrix-based communications and collaboration tools, has launched a consumer-oriented version of its messaging platform, complete with bridges for WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram.

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