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Facebook Is Suing the Hackers That Hijacked Advertising Agencies' Accounts

Lawsuits Were Filed Against Two Groups of Suspects that Took Over Advertising Agency Employees’ Accounts and Abused the Ad Platform.

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Hades Ransomware Gang Claims More Victims

The Ransomware Group, Which Mainly Targets Billion-Dollar Companies, Has Claimed to Have Hit At Least Seven Victims Since Its Discovery in December 2020.

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Parcel Delivery Scam Targets Victims with Personalized Messages

A New Parcel Delivery Scam Is Using a New Twist. The Scammers Are Now Sending Out Personalized Messages to Potential Victims. 

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NFC Vulnerabilities Expose ATMs to Threat: a New Experiment Shows System Flaws

A New Research Regarding Card Readers System’s Flaws Revealed the Insecurity of ATMs and Point of Sales because of NFC Vulnerabilities.

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Cybersecurity Specialists Developed a Free Lorenz Ransomware Decryptor

Lorenz Ransomware Impacted Many Companies All Over the World Asking for Large Amounts of Money in Ransoms from Its Victims.

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Google Requires App Developers to Verify Their Address and Use 2FA

The Security Measures Will Help Keep Google Play Safe and Secure While Better Serving Their Developer Community.

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Zero-Day Attack Generates My Book Live Exploit Leading to Devices Being Wiped Out

Behind the Last Week’ Mass-Wipe on Western Digital Devices Was a My Book Live Exploit Performed Through a Zero-Day Attack, New Reveals Show.

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DoubleVPN Servers, Logs, and Account Info Seized by Law Enforcement Agencies

The Servers and Customer Logs for DoubleVPN, a Double-Encryption Service Used by Threat Actors Were Recently Seized.

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Denmark's Central Bank Network Accessed for Months by Russian Threat Actors

Despite the Long-term Access, the Financial Institution Stated that It Found no Evidence of Compromise.

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Expenses from Ransomware Attack Against Ireland Health Service Executive Exceed $600M

Following a Ransomware Attack that Occurred in May, Much of the Ireland Health Service Executive (HSE) Is Still Facing Care Disruptions.

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Mercedes-Benz Data Breach Sheds Light on the Importance of Third-Party Risks

The Mercedes-Benz Data Breach Brings the Issue of Private Data Accidentally Becoming Accessible Into the Spotlight.

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SolarWinds Attack Cost Impacted Companies an Average of $12 Million

A New Survey Points Out That the Incident Also Motivated More Information Sharing Within the Industry and Improved Supply Chain Security.

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Most Wanted Cybercriminals: U.S. Secret Service Publishes the List of the Moment

U.S. Secret Service Agency Has Recently Brought to the Public’s Attention a List with the 10 Most Wanted Cybercriminals. Data Related to Two of Them Rewarded with $1 Million Each.

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5G Security Vulnerabilities Are Raising Concerns for Mobile Operators

A Survey by GSMA and Trend Micro Is Showing a Concerning Lack of Security Capabilities for Private 5G Networks.

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LinkedIn Data of 700 Million People Leaked

According to Researchers, We Witness the Biggest Data Dumps in the History of LinkedIn.

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Microsoft Successfully Hit by A Dependency Hijacking Attack Again

Cybercriminals Are Using This Technique to Target Prominent Companies with Malicious Code.

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AcadeME Data Leakage Affects Several Universities: DragonForce Behind It

A New Cyberattack Targeted the AcadeME’ s Servers Which Led to a Massive AcadeME Data Leakage. The Threat Actor Group DragonForce Exposed Confidential Data of 280,000 Students.

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Vmware ESXi Virtual Computers Targeted by the REvil Ransomware's New Linux Encryptor

Other Ransomware Groups Have Also Created Linux Encryptors to Target ESXi Virtual Machines.

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Ransomware Gangs Are Using New Recruitment Strategies

The Criminal Groups Are Now Using Their Websites in Order to Recruit Affiliates.

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Microsoft Edge Vulnerability Could’ve Allowed Hackers to Steal Files

The CVE-2021-34506 Vulnerability Was Patched by the Tech Giant on June 24th As Part of Its Chromium Project Security Updates.

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Zyxel Firewalls and VPN Servers: Victims of a New Cyberattack

Zyxel Is Currently Informing Its Clients on a New Cyberattack that Affected Zyxel Firewalls and VPN Servers. What Happened and How?

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FIN7 Hacking Group’s Supervisor Gets 7-Years in Jail 

The Ukrainian National and Mid-Level Supervisor of the FIN7 Hacking Group Was Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for The Role He Played as a “Pen Tester” in Stealing Millions of Credit Cards.

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Ransomware Attack on Wolfe Eye Clinic Exposes Data of 500k Patients

An Unauthorized Third-Party Attempted to Access the Company’s Computer Network and Then Restricted Access to Several Systems and Information.

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Hive Ransomware Gang Targets Software Provider Altus Group

The Exfiltrated Files Published on HiveLeaks Include Business Data and Documents, Argus Certificates, and Development Files.

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A Cisco ASA Vulnerability Is Actively Exploited

After the PoC Exploit Was Published on Twitter the Hackers Started to Exploit a Vulnerability Found in the Cisco ASA Devices.

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SEPA Cyberattack Full Recovery Could Take Years

The Agency Was Locked Out of Its Network on Christmas Eve After Falling Victim to Conti Ransomware Gang, and Has Been in Recovery Mode Ever Since.

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Windows Malware that Mines for Crypto ‘Crackonosh’ Used by Hackers to Infect Gamers’ PCs

Crackonosh Malware Is Hiding in Free Versions of Games Which Are Available to Download on Torrent Sites.

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Netfilter Rootkit Malware Infiltrates Into Microsoft’s Security Systems: the Gaming Community Targeted

A Malignant Driver, Known as Netfilter Rootkit Malware, Affects the Gaming Industry. Microsoft Admitted Signing It by Mistake Because of System Security Issues.

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Data Breach Involving Mercedes-Benz Exposes SSNs and Credit Card Numbers

The Mercedes-Benz Data Breach Exposed SSNs, Credit Card Numbers and Other Important Personal Information Belonging to Mercedes-Benz Customers and Potential Buyers.

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Nobelium Cybercriminals Compromise Microsoft Customer Support to Target Its Customers

The Tech Company Says the Attackers Managed to Access Data Stored on One of Its Employees’ Computers.

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