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Panic As Kosovo Pulls The Plug On Its Energy Guzzling Bitcoin Miners

🛑 To ease energy crisis, Kosovo's government in Dec announced an immediate, albeit temporary, ban on all crypto mining activity. This created panic, as people are selling off their mining equipment – at knockdown prices. #cybersecurity

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21.1.2022

FIN8 Hackers Spotted Using New 'White Rabbit' Ransomware in Recent Attacks

⚠️ FIN8 is back with a never-before-seen #ransomware, recently used eg against US banks. This malware uses double-extortion and hides its maliciousness by requiring a specific command-line password to decrypt its internal configuration.

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21.1.2022

Fingers point to Lazarus, Cobalt, FIN7 as key hacking groups attacking finance industry

💰 Finance industry, a top target for #cybercrime due to eg lots of sensitive PII and data systems critical for economy. Lazarus, Cobalt, and FIN7 top threat actors. Top attacks phishing, BEC, malware (also PoS), card skimmers and DDoS.

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14.1.2022

FBI: Hackers target US defense firms with malicious USB packages

⚠️ FIN7 cybercrime group targets US defense industry by posting them malicious USB devices. Hackers impersonate authorities to trick connecting the drive. Once plugged in, device injects keystrokes to install malware. #cybersecurity

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14.1.2022

Cloud Apps Replace Web as Source for Most Malware Downloads

🔺 Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive and Box are (unsurprisingly) also cyber criminals favourites for #malware hosting. 🔺 On delivery side weaponized MS Office documents count for 37% of all malware downloads (nearly +100% from 2020)

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14.1.2022

FBI arrests social engineer who allegedly stole unpublished manuscripts from authors

⚠️ A cautionary tale During 5y period, this malicious insider was able to create fake email accounts and impersonate publishing industry people, to steal prepublication manuscripts from famous authors - for own benefit. #cybersecurity

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14.1.2022

Kriittinen haavoittuvuus Windowsin http.sys-protokollapinossa

⚠️ Microsoft again released numerous vulnerability fixes on "Patch Tuesday". Of these, the http.sys vulnerability CVE-2022-21907 stands out for its criticality. Perform a corrective software update as soon as possible. #cybersecurity

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14.1.2022

Morgan Stanley to pay $60 mln to resolve data security lawsuit

MS.N will pay $60 M to settle a lawsuit by customers who said bank exposed their personal data. In 2016 and 2019 the company twice failed in properly disposing data sensitive equipment, which led to unauthorized access. #cybersecurity

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6.1.2022

6 Ways to Minimize Ransomware Damage

1️⃣ Eliminate unnecessary and classify necessary data 2️⃣ Pay attention to email risks and training 3️⃣ Ensure backup processes are in place and tested 4️⃣ Include #ransomware on your disaster recovery plans More tips on the article >>

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5.1.2022