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Ransomware Diaries: Volume 1: LockBit

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Dissent

Written by Jon DiMaggio. Conducting a behavioral profile of ransomware attackers will give you a better understanding of who is behind the attacks threatening your organization. Behavioral profiling adds value to defenders who can use it to identify an attacker and negotiators who will know the motivations and beliefs of the human being they are…

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Interview with Mallox ransomware group

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Dissent

Over on SuspectFile, Marco A. De Felice has a write-up of an interview with Mallox. Unlike some interviews where spokespeople brag or make claims or pose a bit, Mallox’s spokesperson comes across as a serious individual who is part of a closed group that has worked together for the past few years without the drama…

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Avast releases free BianLian ransomware decryptor

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Dissent

Bill Toulas reports: Security software company Avast has released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware strain to help victims of the malware recover locked files without paying the hackers. The availability of a decryptor comes only about half a year after increased activity from BianLian ransomware over the summer of 2022, when the threat group breached multiple high-profile…

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FCC Proposes To Strengthen Data Breach Notification Rules for Telecom Operators

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Dissent

Marc S. Martin, Belinda Nixon, Samuel Klein, and Tyler Robbins of Perkins Coie write: In response to the increased frequency and severity of data breaches in the telecommunications industry, the Federal Communications Commission recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks to strengthen and broaden its breach notification rules arising from the unauthorized disclosure of customer…

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Sorry, Not Sorry: Guccifer, the Hacker Who Launched Clinton Email Flap, Speaks Out After Nearly a Decade Behind Bars

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Dissent

Sam Biddle reports: Marcel Lehel Lazar walked out of Federal Correctional Institute Schuylkill, a Pennsylvania prison, in August 2021. The 51-year-old formerly known only as Guccifer had spent over four years incarcerated for an email hacking spree against America’s elite. Though these inbox disclosures arguably changed the course of the nation’s recent history, Lazar himself…

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The Unexpected Effect of the Introduction of Mandatory Breach Notification Requirements in Québec

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Dissent

Charles S. Morgan, Daniel G.C. Glover, and Eugen Miscoi of McCarthy Tétrault LLP write: Since September 22, 2022, organizations doing business in Québec have to report any confidentiality incidents (i.e., privacy breaches) that cause a risk of serious injury, due to the partial entry into force of An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the…

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