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Ransomware group ‘Black Basta’ has raked in more than $100 million -researchers

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Dissent

Raphael Satter reports: A cyber extortion gang suspected of being an offshoot of the notorious Russian Conti group of hackers has raked in more than $100 million since it emerged last year, researchers said in a report published on Wednesday. Digital currency tracking service Elliptic and Corvus Insurance said in a joint report the ransom-seeking cybercrime group…

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DFS Announces $1 Million Cybersecurity Settlement With First American Title Insurance Company

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Dissent

Press Release of November 28: The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) today announced that First American Title Insurance Company (First American) will pay a $1 million penalty to New York State for violations of DFS’s Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) stemming from a large-scale cybersecurity breach in May 2019. The breach…

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Hacker breaks silence following a decade behind bars in Cybernews documentary

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Dissent

DataBreaches first reported on Jesse William McGraw of Arlington, Texas, a/k/a “GhostExodus,”  was when he was arrested by the FBI in June 2009 and then indicted in July 2009 on federal felony charges related to hacking into Carrell Clinic in Dallas, Texas. McGraw, who worked as a contract security guard at North Central Medical Plaza,…

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Europe’s grid is under a cyberattack deluge, industry warns

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Dissent

Politico reports: Thousands of cyberattacks have inundated Europe’s energy grid since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a top industry leader is calling for help as officials and researchers fret that not nearly enough is being done. “The crooks are becoming better by the day, so we need to become better by the day,” Leonhard Birnbaum,…

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“They are tired of him, but they are afraid”: what is known about the leader of the hacker group Killnet

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Dissent

The following is an automated Google translation: A new conflict is brewing in the pro-Russian hacker community. More than ten hackers and hacktivists publicly spoke out against the Russian group Killnet and its leader, known under the nickname Killmilk. He is accused of attacks on the infrastructure of the Russian Federation, fraud and numerous violations of hacker…

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Implications of “malware free” attacks on SMBs

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Dissent

Kevin Beaumont recently called attention to a new intelligence report by Huntress. One of their findings that Beaumont highlighted is that 56% of incidents they see are ‘malwareless’. “This isn’t fancy fileless stuff,” Beaumont commented. “This means people rock up and ‘live off the land’ with legit tools.” He added: SMBs should think about trying to…

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