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Ransomware Payments Exceed $1 Billion in 2023, Hitting Record High After 2022 Decline

Posted on February 9, 2024 by Dissent

Chainalysis got everyone’s attention with their new report. They write, in part: 2023 marks a major comeback for ransomware, with record-breaking payments and a substantial increase in the scope and complexity of attacks — a significant reversal from the decline observed in 2022, which we forewarned in our Mid-Year Crime Update. Ransomware payments in 2023 surpassed…

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Reward Offers for Information to Bring Hive Ransomware Variant Co-Conspirators To Justice

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Dissent

Today, the Department of State is announcing a reward offer of up to $10,000,000 for information leading to the identification and/or location of any individual(s) who hold a key leadership position in the Hive ransomware variant transnational organized crime group. In addition, we are also announcing a reward of up to $5,000,000 for information leading…

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Protect Good Faith Security Research Globally in Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Dissent

Statement to be submitted by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, accredited under operative paragraph No. 9 of UN General Assembly Resolution 75/282, on behalf of 124 signatories. We, the undersigned, representing a broad spectrum of the global security research community, write to express our serious concerns about the UN Cybercrime Treaty drafts released during the sixth session and the most recent…

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HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Settles Malicious Insider Cybersecurity Investigation for $4.75 Million

Posted on February 6, 2024 by Dissent

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a settlement with Montefiore Medical Center, a non-profit hospital system based in New York City for several potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule. OCR is responsible for administering and enforcing health information…

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EU and United States enhance cooperation on cybersecurity

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Dissent

The EU and the United States took an important step to further strengthen their mutual cyber resilience and foster a secure global cyberspace During his visit to Washington D.C., Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market issued a joint statement with Alejandro N. Mayorkas, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, recalling the importance of cooperation between like-minded partners to address…

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Cloudflare hacked using auth tokens stolen in Okta attack

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Dissent

Sergiu Gatlan reports: Cloudflare disclosed today that its internal Atlassian server was breached by a suspected ‘nation state attacker’ who accessed its Confluence wiki, Jira bug database, and Bitbucket source code management system. The threat actor first gained access to Cloudflare’s self-hosted Atlassian server on November 14 and then accessed the company’s Confluence and Jira…

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