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International Press – Newsletter
Cybercrime
Man Who Mass-Extorted Psychotherapy Patients Gets Six Years
Panda Restaurants discloses data breach after corporate systems hack
UnitedHealth CEO Says Hackers Lurked in Network for Nine Days Before Ransomware Strike
Sodinokibi/REvil Affiliate Sentenced for Role in $700M Ransomware Scheme
Cybersecurity consultant arrested after allegedly extorting IT firm
Cannes Simone Veil hospital center – CYBER ATTACK PRESS RELEASE
Malware
Dragos Industrial Ransomware Analysis: Q1 2024
Malware: Cuckoo Behaves Like Cross Between Infostealer and Spyware
Eight Arms To Hold You: The Cuttlefish Malware
Router Roulette: Cybercriminals and Nation-States Sharing Compromised Networks
Hacking
How to Block Residential Proxies using Okta
AI models inch closer to hacking on their own
Hackers use developing countries as testing ground for new ransomware attacks
Hackers claim to have infiltrated Belarus’ main security service
R-BITRARY CODE EXECUTION: VULNERABILITY IN R’S DESERIALIZATION
A recent security incident involving Dropbox Sign
DEFENDING OT OPERATIONS AGAINST ONGOING PRO-RUSSIA HACKTIVIST ACTIVITY
“Dirty stream” attack: Discovering and mitigating a common vulnerability pattern in Android apps
Intelligence and Information Warfare
Germany grapples with wave of spying threats from Russia and China
A CUNNING OPERATOR: MUDDLING MEERKAT AND CHINA’S GREAT FIREWALL
Former NSA Employee Sentenced to Over 21 Years in Prison for Attempted Espionage
Iranian state-backed cyber spies continue to impersonate media brands, think tanks
US moves to bar Huawei, other Chinese telecoms from certifying wireless equipment
Cybersecurity
Japanese police create fake support scam payment cards to warn victims
Why ICICI Bank has blocked thousands of credit cards
Discord dismantles Spy.pet site that snooped on millions of users
Assessing the Cyber Threat to the Nation’s Water Supply
Safety and Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure Owners and Operators
How we fought bad apps and bad actors in 2023
FCC fines carriers $196 million for selling customer location data
Smart devices: new law helps citizens to choose secure products
Semaforum with Joseph Cox: ‘I was just blown away by its audacity’
Mind-Bending Math Could Stop Quantum Hackers—but Few Understand It
2024 Data Breach Investigations Report
The PLA Navy’s Blue Team Center Games for War
NSA, cybersecurity partners issue urgent OT threat warning
Why hundreds of U.S. banks may be at risk of failure
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