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International Press – Newsletter
Cybercrime
How Southeast Asian Cyber Syndicates Stole Billions
International action against world’s largest dark web market ‘Bohemia/Cannabia’
The FBI secretly created a coin to investigate crypto pump-and-dump schemes
AI-Powered Cybercrime Cartels on the Rise in Asia
Hackers Advertise Stolen Verizon Push-to-Talk ‘Call Logs’
Finnish Customs, Europol, Swedish Police and Bitdefender Cooperation Leads to Sipulitie Dark Web Marketplace Shut Down
Volkswagen monitoring data dump threat from 8Base ransomware crew
PF arrests hacker suspected of invading PF systems and those of other international institutions
AI-Powered Cybercrime Cartels on the Rise in Asia
Alabama Man Arrested for Role in Securities and Exchange Commission X Account Hack
Malware
Expanding the Investigation: Deep Dive into Latest TrickMo Samples
HijackLoader evolution: abusing genuine signing certificates
Encrypted Symphony: Infiltrating the Cicada3301 Ransomware-as-a-Service Group
Ransomware Claims Spike: Key Insights from Coalition’s 2024 Cyber Claims Report
ClickFix tactic: The Phantom Meet
Hacking
Pokémon video game developer confirms its systems were breached by hackers
Silent Threat: Red Team Tool EDRSilencer Disrupting Endpoint Security Solutions
Chinese Scientists Report Using Quantum Computer to Hack Military-grade Encryption
Critical default credential bug in Kubernetes Image Builder allows SSH root access
Critical Kubernetes Image Builder Vulnerability Exposes Nodes to Root Access Risk
ESET partner breached to send data wipers to Israeli orgs
Intelligence and Information Warfare
Earth Simnavaz (aka APT34) Levies Advanced Cyberattacks Against UAE and Gulf Regions
Burning Zero Days: Suspected Nation-State Adversary Targets Ivanti CSA
Germany to beef up security checks amid spying fears
AhnLab and NCSC Release Joint Report on Microsoft Zero-Day Browser Vulnerability (CVE-2024-38178)
How Israel’s bulky pager fooled Hezbollah
UAT-5647 targets Ukrainian and Polish entities with RomCom malware variants
AhnLab and NCSC Release Joint Report on Microsoft Zero-Day Browser Vulnerability (CVE-2024-38178)
Cybersecurity
How the increasing demand for cyber insurance is changing the role of the CISO
AI Models in Cybersecurity: From Misuse to Abuse
Some Americans are still using Kaspersky’s antivirus despite US government ban
Cybersecurity skills in the EU: A new dawn?
Nearly Half of Security Professionals Agree GenAI Is One of Their Biggest Security Risks
New rules to boost cybersecurity of EU’s critical entities and networks
AI-Powered Social Media Manipulation App Promises to ‘Shape Reality’
Guidelines and Companion Guide on Securing AI Systems
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