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Security Affairs newsletter Round 540 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Qantas cuts executive bonuses by 15% after a July data breach MeetC2 A serverless C2 […]…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Expert Advice for Securing Critical Infrastructure’s OT and Industrial Control Systems, IoT Devices and Network Infrastructure
Tags: access, advisory, apt, attack, authentication, breach, china, cisa, cisco, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, credentials, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, espionage, exploit, firmware, framework, google, government, guide, hacker, Hardware, incident response, infrastructure, international, Internet, iot, login, mfa, military, mitigation, monitoring, network, nist, organized, password, phishing, ransomware, regulation, risk, russia, sans, service, software, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-trustDestructive cyber attacks against critical infrastructure have unfortunately become increasingly frequent. Just last week, multinational government agencies blared the alarm about a global cyber espionage campaign targeting critical infrastructure networks. With this type of cyber threat in the spotlight, we’re rounding up recent cyber advice for securing critical infrastructure. In case you missed it, here…
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Relief for European Commission as court upholds EU Data Privacy Framework agreement with US
ex post judicial oversight by the [US Data Protection Review Court],” the judgment said.A key issue is whether the agreement achieves ‘adequacy’, the extent to which US laws offer the same level of protection as EU equivalents.”Today’s EU General Court judgement will bring relief and reassurance to the thousands of US companies and their European…
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Law Enforcement Operation Seizes Fake ID Platform VerifTools
FBI Seizes Domains; Dutch Police Analyzing Seized Data to Identify Admin and Users. An international law enforcement operation involving the FBI and Dutch police has shuttered VerifTools, a key platform for generating fake identification documents cops have tied to multiple help desk fraud, cryptocurrency theft and other cybercrime cases. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Women cyber leaders are on the rise, and paying it forward
Tags: ciso, cloud, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, finance, google, group, insurance, international, jobs, lessons-learned, network, office, privacy, risk, service, skills, software, strategy, supply-chain, technologyCarol Lee Hobson, CISO, PayNearMe PayNearMeStill, companies could be doing more to bring women into cybersecurity positions, says Lauren Winchester, vice president of cyber risk services at Travelers.”Women make up more than half of the population yet represent roughly 20% of the cybersecurity workforce. While the number of women in cyber has increased over the…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 60
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter The Resurgence of IoT Malware: Inside the Mirai-Based “Gayfemboy” Botnet Campaign Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth The Silent, Fileless Threat of VShell Android backdoor spies on […]…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 539 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Lab Dookhtegan hacking group disrupts communications on dozens of Iranian ships New zero-click exploit allegedly used…
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UK and US Blame Three Chinese Tech Firms for Global Cyberattacks
A coalition of international cybersecurity agencies led by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has publicly linked… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/uk-us-blame-3-chinese-tech-firms-global-cyberattacks/
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UK cyber security centre helps expose China-based cyber campaign
GCHQ cyber security centre and its international partners release details of malicious cyber activity linked to Chinese businesses First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366630019/UK-cyber-security-centre-helps-expose-China-based-cyber-campaign
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Chinese Hacker Suspect Arrested in South Korea Over Major Financial Cyberattack
South Korean authorities have successfully extradited a key suspect in a large-scale hacking operation that resulted in the embezzlement of over 38 billion won (approximately $28.5 million USD) from high-profile victims. The individual, identified as Mr. G, a 34-year-old Chinese national, was repatriated from Thailand to Incheon International Airport on August 22, 2025, marking the…
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Salt Typhoon hacking campaign goes beyond previously disclosed targets, world cyber agencies say
The Chinese government-linked hackers were the subject of an alert from U.S. and international partners. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/salt-typhoon-hacking-campaign-goes-beyond-previously-disclosed-targets-world-cyber-agencies-say/
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TDL003 – Breaking Barriers: IPv6 Adoption and DNS Transformation with Tommy Jensen
Tags: access, ai, apple, attack, backup, banking, browser, business, ceo, chrome, ciso, compliance, computer, computing, control, country, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, ddos, dns, encryption, endpoint, google, government, group, international, Internet, jobs, law, microsoft, mobile, network, phishing, phone, privacy, programming, radius, risk, service, smishing, strategy, switch, technology, threat, update, vpn, windows, zero-trustSummary This episode of the Defender’s Log features special guest Tommy Jensen, an internet technologist specializing in IPv6, Zero Trust, and standards. Jensen’s career path, from an AppleCare contractor to a key figure in advancing internet technologies, is explored. The discussion highlights the critical importance and challenges of migrating to IPv6 and the necessity of…
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NIS2 und der Mittelstand: Zwischen Pflicht und Praxis
Tags: ai, ceo, compliance, cybersecurity, cyersecurity, dora, fortinet, germany, governance, healthcare, international, network, nis-2, resilience, risk, risk-analysis, risk-management, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, zero-trustNeue EU-Vorgaben wie DORA und NIS2 setzen Unternehmen unter Zugzwang bieten aber gleichzeitig die Chance, IT-Sicherheit strategisch neu zu denken.Wem das noch nicht Grund genug ist, sich mit der Resilienz und IT-Sicherheit des eigenen Unternehmens zu befassen, hat aus Richtung der Europäischen Union in den letzten Monaten noch einmal etwas Zusatzmotivation erhalten. Während von dem…
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Crypto thief earns additional prison time for assaulting witness
Remy Ra St Felix led a vicious international crime ring First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/crypto_thief_witness_assault/
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NIS2 und der Mittelstand: Zwischen Pflicht und Praxis
Tags: ai, ceo, compliance, cybersecurity, cyersecurity, dora, fortinet, germany, governance, healthcare, international, network, nis-2, resilience, risk, risk-analysis, risk-management, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, zero-trustNeue EU-Vorgaben wie DORA und NIS2 setzen Unternehmen unter Zugzwang bieten aber gleichzeitig die Chance, IT-Sicherheit strategisch neu zu denken.Wem das noch nicht Grund genug ist, sich mit der Resilienz und IT-Sicherheit des eigenen Unternehmens zu befassen, hat aus Richtung der Europäischen Union in den letzten Monaten noch einmal etwas Zusatzmotivation erhalten. Während von dem…
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Ontic Secures $230M to Scale Connected Security Platform
Physical Security Firm Eyes Insider Risk, Federal Growth and AI-Powered Automation. Ontic has raised $230 million in Series C funding to expand its connected intelligence platform and pursue new federal and international markets. The Austin, Texas-based company will invest in AI, integrations and data to strengthen cyber-physical threat detection and automation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 59
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Hunt.io Exposes and Analyzes ERMAC V3.0 Banking Trojan Full Source Code Leak Evolution of the PipeMagic backdoor: from the RansomExx incident to CVE-2025-29824 Supply Chain Risk in Python: Termncolor and Colorinal Explained Noodlophile […]…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 538 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Kidney dialysis firm DaVita confirms ransomware attack compromised data of 2.7M people China-linked Silk Typhoon APT…
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Massive anti-cybercrime operation leads to over 1,200 arrests in Africa
Law enforcement authorities in Africa have arrested over 1,200 suspects as part of ‘Operation Serengeti 2.0,’ an INTERPOL-led international crackdown targeting cross-border cybercriminal gangs. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-anti-cybercrime-operation-leads-to-over-1-200-arrests-in-africa/
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KnowBe4-Bericht: Finanzinstitute bis zu 300-mal häufiger Ziel von Angriffen
KnowBe4, die international führende Plattform für das Management menschlicher Risiken in der Cybersicherheit, hat ihren neuen Forschungsbericht ‘Financial Sector Threats Report” veröffentlicht. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/knowbe4-bericht-finanzinstitute-bis-zu-300-mal-haeufiger-ziel-von-angriffen/a41764/
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FBI Warns Russian State Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure Networking Devices
Tags: cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, hacker, infrastructure, international, russia, service, threat, vulnerabilityThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a stark warning to the public, private sector, and international partners regarding persistent cyber threats from actors affiliated with the Russian Federal Security Service’s (FSB) Center 16. This unit, recognized in cybersecurity circles under monikers such as >>Berserk Bear>Dragonfly,
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Law Enforcement Seizes BlackSuit Ransomware Servers Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure
Tags: control, cyber, extortion, group, infrastructure, international, law, ransomware, tactics, threatThe U.S. Department of Justice, in collaboration with multiple domestic and international law enforcement agencies, announced the seizure of critical infrastructure associated with the BlackSuit ransomware group, formerly known as Royal. Authorities dismantled four command-and-control (C2) servers and nine domains utilized by the threat actors for deploying ransomware payloads, extorting victims through double-extortion tactics, and…
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9 things CISOs need know about the dark web
Tags: 2fa, access, ai, attack, automation, backup, blockchain, botnet, breach, captcha, ceo, ciso, communications, corporate, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, ddos, deep-fake, defense, detection, dns, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, group, guide, hacking, identity, incident, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, international, jobs, law, leak, lockbit, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, privacy, ransomware, resilience, risk, russia, saas, scam, service, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayNew groups form after major marketplaces are disrupted: International takedown efforts damage infrastructure and curb cybercrime operations by disrupting larger operations, removing major players from the ecosystem and scattering user bases.However, the dark web is highly adaptive and sophisticated actors often maintain contingency plans, including mirrors, backups, and alternative forums, according to Edward Currie, associate…
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DOJ, international partners take down BlackSuit group’s infrastructure
BlackSuit has been among the most prolific ransomware gangs in recent years, targeting government agencies, critical manufacturing companies and healthcare firms. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/doj-blacksuit-ransomware-infrastructure/757370/
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BlackSuit Ransomware Takes an Infrastructure Hit From Law Enforcement
A swarm of US agencies joined with international partners to take down servers and domains and seize more than $1 million associated with BlackSuit (Royal) ransomware operations, a group that has been a chronic, persistent threat against critical infrastructure. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/blacksuit-ransomware-infrastructure-law-enforcement
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Hackers Extradited to US Over $100 Million Romance Scams and Other Frauds
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, alongside FBI Assistant Director in Charge Christopher G. Raia, announced the unsealing of a federal indictment against four Ghanaian nationals implicated in a sophisticated international fraud network. The defendants, identified as Isaac Oduro Boateng (alias >>Kofi BoatPascal
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The International Obfuscated C Code Contest is back for 2024
Tags: internationalYes, 2024 the prizes in the 40th anniversary edition prizes were just awarded First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/09/ioccc_2024/
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 57
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Arctic Wolf Observes July 2025 Uptick in Akira Ransomware Activity Targeting SonicWall SSL VPN The State of Ransomware Q2 2025 Malware 101: a comprehensive guide Behind Random Words: DoubleTrouble Mobile Banking Trojan Revealed […]…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 536 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Embargo Ransomware nets $34.2M in crypto since April 2024 Germany limits police spyware use to serious…