Tag: international
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US Confirms Takedown of BlackSuit Ransomware Behind 450+ Hacks
Federal law enforcement agencies have successfully dismantled the critical infrastructure of BlackSuit ransomware, a sophisticated cybercriminal operation that has compromised over 450 victims across the United States since 2022 and collected more than $370 million in ransom payments. Major International Operation Targets Cyber Criminal Network ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) led the coordinated takedown in…
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Bouygues Telecom Data Breach Exposes 6.4 Million Customer Records
Bouygues Telecom revealed the attackers stole personal data of 6.4 million customers, including contact details, contractual data and international bank account numbers First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/bouygues-telecom-breach-customer/
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What is a CISO? The top IT security leader role explained
Tags: access, authentication, breach, business, ceo, cio, cisa, ciso, compliance, computer, container, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, firewall, framework, fraud, guide, Hardware, healthcare, infosec, infrastructure, intelligence, international, jobs, kubernetes, mitigation, msp, mssp, network, nist, programming, RedTeam, regulation, risk, risk-management, security-incident, service, skills, software, strategy, technology, threat, training, vpn, zero-day, zero-trust. You’ll often hear people say the difference between the two is that CISOs focus entirely on information security issues, while a CSOs remit is wider, also taking in physical security as well as risk management.But reality is messier. Many companies, especially smaller ones, have only one C-level security officer, called a CSO, with IT…
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Payback: ‘ShinyHunters’ Clocks Google via Salesforce
In 2024, it was Snowflake. In 2025, it’s Salesforce. ShinyHunters is back, with low-tech hacks that nonetheless manage to bring down international megaliths like Google, Cisco, and Adidas. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/payback-shinyhunters-google-salesforce
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 56
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Endgame Gear mouse config tool infected users with malware Auto-Color Backdoor: How Darktrace Thwarted a Stealthy Linux Intrusion Sealed Chain of Deception: Actors leveraging Node.JS to Launch JSCeal Decrypted: FunkSec Ransomware Threat actor uses…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 535 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. New Linux backdoor Plague bypasses auth via malicious PAM module China Presses Nvidia Over Alleged Backdoors…
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Qilin Ransomware Sees Surge After Collapse of Dominant RansomHub RaaS
The ransomware landscape underwent significant disruption, marked by the abrupt cessation of operations from several prominent Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) groups, including RansomHub, Babuk-Bjorka, FunkSec, BianLian, 8Base, Cactus, Hunters International, and LockBit. This wave of disappearances has fragmented the ecosystem, diminishing the dominance of major players and fostering a proliferation of smaller, independent actors. Global law enforcement…
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KnowBe4 stellt Keith Bird als Executive Vice President of International Growth ein
Die weltweit renommierte Cybersicherheitsplattform KnowBe4, die sich umfassend mit Human-Risk-Management befasst, gibt bekannt, dass sie den erfahrenen Manager Keith Bird als Executive Vice President für den weltweiten Vertrieb eingestellt hat. Er wird für das internationale Geschäft in Europa, dem Nahen Osten, Afrika, dem asiatisch-pazifischen Raum, Japan und Lateinamerika verantwortlich sein. Bird ist ein 40-jähriger Tech-Veteran…
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Mind the overconfidence gap: CISOs and staff don’t see eye to eye on security posture
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, grc, group, hacker, identity, incident response, intelligence, international, least-privilege, metric, network, phishing, ransomware, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, soc, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, updateMisplaced priorities: Investments often favor visibility and compliance over “core capabilities like detection engineering, incident response, and threat containment,” according to Santiago Pontiroli, lead security researcher at cybersecurity vendor Acronis TRU.Delayed adaptation: AI-driven threats demand faster, smarter defenses, but key upgrades (such as behavior-based analytics or automation) are often postponed due to underestimated risk, according…
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F24 präsentiert neue Lösung für internationales Risikomonitoring gepaart mit smarter Alarmierung
Der SaaS-Lösungsanbieter F24 stellt mit FACT24 TRM+ eine neue Lösung für internationales Risikomonitoring und smarte Alarmierung vor. In Kooperation mit dem Technologiepartner A3M Global Monitoring GmbH entstand eine leistungsstarke Kombination aus globalem Monitoring der Sicherheitslage und der automatisierten Alarmierung Betroffener. FACT24 TRM+ richtet sich gleichermaßen an international tätige Unternehmen mit weltweit verteilten Mitarbeitenden sowie an……
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Ransomware gang tells Ingram Micro, ‘Pay up by August 1’
Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, cyber, cyberattack, data, data-breach, encryption, exploit, extortion, government, group, international, Internet, law, leak, organized, ransom, ransomware, technology, tool, vpn, vulnerabilityRansomware attacks increase: In a report on ransomware released this week, researchers at Zscaler ThreatLabz said the number of organizations listed on all ransomware leak sites rose 70% in the 12 month period ending in April.A growing number of ransomware operators are abandoning encryption of data in favour of just data extortion, it noted. For…
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APT Hackers Target Maritime and Shipping Industry for Ransomware Attacks
Tags: apt, attack, cyber, cyberattack, group, hacker, intelligence, international, ransomware, threatThe maritime sector, which facilitates approximately 90% of international trade, is facing an unprecedented surge in sophisticated cyberattacks from advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, ransomware operators, and hacktivists, driven by escalating geopolitical conflicts. According to a recent Cyble intelligence report, over 100 such incidents have been documented in the past year, targeting shipping companies, ports,…
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International AI Alignment effort tackles unpredictability
Given AI systems are probabilistic, a group of international experts are collaborating to ensure such systems operate in the best interest of society First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366628128/International-AI-Alignment-effort-tackles-unpredictability
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Qwins Ltd: Bulletproof Hosting Provider Powering Global Malware Campaigns
Security researchers may have discovered a reliable hosting company run by Qwins Ltd. that supports a broad range of international malware operations in a recent analysis resulting from standard follow-up on Lumma infostealer infections. Lumma, consistently ranking among the top five malware families according to platforms like abuse.ch and ANY.RUN, provided an abundant source of…
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FBI, CISA warn about Scattered Spider’s evolving tactics
International authorities are pursuing the group following the arrests of four suspects in a series of attacks targeting British retailers. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fbi-cisa-warn-scattered-spiders-tactics/756164/
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Cybersicherheitsausgaben wachsen langsamer
Die Ausgaben steigen weltweit, in Deutschland aber mit leichter Delle. PeopleImages.com Yuri AViele Unternehmen haben bereits realisiert, wie wichtig Investitionen in Cybersicherheit sind und erhöhen dementsprechend ihre Ausgaben soweit es das Budget zulässt.Diese Entwicklung spiegelt sich auch im neuen Forcast von Gartner wider. Wie das Analystenhaus in seinem aktuellen Bericht ‘Forecast: Information Security, Worldwide, 2023-2029,…
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Rise of Chaos Ransomware Tied to BlackSuit Group’s Exit
Operation Checkmate Disrupts One of the Large Russian-Speaking Ransomware Groups. An international law enforcement operation has disrupted BlackSuit, a ransomware group tied to hundreds of victims and ransom demands that exceeded half a billion dollars. The takedown occurred as security experts tracked the rise of a new group called Chaos, which may be a BlackSuit…
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Chaos Ransomware Rises as BlackSuit Gang Falls
Researchers detailed a newer double-extortion ransomware group made up of former members of BlackSuit, which was recently disrupted by international law enforcement. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/chaos-ransomware-rises-blacksuit-falls
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Inside Muddled Libra’s Playbook: Call Center Attacks for Initial Breach
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, the cybercrime group tracked as Muddled Libra also known as Scattered Spider or UNC3944 has demonstrated remarkable resilience and adaptation in 2025, following international law enforcement disruptions in late 2024. Despite federal charges against five suspected members in November 2024, the group has escalated its intrusion operations across sectors including…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 55
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Lookout Discovers Iranian APT MuddyWater Leveraging DCHSpy During Israel-Iran Conflict Uncovering a Stealthy WordPress Backdoor in mu-plugins NPM package ‘is’ with 2.8M weekly downloads infected devs with malware Coyote in the Wild: First-Ever […]…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 534 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. Law enforcement operations seized BlackSuit ransomware gang’s darknet sites Arizona woman sentenced for aiding North Korea…
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Law enforcement operations seized BlackSuit ransomware gang’s darknet sites
An international law enforcement operation seized the dark web data leak site of the BlackSuit ransomware group. A banner on the BlackSuit ransomware group’s TOR data leak sites informs visitors that they were seized by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations in a global law enforcement operation. The notice features logos of 17 law enforcement agencies and…
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Microsoft Investigates Leak in Early Warning System Used by Chinese Hackers to Exploit SharePoint Vulnerabilities
Tags: breach, china, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, government, hacker, international, law, leak, microsoft, software, vulnerabilityChinese laws requiring vulnerability disclosure to the government create transparency issues and potential conflicts for international cybersecurity efforts. Microsoft is probing whether a leak from its confidential early warning system enabled Chinese state-sponsored hackers to exploit significant flaws in its SharePoint software, leading to breaches at over 400 organizations, including the U.S. agency responsible for…
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Operation Dark Phone: Murder By Text this jaw-dropping tale of how police hacked gangs is like The Wire
This docu-drama is cleverly built around the messages intercepted by the National Crime Agency when they penetrated a chat network between criminal organisations. It’s hugely revealingPolice work rarely resembles The Shield or Line of Duty. It’s mostly paperwork, online training and referring people to driver offender courses. But sometimes life imitates art. In 2020, international…
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Operation Checkmate: BlackSuit Ransomware’s Dark Web Domains Seized
International law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Europol, have successfully seized the infrastructure of the notorious BlackSuit ransomware gang in Operation Checkmate. This article details the takedown, BlackSuit’s origins, and the ongoing fight against evolving cyber threats. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/operation-checkmate-dark-web-blacksuit-ransomware-seized/
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BlackSuit Ransomware Infrastructure Seized by Authorities
International law enforcement agencies delivered a significant blow to cybercriminals this week with the successful takedown of critical infrastructure belonging to the BlackSuit ransomware gang. The coordinated operation, dubbed >>Operation Checkmate,
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Key Operator of World’s Largest XSS Dark Web Platform Detained
International law enforcement agencies have dismantled one of the world’s most influential Russian-speaking cybercrime platforms following the arrest of its suspected administrator in a coordinated operation spanning France, Ukraine, and broader European cooperation. The takedown of xss.is represents a significant blow to global cybercriminal networks that have operated with relative impunity on the dark web…