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A 31-year-old Russian national named Evgeniy Doroshenko has been indicted for wire and computer fraud in the United States for allegedly acting as an "Initial access broker" from February 2019 to May 2024. An initial access broker is a threat actor who breaches corporate networks and then sells that access to other threat actors, who commonly use the access to conduct data theft or ransomware attacks.
Microsoft has linked a North Korean hacking group it tracks as Moonstone Sleet to FakePenny ransomware attacks, which have led to millions of dollars in ransom demands. Unlike previous ransomware attacks coordinated by North Korean state hackers, in which victims were asked to pay $100,000, the ransom demanded by the Moonstone Sleet attackers was $6.6 million in BTC. Microsoft's assessment of this attack concluded that Moonstone Sleet's primary motivation for deploying the ransomware was financial gain.
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Security researchers have released a proof-of-concept exploit for a maximum-severity vulnerability in Fortinet's security information and event management solution, which was patched in February.On Tuesday, over three months after Fortinet released security updates to patch this security flaw, Horizon3's Attack Team shared a proof-of-concept exploit and published a technical deep-dive.
Yesterday, the RansomHub ransomware group added Christie's on its extortion page on the dark web, claiming it had breached the company and stole sensitive client data. A Christie's spokesperson confirmed to BleepingComputer that the company had suffered a data breach that impacted some clients.
The issue began yesterday, and although it does not appear to impact everyone, it is far from isolated, with affected users reporting that it affects all YouTube videos. The reports come from users of ad blockers on both Chrome and Firefox, like Adblock Plus, as well as web browsers that have integrated ad-blocking systems, such as OperaGX. A first reported by 9to5Google, many users are accusing YouTube of intentionally causing this problem, as Google has begun cracking down on the use of ad blockers on YouTube over the past year.
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Australia continues to grapple with the ramifications of a massive cyber security skills shortage, underscored by another recent large-scale data breach. A multi-faceted cyber security strategy, supported by investments into scaling cyber capabilities, will help Australia address the root causes that explain why so many data breaches are being reported with such frequency.
TechRepublic identified the top five emerging cloud technology trends that businesses in the U.K. should be aware of this year.
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