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Ransomware negotiator weighs in on the extortion payment debate with El Reg
2024-05-12 20:03

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Largest non-bank lender in Australia warns of a data breach
2024-05-12 14:16

Firstmac Limited is warning customers that it suffered a data breach a day after the new Embargo cyber-extortion group leaked over 500GB of data allegedly stolen from the firm. Yesterday, Have I Been Pwned creator Troy Hunt published on X a sample of the notification letter sent to Firstmac customers, informing them of a severe data breach.

Week in review: Veeam fixes RCE flaw in backup management platform, Patch Tuesday forecast
2024-05-12 08:00

Veeam fixes RCE flaw in backup management platformVeeam has patched a high-severity vulnerability in Veeam Service Provider Console and is urging customers to implement the patch. May 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: A reminder of recent threats and impactThe thunderstorms of April patches have passed, and it has been pretty calm leading up to May 2024 Patch Tuesday.

Critical infrastructure security will stay poor until everyone pulls together
2024-05-11 17:15

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The Post Millennial hack leaked data impacting 26 million people
2024-05-11 15:17

Have I Been Pwned has added the information for 26,818,266 people whose data was leaked in a recent hack of The Post Millennial conservative news website. The data quickly spread online, being shared in torrents and hacking forums, allowing threat actors and others to download the data easily.

CISA: Black Basta ransomware breached over 500 orgs worldwide
2024-05-11 14:09

CISA and the FBI said today that Black Basta ransomware affiliates breached over 500 organizations between April 2022 and May 2024. "Black Basta affiliates have targeted over 500 private industry and critical infrastructure entities, including healthcare organizations, in North America, Europe, and Australia," CISA said.

Europol confirms web portal breach, says no operational data stolen
2024-05-11 12:36

Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, confirmed that its Europol Platform for Experts portal was breached and is now investigating the incident after a threat actor claimed they stole For Official Use Only documents containing classified data."No operational information is processed on this EPE application. No core systems of Europol are affected and therefore, no operational data from Europol has been compromised."

FIN7 Hacker Group Leverages Malicious Google Ads to Deliver NetSupport RAT
2024-05-11 07:29

The financially motivated threat actor known as FIN7 has been observed leveraging malicious Google ads spoofing legitimate brands as a means to deliver MSIX installers that culminate in the...

The Week in Ransomware - May 10th 2024 - Chipping away at LockBit
2024-05-10 22:01

After many months of taunting law enforcement and offering a million-dollar reward to anyone who could reveal his identity, the FBI and NCA have done just that, revealing the name of LockBitSupp, the operator of the LockBit ransomware operation. The LockBit operation has been on a revenge spree, leaking the names of 119 victims allegedly attacked by the ransomware operation.

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Mating Strategies
2024-05-10 21:07

Some squids are "Consorts," others are "Sneakers." The species is healthiest when individuals have different strategies randomly. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.