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Russian hackers deliver malicious RDP configuration files to thousands

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Russian hackers deliver malicious RDP configuration files to thousands 2024-10-30 at 12:49 By Zeljka Zorz Midnight Blizzard – a cyber espionage group that has been linked to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) – is targeting government, academia, defense, and NGO workers with phishing emails containing a signed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) configuration file. “Based […]

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Ghost: Criminal communication platform compromised, dismantled by international law enforcement

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Ghost: Criminal communication platform compromised, dismantled by international law enforcement 2024-09-18 at 15:16 By Zeljka Zorz Another encrypted communication platform used by criminals has been dismantled and its alleged mastermind arrested, the Australian Federal Police has announced on Tuesday. “AFP Operation Kraken charged a NSW man, aged 32, for creating and administering Ghost, a dedicated

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Australian gold mining company hit with ransomware

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Australian gold mining company hit with ransomware 2024-08-13 at 14:17 By Zeljka Zorz Australian gold mining firm Evolution Mining has announced on Monday that it became aware on 8 August 2024 of a ransomware attack impacting its IT systems, and has been working with its external cyber forensic experts to investigate the incident. “Based on

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Ransomware Hits Australian Gold Mining Firm Evolution Mining

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Ransomware Hits Australian Gold Mining Firm Evolution Mining 2024-08-13 at 13:46 By Ionut Arghire Australian gold mining company Evolution Mining believes it was able to contain a ransomware attack targeting its IT systems last week. The post Ransomware Hits Australian Gold Mining Firm Evolution Mining appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Faulty CrowdStrike update takes out Windows machines worldwide

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Faulty CrowdStrike update takes out Windows machines worldwide 2024-07-19 at 11:31 By Zeljka Zorz Thousands and possibly millions of Windows computers and servers worldwide have been made inoperable by a faulty update of Crowdstrike Falcon Sensors, and the outage affected transport, broadcast, financial, retail and other organizations have been affected in Europe, Australia, the US

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Chinese APT40 group swifly leverages public PoC exploits

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Chinese APT40 group swifly leverages public PoC exploits 2024-07-09 at 14:46 By Zeljka Zorz Chinese state-sponsored cyber group APT40 is amazingly fast at adapting public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for vulnerabilities in widely used software, an advisory released by intelligence and cybersecurity agencies from eight countries warns. The group, which is also known as Kryptonite Panda

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Medibank breach: Security failures revealed (lack of MFA among them)

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Medibank breach: Security failures revealed (lack of MFA among them) 2024-06-18 at 17:31 By Zeljka Zorz The 2022 Medibank data breach / extortion attack perpetrated by the REvil ransomware group started by the attackers leveraging login credentials stolen from a private computer of an employee of a Medibank’s IT contractor. According to a statement by

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House overturns SEC’s anti-crypto guidance, Biden to veto: Law Decoded

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House overturns SEC’s anti-crypto guidance, Biden to veto: Law Decoded 2024-05-13 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by David Attlee U.S. President Joe Biden may block the U.S. House of Representatives’ decision. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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LockBit leader unmasked: US charges Russian national

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LockBit leader unmasked: US charges Russian national 2024-05-07 at 18:33 By Zeljka Zorz Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev is “LockBitSupp”, the creator, developer and administator of the infamous LockBit ransomware group, according to UK, US and Australia law enforcement agencies. The US Justice Deparment has unsealed charges against Khoroshev and the US Department of the Treasury’s

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Australian Tax Office seeks data from 1.2 million crypto exchange users: Report

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Australian Tax Office seeks data from 1.2 million crypto exchange users: Report 2024-05-07 at 14:01 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The personal and crypto-transaction related details could help identify users who failed to report their tax obligations, according to the Australian Tax Office. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React

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Australia joins 1,000+ Bitcoin ATM club alongside US, Canada

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Australia joins 1,000+ Bitcoin ATM club alongside US, Canada 2024-04-24 at 13:01 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar The United States hosted its first 1,000 crypto ATMs in November 2017, while Canada achieved the same in January 2021. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Billionaire’s suit over scam crypto ads on Meta dismissed in Australia

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Billionaire’s suit over scam crypto ads on Meta dismissed in Australia 2024-04-12 at 20:01 By Cointelegraph by Derek Andersen Andrew Forrest’s image was used in an ad promoting crypto scams. He has another suit against Meta in a California district court. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this

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Australians wouldn’t value retail CBDC for its privacy or safety, RBA finds

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Australians wouldn’t value retail CBDC for its privacy or safety, RBA finds 2024-04-12 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Derek Andersen Australians would rather have accounts with commercial banks and keep their data away from the RBA. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Monochrome spot Bitcoin ETF expected to launch within 2 months, says CEO

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Monochrome spot Bitcoin ETF expected to launch within 2 months, says CEO 2024-04-05 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Prashant Jha Although Australia already has a couple of ETPs exposed to Bitcoin, Monochrome’s spot BTC ETF will be the first to hold physical Bitcoin in its ETF, similar to the United States-based products. This article is

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Aussie corporate regulator to build ‘outcome-based’ crypto policies

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Aussie corporate regulator to build ‘outcome-based’ crypto policies 2024-03-21 at 11:01 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar ASIC Commissioner Alan Kirkland highlighted the need to solve the “regulatory trilemma” when it comes to financial innovations — consumer protection, market integrity, and encouraging financial innovation. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React

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Nissan breach exposed data of 100,000 individuals

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Nissan breach exposed data of 100,000 individuals 2024-03-18 at 13:46 By Helga Labus Nissan Oceania has confirmed that the data breach it suffered in December 2023 affected around 100,000 individuals and has begun notifying them. First response In early December 2023, the company – a regional Nissan division which includes Nissan Motor Corporation and Nissan

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A Sanction Has Been Imposed on a Hacker Who Released Australian Health Insurer Client Data

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A Sanction Has Been Imposed on a Hacker Who Released Australian Health Insurer Client Data 2024-01-23 at 14:01 By Associated Press Russian national sanctioned by the Australian government for his role in the Medibank attack impacting more than 10 million Australians. The post A Sanction Has Been Imposed on a Hacker Who Released Australian Health

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AI regulations in global focus as EU approaches regulation deal

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AI regulations in global focus as EU approaches regulation deal 07/12/2023 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Amaka Nwaokocha Concerns over potential misuse of AI have prompted the U.S., U.K., China, and the G7 to speed up regulation of the technology, though Europe is already way ahead. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

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Crypto is the ‘largest growing’ asset class in Aussie DIY pensions

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Crypto is the ‘largest growing’ asset class in Aussie DIY pensions 01/12/2023 at 02:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Australians are increasingly adding cryptocurrency to their “self-managed super funds” as a means to secure their retirement life, according to newly released data. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to

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Australia tries again to combat ‘future sectors’ crypto scams

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Australia tries again to combat ‘future sectors’ crypto scams 30/11/2023 at 10:04 By Cointelegraph By Arijit Sarkar The “Proposed Scams Code Framework” consultation paper aims to delegate clear roles and responsibilities to government and private entities when combatting scams. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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