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Cyber crooks push Android malware via letter

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Cyber crooks push Android malware via letter 2024-11-15 at 15:33 By Zeljka Zorz Cyber crooks are trying out an interesting new approach for getting information-stealing malware installed on Android users’ smartphones: a physical letter impersonating MeteoSwiss (i.e., Switzerland’s Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology). “The letter asks the recipients to install a new severe weather […]

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Industrial companies in Europe targeted with GuLoader

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Industrial companies in Europe targeted with GuLoader 2024-11-07 at 15:48 By Zeljka Zorz A recent spear-phishing campaign targeting industrial and engineering companies in Europe was aimed at saddling victims with the popular GuLoader downloader and, ultimately, a remote access trojan that would permit attackers to steal information from and access compromised computers whenever they wish.

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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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Organizations are changing cybersecurity providers in wake of Crowdstrike outage

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Organizations are changing cybersecurity providers in wake of Crowdstrike outage 2024-09-23 at 15:46 By Zeljka Zorz More often than not, a cyber attack or a cyber incident that results in business disruption will spur organizations to make changes to improve their cybersecurity and cyber resilience – and sometimes that means changing cybersecurity providers. The recent

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Android malware uses NFC to steal money at ATMs

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Android malware uses NFC to steal money at ATMs 2024-08-22 at 12:01 By Help Net Security ESET researchers uncovered NGate malware, which can relay data from victims’ payment cards via a malicious app installed on their Android devices to the attacker’s rooted Android phone. Attack overview (Source: ESET) Unauthorized ATM withdrawals The campaign’s primary goal

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Scammers dupe chemical company into wiring $60 million

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Scammers dupe chemical company into wiring $60 million 2024-08-13 at 16:46 By Zeljka Zorz Orion S.A., a global chemical company with headquarters in Luxembourg, has become a victim of fraud: it lost approximately $60 million through “multiple fraudulently induced outbound wire transfers to accounts controlled by unknown third parties.” The scammers targeted an employee Orion

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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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Largest Croatian hospital under cyberattack

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Largest Croatian hospital under cyberattack 2024-06-27 at 14:31 By Zeljka Zorz The University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb) is under cyberattack that started on Wednesday night, the Croatian Radiotelevision has reported. Because of the attack, the hospital has shut down its information system and will be switching parts of it online once they are sure

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Vulnerability in Cisco Webex cloud service exposed government authorities, companies

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Vulnerability in Cisco Webex cloud service exposed government authorities, companies 2024-06-05 at 22:33 By Zeljka Zorz The vulnerability that allowed a German journalist to discover links to video conference meetings held by Bundeswehr (the German armed forces) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) via their self-hosted Cisco Webex instances similarly affected the Webex

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25,000 individuals affected in BBC Pension Scheme data breach

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25,000 individuals affected in BBC Pension Scheme data breach 2024-05-31 at 16:16 By Zeljka Zorz Personal information of current and former BBC employees has been exposed in a data breach that affected the broadcaster’s in-house pension scheme. More than 25,000 individuals have been affected, according to The Guardian. What data was exposed? “On the 21

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Microsoft faces multi-billion dollar fine in EU over Bing AI

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Microsoft faces multi-billion dollar fine in EU over Bing AI 2024-05-19 at 03:01 By Cointelegraph by Tristan Greene The Redmond company could be fined as much as 1% of its annual revenue if it doesn’t respond by May 27. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Kraken considers dropping USDT in Europe ahead of new regulations

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Kraken considers dropping USDT in Europe ahead of new regulations 2024-05-17 at 21:01 By Cointelegraph by Ana Paula Pereira With new regulations in Europe set to enforce strict limits on transactions and reserve requirements, Kraken is assessing its stablecoins listing. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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DeFi may struggle to stay decentralized after new EU law

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DeFi may struggle to stay decentralized after new EU law 2024-05-14 at 17:01 By Cointelegraph by Daniel Ramirez-Escudero DeFi’s exemption from MiCA regulation may fade as an update targets protocols with centralized components. The sector could split between hybrid and DeFi models. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to

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Amazon-backed Anthropic brings Claude AI chatbot to European users

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Amazon-backed Anthropic brings Claude AI chatbot to European users 2024-05-14 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Savannah Fortis Amazon and Google-backed AI startup Anthropic launches its powerful Claude chatbot in Europe, boasting strong language skills and real-time information access. Cointelegraph put it to the test. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Blockchain adoption in healthcare faces serious obstacles in Germany

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Blockchain adoption in healthcare faces serious obstacles in Germany 2024-05-13 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Veronika Rinecker Blockchain technology could enhance healthcare digitalization, but privacy concerns are hampering adoption. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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EU crypto regulations undermined by lack of enforcement, say observers

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EU crypto regulations undermined by lack of enforcement, say observers 2024-05-07 at 19:01 By Cointelegraph by Robert D. Knight The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation is being phased in, but regulators have reportedly been inconsistent in enforcing existing laws. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Central banks must revise business model, embrace CBDCs — ECB member

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Central banks must revise business model, embrace CBDCs — ECB member 2024-05-07 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Ana Paula Pereira Bundesbank’s president Joachim Nagel urged central banks to revamp their business models and adopt digital currencies during the BIS Innovation Summit. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this

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BlackBasta claims Synlab attack, leaks some stolen documents

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BlackBasta claims Synlab attack, leaks some stolen documents 2024-05-06 at 14:16 By Zeljka Zorz The BlackBasta ransomware / cyber extortion gang is behind the recent cyber attack that resulted in the temporary shutdown of operations at Synlab Italia. The group claimed the attack on their leak site on Saturday and says they have exfiltrated approximately

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Microsoft pours $2.2B into Malaysia for cloud, AI expansion

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Microsoft pours $2.2B into Malaysia for cloud, AI expansion 2024-05-02 at 13:01 By Cointelegraph by Amaka Nwaokocha In a statement, Microsoft said it will collaborate with the Malaysian government to establish a “national AI Center of Excellence” and improve cybersecurity capabilities. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this

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Understanding emerging AI and data privacy regulations

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Understanding emerging AI and data privacy regulations 2024-05-02 at 08:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon, Senior Privacy Counsel & Legal Engineer at Immuta, discusses the AI Act, the Data Act, and the Health Data Space Regulation. Learn how these regulations interact, their implications for both public and private sectors,

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