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Low-Drama ‘Dark Angels’ Reap Record Ransoms

Krebs on Security

Security experts say the Dark Angels have been around since 2021, but the group doesn’t get much press because they work alone and maintain a low profile, picking one target at a time and favoring mass data theft over disrupting the victim’s operations. .” Companies losing vast amounts of data will pay these high ransoms.”

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in April 2021 – 1 billion records breached

IT Governance

The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in April 2021 – 1 billion records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. discloses security incident (unknown) St. discloses security incident (unknown) St. They’ll review the breach, mitigate the damage and ensure that you are up and running again as soon as possible.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 292

Security Affairs

A critical flaw in industrial automation systems opens to remote hack Crooks stole 800,000€ from ATMs in Italy with Black Box attack Operators behind Dark Caracal are still alive and operational Sopra Steria estimates financial Impact of ransomware attack could reach €50 Million Delaware County, Pennsylvania, opted to pay 500K ransom to DoppelPaymer (..)

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

Hancitor became another commodity malware which partnered with ransomware gangs to help them gain initial access to target networks – the increasing trend outlined by Group-IB researchers in the recent Ransomware Uncovered 2020/2021 report. Cuba ransomware has been active since at least January 2020.

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Mobile Malware: Threats and Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Security researchers at Kaspersky determined that it accounted for 61.43% of mobile malware detected in Q1 2021. One such Android malware type identified in early 2021 can gather and exfiltrate data ranging from phone contacts to text messages and browser data while remaining hidden from users. Educating employees on mobile threats.

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Virginia’s new Consumer Data Protection Act

Data Protection Report

On March 2, 2021, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia signed into law the Consumer Data Protection Act , which contains many elements of California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). institution of higher education. The new law goes into effect on January 1, 2023.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: In June 2021, malware caused the colonial pipeline, which provides gas to the southeast corner of the United States, was shut down in an abundance of caution. So the ICS village started about eight years ago at DEF CON to bring education awareness and exposure to industrial control systems. Let me start over that.