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Security Blueprints of Many Companies Leaked in Hack of Swedish Firm Gunnebo

Krebs on Security

In August, Gunnebo said it had successfully thwarted a ransomware attack, but this week it emerged that the intruders stole and published online tens of thousands of sensitive documents — including schematics of client bank vaults and surveillance systems. What’s more, Syrén seemed to downplay the severity of the exposure.

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New Bad Magic APT used CommonMagic framework in the area of Russo-Ukrainian conflict

Security Affairs

In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. The archive contained two files, a decoy document (i.e.

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CISA, FBI, NSA warn of the increased globalized threat of ransomware

Security Affairs

Almost any sector was hit by sophisticated, high-impact ransomware attacks, including the Defense Industrial Base, Emergency Services, Food and Agriculture, Government Facilities, and Information Technology Sectors. Cybersecurity agencies from the U.K., ” reads the joint advisory.

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A deeper insight into the CloudWizard APT’s activity revealed a long-running activity

Security Affairs

In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. The archive contained two files, a decoy document (i.e.

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Observations on the Cybersecurity Executive Order and Presidential Policy Directive

Hunton Privacy

by passing legislation to give our government a greater capacity to secure our networks and deter attacks.” Finally, the alphabet soup of agencies in the Executive Order and PPD again raise the troubling question of who is in charge when it comes to cybersecurity in the federal government.

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White House to Corporate America: Take Ransomware Threat Seriously

eSecurity Planet

The National Security Council is sending a memo to U.S. In the open letter dated June 3, Anne Neuberger, the NSC’s cybersecurity adviser, said that while the federal government is doing what it can to combat the accelerating threat, private sector organizations also play a crucial role. government. What Can the Government Do?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Right To Repair

ForAllSecure

I’m Robert Vamosi and in this episode I’m talking about our right to repair, how some high tech companies might want to limit that right, and how there’s a group of information security professionals who are volunteering their free time to fight for those rights in local legislation.