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Experts warn of a surge in NetSupport RAT attacks against education and government sectors

Security Affairs

Experts warn of a surge in NetSupport RAT attacks against education, government, and business services sectors. The most impacted sectors are education, government, and business services. ” reads the analysis published by Carbon Black Managed Detection & Response team.

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Internet Backbone Giant Lumen Shuns.RU

Krebs on Security

“The business services we provide are extremely small and very limited as is our physical presence. However, we are taking steps to immediately stop business in the region.” ” “We decided to disconnect the network due to increased security risk inside Russia,” the statement continues.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 30 October – 5 November 2023

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. When MOVEit was hacked by the Russian Cl0p ransomware gang in May, email addresses and links to government employee surveys were compromised.

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Balikbayan Foxes group spoofs Philippine gov to spread RATs

Security Affairs

Experts uncovered a new threat actor, tracked as Balikbayan Foxes, that is impersonating the Philippine government to spread malware. . The group focuses on Shipping/Logistics, Manufacturing, Business Services, Pharmaceutical, and Energy entities, among others. ” reads the analysis published by the experts. .

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10 things you must do to become cyber secure

IT Governance

One of the most trusted resources is the NCSC’s (National Cyber Security Centre) ten-step guide. For any cyber security strategy to be effective, it needs to be supported by senior managers and applied across the whole organisation. A risk management regime is a top-level framework for addressing security issues.

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UK Suffers Third Highest Rate of Ransomware Attacks in the World

IT Governance

According to its analysis , 260 organisations in the UK fell victim to ransomware between January 2020 and June 2022, a figure that’s only exceeded by Canada (276) and – in a distant lead – the US (2,379). The other most vulnerable sectors were business services (23), construction (22), manufacturing (19) and transport (18).

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UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S. orgs with 3 malware

Security Affairs

” states the analysis published by FireEye. The groups targeted organizations in the business services, financial, health, retail/consumer, aero-military, engineering and manufacturing, government, education, transportation, and utilities industries. orgs with 3 malware appeared first on Security Affairs.