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Ransomware attacks break records in 2023: the number of victims rose by 128%

Security Affairs

This group primarily focused its attacks on the construction, manufacturing/industrial, and retail industries. Previously dominated by the construction industry, the IT sector now claims the top spot in 2023. The data shows a shift in ransomware targets over the past three years.

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As of May 2024, Black Basta ransomware affiliates hacked over 500 organizations worldwide

Security Affairs

Black Basta affiliates have targeted over 500 private industry and critical infrastructure entities, including healthcare organizations, in North America, Europe, and Australia.” Most of the victims are in the manufacturing, engineering and construction, and retail sectors. ” reads the CSA. in Germany, and 5.9%

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FIN8 group used a previously undetected Sardonic backdoor in a recent attack

Security Affairs

The group focuses on organizations in the insurance, retail, technology, and chemical industries in the U.S., The group has been active since 2016, it leverages known malware such as PUNCHTRACK and BADHATCH to infect PoS systems and steal payment card data. Canada, South Africa, Puerto Rico, Panama, and Italy.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 453 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4 Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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2022 Retail Industry Year in Review

Hunton Privacy

On January 25, 2023, Hunton Andrews Kurth’s retail industry team released its annual Retail Industry in Review publication, which provides an overview of key issues and trends that impacted the retail sector in the past year, as well as a preview of relevant legal issues retailers can expect to arise in 2023.

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Russians Shut Down Huge Card Fraud Ring

Krebs on Security

Cybersecurity experts say the raid included the charging of a major carding kingpin thought to be tied to dozens of carding shops and to some of the bigger data breaches targeting western retailers over the past decade. Flint is among the biggest players in the crowded underground market for stolen credit card data, according to a U.S.

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News alert: Beazley reports on how AI, new tech distract businesses as cyber risk intensifies

The Last Watchdog

London, July 13, 2023 — Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today published its latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023. For the insurance industry, working with clients to help them tackle these challenges is vital to ensuring businesses operate in as safe an environment as possible.

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