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Cloak ransomware group hacked the Virginia Attorney General’s Office

Security Affairs

A cyberattack on the Virginia Attorney Generals Office forced officials to shut down IT systems, including email and VPN, and revert to paper filings. The group has extended its operations to countries in Asia and targets various sectors, including healthcare, real estate, construction, IT, food, and manufacturing.”

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Winnti Group was planning a devastating supply-chain attack against Asian manufacturer

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Winnti Group is back with a new modular Win backdoor that was used to infect the servers of a high-profile Asian mobile hardware and software manufacturer. ” reads the paper published by ESET. The post Winnti Group was planning a devastating supply-chain attack against Asian manufacturer appeared first on Security Affairs.

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A backdoor in millions of Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics RFID cards allows cloning

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A flaw in millions of RFID cards manufactured by Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics allows these contactless cards to be cloned instantly. Researchers from security firm Quarkslab discovered a backdoor in millions of RFID cards manufactured by the Chinese chip manufacturer Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics.

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Medical Device Cyberthreat Modeling: Top Considerations

Data Breach Today

Besides not doing cyberthreat modeling at all, some the biggest mistakes medical device manufacturers can make are starting the modeling process too late in the development phase or using it simply as a "paper weight exercise," said threat modeling expert Adam Shostack of Shostack & Associates.

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Researchers released a free decryption tool for the Rhysida Ransomware

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” reads the paper published by the researchers “We successfully decrypted the data using the regenerated random number generator. ” reads the paper. ” continues the paper. ” concludes the paper. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first successful decryption of Rhysida ransomware.”

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Hackers claim to have compromised 50,000 home cameras and posted footage online

Security Affairs

The news was reported by The New Paper, which also confirmed that over 70 members already paid the US$150 subscription for lifetime access to the loot. ” reported The New Paper.” “Clips from the hacked footage have been uploaded on pornographic sites recently, with several explicitly tagged as being from Singapore.”

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Kr00k Wi-Fi Encryption flaw affects more than a billion devices

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A high-severity hardware vulnerability, dubbed Kr00k , in Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress expose over a billion devices to hack. Cybersecurity researchers from ESET have discovered a new high-severity hardware vulnerability, dubbed Kr00k , that affects Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress.