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Also: Nebraska Man Steals $3.5 Million of Cloud Services to Mine $1M of Crypto
Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, sentencing in the first-ever conviction for hacking a smart contract, indictment in a million-dollar illicit mining, FTX executive's sentencing, Railgun's money-laundering defense and Uniswap's Wells Notice ..read more
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Experts See Groups Shoot Themselves in the Foot by Yet Again Swindling Affiliates
Here's ransomware news to celebrate: The number of victims who opt to pay a ransom has dropped to a record low. Also, the operators of two major groups hit by law enforcement disruptions have each chosen to swindle their affiliates, sowing disaffection and driving away burned business partners ..read more
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Christopher Budd on the Rise of Junk Gun Ransomware Variants
Since June 2023, 19 junk gun ransomware variants have been discovered on the dark web. These cheap, independently produced and crudely constructed variants offer an attractive way for newer cybercriminals to get started in the ransomware world and are mostly effective against SMBs ..read more
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Healthcare sector organizations often still struggle to implement security frameworks effectively, often not fully understanding the requirements or failing to integrate them into their overall cybersecurity strategy, said Keith Forrester of security firm Optiv, who offers tips to help ..read more
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UnitedHealth Group Makes Low Key Admission in Online FAQ
UnitedHealthGroup said for the first time that hackers behind a February ransomware attack against Change Healthcare breached sensitive health information, an admission that triggers a regulatory countdown clock for public disclosures and individual notification ..read more
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Hackers Target OpenMetadata Platforms Running on Cloud Kubernetes Environments
Hackers who appear to be Chinese are exploiting vulnerabilities in the OpenMetadata platform running as workloads on Kubernetes clusters to download cryptomining software, warned Microsoft. "I want to buy a car," the hackers tell victims in a note and solicit monero donations ..read more
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The European Data Protection Board Says the Company Inhibits Real Choice for Users
Social media giant Meta's attempt to navigate European data protection rules by offering a fee-based opt-out from behavioral advertising came under fire Wednesday by a trading bloc agency that said freedom from personalized marketing should typically be free ..read more
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Company Released a Hotfix to the Command Injection Vulnerability
Firewall appliance manufacturer Palo Alto Networks rushed out a hotfix Friday to a command injection vulnerability present in its custom operating system after security researchers spotted a campaign to exploit the zero-day starting in March, likely from a state-backed threat actor ..read more