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Cybersecurity Threats & Attacks

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@unix_root shared
On Dec 15, 2022
Chinese MirrorFace APT hacker group has been blamed for a malicious campaign aimed at #Japanese political entities. Read: https://t.co/iypwJjiXr8 #hacking #cybersecurity #infosec #technews #malware
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Researchers Uncover MirrorFace Cyber Attacks Targeting Japanese Political Entities

Researchers Uncover MirrorFace Cyber Attacks Targeting Japanese Political Entities

Chinese MirrorFace APT hacker group is blamed for a malicious campaign targeting Japanese political entities.

@DarkReading shared
On Dec 13, 2022
Ransomware and more new ransomware variants. @jaivijayan has the story here: https://t.co/FloPakRNpO #ransomware
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Rash of New Ransomware Variants Springs Up in the Wild

Rash of New Ransomware Variants Springs Up in the Wild

Vohuk, ScareCrow, and AESRT add to the ransomware chaos that organizations have to contend with on a daily basis.

@DHSgov shared
On Dec 15, 2022
RT @CISAgov: The galaxy has been saved! 🏆💫 Congratulations to the winning team, individuals, and everyone who participated in another out of this world competition. Learn all about this year’s #PresCup winners: https://t.co/ML19jJFIb8 https://t.co/y9gMkV0vbQ
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Government’s Top Cybersecurity Competition Announces Winners

Government’s Top Cybersecurity Competition Announces Winners

The galaxy has been saved! The Fourth Annual President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition came to an exciting conclusion last week after the Finals were held over four days at the ...

@WIRED shared
On Dec 10, 2022
A mysterious and continuing series of physical attacks have hit power utilities in the American southeast—and in one case, have caused an extended outage for tens of thousands of people. https://t.co/oG9xs17L7p
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Security News This Week: Attackers Keep Targeting the US Electric Grid

Security News This Week: Attackers Keep Targeting the US Electric Grid

Plus: Chinese hackers stealing US Covid relief funds, a cyberattack on the Met Opera website, and more.

@vmw_carbonblack shared
On Dec 13, 2022
.@ChadSkipper discusses his 2023 cybersecurity trend predictions in @SolutionsReview ⬇️ https://t.co/yhspzF0QAH
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18 Cybersecurity Predictions from Industry Experts for 2023

18 Cybersecurity Predictions from Industry Experts for 2023

The editors at Solutions Review have compiled a list of cybersecurity predictions from some of the top leading industry experts.

@arstechnica shared
On Dec 15, 2022
FuboTV goes kaput during World Cup semifinals, blames “criminal cyber attack” https://t.co/BO2irRrbJ0
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FuboTV goes kaput during World Cup semifinals, blames “criminal cyber attack”

FuboTV goes kaput during World Cup semifinals, blames “criminal cyber attack”

Streaming service goes dark during one of the most anticipated sporting matches.

@craiu shared
On Dec 14, 2022
RT @JusticeRage: Takeaways of the war in Ukraine for the cybersecurity community: https://t.co/G62DCrUlMa I contributed to this article along with @craiu and @securechicken. As with any analysis piece, there's some deal of personal opinion in there, so I'm very interested in other assessments.
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Reassessing cyberwarfare. Lessons learned in 2022

Reassessing cyberwarfare. Lessons learned in 2022

In this report, we propose to go over the various activities that were observed in cyberspace in relation to the conflict in Ukraine, understand their meaning in the context of the current ...

@SCMagazine shared
On Dec 13, 2022
The government of Vanuatu has been offline for over a month in what is a suspected #ransomware attack. #cybersecurity #infosec #ITsecurity https://t.co/wm5BuPSSvB
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Government of Vanuatu offline since early November in suspected ransomware attack

Government of Vanuatu offline since early November in suspected ransomware attack

According to numerous reports, the country’s newly elected government began experiencing problems on the first day Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau took office on Nov. 4 and the cyberattack ...