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Bleeping Computer: A signed Windows driver has been used in attacks on banks in French-speaking countries, likely from a threat actor that stole more than $11 million from various banks.
IBS Intelligence: Working with 11 international entities, CaixaBank has formed a European research consortium to explore ways to improve cybersecurity by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and big data. The project, AI4CYBER, is part of the Horizon Europe programme and is funded by the European Union.
Hedge Week: RFA, a specialist IT provider to the alternative investment sector, has enhanced its cyber security offering for hedge and private equity funds with the addition of external surface attack management and dark web breach and exposure monitoring solutions.
BNN Bloomberg: Peiter Zatko, the prominent computer security expert who blew the whistle last year on alleged security problems at Twitter Inc., is joining the cybersecurity firm Rapid7 Inc., the company said.
Bleeping Computer: Texas-based cloud computing provider Rackspace has confirmed that the Play ransomware operation was behind a recent cyberattack that took down the company's hosted Microsoft Exchange environments.
Forbes: Threat intelligence platforms are becoming increasingly important for both government agencies and businesses in today's digital landscape. The growing threat of ransomware attacks and other malicious activities from threat actors has highlighted the need for organizations to have a comprehensive and effective way to monitor, analyze and respond to potential threats.
Bank Info Security: After two sensational years in the public markets during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 was a rude awakening for the cybersecurity industry.
The Target: Cornerstone Payment Systems
The Take: Exposure of 9 million transaction records which exposed Personally Identifiable Information including: email addresses, names, physical addresses, phone numbers, types of credit cards and donation details including destination and dollar amount.
The Vector: A misconfigured data server was left open and unsecured, meaning anyone with an internet connection could have viewed and downloaded the data.
This breach is critical reminder that authentication controls are an important piece in an overall robust cybersecurity posture. This data is perfect for constructing highly effecting spear-phishing campaigns. Multi-factor authentication and password length and complexity rules on server access are effective strategies to mitigate these kinds of breaches to protect a firm’s data.
Bleeping Computer: An Android banking malware named 'Godfather' has been targeting users in 16 countries, attempting to steal account credentials for over 400 online banking sites and cryptocurrency exchanges.
BNN Bloomberg: The US’s first national cyber director, Chris Inglis, is planning to step down in the coming months, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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