Five Eyes just made life harder for bulletproof hosting providers

An international effort sanctioned Russia-based Media Land and took action against companies and people who helped Aeza Group evade previously issued sanctions.

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Amazon warns of global rise in specialized cyber-enabled kinetic targeting

The company said the boundaries between cyber and physical attacks are dissolving as nation-states use network intrusions to aid military targeting in real time.

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Fortinet’s delayed alert on actively exploited defect put defenders at a disadvantage

The security vendor silently patched a vulnerability, but did not assign the flaw a CVE or publicly disclose its existence until 17 days later. By then, widespread attacks were already underway.

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DOJ lauds series of gains against North Korean IT worker scheme, crypto thefts

Federal prosecutors secured five guilty pleas from people who supported overseas remote IT workers, and seized $15 million in stolen cryptocurrency tied to the North Korean regime.

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FBI calls Akira ‘top five’ ransomware variant out of 130 targeting US businesses

Officials shared indicators of compromise observed as recently as this month to help organizations hunt for and defend against the ransomware group, which has pocketed $244 million as of late September.

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Washington Post confirms data on nearly 10,000 people stolen from its Oracle environment

The newspaper said a “bad actor” contacted the company in late September, prompting an investigation that nearly a month later confirmed the extent of compromise.

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Amazon pins Cisco, Citrix zero-day attacks to APT group

The vendors disclosed and patched the defects last summer, but not before advanced attackers exploited the vulnerabilities to likely gain prolonged access for espionage, according to Amazon.

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Maryland man faces federal charges for crimes allegedly linked to 764

Erik Lee Madison is accused of victimizing five children this fall. His alleged criminality dates back to 2020, when he was a minor.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 63 defects, including one actively exploited zero-day

Researchers warn that although exploitation of the zero-day is complex, a functional exploit exists in the wild.

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Hitachi subsidiary GlobalLogic impacted by Clop’s attack spree on Oracle customers

The digital engineering services firm said human resources data on nearly 10,500 current and former employees was exposed.

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