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Mathew J. Schwartz reports: Potential Ukrainian military recruits are being targeted with malware and anti-mobilization messaging through legitimate Telegram channels. A report from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group attributes the “hybrid … Continue reading Russia Tied to Ukrainian Military Recruit Malware Targeting
Over on SuspectFile, Marco A. De Felice writes: In August 2023, Postel S.p.A., a leading Italian company in the postal services and digital communications sector, became the victim of a serious cyberattack. The Medusa cybercriminal group exploited unre… Continue reading Postel S.p.A. and the 2023 Data Breach: The Medusa Attack and Sanctions from the Data Protection Authority
Malay Mail reports: A 25-year-old man has become the first person in Japan to be convicted for criminal activities involving generative AI. According to The Yomiuri Shimbun, the Tokyo District Court found Ryuki Hayashi guilty of creating a computer vi… Continue reading In legal first, Japan convicts man of abusing AI to generate ransomware
Reuters reports: Italian police have placed four people under house arrest including Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, son of the late billionaire founder of Luxottica, as part of a probe into alleged illegal access to state databases, a source said on Satur… Continue reading Italy police arrest four over alleged illegal database access, source says
Reuters reports: An Indian court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has told insurer Star Health to help Telegram identify data leaked via its messaging app so the chatbots can be deleted. The country’s biggest insurer with roughly $4 billion ma… Continue reading Indian court tells Star Health to share details of leak so Telegram can delete chatbots
SC Media reports: Russia was reported by local media outlet Kommersant to have resumed legal proceedings and recommended prison sentences against four alleged members of Russian hacking group REvil, including suspected leader Daniil Puzyrevsky, after s… Continue reading Russia recommends prison sentence for REvil hackers
Reuters reports: The Russian Foreign Ministry was targeted by a severe cyber attack on Wednesday, coinciding with the major BRICS summit taking place in the country, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Earlier Zakharova said that the ministry had been t… Continue reading Russia says ‘unprecedented’ cyber attack hits foreign ministry amid BRICS summit
Hurriyet Daily News reports: A court in Ankara has arrested nine additional individuals as part of a Turkish intelligence operation that dismantled an international cyber espionage network intercepting personal data. The total number of arrested suspec… Continue reading 9 more suspects jailed in MİT’s cyber spy op
On October 23, the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore issued three undertakings with the follow statement: The new Undertakings reveals breaches stemming from various ransomware attacks due to the insufficient security IT measures impleme… Continue reading Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore issues three undertakings stemming from ransomware attacks
Brian Krebs reports: A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, Mailchimp, and nearly 130 other organiz… Continue reading Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested