‘I take pleasure in thinking I can rid society of at least some of them’: A cyber vigilante is dumping information on notorious ransomware criminals – and security experts say police will be keeping close tabs
An anonymous whistleblower has released large amounts of data allegedly linked to the ransomware gangs
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Tomorrow's fraud techniquesITPro Podcast Leaders need to proactive as attackers launch more consistent, sophisticated attacks
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Met Office hails huge efficiency gains in first year of cloud supercomputing with Microsoft AzureNews In moving to the cloud, the Met Office has bolstered operational resilience and helped to deliver more accurate forecasts
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Interpol teams up with tech firms to seize 45,000 malicious IPs, servers in global cyber crime crackdownNews Operation Synergia III saw 94 arrests - and counting - with malicious IP addresses used in phishing and fraud schemes seized
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The rise of teen hackers ‘makes for a good headline’, but cyber crime activities peak later in lifeNews With family responsibilities and mortgages to pay, it's not teenagers dishing out malware or carrying out cyber extortion
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Cloudflare warns state-backed hackers are ‘weaponizing legitimate enterprise ecosystems’ as ‘living off the land’ attacks surge
News Chinese, North Korean, and Russian-backed threat groups now favor longer-term compromises over brute force attacks
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DIY hackers are turning to ‘flat-pack’ malware components to speed up attacks and cut costsNews While these malware campaigns are very basic, researchers noted “they still work”
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Ransomware gangs are using employee monitoring software as a springboard for cyber attacksNews Two attempted attacks aimed to exploit Net Monitor for Employees Professional and SimpleHelp
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Security expert warns Salt Typhoon is becoming 'more dangerous' after Norwegian authorities lift lid on critical infrastructure hacking campaignNews The Chinese state-backed hacking group has waged successful espionage campaigns against an array of organizations across Norway.
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Ransomware gangs are sharing virtual machines to wage cyber attacks on the cheap – but it could be their undoingNews Thousands of attacker servers all had the same autogenerated Windows hostnames, according to Sophos
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Google issues warning over ShinyHunters-branded vishing campaignsNews Related groups are stealing data through voice phishing and fake credential harvesting websites
