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Risky Biz News: Cyber Partisans hack and disrupt Kremlin censor
In other news: Vanuatu government hit by ransomware; AWS shuts down free Wickr Me E2EE IM service; Zeppelin ransomware secretly decrypted for two years.
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Risky Biz News: Iranian state hackers breached US government agency and deployed a cryptominer, out of all things
In other news: Google wins lawsuit against Glupteba botnet operators; Popopret gets suspended sentence; France fines Discord for GDPR violations.
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Risky Biz News: Major hack-and-leak info-op unfolding in Moldova
In other news: FBI came close to deploying Pegasus spyware; Google gets record fine in geo-tracking lawsuit; new PCspooF and Wi-Peep attacks.
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Risky Biz News: Australia to hack the hackers
In other news: Microsoft blocks domain fronting; Russia sanctions infosec figures; FTX claims $473 million hack (among other things).
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Risky Biz News: France says cyber deterrence doesn't work
In other news: LockBit gang member arrested in Canada; major data breach in Hungary; Microsoft links the Sandworm APT to the Prestige ransomware.
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Risky Biz News: The spyware industry has found a cozy home in the EU
In other news: Medibank won't pay the ransom; Hushpuppi sentenced to 11 years; Microsoft patches ProxyNotShell and four other zero-days.
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Risky Biz News: Microsoft says Chinese APTs used the most zero-days last year
In other news: New spyware victims revealed in Greece; Qatar hacked FIFA officials; FBI makes fun of pro-Russian hacktivists.
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Risky Biz News: OPERA1ER group hits African banks for $30 million
In other news: Twitter takes down six info-op bot networks; Black Basta ransomware linked to FIN7 group; supply chain attack hits 250+ US news sites.
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Risky Biz News: Internal chats for Yanluowang ransomware gang leaked; reveal members are Russian, not Chinese
In other news: FinCEN say $1.2 billion in ransomware payments in 2021; FTC settles with Chegg for 4 data breaches in 5 years; OpenSSL vulnerabilities are bad, but not internet-ending.
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Risky Biz News: One month later, the Profanity vulnerability is still making new victims
In other news: New Chrome zero-day; Liz Truss phone compromised by Russian hackers; timing attacks on privacy IM services.
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Risky Biz News: Microsoft rolls out number matching to counter MFA push notification spam attacks
In other news: US Treasury sanctions MOIS cyber contractors; Apple paid $20 million to bug hunters since 2019; Raspberry Robin USB worm linked to Clop ransomware attacks.
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Risky Biz News: Raccoon Stealer dev didn't die in Ukrainian war; he was arrested in the Netherlands
In other news: Sigstore reaches GA; PayPal deploys passkeys; "freejacking" is now a thing.