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Risky Bulletin: EU sanctions more Russian disinformation peddlers

In other news: FBI closes FISA watchdog office; Predatorgate scandal lawsuit delayed due to interpreter shortage; DDoS attacks disrupt multiple Russian government portals.

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Risky Bulletin: Japan passes active cyber defense law

In other news: Procolored printers shipped malware; O2 telco leaks user data and geolocation; Volkswagen patches major bugs in mobile app.

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Risky Bulletin: Chrome will de-elevate itself when run with admin privileges

In other news: US' largest steel producer halts production after cyberattack; Scattered Spider shifts to US retailers; CFPB quietly kills rule protecting Americans from data brokers.

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Risky Bulletin: EU launches its own vulnerability database

In other news: Turkish APT deploys zero-day in Iraq; North Korean APTs start targeting Ukraine; Spain to probe cyber's role in energy grid collapse.

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Risky Bulletin: Kaleidoscope ad fraud network infects 2.5mil new devices each month

In other news: Germany seizes eXch crypto-mixing service; US dismantles Anyproxy botnet; Chrome to use AI to fight tech support scams.

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Risky Bulletin: France says Russian influence operations are getting better, achieving results

In other news: CrowdStrike lays off 5% of staff; hacker dumps LockBit v4 backend database; ransomware slows factory lines at medical device maker.

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Risky Bulletin: Microsoft joins industry crackdown on bulk email senders

In other news: US sanctions militia group leader for cyber scams; Nomad Bridge hacker arrested in Israel; NSA ordered to cut 8% of civilian staff.

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Risky Bulletin: Six-years-old backdoor comes to life to hijack Magento stores

In other news: US to destigmatize and normalize offensive cyber operations; Darcula PhaaS admin identified as 24-year-old Chinese man; Ireland fines TikTok for secret user data transfers to China.

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Risky Bulletin: New Microsoft accounts will be passwordless by default

In other news: Chinese APT hijacks software updates; US dominates EU cybersecurity market; Commvault discloses data breach.

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Risky Bulletin: French government grows a spine and calls out Russia's hacks

In other news: Marks & Spencer sends staff home after ransomware attack; China accuses US of hacking cryptography provider; AirBorne vulnerabilities impact Apple's AirPlay.

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Risky Bulletin: NFC card malware keeps evolving in Russia, a bad omen for the future

In other news: Poland accuses Meta of failing to remove malicious ads; Malaysian brokerage accounts hacked; Craft CMS zero-day exploited in the wild.

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Risky Bulletin: FBI IC3, Verizon DBIR, Google M-Trends reports are out—here's the conclusions!

In other news: Iran tries to hack EU official; Lazarus Groups pulls off watering hole and zero-day attack; WhatsApp adds new chat privacy features.