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Risky Biz News: FBI takes down Turla's Snake malware
In other news: Apple loses Corellium appeal; FBI takes down 13 DDoS booter sites; new CyberArk tool can recover ransomware victim files encrypted using intermittent encryption.
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Risky Biz News: China's Great Firewall can now block Shadowsocks, VMess, and Obfs4
In other news: New GreenMwizi group targets Booking customers; Google offers cheap cybersecurity training courses; new Cactus ransomware gang targets Fortinet VPN appliances.
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Risky Biz News: Facebook takes down NodeStealer malware before it can take off the ground
In other news: Former Uber CSO avoids prison time; MSI private keys leak following ransomware attack; US takes down Pay2Check card-checking service; passkeys come to your Google account.
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Iran: Fake It Till You Make It
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Risky Biz News: Apple and Google release new spec to combat the use of Bluetooth devices for unwanted tracking
In other news: Japan to boost cyber force by 20K; India bans 14 secure messaging apps; Israel power outages were the result of technical issues, not cyberattacks.
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Risky Biz News: Hacker exposes 986 Bitcoin addresses operated by Russian intelligence agencies
In other news: Chinese hackers outnumber FBI cyber staff 50 to one; DOJ detected SolarWinds hack six months before everyone else; major cPanel vulnerability needs patching.
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Risky Biz News: Google disrupts CryptBot malware operation
In other news: Clop ransomware gang behind PaperCut attacks; Tencent software updates delivered APT malware on selected devices; AT&T email accounts hijacked for crypto-heists.
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Risky Biz News: SLP protocol can be abused for large-scale DDoS attacks with huge 2,200x amp factor
In other news: Israel to investigate police use of NSO spyware; VirusTotal gets an AI assistant to analyze and explain malware; Google Authenticator can now sync data to Google accounts.
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Risky Biz News: UK GovAssure program to run annual security audits on government departments
In other news: CISA picks up abandoned NCSC security tool; China is developing cyber-weapons to hijack enemy satellites; Google Cloud patches GhostToken and Asset Key Thief vulnerabilities.
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Risky Biz News: EU prepares continent-wide IR plan, complete with private sector cybersecurity reserves
In other news: FSB raids Moscow police departments following major leaks; first Pegasus infection found in Israel; 3CX was a supply chain attack in another supply chain attack.