Category: Kamban
CISA and the FBI said today that Black Basta ransomware affiliates breached over 500 organizations between April 2022 and May 2024. In a joint report published in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), the two federal agencies added that the gang also…
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Threat actors are using Domain Name System (DNS) tunneling to track when their targets open phishing emails and click on malicious links, and to scan networks for potential vulnerabilities. DNS tunneling is the encoding of data or commands that are sent and retrieved via DNS queries, essentially turning DNS, a fundamental network communication component, into a covert communications channel. The threat actors encode…
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Have I Been Pwned has added the information for 26,818,266 people whose data was leaked in a recent hack of The Post Millennial conservative news website. The Post Millennial is a conservative Canadian online news magazine belonging to the Human Events Media Group, which also operates the American ‘Human Events’ news platform. Earlier this month, both news platforms were hacked,…
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Firstmac Limited is warning customers that it suffered a data breach a day after the new Embargo cyber-extortion group leaked over 500GB of data allegedly stolen from the firm. Firstmac is a significant player in Australia’s financial services industry, focusing primarily on mortgage lending, investment management, and securitization services. Headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, and employing 460 people,…
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‘The market is still kind of slowing down [but] the number of deals is still better than before the pandemic, so it’s not the end of the world,’ says John Holland, managing director of Corporate Finance Associates. Due in large part to high interest rates, IT services M&A transactions and the aggregate value of those…
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The City of Helsinki is investigating a data breach in its education division, which it discovered in late April 2024, impacting tens of thousands of students, guardians, and personnel. Though information about the attack was circulated on May 2, 2024, the city’s authorities shared more details in a press conference earlier today. According to the details disclosed…
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Phishing remains a pervasive cyber threat, utilizing various channels such as email, SMS, and phone calls to deceive victims into divulging sensitive information or downloading malware. With a history dating back to the 1990s, phishing has evolved into sophisticated techniques like spear phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and vishing. These attacks target individuals and organizations,…
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The Power 100 is culled from the ranks of CRN’s Women of the Channel and spotlights the female executives at vendors and distributors whose insight and influence help drive channel success. Each May, CRN honors 100 women who are driving the channel through their leadership, business acumen and partner advocacy. These women—named to the Power…
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Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, confirmed that its Europol Platform for Experts (EPE) portal was breached and is now investigating the incident after a threat actor claimed they stole For Official Use Only (FOUO) documents containing classified data. EPE is an online platform law enforcement experts use to “share knowledge, best practices and non-personal data…
Read MoreEuropol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, confirmed that its Europol Platform for Experts (EPE) portal was breached and is now investigating the incident after a threat actor claimed they stole For Official Use Only (FOUO) documents containing classified data. EPE is an online platform law enforcement experts use to “share knowledge, best practices and non-personal data…
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