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Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) finally disclosed a data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after the June attack. In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach.

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Volvo Cars suffers a data breach. Is it a ransomware attack?

Security Affairs

Swedish automotive manufacturer Volvo Cars revealed that has suffered a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of R&D data. Swedish automotive manufacturer Volvo Cars revealed that threat actors have stolen R&D data from its systems. The post Volvo Cars suffers a data breach. appeared first on Security Affairs.

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US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach

Security Affairs

The US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson has disclosed a data breach that affected its customers. The US-based children’s clothing maker and online retailer Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach, attackers planted an e-skimmer on its e-commerce platform. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Administrator of RSOCKS Proxy Botnet Pleads Guilty

Krebs on Security

Denis Emelyantsev , a 36-year-old Russian man accused of running a massive botnet called RSOCKS that stitched malware into millions of devices worldwide, pleaded guilty to two counts of computer crime violations in a California courtroom this week. “Thanks to you, we are now developing in the field of information security and anonymity!,”

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Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition to U.S.

Krebs on Security

A native of Omsk, Russia, Kloster came into focus after KrebsOnSecurity followed clues from the RSOCKS botnet master’s identity on the cybercrime forums to Kloster’s personal blog , which featured musings on the challenges of running a company that sells “security and anonymity services to customers around the world.”

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Russia-linked Energetic Bear APT behind San Francisco airport attacks

Security Affairs

The Energetic Bear APT group has been active since at least 2010 most of the victims of the group are organizations in the energy and industrial sectors. The Energetic Bear APT group has been active since at least 2010 most of the victims of the group are organizations in the energy and industrial sectors.

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CIA elite hacking unit was not able to protect its tools and cyber weapons

Security Affairs

A CIA elite hacking unit that developed cyber-weapons failed in protecting its operations, states an internal report on the Vault 7 data leak. According a report recently published by Chinese security firm Qihoo 360, leaked materials they collected reveal that Vault 7 was developed by Joshua and that APT-C -39 a CIA-linked hacking unit.

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