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How Groove Gang is Shaking up the Ransomware-as-a-Service Market to Empower Affiliates

McAfee

While criminals collaborating in the world of cybercrime isn’t a novel concept , a RaaS group’s hierarchy is more rigid compared to other forms of cybercrime, due to the power imbalance between the group’s developers/admins and affiliates. Jabber group for unhappy threat actors. s Metropolitan Police Department in the spring of 2021.

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Information Stealing Malware on the Rise, Uptycs Study Shows

SecureWorld News

According to the new Uptycs whitepaper, Detecting the Silent Threat: 'Stealers are Organization Killers' (gated link), a variety of new info stealers have emerged this year, preying on Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. Some highlights include: Stealers are primarily sold on cybercrime forums.

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Thomson Reuters collected and leaked at least 3TB of sensitive data

Security Affairs

While these don’t expose either old or new passwords, the logs show the account holder’s email address, and the exact time the password change query was sent can be seen. A simple human error can lead to devastating attacks, from data exfiltration to ransomware,” Sasnauskas said. Exposed in the past?

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

Mismanagement of user accounts – using admin privileges to upgrade user access may result in a data breach for personal profit or copying files with customer information. A lack of security features to upgrade or downgrade a user may result in mismanagement of user accounts. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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‘Unpacking’ technical attribution and challenges for ensuring stability in cyberspace

SecureList

However, the only actors that deliver the entire narrative of a cyberattack – discussing accountability and international law – are nation states. Cyber attribution is a necessary step to accountability in cyberspace. [2] Why would anyone want to know details of technical attribution?