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Breach at Hy-Vee Supermarket Chain Tied to Sale of 5M+ Stolen Credit, Debit Cards

Krebs on Security

million new accounts belonging to cardholders from 35 U.S. “These locations have different point-of-sale systems than those located at our grocery stores, drugstores and inside our convenience stores, which utilize point-to-point encryption technology for processing payment card transactions,” Hy-Vee said.

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IT threat evolution Q3 2024

SecureList

The malware utilizes cloud resources for its C2 (command and control) servers, which it accesses via APIs using authentication tokens. The threat actor specializes in encrypting and then deleting its targets’ data, which suggests that the group’s primary objective is to cause as much damage as possible.

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GUEST ESSAY: Taking proactive steps to heal the planet — by reducing the impact of video streaming

The Last Watchdog

Encoders, for instance, consume significantly more energy than decoders – sometimes as much as 5 to 10 times as much energy, in comparison. Optimizing energy use Carbon footprint assessment must encompass all direct and indirect emissions within the value chain. Embracing energy-efficient design principles.

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MY TAKE: The role of semiconductors in bringing the ‘Internet of Everything’ into full fruition

The Last Watchdog

Power modules must continue to advance; energy consumption of big digital systems must continue to become more and more efficient to support the smart commercial buildings and transportation systems of the near future, Rosteck says. Energy at the edges. How microcontrollers distribute energy is a very big deal.

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A multi-stage PowerShell based attack targets Kazakhstan

Malwarebytes

A threat actor under the user name of DangerSklif (perhaps in reference to Moscow’s emergency hospital ) created a GitHub account and uploaded the first part of the attack on November 8. ps1 downloads the decoy PDF file from the same Github account and stores it in the Downloads directory. Figure 4: lnk file. Figure 6: Lib207.

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Head Mare and Twelve join forces to attack Russian entities

SecureList

Additionally, Head Mare attacks utilized command-and-control (C2) servers exclusively linked to Twelve prior to these incidents. This confirms the trend of hacktivists exploiting trusted relationships (T1199 Trusted Relationship and T1078 Valid Accounts). Persistence The method of establishing persistence has changed.

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Russia-linked APT28 compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to facilitate cyber operations

Security Affairs

. “As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” APT28 group deployed Python scripts on compromised EdgeRouters to collect and validate stolen webmail account credentials.