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A Ransomware Group Claims to Have Breached the Foxconn Factory

Hacker Combat

The factory specializes in manufacturing, consumer electronics, medical devices, and industrial operations. Based in Tijuana, Mexico, near the California border, the facility is an electronics manufacturing giant employing 5,000 people. using the LockBit 2.0 The ransomware gang demanded over $34 million in bitcoin to be paid as ransom.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – November 6, 2023 – Windows Drivers and Exchange Flaws

eSecurity Planet

EoP exploit for AMD driver (PDFWKRNL.sys) on HVCI-enabled Windows 11 The fix: To address this issue, thorough action is required: Driver Patching: Developers and manufacturers of affected drivers must deliver patches and upgrades as soon as possible to address the reported vulnerabilities.

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APT trends report Q1 2021

SecureList

On February 24, the National Security Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) publicly warned that a threat actor had exploited a national documents circulation system (SEI EB) to distribute malicious documents to Ukrainian public authorities. Other interesting discoveries. Some of the samples cannot be associated with any known activity.

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware & Data Theft Organizations worldwide continue to feel the pain of ransomware attacks, although many ransomware gangs may be shifting to extortion over data theft instead of encrypted data. Email security tools : Screens emails and attachments for known malware, malicious URLs, and SPAM before delivery to the end user.