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Akira ransomware received $42M in ransom payments from over 250 victims

Security Affairs

The Akira ransomware has been active since March 2023, the threat actors behind the malware claim to have already hacked multiple organizations in multiple industries, including education, finance, and real estate. The Akira ransomware operators implement a double extortion model by exfiltrating victims’ data before encrypting it.

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Experts spotted a variant of the Agenda Ransomware written in Rust

Security Affairs

The main reasons to rewrite malware in Rust is to have lower AV detection rates, compared to malware written in most common languages, and to target multiple architectures. The ransomware was originally written in Go language and was employed in attacks aimed at healthcare and education sectors in countries like Thailand and Indonesia.

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USENIX Security ’23 – Domien Schepers, Aanjhan Ranganathan, Mathy Vanhoef – ‘Framing Frames: Bypassing Wi-Fi Encryption By Manipulating Transmit Queues’

Security Boulevard

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USENIX Security ’23 – Rosetta: Enabling Robust TLS Encrypted Traffic Classification in Diverse Network Environments with TCP-Aware Traffic Augmentation

Security Boulevard

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Experts found the first LockBit encryptor that targets macOS systems

Security Affairs

BleepingComputer confirmed that the zip archive contained “previously unknown encryptors for macOS, ARM, FreeBSD, MIPS, and SPARC” architectures. One of the encryptors developed by Lockbit, named ‘locker_Apple_M1_64’, can encrypt files of Mac systems running on the Apple silicon M1.

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Finalists: Best Professional Certification Program

SC Magazine

Similarly, companies need to have the assurance that their security team maintains the skills needed to protect systems and data. FINALIST | BEST PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. labor market. FINALIST | BEST PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.

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Quantum Computing: A Looming Threat to Organizations and Nation States

SecureWorld News

Quantum computing poses a potential threat to current cybersecurity practices, which are based on encryption algorithms that can be broken by quantum computers. Director of Information Security, State of Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology; and Toby Zimmerer, Sr. Demand and Delivery Director, Optiv.