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Australia entities suffer Cyber Attacks and QUAD update

CyberSecurity Insiders

Crypto Locker Virus is suspected to be behind the incident and almost all booking systems were hit by a ransom demanding malware. The company is, however, not interested in bowing down to the demands of hackers and is interested in recovering their data from backups, as they already have a proactive data continuity plan in place.

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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

CyberSecurity Insiders

Sources state that the hackers accessed a portion of the data from the company servers, respectively, and are demanding a large amount as ransom for the decryption key. Both the companies revealed the same in SEC filing and apologized for the incident and assured that such data breaches will never get repeated.

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Hacking et Cybersécurité Mégapoche pour les Nuls: New French Book on Hacking and CyberSecurity Now Available

Joseph Steinberg

Hacking et Cybersécurité Mégapoche pour les Nuls , a single-volume book containing French versions of the latest editions of both the best selling CyberSecurity for Dummies by Joseph Steinberg, and Hacking For Dummies by Kevin Beaver, is now available to the public.

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Data from Airlink International UAE leaked on multiple dark web forums

Security Affairs

Leaked data includes 14 folders and 53,555 files divided into the following categories: Passport scans Flight bookings Hotel bookings Email communications between Airlink International Group employees and customers Insurance policy for international travel.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 426 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

WordPress sites using the Ultimate Member plugin are under attack LockBit gang demands a $70 million ransom to the semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC Avast released a free decryptor for the Windows version of the Akira ransomware Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT enhanced its POWERSTAR Backdoor miniOrange’s WordPress Social Login and Register plugin (..)

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 201 – News of the week

Security Affairs

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. Hacker deleted all data from VFEmail Servers, including backups. Coffee Meets Bagel dating app confirms data breach. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! 20% discount. Kindle Edition.

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Cybersecurity Is Not A One-Stop-Shop

Security Boulevard

And, going forward, hackers could take advantage of excited travellers waiting to book their next holiday once the travel ban is lifted, deploying fake travel websites, for example. Humans are often the weakest link in cybersecurity, with 90% of data breaches occurring due to human error.