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Security Affairs newsletter Round 496 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Chinese threat actors use Quad7 botnet in password-spray attacks FBI arrested former Disney World employee for hacking computer menus and mislabeling allergy info Sophos details five years of China-linked threat actors’ activity targeting network devices worldwide PTZOptics cameras zero-days actively exploited in the wild New LightSpy spyware (..)

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How Most Cyber Attacks Begin: The Hidden Dangers of Credential-Based Threats

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While these octopi of terror could spring from many sources, do you know what the very wellspring of most cyber attacks is? The startling fact is that more than 55% of breaches stem from credential attack vectors. Credential-based attacks include usernames, passwords, and tokens.

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Cyber Attack on unpatched medical devices

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FBI has issued a formal alert on unpatched medical devices and says that these are extremely vulnerable to cyber attacks because of outdated software. Hackers are often in search of such flaws to launch cyber attacks like spyware or espionage related tools.

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Digital life protection: How Webroot keeps you safe in a constantly changing world

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Cyber threats are no longer just the occasional virus or suspicious email. Phishing scams, ransomware attacks, data breaches, and identity theft are part of a growing list of online dangers that are a daily reality. Secure backup Keeps your critical files safe from data loss or ransomware attacks.

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Ransomware attack disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany

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Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany. It is not possible to collect or return the products due to the cyber attack. The Hive ransomware adds the.hive extension to the filename of encrypted files. Update November 8, 2021.

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Russia launches some devastating ransomware attacks

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Lindy Cameron, the head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has openly announced that Russia launches devastating ransomware attacks on its critical infrastructure. Disclosing her mind at the Chatham House Cyber 2021 Conference, the Ms. In this summer, a dip in the launch of cyber attacks was observed.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 504 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

CISA adds Acclaim Systems USAHERDS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog U.S.

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