Black Basta Ransomware Strikes 500+ Entities Across North America, Europe, and Australia

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The Black Basta ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has targeted more than 500 private industry and critical infrastructure entities in North America, Europe, and Australia since its emergence in April 2022.
In a joint advisory published by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS

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State Attorneys General Implore Congress Not to Preempt Their Privacy Laws

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Fifteen state attorneys general on Wednesday called on Congress to prevent new federal comprehensive data privacy legislation from preempting 17 states’ existing or recently passed laws protecting consumer privacy.

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Black Basta Ransomware Hit Over 500 Organizations

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The US government warns of Black Basta ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations.

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SHQ Response Platform and Risk Centre to Enable Management and Analysts Alike

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In the last decade, there has been a growing disconnect between front-line analysts and senior management in IT and Cybersecurity. Well-documented challenges facing modern analysts revolve around a high volume of alerts, false positives, poor visibility of technical environments, and analysts spending too much time on manual tasks.
The Impact of Alert Fatigue and False Positives 
Analysts

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FBCS Collection Agency Data Breach Impacts 2.7 Million

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Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) says the personal information of 2.7 million was impacted in the recent data breach.

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$2.5 Million Offered at Upcoming ‘Matrix Cup’ Chinese Hacking Contest 

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The Chinese hacking contest Matrix Cup is offering big rewards for exploits targeting OSs, smartphones, enterprise software, browsers, and security products.

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AI-Powered Russian Network Pushes Fake Political News

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Security researchers have discovered a major new Russian disinformation campaign using generative AI (GenAI) to “plagiarize and weaponize” content from major news organizations, in a bid to influence Western voters.

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FIN7 Uses Trusted Brands and Sponsored Google Ads to Distribute MSIX Payloads

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The financially motivated group FIN7 has been observed leveraging malicious Google ads that impersonate legitimate brands to deliver NetSupport RAT, highlighting the ongoing threat of malvertising and the abuse of signed MSIX files by cybercriminals.

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Feds, Military Personnel Compete in President’s Cyber Cup Challenge

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Artificially Intelligent — a team of four Army servicemembers and one from the Air Force — won the 2024 President’s Cyber Cup Challenge, a five-year-old competition open to federal government and U.S. military personnel.

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Selfie Spoofing Becomes Popular Identity Document Fraud Technique

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Selfie spoofing and document image-of-image fraud have become the most prevalent identity document fraud techniques, with older demographics being targeted at nearly four times the rate, according to Socure.

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