Why Ransomware Could Surge in the Middle East & Africa

Organizations from the Middle East and Africa have typically escaped public ransoms, but that’s changing amid heightened geopolitical conflicts and digitalization initiatives.

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Ringleader of Prolific Ransomware Gang Arrested in Ukraine

In a rare instance of an overseas arrest of ransomware perpetrators, four other high-profile gang members were also seized.

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SecurityWeek to Host Cyber AI & Automation Summit on December 6th

Virtual conference will explore cybersecurity use-cases for AI technology and the race to protect LLM algorithms from adversarial use.

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Okta Breach Impacted All Customer Support Users—Not 1 Percent

Okta upped its original estimate of customer support users affected by a recent breach from 1 percent to 100 percent, citing a “discrepancy.”

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PoCs for Critical Arcserve UDP Vulnerabilities Released

Arcserve UDP is a popular enterprise data protection, backup and disaster recovery solution. The flaws were unearthed by Tenable researchers and privately disclosed to Arcserve in late August 2023.

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Egyptian E-Payment Vendor Recovering From LockBit Ransomware Attack

Fawry remains confident that this data will not impact financial transactions on its platform, but the company believes it may have included the personal details of some customers whose information had been on the testing platform.

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US seizes Sinbad Crypto Mixer Used by North Korean Lazarus Group

Sinbad has processed millions of dollars’ worth of virtual currency from Lazarus Group heists, including the Horizon Bridge and Axie Infinity heists,” reads a Department of Treasury press statement.

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KyberSwap Says $54.7 Million in Cryptocurrency Stolen During Attack

The company is now trying to recover the funds but argued that the incident “stands out as one of the most sophisticated in the history of DeFi.” The company advised users to “promptly withdraw their funds.”

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YouTube is slowing video loads on Firefox. Here’s how to fix that

YouTube claims ad blockers are the issue with slower loading of videos but it seems Firefox is being affected by this more than other browsers.

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DOJ Charges Binance With Vast Money Laundering Scheme and Sanctions Violations

From Russia to Iran, the feds have charged Binance with allegedly conducting well over $1 billion in transactions with sanctioned countries and criminal actors.

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