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Police take just 2 days to recover $40M stolen in business email scam
$40 million recovered from email scam
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by Connor Jones / 3h
Timor-Leste is a known cybercrime hotspot Two days is all it took for Interpol to recover more than $40 million worth of stolen funds in a recent business email compromise (BEC) heist, the international cop shop said this week.…
Fighting AI fire with AI fire
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Palo Alto Networks reveals how AI can be harnessed to strengthen cyber security defenses David Gordon Sponsored Post Hackers and cyber criminals are busy finding new ways of using AI to launch attacks on businesses and organizations often unprepared to deal with the speed, scale and sophistication of the assaults directed against them.…

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EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis
EQT acquires majority stake in Acronis
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by Laura Dobberstein / 5h
Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified Acronis, the Swiss disaster recovery turned cybersecurity firm and catch-all for managed service providers, has been majority acquired by Europe’s largest private equity firm, EQT.…

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SharpRhino malware targets IT admins – Hunters International gang suspected
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Hunters International launches SharpRhino malware
Fake Angry IP Scanner will make you furious - or maybe remind you of how the Hive gang went about its banal business The latest malware from upstart criminal gang Hunters International appears to be targeting network admins, using malicious code disguised as the popular networking tool Angry IP Scanner.…
Microsoft punches back at Delta Air Lines and its legal threats
Delta's tech outage costs $500 million
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by Jessica Lyons / 12h
SatNad himself offered CrowdStrike recovery help, Redmond says, before suggesting airline's IT is in a mess Microsoft has labelled Delta Air Lines' accusations it's partly to blame for the outages caused by CrowdStrike’s buggy software "false" and "misleading" – and insulted the state of the carrier’s IT infrastructure.…
CrowdStrike hires outside security outfits to review troubled Falcon code
CrowdStrike update causes widespread crashes
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by Jessica Lyons / 15h
And reveals the small mistake that bricked 8.5M Windows boxes CrowdStrike has hired two outside security firms to review its threat-detection suite Falcon that sparked a global IT outage last month – though it may not have an awful lot to find, because CrowdStrike has identified the simple mistake that caused the meltdown.…
Bad apps bypass Windows security alerts for six years using newly unveiled trick
Flaws found in Windows security features
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36by Connor Jones / 1d
Windows SmartScreen and Smart App Control both have weaknesses of which to be wary Elastic Security Labs has lifted the lid on a slew of methods available to attackers who want to run malicious apps without triggering Windows' security warnings, including one in use for six years.…
Users call on Microsoft to update Outlook's friendly name feature
by Richard Speed / 1d
That one weird thing in Outlook that gives phishers and scammers an in to an inbox Users are urging Microsoft to rethink how it shows sender email addresses in Outlook because phishing criminals are taking advantage, using helpful, friendly names to serve up emails loaded with malicious intent.…

Aug 5, 2024

Billion-dollar bust as international op shutters Cryptonator wallet
Cryptonator seized for illicit activities
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by Iain Thomson / 1d
Chap named 'Roman Boss' accused of being just that at a cryptocash laundering outfit Users of Cryptonator – an online digital wallet and cryptocurrency exchange – received an unpleasant surprise last weekend after the service was shuttered in a combined operation run by the FBI, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and German police.…
MDM vendor Mobile Guardian attacked, leading to remote wiping of 13,000 devices
MOE removes Mobile Guardian app
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20by Laura Dobberstein / 1d
Singapore Ministry of Education orders software removed after string of snafus UK-based mobile device management vendor Mobile Guardian has admitted that on August 4 it suffered a security incident that involved unauthorized access to iOS and ChromeOS devices managed by its tools, which are currently unavailable. In Singapore, the incident resulted in 13,000 devices being remotely wiped and saw t
NFL to begin using face scanning tech across all of its stadiums
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Smile for the camera to get in, or buy a beer without lining up The National Football League and all 32 of its teams will use tech from facial recognition software vendor Wicket to verify the identity of thousands of staff, media and fans as part of its credentialing program.…
Your copilot for improved cyber protection
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Watch this video to learn how Palo Alto Networks is using GenAI to automate and simplify cybersecurity Sponsored Post Cyber security is complex right, particularly when you're tyring to monitor and configure multiple tools across a host of different on- and off-premise IT environments?…

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