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FBI seized $500,000 worth of bitcoin obtained from Maui ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

Department of Justice (DoJ) has seized $500,000 worth of Bitcoin from North Korean threat actors who used the Maui ransomware to target several organizations worldwide. ” In May 2021, threat actors infected the servers of the medical center in the District of Kansas. ” reads the announcement published by DoJ.

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Cloudflare mitigated 89 hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed DDoS attacks exceeding 100 million rps

Security Affairs

Cloudflare DDoS threat report of 2023 states that the company has mitigated thousands of hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed denial-of-service attacks. The top attacked industries by HTTP DDoS attacks are the Gaming and Gambling industry and Cryptocurrency industry.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 299

Security Affairs

Chipmaker Intel reveals that an internal error caused a data leak Hacker leaks data of 2.28M users of dating site MeetMindful Tesla sues former employee for allegedly stealing sensitive docs Cryptocurrency exchange BuyUcoin hacked, data of 325K+ users leaked Cryptomining DreamBus botnet targets Linux servers Dutch police arrested two people for the (..)

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 313

Security Affairs

Cloud hosting provider Swiss Cloud suffered a ransomware attack Hacking a Tesla Model X with a DJI Mavic 2 drone equipped with a WIFI dongle WeSteal, a shameless commodity cryptocurrency stealer available for sale Experian API exposed credit scores of tens of millions of Americans Expert released PoC exploit for Microsoft Exchange flaw Most Common (..)

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 261

Security Affairs

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Cloudflare blocked record-breaking 71 million request-per-second DDoS attack

Security Affairs

. “This is the largest reported HTTP DDoS attack on record, more than 35% higher than the previous reported record of 46M rps in June 2022.” In the latest DDoS threat report published by Cloudflare, the company estimated that the amount of HTTP DDoS attacks increased by 79% year-over-year.

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Digital Transformation starts with the Employees

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Education is one solution to the skills gap, and more colleges are offering degrees and academic programs that cover information security management, privacy in the digital age, cybersecurity policy and governance, risk management, and cryptography. million by 2022. It is encouraging to see this type of adoption.