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France’s second-largest telecoms provider Free suffered a cyber attack

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French internet service provider (ISP) Free disclosed a cyber attack, threat actors allegedly had access to customer personal information. Free disclosed a cyber attack over the weekend after a threat actor attempted to sell the stolen data on a popular cybercrime forum. Free S.A.S.

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Cybercrime will cost Germany $224 billion in 2023

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Cybercrime will cost Germany 206 billion euros ($224 billion) in 2023, German digital association Bitkom told Reuters. According to the German digital association Bitkom, cybercrime will have a worrisome impact on the economy of the state in 2023.

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Hackers breached four prominent underground cybercrime forums

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A suspicious wave of attacks resulted in the hack of four cybercrime forums Verified, Crdclub, Exploit, and Maza since January. Since January, a series of mysterious cyberattacks that resulted in the hack of popular Russian-language cybercrime forums. No other information looked to be compromised in the attack.”

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FBI: Compromised US academic credentials available on various cybercrime forums

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The FBI warns organizations in the higher education sector of credentials sold on cybercrime forums that can allow threat actors to access their networks. “The FBI is informing academic partners of identified US college and university credentials advertised for sale on online criminal marketplaces and publically accessible forums.

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U.S. State Department was recently hit by a cyber attack

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State Department was recently hit by a cyber attack, the Department of Defense Cyber Command might have suffered a serious breach. For security reasons, we are not in a position to discuss the nature or scope of any alleged cybersecurity incidents at this time”, a State Department spokesperson said in a statement.

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Russian Cybercrime group is exploiting Zerologon flaw, Microsoft warns

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Microsoft has uncovered Zerologon attacks that were allegedly conducted by the infamous TA505 Russia-linked cybercrime group. Microsoft spotted a series of Zerologon attacks allegedly launched by the Russian cybercrime group tracked as TA505 , CHIMBORAZO and Evil Corp. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Researchers warn of a surge in cyber attacks against Microsoft Exchange

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Researchers warn of a surge in cyber attacks against Microsoft Exchange servers exploiting the recently disclosed ProxyLogon vulnerabilities. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) March 12, 2021. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.