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July 17, 2024

"Privacy warriors gripe to UK watchdog about META harvesting user data to train AI.'

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by Lindsay Clark / 1d

Move follows Instagram and Facebook giant's decision to reverse direction in EU after protests A UK data rights campaign group has launched a complaint with the data law regulator against Meta’s change of privacy policy which allows it to scrape user data to develop AI models.…

London council accuses watchdog of 'exaggerating' danger of 2020 raid on residents' data

Hackney Council reprimanded for cyber-attack

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by Connor Jones / 2h

You escaped a big fat fine! Take the win and run, won’t you? London's inner city district of Hackney says the UK's data protection watchdog has misunderstood and "exaggerated" details surrounding a ransomware attack on its systems in 2020.…

Iran's MuddyWater phishes Israeli orgs with custom BugSleep backdoor

10 TTPs

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by Jessica Lyons / 13h

India, Turkey, also being targeted by campaign that relies on corporate email compromise MuddyWater, an Iranian government-backed cyber espionage crew, has upgraded its malware with a custom backdoor, which it's used to target Israeli organizations.…

YESTERDAY

FBI gains access to Trump rally shooter's phone

by Simon Sharwood / 13h

Hasn't said how it did it, but has form cracking devices The FBI on Monday revealed it has gained access to a phone it says was used by Thomas Matthew Crooks – the man who shot at and wounded former US president Donald Trump on July 13 in an apparent failed assassination attempt.…

Cyber-crime super-crew Scattered Spider falls in love with RansomHub and Qilin

2 TTPs

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by Connor Jones / 19h

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Microsoft links Scattered Spider hackers

Extortionists left hanging after rivals crawled into the woodwork The Scattered Spider cybercrime group is now using RansomHub and Qilin ransomware variants in its attacks, illustrating a possible power shift among hacking groups.…

Don’t be complacent on cybersecurity resilience

by David Gordon / 23h

Read the 2024 Cisco Cybersecurity Readiness Index for tips on how best to prepare Sponsored Post Protecting sensitive data and mission-critical applications, systems and services from the unwanted attention of hackers and cyber criminals is never easy.…

JUL 15, 2024

DarkGate, the Swiss Army knife of malware, sees boom after rival Qbot crushed

14 TTPs

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by Jessica Lyons / 1d

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss The DarkGate malware family has become more prevalent in recent months, after one of its main competitors was taken down by the FBI.…

Kaspersky culls staff, closes doors in US amid Biden's ban

by Jessica Lyons / 1d

After all we've done for you, America, sniffs antivirus lab Kaspersky has confirmed it will shutter its American operations and cut US-based jobs following President Biden's ban on the Russian business last month.…

ZDI shames Microsoft for – yet another – coordinated vulnerability disclosure snafu

2 TTPs

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by Jessica Lyons / 1d

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CVE-2024-38112

'It seems like they really don't have a full grasp of what's going on with this patch' Exclusive A Microsoft zero-day vulnerability that Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative team claims it found and reported to Redmond in May was disclosed and patched by the Windows giant in July's Patch Tuesday – but without any credit given to ZDI.…

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