Tension is gripping Ukraine as it is experiencing the worst cyberattack in four years. In other news, a sports-based nonfungible token (NFT) platform lost over $18 million to cybercriminals. That is not it! One more darkweb marketplace has announced retirement from the cybercrime space. With this, let’s look into today’s cybersecurity roundup from the space.
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A massive cyberattack hobbled more than 70 government agencies in Ukraine, including its Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Education and Science.
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Hacker stole nearly $18.7 million worth of crypto coins from several hot wallets of NFT platform Lympo. A large amount was sent to a single address to swap for Ether before being transferred to another address.
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North Korean actor BlueNoroff was found targeting cryptocurrency ventures in at least 15 countries with maldocs and dubious MetaMask browser extensions.
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A major crackdown on cybercriminals in Russia as authorities arrested members of the REvil group, infamous for a supply chain attack against Kaseya, and a ransomware attack against JBS Food.
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Magniber ransomware actors have now started exploiting Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers as well besides IE, which it has been leveraging for over two years.
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Experts have reported an eight-year-old RemotePotato0 flaw in Microsoft Defender that allows threat actors to hide malware in locations that are excluded from antivirus scanning.
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Dark web marketplace platform, UniCC, which specialized in trading stolen credit card data, has decided to quit the business. The announcement was made on multiple forums in Russian and English.
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CyberArk disclosed a flaw in the RDP pipes of Windows systems that can lead to data leak and escalation-based attacks.
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According to CrowdStrike, malware targeting Linux systems has surged by 35% in 2021 as compared to 2020 with Mozi, XorDDoS, Mirai, and malware families accounting for over 22% of attacks.
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The FCC laid out a proposal titled Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that encompasses more rigorous data breach reporting requirements for telecom firms.
