The first crypto cyberattack victim of the year is here. Users of a cryptocurrency trading platform have reported missing funds from their wallets. In another breaking news, a financially motivated threat actor with links to China is wreaking havoc against governments, educational institutions, and others worldwide. What more? A U.K law enforcement agency has initiated a program to prevent young kids from joining cybercriminal activities. With this, join in to learn about the top ten cybersecurity updates from the past 24 hours.
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Crypto[.]com has halted withdrawal from wallets after noticing suspicious activities on its users’ accounts. It claimed all funds to be safe.
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Earth Lusca, allegedly linked with the China-based Winnti group, was observed targeting high-profile organizations and individuals in a coordinated espionage campaign.
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Google TAG laid bare a massive attack campaign against over fifteen renewable energy and industrial technology firms, at least since 2019.
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Healthcare providers Caring Communities and Entira Family Clinics alerted patients about the exposure of their personal information in an intrusion at their tech vendor Netgain Technology.
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Aditya Birla Fashion disclosed a breach in the company’s database server containing customers’ data. The retailer reports no data leak, while urging customers to change their account passwords.
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Microsoft found a new malware, dubbed WhisperGate, on dozens of infected Ukrainian websites. The malware is capable of wiping off data from infected systems.
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A law enforcement operation, coordinated by Europol, has successfully seized 15 servers of VPNLab.net, a VPN service provider used by several malware operators.
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The U.K’s National Crime Agency revealed a 107% rise in children, as young as nine, being lured toward cybercrime, such as DDoS attacks. Therefore, the body launched a new initiative to cyber-educate young people.
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Nintendo warned against a fake website impersonating its official homepage and attempting to sell discounted Nintendo Switch consoles to online gamers.
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Bugcrowd Inc. reported a 185% rise in attacks on financial services firms in the last year owing to critical bugs in systems.
