Unlimited cybercriminal The game of cats and mice will continue this week with the international team legal profession, Dark HunTor, which led to the arrest of 150 alleged black network vendors including the seizure of $ 31.6 million in cryptocurrency and 230 kilograms of drugs. This targeted retailers who sold their products at the DarkMarket dark market, which German police closed in January. Meanwhile, ransomware gangs continued their violence. Russia’s Grief Group, it seems, is in the forefront of the agenda Ideas for ransomware gang company Evil Corp, he said hit the National Rifle Association this week. An incident that seems to be the latest in a series of cases where victims have to consider the possible consequences of violating penalties if they want to pay.
The British company Yoti says its digital image analysis tool is capable predicting the age of the people between 6 and 60. This tool can be used to force a few years on the platform and keep children safe online, but it raises questions about the amount of digital monitoring. Blind and blind people have also won the DMCA exemption that allows them violate the protection of digital rights management on the ebook and making Bibles available. But the pardon is still pending, and prosecutors will have to fight back for another three years. They say the standard should be consistent.
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Russia’s SVR-based intelligence team known as Nobelium and Cozy Bear has been looking for new global IT companies to be included in global sales, according to a warning from Microsoft this week. As it did badly with SolarWinds network operator in 2020, the group appears to be breaking the keys – but often anonymously – to technology companies as a clear way to attack the customers of the company they want. Meanwhile, Tom Burt, Microsoft’s vice president for customer security and trust, says Nobelium is following in the footsteps of cloud service providers and technology vendors. Burt says Nobelium has been abundant all summer. Between July 1 and October 19, the company told 609 customers that it had been attacked 22,868 times by the group – almost the same number Microsoft has seen from Cozy Bear over the past three years. Burt adds, however, that all of the recent follow-up has had “success in low numbers.”
“This recent work is another indication that Russia is trying to find a long-term, systematic approach to achieving the highest standards of professionalism and establishing a system of reflection – now or in the future – that favors the Russian government,” Burt wrote. Spy agents should investigate.
Tuesday’s burglary of an oil rig in Iran knocked down almost every paid area at pumps for days, resulting in long queues and chaos. “There must be a great deal of preparation for the cyber war, and allied organizations should not allow the enemy to pursue their evil intentions,” said Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, and the president has not said he did so, but said he believed Iran’s opponents were behind the plot. At the time of the attack, the payment site was “cyberattack 64411,” meaning a religious phone operated by the office of Prime Minister Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The number “64411” also appeared in the July attack on Iran’s international railway line.
Europol announced the arrests of 12 people on Friday in connection with business and construction threats that affected more than 1,800 people in 71 countries. more. The attackers used several ransomware, including LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Dharma.
A virus in the medical records program Docket revealed many of the people of New Jersey and Utah who received the Covid-19 vaccine. The two countries have approved the program, which allows people to download their secure cards on paper. Like “other vaccine passports,” Docket allows users to access their vaccine history such as a flash card or a QR code number. This threat allows anyone to access the QR codes of the users and the relevant personal information. This included the names, birthdays, and details of the vaccine such as the date of vaccination and the type used. TechCrunch found the error Tuesday and notified the company the same day. Docket reported within hours that it had fixed the error by changing the servers. The company is in the process of reviewing its records to see if anyone has misused the item before it was discovered.
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