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Stalkerware-type app developers fined by NY Attorney General

Categories: News

Tags: stalkerware

Tags: mobile

Tags: device

Tags: NYAG

Tags: monitoring

Tags: New York

Tags: app

Tags: developer

We take a look at news that the NYAG has penalised developers of stalkerware-type apps, and the ramifications for those developers further down the line.

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MalwareBytesSecurity

ION starts bringing customers back online after LockBit ransomware attack

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: LockBit

Tags: ransomware

Tags: LockBit ransomware group

Tags: FBI

Tags: Todd Conklin

Tags: Financial Conduct Authority

Tags: FCA

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Tags: Prudential Regulation Authority

Tags: PRA

Tags: Tom Kellermann

Tags: Joseph Schifano

Pernicious ransomware group, LockBit, is making headlines again. Less than a month after attacking HACLA, it hit the derivatives trading division of ION Group, a financial software company.

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MalwareBytesSecurity

[update]Two year old vulnerability used in ransomware attack against VMware ESXi

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: VMware

Tags: ESXi

Tags: Nevada

Tags: ransomware

Tags: Linux

Tags: CVE-2021-21974

Over the weekend, several CERTs warned about ongoing ransomware attacks against unpatched VMware ESXi virtual machines.

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ScadaICSSchneider

Transformative energy opportunities in retail

Credit to Author: Estelle Monod| Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 18:04:46 +0000

Today’s conventional brick-and-mortar retailers face significant risks; a wave of online retailers, supply channel disruptions, inflation, labor shortages, shrinking profits, and volatile energy costs. Emerging technologies impact competitiveness, market risks reduce access to capital, and shifting consumer and key stakeholder preferences can all affect the…

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ScadaICSSchneider

5 ways that transformer monitoring helps avoid failures, extend asset lifespan, and reduce OpEx

Credit to Author: Philippe Arsonneau| Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 04:00:00 +0000

As electrical workhorses with long lifespans, power transformers are critical elements of power grids, industrial plants, data centers, and other large consumer sites. But their operation is often taken for granted. When transformers fail, those failures can have devastating consequences. Consider the recent transformer fault…

The post 5 ways that transformer monitoring helps avoid failures, extend asset lifespan, and reduce OpEx appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

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MicrosoftSecurity

Solving one of NOBELIUM’s most novel attacks: Cyberattack Series

Credit to Author: Christine Barrett| Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0000

This is the first in an ongoing series exploring some of the most notable cases of the Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART), which investigates cyberattacks on behalf of our customers. The Cyberattack Series takes you behind the scenes for an inside look at the investigation and share lessons that you can apply to better protect your own organization. In this story, we’ll explore how NOBELIUM continues to target identity providers with novel attacks—and how Microsoft DART identified one of NOBELIUM‘s most creative exploits yet.​

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