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Costa Rica declares national emergency after Conti ransomware attacks

The Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has declared a national emergency following cyber attacks from Conti ransomware group. BleepingComputer also observed Conti published most of the 672 GB dump that appears to contain data belonging to the Costa Rican government agencies. [...]
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Lincoln College to close after 157 years due ransomware attack

Lincoln College, a liberal-arts school from rural Illinois, says it will close its doors later this month, 157 years since it was founded and following a hard hit on its finances after the COVID-19 pandemic and a recent ransomware attack.  [...]
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UK govt releases free tool to check for email cybersecurity risks

The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) today released a new email security check service to help organizations easily identify vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to spoof emails or can lead to email privacy breaches. [...]
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Microsoft fixes new NTLM relay zero-day in all Windows versions

Microsoft has addressed an actively exploited Windows LSA spoofing zero-day that unauthenticated attackers can exploit remotely to force domain controllers to authenticate them via the Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) security protocol. [...]
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UK cybersecurity center sent 33 million alerts to companies

The NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) in the UK reports having served 33 million alerts to organizations signed up for its "Early Warning" service. Additionally, the government agency has dealt with a record number of online scams in 2021, removing more than 2.7 million from the internet. [...]