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BlackCat ransomware pushes Cobalt Strike via WinSCP search ads

The BlackCat ransomware group (aka ALPHV) is running malvertizing campaigns to lure people into fake pages that mimic the official website of the WinSCP file-transfer application for Windows but instead push malware-ridden installers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/blackcat-ransomware-pushes-cobalt-strike-via-winscp-search-ads/
Twitter's bot spam keeps getting worse — it's about porn this time

Forget crypto spam accounts, Twitter's got another problem which involves bots and accounts promoting adult content and infiltrating Direct Messages and interactions on the platform. And there doesn't seem to be an easy solution in sight. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/twitters-bot-spam-keeps-getting-worse-its-about-porn-this-time/
Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
BlackCat ransomware pushes Cobalt Strike via WinSCP search ads

The BlackCat ransomware group (aka ALPHV) is running malvertizing campaigns to lure people into fake pages that mimic the official website of the WinSCP file-transfer application for Windows but instead push malware-ridden installers. [...]
Hackers target European government entities in SmugX campaign

A phishing campaign that security researchers named SmugX and attributed to a Chinese threat actor has been targeting embassies and foreign affairs ministries in the UK, France, Sweden, Ukraine, Czech, Hungary, and Slovakia, since December 2022. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-target-european-government-entities-in-smugx-campaign/
Latest news and stories from BleepingComputer.com
Hackers target European government entities in SmugX campaign

A phishing campaign that security researchers named SmugX and attributed to a Chinese threat actor has been targeting embassies and foreign affairs ministries in the UK, France, Sweden, Ukraine, Czech, Hungary, and Slovakia, since December 2022. [...]
Google Analytics data transfer to U.S. brings $1 million fine to Swedish firms

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten - IMY) has fined two companies with 12.3 million SEK (€1 million/$1.1 million) for using Google Analytics and warned two others about the same practice. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-analytics-data-transfer-to-us-brings-1-million-fine-to-swedish-firms/