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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. [...]
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/
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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/
Police arrest suspect linked to notorius OPERA1ER cybercrime gang

Law enforcement has detained a suspect believed to be a key member of the OPERA1ER cybercrime group, which has targeted mobile banking services and financial institutions in malware, phishing, and Business Email Compromise (BEC) campaigns. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrest-suspect-linked-to-notorius-opera1er-cybercrime-gang/
New tool exploits Microsoft Teams bug to send malware to users

A member of U.S. Navy's red team has published a tool called TeamsPhisher that leverages an unresolved security issue in Microsoft Teams to bypass restrictions for incoming files from users outside of a targeted organization, the so-called external tenants. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-tool-exploits-microsoft-teams-bug-to-send-malware-to-users/
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New tool exploits Microsoft Teams bug to send malware to users

A member of U.S. Navy's red team has published a tool called TeamsPhisher that leverages an unresolved security issue in Microsoft Teams to bypass restrictions for incoming files from users outside of a targeted organization, the so-called external tenants. [...]
Microsoft fixes bug behind Windows LSA protection warnings, again

Microsoft is again pushing a Defender Antivirus update (first issued in April and pulled in May) that fixes a known issue triggering Windows Security warnings that Local Security Authority (LSA) Protection is off. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-bug-behind-windows-lsa-protection-warnings-again/