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Microsoft deprecates Defender Application Guard for Office

Microsoft is deprecating Defender Application Guard for Office and the Windows Security Isolation APIs, and it recommends Defender for Endpoint attack surface reduction rules, Protected View, and Windows Defender Application Control as an alternative. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-deprecates-defender-application-guard-for-office/
Police dismantle ransomware group behind attacks in 71 countries

In cooperation with Europol and Eurojust, law enforcement agencies from seven nations have arrested in Ukraine the core members of a ransomware group linked to attacks against organizations in 71 countries. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-dismantle-ransomware-group-behind-attacks-in-71-countries/
DP World confirms data stolen in cyberattack, no ransomware used

International logistics giant DP World has confirmed that data was stolen during a cyber attack that disrupted its operations in Australia earlier this month. However, no ransomware payloads or encryption was used in the attack. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dp-world-confirms-data-stolen-in-cyberattack-no-ransomware-used/
New BLUFFS attack lets attackers hijack Bluetooth connections

Researchers at Eurecom have developed six new attacks collectively named 'BLUFFS' that can break the secrecy of Bluetooth sessions, allowing for device impersonation and man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-bluffs-attack-lets-attackers-hijack-bluetooth-connections/
Hackers breach US water facility via exposed Unitronics PLCs

CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) is warning that threat actors breached a U.S. water facility by hacking into Unitronics programmable logic controllers (PLCs) exposed online. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-breach-us-water-facility-via-exposed-unitronics-plcs/
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Black Basta ransomware made over $100 million from extortion

Russia-linked ransomware gang Black Basta has raked in at least $100 million in ransom payments from more than 90 victims since it first surfaced in April 2022, according to joint research from Corvus Insurance and Elliptic. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/black-basta-ransomware-made-over-100-million-from-extortion/
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SIM swapper gets 8 years in prison for account hacks, crypto theft

Amir Hossein Golshan, 25, was sentenced to eight years in prison by a Los Angeles District Court and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution for crimes involving SIM swapping, merchant fraud, support fraud, account hacking, and cryptocurrency theft. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sim-swapper-gets-8-years-in-prison-for-account-hacks-crypto-theft/
Zyxel warns of multiple critical vulnerabilities in NAS devices

Zyxel has addressed multiple security issues, including three critical ones that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute operating system commands on vulnerable network-attached storage (NAS) devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zyxel-warns-of-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities-in-nas-devices/