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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. [...]

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/