Cybersecurity Highlights

Microsoft and several cybersecurity firms dismantle the TrickBot botnet

Microsoft and Lumen's cybersecurity firms ESET, FS-ISAC, NTT, Symantec and Black Lotus Labs have teamed up to dismantle the TrickBot botnet, one of the most active and dangerous in the world,...

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blogs.microsoft.com

microsoft.com

welivesecurity.com

Symantec Enterprise Blogs

zdnet.com

news.microsoft.com

xataka.com

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Five homeowners arrested in France for using Wi-Fi networks without registration

At least five managers of bars and cafes in the French city of Grenoble were arrested for using open Wi-Fi networks in their establishments and not keeping records of users connected to them.The...

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zdnet.com

itsecurityguru.org

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Million-dollar fine for violating several cybersecurity patents

The judge, Henry Coke Morgan, of the State of Virginia, rules against the multinational Cisco, blaming it for infringing up to four security patents, owned by the security provider Centripetal...

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cases.justia.com

centripetal.ai

bloomberg.com

muycomputero.com

databreachtoday.com

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Information leakage

OFAC imposes financial penalties for paying ransomware ransoms

In an official statement, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), part of the US Department of the Treasury, has highlighted the risks of sanctions associated with payments for ransomware...

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home.treasury.gov

krebsonsecurity.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Public administration

International operation against a group of cybercriminals

A coordinated operation between Estonia, Lithuania and Romania, supported by Europol and Eurojust, has resulted in the dismantling of an organized cybercrime group implicated in fraud, money...

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europol.europa.eu

eurojust.europa.eu

news.err.ee

ccn-cert.cni.es

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Swatch Group suffers from ransomware cyberattack

Swatch Group, a global company specializing in the manufacture and sale of finished watches and jewelry, as well as electronic systems and components for the watch industry, has been the victim of...

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bleepingcomputer.com

borncity.com

infotechlead.com

blog.elhacker.net

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Europol coordinates the DisrupTor operation against the Dark Web

Operation DisrupTor is the name given to an international collaboration between various bodies, such as the German Federal Criminal Police (Bundeskriminalamt), the Dutch National Police (Politie),...

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europol.europa.eu

wired.com

engadget.com

xataka.com

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Cryptocurrency

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Universal Health Services is a victim of Ryuk ransomware

Universal Health Services (UHS), a US company that provides hospital and health care services, reported in two official statements having suffered a ransomware-type security incident on its IT...

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nbcnews.com

techcrunch.com

blog.elhacker.net

ir.uhsinc.com

univision.com

uhsinc.com

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Tech provider, Tyler Technologies, ransomware victim

Tyler Technologies, the largest provider of software and technology services for the public sector in the United States, has confirmed, in an official statement, that it has suffered a ransomware...

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twitter.com

krebsonsecurity.com

hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com

tylertech.com

bleepingcomputer.com

hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com

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Public administration

Logistics company GEFCO suffers ransomware incident

The French logistics firm, GEFCO, the main transport operator of the PSA Group, was the victim of a global ransomware-type cyberattack, which has hampered the company's operations around the world....

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gefco.net

farodevigo.es

theloadstar.com

channelnews.com.au

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Cybersecurity Highlights

Microsoft and several cybersecurity firms dismantle the TrickBot botnet

Five homeowners arrested in France for using Wi-Fi networks without registration

Million-dollar fine for violating several cybersecurity patents

OFAC imposes financial penalties for paying ransomware ransoms

International operation against a group of cybercriminals

Swatch Group suffers from ransomware cyberattack

Europol coordinates the DisrupTor operation against the Dark Web

Universal Health Services is a victim of Ryuk ransomware

Tech provider, Tyler Technologies, ransomware victim

Logistics company GEFCO suffers ransomware incident

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