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Another crypto exchange hack comes right at the heels of the GDAC hack. This time, it is Bitrue that suffered a loss of $23 million in crypto assets. Nobelium is back on the threat landscape targeting NATO and EU nations. Talking about reemergence, Transparent Tribe has popped up with a new campaign that is targeting the education sector in India. Here are the top 10 highlights from the past 24 hours.
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Crypto exchange Bitrue spotted a brief exploit of one of its hot wallets, which resulted in the theft of $23 million worth of ETH, GALA, QNT, SHIB, MATIC, and HOT.
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The Polish government warned against the Russian Nobelium APT group targeting foreign and diplomatic ministries from EU and NATO member states with previously undocumented malware.
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Microsoft warned of a phishing campaign against accounting companies and tax preparers, deploying Remcos RAT via GuLoader to gain initial access to corporate networks.
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CERT-India issued an ‘Urgent- High Alert’ due to potential DDoS/DoS attacks on 12,000 Central and state government websites by Indonesian hackers.
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Darktrace denied suffering a ransomware attack after the LockBit ransomware group added the company to its leak site and claimed to have compromised its security systems and sensitive data.
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Weak or no passwords accounted for 47.8% of observed security incidents for Google Cloud customers, followed by API compromise (19.6%) and software issue (13%) – reported the tech giant.
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SentinelLabs identified a campaign by the Pakistan-based Transparent Tribe group, which is targeting the Indian education sector via education-themed malicious Office documents propagating Crimson RAT.
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Europol and Eurojust arrested five individuals suspected of involvement in a huge investment fraud campaign that amassed a profit of $98 million from 33,000 victims.
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Trellix detected a new private RaaS group, named Read The Manual (RTM) Locker, that has been leveraging affiliates for ransom. It, also, flies under the radar by avoiding high-profile targets.
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Open source authorization platform Cerbos raised $7.5 million in an extended seed funding round led by Omers Ventures, with participation from angel investors.
