LockBit Reappears, Threatens to Release Fulton County Data by March 2 Unless Ransom Is Paid

Cynthia B Brumfield

Feb 26, 2024 — 16 min read

Attackers actively exploit ScreenConnect servers to deploy LockBit ransomware, Crypto wallets show LockBit received $125 million, RCMP copes with cyber event, MicroStrategy X account hacked to steal $440K in Bitcoin, Hackers stole $9.7m from Axie Infinity co-founder, Malicious JavaScript smuggled into Tornado Cash governance proposal, Facial recognition data collected by M&M vending machines, Auto industry knew of theft risk from keyless tech, Biden rival consultant created voice-cloned Biden call, much more

Interpol Busts 1,006 Suspects in Africa for a Host of Financial Cybercrimes

The third Snowflake suspect might be a US Army soldier, US court reverses sanctions on Tornado Cash, RomCom group chained zero days to target Firefox and Tor browsers, Uniswap offers $15.5m bug bounty, CrowdStrike can't gauge financial impact of July outage yet, much more

Supply Chain Cyberattack Disrupts Giant Retailers Including Starbucks, Sainsburys

NY fines Geico and Travelers $11.3m over 2020 hacks, Oz passes standalone Cyber Security Act, Long-withheld LifeLabs investigation released, Liverpool hospital goes down due to cyber incident, IT worker sentenced to four years for sharing data with China, QNAP issues flurry of fixes, much more

China Is Prepositioning Itself to Carry Out Disruptive Attacks, Cyber Command

WH summoned telecom chiefs to talk Chinese hackers, Fancy Bear uses new nearest neighbor attack technique, China's Glassbridge group operates hundreds of fake news sites, Chinese citizens sell surveillance data, Microsoft Recall rolls out to insiders, Thai cops bust SMS phish blaster, much more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 11/16/24

Israeli spyware poised to spy on Americans, AI pimps exploit real-life videos, Clear wants to become the Amazon of identity services, Active cyber defense may make a comeback in Germany, Trump might put an end to Microsoft and Google-backed Chinese censorship and surveillance startups

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Interpol Busts 1,006 Suspects in Africa for a Host of Financial Cybercrimes

Supply Chain Cyberattack Disrupts Giant Retailers Including Starbucks, Sainsburys

China Is Prepositioning Itself to Carry Out Disruptive Attacks, Cyber Command

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 11/16/24