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Breach Roundup: US CFPB, NCR and Rheinmetall

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Not every data breach needs a hacker; sometimes just a careless employee will do. The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said a now-ex-employee sent records containing Americans’ private data to a personal email account. Over the course of 14 emails, the employee sent records including two spreadsheets containing names and transaction-specific account numbers related to…

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How CISOs Can Craft Better Narratives for the Board

Issued by: Dark Reading

For at least a decade now, career-minded security leaders have well understood the importance of effective communication with the board and CEO. CISOs know they must gain the buy-in of these decision makers to successfully instill a security-minded culture at their organization — not to mention to greenlight enough funds for an effective cybersecurity budget….

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Russian cyberspies hit NATO and EU organizations with new malware toolset

Issued by: CSO Online

The Polish government warns that a cyberespionage group linked to Russia’s intelligence services is targeting diplomatic and foreign ministries from NATO and EU member states in an ongoing campaign that uses previously undocumented malware payloads. The group, known in the security industry as APT29, Cozy Bear, and NOBELIUM, is believed to be part of Russia’s…

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Report: Chinese State-Sponsored Hacking Group Highly Active

Issued by: SecurityWeek

The hacking group, which the report calls RedGolf, shares such close overlap with groups tracked by other security companies under the names APT41 and BARIUM that it is thought they are either the same or very closely affiliated, said Jon Condra, director of strategic and persistent threats for Insikt Group, the threat research division of…

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Cyber Police of Ukraine arrested members of a gang that defrauded EU citizens of $4.33M

Issued by: Security Affairs

The Cyber Police of Ukraine, with the support of law enforcement officials from the Czech Republic, has arrested several members of a cybercriminal ring that defrauded EU citizens of $4.33 million with phishing campaigns. The suspects set up more than 100 phishing websites to obtain the bank card data and banking account credentials of foreign…

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Lumen Technologies Hit by Two Cyberattacks

Issued by: SecurityWeek

Headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, Lumen offers an enterprise technology platform that combines networking, cloud, security, and collaboration services. In a Form 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week, the company revealed that intruders deployed malware on its systems in two separate incidents. The first of them was a ransomware attack…

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Italy Temporarily Blocks ChatGPT Over Privacy Concerns

Issued by: SecurityWeek

Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a possible violation of stringent European Union data protection rules, the government’s privacy watchdog said Friday. The Italian Data Protection Authority said it was taking provisional action “until ChatGPT respects privacy,” including temporarily limiting the company…

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Ukrainian Cops Bust Phishing Group That Stole $4.3 Million

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Ukrainian law enforcement busted a transnational group of scammers that used more than 100 phishing websites to defraud Europeans. The Cyber Police of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine, together with Czech law enforcement agencies, detained 19 individuals across Ukraine and the EU, including Ukrainian and Belarusian nationals. Ukrainian authorities said Thursday the suspects…

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Cyberattackers Hoop NBA Fan Data via Third-Party Vendor

Issued by: Dark Reading

As it moves into the final stretch of its regular season, the National Basketball Association said over the weekend that “an unauthorized third party” netted a database filled with the names and email addresses of fans. The data was housed by a newsletter service that it partners with, the NBA noted in a letter to…