The threat actors do not have it all their own way – law enforcement does fight back. IN this case the FBI infiltrated the Dark Web assets of the BlackCat/AlphV ransomware gang getting an insight into how they work. Domians were seized and closed down disrupting the gangs operations and …
ChatGPT and Cyber Security
The sale of credentials is a very active illicit market place. Now the cyber criminals are hoping that employees have shared organisational secrets with ChatGPT as compromised ChatGPT credentials are found for sale on the Dark Web. Trove of ChatGPT creds found on dark web • The Register Do you …
Where the hackers sell your personal information and who buys it
The hackers have the motivation to steal your personal data and credentials as it is very easy for them to monetise these types of attacks. The threat actors have their own supply chains buried within webs of security and obfuscation. The hackers will steal the personal information, using a suite …
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Medibank customers – the news just keeps getting worse
Hackers who breached the security at Medibank, one of the biggest health insurance companies in Australia, have released more personal information of Medibank’s clients online: Medibank prognosis gets worse after more patient data leaked • The Register
Water company leaks customer data
South Staffordshire PLC, the parent company of South Staffs Water and Cambridge Water, is warning that customer bank details may have been stolen by cyber criminals. This information and other customer details taken during the data breach may now be on the Dark Web. It has started informing the customers …
Hackers freely buy and sell our data
There is a market for hackers – that is why the cyber security is very real for large and small organisations- although many smaller organisations hit will just be collateral damage. Hackers selling access to 576 corporate networks for $4 million (bleepingcomputer.com)
What can you do if you get infected by ransomware?
Fall back and use your ransomware resilient back-up to recover your encrypted information – and hope that your data classification and segregation has protected your most sensitive information from exfiltration and exposure in the public domain. Or you could hope that the Dutch police have recovered the ransomware decryption key …
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