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20 Apr

Service NSW data briefly exposed to other users due to bug.

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Service NSW Apologizes for Brief Software Bug that Exposed Users' Information.   Service NSW has issued an apology after a software bug briefly allowed users to view other users' information on the "My services" dashboard. A spokesperson for Service NSW has confirmed that the issue was present on Monday, March 20, between 1:20 pm and 3:00 pm. The problem was limited to the landing dashboard when customers...

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20 Feb

Financial Cybercriminals Deploy Ransomware and Clipper Malware

in Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Ransomware
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A new financially motivated campaign that commenced in December 2022 has seen the unidentified threat actor behind it deploying a novel ransomware strain dubbed MortalKombat and a clipper malware known as Laplas. Cisco Talos said it "observed the actor scanning the internet for victim machines with an exposed remote desktop protocol (RDP) port 3389." The attacks, per the cybersecurity company,...

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11 Feb

A North Korean State-Sponsored Cyber-attack Campaign Uncovered

in Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Ransomware, Security
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  Security researchers have uncovered a cyber-attack campaign by the North Korean Lazarus Group targeting medical research, energy, and other organizations in an effort to gain intelligence information.   The incident began at the end of August when attackers exploited unknown vulnerabilities in an unpatched Zimbra mail server, leading to the exfiltration of many gigabytes of data. In the following weeks, the attackers moved laterally across the network...

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