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Scammers Exploited YouTube Streams Attracting Over 165,000 Viewers A group of fraudsters made more than $1.6 million in a massive scam using fake cryptocurrency giveaway YouTube streams attracting more than 165,000 viewers. The campaign also exploited the names of Vitalik Buterin, Elon Musk, Michael Saylor and other crypto enthusiasts.http://dlvr.it/SNGdrB

Tech Firm Seizes 7 Domains Used by APT28 /Strontium to Establish Persistent Access Microsoft says it seized control of seven domains belonging to Russian GRU-linked state-sponsored threat group Strontium. The group, also called APT28 and Fancy Bear, used the domains to target Ukrainian media organizations and had U.S. and EU government entities and decision-makers on…
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ICYMI: Incident Caused by Former Employee Downloading Reports Investment platform Cash App, a subsidiary of U.S.-based payments company Block, says it has been breached. The incident happened last year when a former employee downloaded reports containing Cash App U.S. customer information, including full names, brokerage account numbers and portfolio values.http://dlvr.it/SNDqVm

Security Firms Track Attempts; CISA Patch Deadline Is April 25 A week after the Spring4shell vulnerability was first detected, security companies Microsoft, Check Point and Akamai have identified exploitation attempts. CISA has set April 25, 2022, as the deadline for federal civilian agencies to identify and remediate the flaw on their information systems.http://dlvr.it/SNDbvj

Online photography platform Shutterfly is the latest high-profile company to fall victim to a hacking attack.  The company recently disclosed that in December of last year (2021) they were targeted by the …http://dlvr.it/SNDQq2

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in the United States and Ukraine. Separately, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Germany moved to decapitate “Hydra,” a billion-dollar Russian darknet drug…
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Incident Caused by Former Employee Downloading Reports Investment platform Cash App, a subsidiary of U.S.-based payments company Block, says it has been breached. The incident happened last year when a former employee downloaded reports containing Cash App U.S. customer information, including full names, brokerage account numbers and portfolio values.http://dlvr.it/SN9JKw

ICYMI: Seebeck Wants to Create a Prevention-Based Approach to Protecting Privileged Users New BeyondTrust CEO Janine Seebeck plans to help privileged users protect themselves by applying machine learning to detect patterns in the data generated across BeyondTrust’s 20,000 customers. She starts as BeyondTrust’s CEO July 1 and replaces Matt Dircks, who has led the company…
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