{"id":682,"date":"2022-04-30T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scpo-cybersecurityassociation.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2022-08-13T15:34:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T13:34:51","slug":"cyber-monitoring-4-april-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scpo-cybersecurityassociation.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/30\/cyber-monitoring-4-april-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Monitoring #4 (April 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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FBI Warns of BlackCat Ransomware That Breached Over 60 Organisations Worldwide<\/strong>: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is sounding the alarm on the BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), which it said victimized at least 60 entities worldwide<\/a> between as of March 2022 since its emergence last November. Also called ALPHV and Noberus<\/a>, the ransomware is notable for being the first-ever malware written in the Rust programming language, which is known to be memory safe and offer improved performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Iranian Hackers Exploiting VMware RCE Bug to Deploy ‘Core Impact’ Backdoor<\/strong>: An Iranian-linked threat actor known as Rocket Kitten<\/a> has been observed actively exploiting a recently patched VMware vulnerability<\/a> to gain initial access and deploy the Core Impact penetration testing tool on vulnerable systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Five Eyes Nations Warn of Russian Cyber Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure<\/strong>: The Five Eyes nations have released a joint cybersecurity advisory warning of increased malicious attacks<\/a> from Russian state-sponsored actors and criminal groups targeting critical infrastructure organizations amidst the ongoing military siege on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why EU Decided Tech Giants Can\u2019t Police Social Media<\/strong>: After more than a year of internal wrangling, the European Union finalized legislation that, according to Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen, could represent a \u201cglobal gold standard\u201d for regulating social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How Macron and Le Pen\u2019s pledges for tech, cybersecurity, and social media compare<\/strong>: The French tech scene is proving to be a key battleground in the upcoming second round of the country\u2019s presidential election, which sees far-right candidate Marine Le Pen face off with centre-right incumbent President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday.
The French tech ecosystem ranks third in Europe<\/a> in terms of fundraising behind the United Kingdom and Germany, so the presidential hopefuls must get it right in order to continue the cycle of growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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