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Fines for violating the GDPR
12. February 2024
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Fines for violating the GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in November 2018 to standardize the rules for processing personal data across the EU. Violations of the GDPR sometimes result in high fines. But even outside the EU there is a risk of fines if the applicable data protection laws are ignored. The Gisma University of Applied Sciences (www.gisma.de) has examined which companies worldwide have had to pay the highest fines and in which countries the most severe penalties have been imposed. Facebook and Meta lead the ranking with fines totaling 7,1 billion euros. In 2019 the…

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DDoS plus 16.800 percent: Pro-Russian Killnet group vs. USA
June 8, 2023
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Attacks by the pro-Russian Killnet group led to a 2022 percent increase in DDoS attacks against the US National Security Sector by the end of 16.815. This is what the ASERT research team reported to NETSCOUT. Linked to the pro-Russian Killnet group, there was a massive 2022 percent spike in DDoS attacks against the US national security sector in the second half of 16.815, with attack spikes recorded on the day US President Biden and French President Macron publicly reaffirmed their support for Ukraine at the G7 summit. Also in Germany it happened...

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China malware: Volt Typhoon targets critical US infrastructure
June 3, 2023
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China malware: Volt Typhoon targets critical US infrastructure

Microsoft has investigated the Volt Typhoon malware and determined that it originated from a state-sponsored actor based in China. Volt Typhoon targets critical infrastructure in the United States using "living-off-the-land" techniques. Microsoft has uncovered stealthy and targeted malicious activity focused on post-compromise access to credentials and discovery of network systems, targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the United States. US KRITIS Targeted The attack is being carried out by Volt Typhoon, a China-based state-sponsored actor that typically focuses on espionage…

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US Government: New Cyber ​​Security Strategy
March 8, 2023
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US Government: New Cyber ​​Security Strategy

The US government under President Biden has published a new cyber security strategy. The almost 40-page strategy paper is also clearly about making IT companies more responsible and holding them accountable if they are disregarded. But the already successful fight against APT groups and ransomware is also to be intensified. The Biden-Harris Administration releases the National Cybersecurity Strategy to ensure the full benefits of a secure digital ecosystem for all Americans. In this pivotal decade, the United States seeks to reinvent cyberspace as a tool to achieve its goals in a way that...

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Russian hacker gang Killnet: further IT attacks against the USA 
13 November 2022
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Killnet, which attacked many targets in the USA via DDoS, wanted to stop the attacks against the USA a few weeks ago. The aim was to improve the relationship between Russia and the USA. However, the group's statements are probably of little value: the attacks in the context of the Ukraine war continue. Check Point Software Technologies experts continued to monitor the APT group Killnet. Actually, the group wanted to let the attacks against the United States rest so that Russian-American relations improved. But the attacks continue. A comment by Sergey Shykevich, Threat Intelligence…

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CISA: PAN-OS vulnerability warning
August 30, 2022
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The US Agency for Cyber ​​Security and Infrastructure Security (CISA) has included a newly found vulnerability with high severity in the operating system PAN-OS in the catalog of exploitable vulnerabilities. PAN-OS controls Palo Alto Networks firewalls. The Palo Alto Networks vulnerability recently found in PAN-OS has been filed with CISA as security problem CVE-2022-0028. The identified risk has a high severity rating of 8,6 out of 10 as it allows a remote threat actor to deploy enhanced Denial of Service (DoS) attacks without requiring authentication. Patches released for PAN-OS versions Several versions of PAN-OS are vulnerable to CVE-2022-0028….

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USA: 10 million dollar bounty for members of the Conti group  
11 May 2022
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The members of the Conti group have made a lot of money from ransomware extortions. Now they also support Russia's war of aggression. The US State Department is now offering a $10 million bounty for leading members of the group. There is said to be a reward of up to $5 million for other information. The US State Department is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification and/or locating of individuals with key leadership positions in the transnational organized crime group of the Conti ransomware variant. In addition, the ministry is setting a reward of up to 5…

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