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Caesars Confirms Ransomware Payoff and Customer Data Breach

15

Sep

2023

Casino and hotel giant Caesars Entertainment is warning customers that their personal details were stolen in a recent hack attack. After successfully shaking down Caesars for a ransom, the same attackers are continuing to extort MGM Resorts, claiming to have crypto-locked its EXSi hypervisors. Both attacks by the Alphv ransomware group, which spun off from […]

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Iranian Nation-State Actors Employ Password Spray Attacks Targeting Multiple Sectors

15

Sep

2023

Iranian nation-state actors have been conducting password spray attacks against thousands of organizations globally between February and July 2023, new findings from Microsoft reveal. The tech giant, which is tracking the activity under the name Peach Sandstorm (formerly Holmium), said the adversary pursued organizations in the satellite, defense, and pharmaceutical sectors to likely facilitate intelligence […]

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Iranian Hackers ‘Ballistic Bobcat’ Deploy New Backdoor

12

Sep

2023

Hackers aligned with the Iranian state are targeting vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers to deploy a new malware backdoor that has already victimized over two dozen Israeli organizations as part of an ongoing espionage campaign. The campaign has been active since 2021 and uses a previously unseen malware backdoor that researchers at Eset dubbed Sponsor. The […]

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Caesars Confirms Ransomware Payoff and Customer Data Breach

Iranian Nation-State Actors Employ Password Spray Attacks Targeting Multiple Sectors

Iranian Hackers ‘Ballistic Bobcat’ Deploy New Backdoor

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