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[German]The Black Basta ransomware group is, after all, quite active in spreading its malware and extorting companies. Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks' malware analysis team, from Unit 42, have taken a closer look at the group's activities. Palo Alto Networks has published a report that provides details about the Black Basta ransomware group, which first appeared in April 2022 and has been on the rise ever since. Continue reading →

[German]Samsung has made public a serious data protection incident hours before a long Labor Day weekend in the US. In July 2022, hackers managed to penetrate Samsung's IT systems. In the process, customer data was siphoned off. The whole thing was discovered as early as August 4, 2022, and became known on September 2, 2022. Here is some information on what is known so far.

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[German]Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has also been targeted by various hacker groups. The days hackers probably managed to hack the service Yandex Taxi. Then the attackers simply ordered all available cabs to a certain address in the center of Moscow. It is easy to imagine the traffic chaos that must have prevailed there.

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