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Security Sophos 

Sophos MDR blocks and tracks activity from probable Iranian state actor “MuddyWater”

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Credit to Author: gallagherseanm| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:12:12 +0000

Sophos MDR has observed a new campaign that uses targeted phishing to entice the target to download a legitimate remote machine management tool to dump credentials. We believe with moderate confidence that this activity, which we track as STAC 1171, is related to an Iranian threat actor commonly referred to as MuddyWater or TA450. Earlier […]

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Security Wired 

Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany

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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:00:00 +0000

More than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker expose the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germany—and the Pentagon is powerless to stop it.

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Security Wired 

Immigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers

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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Built to combat terrorism, fusion centers give US Immigration and Customs Enforcement a way to gain access to data that’s meant to be protected under city laws limiting local police cooperation with ICE.

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Independent Krebs Security 

Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach

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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:12:15 +0000

The financial technology firm Finastra is investigating the alleged large-scale theft of information from its internal file transfer platform, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Finastra, which provides software and services to 45 of the world’s top 50 banks, notified customers of a potential breach after a cybercriminal began selling more than 400 gigabytes of data purportedly stolen from the company. 

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