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Mathew J. Schwartz reports: The Clop digital extortion gang for years perfected a method for wringing tens of millions out of cybercrime. Find a zero-day flaw, often in file transfer software, swarm vulnerable networks and post online the sensitive data of any victim unwilling to pay for a promise of data deletion. The Russian-speaking ransomware……

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Nvidia, Zoom, and Zyxel have released patches for multiple high-severity vulnerabilities across their products. The post Nvidia, Zoom, Zyxel Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Oleh Pavliuk and Yevhen Kizilov report: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said that Slovakia’s national insurance company has suffered a “massive cyberattack” and claimed, without any evidence, that Ukraine was involved. Source: European Pravda with reference to Dennik N Details: At an emergency press conference on Friday, 24 January, Fico said the cyberattack had started at noon…

Keoni Everington reports: Two alleged Taiwanese clients of a Chinese ransomware group behind attacks on the Mackay Memorial Hospital and other targets in Taiwan have been arrested and released on bail. According to a Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau, between February and March, the group CrazyHunter used ransomware to attack hospitals, publicly listed companies, and……

Grace Samels reports: Officials for DeKalb County have issued a notice of a data incident, saying several residents’ data may have been breached. In the notice, it states that social security numbers, driver’s license or identification card numbers, and/or financial account numbers may have been leaked last year between August and September. The amount and type……