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Amazon Web Services bans accounts linked with Pegasus spyware

The Verge

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has banned NSO Group, the company behind the Pegasus spyware program. Vice reported the ban this morning, the day after a sweeping report alleged Pegasus was used to target the phones of human rights activists and journalists. AWS wasn’t the only service NSO apparently used.

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Experts Sound Alarm on Critical Cloud Security Risks

SecureWorld News

Misconfigurations, vulnerable services, advanced malware, and sheer scale have opened cracks in cloud security. A new report from Qualys highlights critical security issues organizations face as they adopt cloud computing models. These stealthy malware strains evade traditional signature-based defenses.

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New 'CryWiper' Looks Like Ransomware, Targets Russian Courts

SecureWorld News

A report from Kaspersky says that CryWiper disguises itself as ransomware so that it can extort money from the victim for decrypting the data, but in reality, it intentionally destroys data in the affected systems. The malware was developed in C++ and compiled using the MinGW-w64 toolkit and the GCC compiler.

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Europol Knocks Out VPN Service Used by Cybercriminals

SecureWorld News

SecureWorld News has reported on multiple success stories when it comes to law enforcement fighting back against ransomware. Europol reports that authorities seized or disrupted 15 servers that hosted VPNLab.net's service, rendering it no longer available. The service also only cost as little as $60 a year.

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Data protection giant Veeam moves HQ to Seattle region, tops $1.5B in annual recurring revenue

GeekWire

Veeam and Microsoft recently extended their strategic partnership with a five-year agreement to jointly develop AI solutions, integrating Veeam’s products with Microsoft Copilot and other AI services, while also jointly selling Veeam Data Cloud with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure. offices in Ohio, New York, Georgia and Arizona.

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Why Multi-Factor Authentication is Key to Modern Cybersecurity

CIO Business Intelligence

According to a 2021 IBM report , the average cost of a data breach increased by 10% between 2020 and 2021, rising from $3.86 And if their device has been infiltrated by malware? million to $4.24 It’s trusted, too.

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Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

GeekWire

Charlie Bell, a former Amazon Web Services executive, is now the leader of Microsoft’s newly formed, 10,000-person security engineering organization. As part of its record-setting earnings report last week , the company said revenue from security products in the prior 12 months surpassed $15 billion, up 45% year over year.

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