Plus: Finland plans to give cybersecurity vouchers to companies, will be worth up to $100K
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 Russian streaming platform Start has been hacked. The threat actors are believed to have stolen 7.5 million users' data. More: - According to the company, hackers have stolen information such as email addresses, phone numbers, and usernames.
- The data was stolen from a 2021 database.
- Start claims credit card information and other financial data have not been stolen.
- A file with data from the website's user base circulating on the internet also shows IP addresses and subscription numbers. The company did not mention this information.
- So far, Start does not know the threat actor responsible for the breach.
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 Threat actors have managed to infect James Webb telescope images with malware. The malware is being tracked as GO#WEBBFUSCATOR. More: - The infection is deployed through a phishing campaign. Once a user clicks on the document, a jpeg with the telescope images is revealed.
- If the file is analyzed with a text editor, a payload is found.
- Hackers have written the malware in Golang, a programming language created by Google that works across all three leading platforms: Mac, Windows, and Linux.
- Researchers have been unable to track the responsible threat actor at this point.
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 Ukraine has taken down a crypto scam group. The group was scamming users by contacting them via its numerous call centers. More: - The National Police of Ukraine took the group down.
- Besides cryptocurrency, the scammers sold fake gold, oil, and securities investments.
- The call center agents would call their victims using software that hid their location and phone numbers. Once they convinced their victims to transfer funds, they would cut all communication with them.
- Ukrainian law authorities stated that they could face up to 12 years in prison.
Zoom Out: - Ukrainian authorities also arrested crypto scammers last year in Lviv.
- The U.S. FTC has previously stated that $80M is stolen annually through similar cryptocurrency scams.
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 Finland plans to give cybersecurity vouchers to companies. The vouchers could be worth as much as $100,000. More: - This measure comes at a time when Finland is facing an increased number of cyberattacks as a result of its NATO membership bid.
- The vouchers would be given to small and medium-sized businesses as well as NGOs.
- Large companies are eligible for vouchers worth as much as $100,000.
- The decision aims to incentivize companies to invest in this aspect of their business that has been neglected for many years but is crucial given recent developments globally and in Finland.
Zoom Out: - Finland's Parliament website, as well as numerous others, have been taken down twice this year, as its successful bid to join NATO has sparked reason from numerous actors, including its neighboring country, Russia.
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 Intel has announced its partnership with Check Point Quantum. Through this partnership, Intel aims to improve its IoT developer platform. More: - Check Point Quantum is known for its flagship security software.
- Intel believes that IoT devices suffer from a lack of security updates, resulting in numerous hacking campaigns directed toward them year-long.
- Check Point software includes Nano agent technology, proprietary software built to detect and prevent cyberattacks in real time.
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- According to reports, Japanese citizens are facing an increased number of credit card scams.
- The U.K. data protection authority has filed charges against eight individuals who allegedly stole data from an auto repair shop.
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 |  | Arbër is an Inside writer who also has experience in entrepreneurship. He has experience covering Consumer Tech, Venture Capital, NFTs, Crypto, etc. Arbër holds a Bachelor's degree in Business from XAMK University in Finland. When he is not reading(and writing) business news, he chooses to watch sports or anime...and then read news about sports or anime. |   | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 and 1972 Fords. | |
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