Plus: Onehouse raises $25M A to help companies keep their data updated and secure
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Microsoft has stated that the Iranian state-backed cyber actor Neptunium is responsible for hacking Charlie Hebdo a few weeks ago. The group is known for attempting to interfere in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. More: - The hacking campaign is believed to have been launched after the French magazine had made a caricature of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
- The cyber actor claims that it has managed to steal the private information of over 200,000 Charlie Hebdo customers, including names, emails, addresses, telephone numbers, etc.
- Microsoft was able to track patterns in this hacking campaign that were similar to other ones that were credited to Iranian threat actors.
- One of them was the creation of fake Twitter accounts impersonating tech executives and journalists that made fun of Charlie Hebdo.
- Neptunium is also tracked as Holy Souls.
Zoom Out: - Similar campaigns where Iranian threat actors hack and then leak customer data have been tracked fairly recently by U.S. authorities.
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A hospital in Florida was forced to shut down its network and cancel non-emergency procedures after being hit by hackers with ransomware. The hospital has been using paper documents since Friday. More: - Tallahassee Memorial Hospital announced on Friday that it had been hit by a cyberattack from unknown threat actors.
- In order to minimize the damage, the hospital activated its IT downtime protocol. The protocol essentially shuts down most digital infrastructure and forces staff to work with paper documents.
- The hospital has either canceled or rescheduled all non-emergency procedures and has stated that it has no near-term plans to revert its decision.
Zoom Out: - In 2021, there were over 45 million individuals that were affected by data breaches in healthcare, an all-time record.
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A new Android trojan is being used to steal passwords from bank accounts in Brazil. The trojan is being tracked as PixPirate. More: - The malware was tracked between the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023.
- PixPirate enables attackers to automate the process of its malware deployment by infecting Pix, a payment platform that is used by most banks in Brazil.
- If the threat actor manages to successfully infect its target with PixPirate, they can:
- Intercept banking credentials,
- perform ATS attacks,
- intercept/delete SMS messages,
- prevent the uninstalling of apps, and
- serve malvertising.
Zoom Out: - In 2020, Latin America was targeted with three times as many mobile browser attacks as the global average.
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California-based Onehouse has raised a $25M Series A to help companies keep their data updated and secure. The company's founders have previously created products used by Amazon, Disney, Google, etc. More: - Onehouse enables companies to use the scale, interoperability, and cost benefits of data technologies built on the Apache Hudi open-source project in combination with solutions such as Snowflake and Databricks.
- The company believes its solution saves companies entire months that would otherwise be spent on engineering tasks.
- Addition and Greylock led this Series A funding round.
- Since its inception in 2021, the company has raised $33M.
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Hungary-based SEON has acquired anti-money-laundering company Complytron for $2.6M. The company claims the acquisition will let it avoid building its own AML databases. More: - SEON is an online fraud detection software company that provides features such as:
- risk scores,
- social media checkups,
- financial fraud accounts,
- device fingerprinting, etc.
- SEON has raised around $107M since its inception in 2017.
- Compyltron is a cybersecurity company that is also based in Hungary.
- Compyltron is known for its AML tools that enable, for example, law enforcement agencies to search for specific people that are deemed necessary through advanced algorithms.
- The company also offers fingerprint detection technology that will now be merged with SEON's software offering.
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- Comcast has created a new division that will focus on cybersecurity products.
- The Biden administration has announced the appointment of Microsoft security executive Scott Charney and cyber executive Jeffrey Storey as its choices to lead the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council.
- Only 49% of organizations can afford to allocate enough funds for their cybersecurity needs, according to a recent survey by the Neustar International Security Council.
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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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