Plus: 200,000 new mobile banking trojan installers tracked by security researchers
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A North Carolina-based businessman has been indicted on charges of organizing a $2B cybercrime scheme. If found guilty on all charges, he could face multiple decades in prison. More: - Greg Lindberg, 53, of Durham allegedly planned to invest $2B in multiple insurance companies, most of which were in the liquidation process.
- The scheme was planned during 2016- 2019.
- Lindberg is charged with the following:
- one count of conspiracy to commit crimes in connection with an insurance business,
- wire fraud and investment advisor fraud,
- one count of wire fraud,
- four counts of false insurance business statements presented to regulators,
- six counts of false entries about the financial condition or solvency of an insurance business,
- one count of money laundering conspiracy,
- and attempt to bribe an official.
- The businessman was previously North Carolina's largest political donor.
- These charges are based on proof that they gathered over five years of research, a process where during which it gathered 7 million documents.
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Hackers have leaked Activision's employee data list, which includes over 19,000 names. The data was stolen in a previous hacking campaign in December 2022. More: - Hackers have stolen details such as:
- Full names,
- phone numbers,
- job titles,
- locations,
- and email addresses.
- The file that contains this data is being offered for free on hacker forums.
- Activision claimed that the hackers had not stolen sensitive information such as employee names, future video game title releases, source code, etc.
- The information is believed to have been stolen through a vishing scheme.
- Even though the company claims that it was able to stop the hacking campaign before it affected any of its employees, the data leak could prove that at least one employee may have fallen victim to the scam.
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Cybersecurity company Wiz has raised a $300M Series D funding round to provide cloud security services. The company has now reached a $10B valuation. More: - Wiz offers security features such as:
- Container Security,
- IaC scanning,
- Vulnerability management, etc.
- Wiz claims it works with companies such as BMW, LVMH, Blackstone, Slack, Morgan Stanley, Chipotle, and Colgate, among Fortune 100 clients.
- This funding round will be used to expand and open new offices in Dallas, Austin, and Washington, D.C.
- The company was founded in 2020 and had around 650 employees.
- Wiz is headquartered in New York.
- Since being founded, the company has raised $900M in funding.
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Nearly 200,000 new mobile banking trojan installers have been tracked by security researchers. This number is the highest in the last six years. More: - The figures show a trend that cyber-criminals are increasingly targeting mobile users to steal financial data by creating new malware.
- Researchers detected 1,661,743 malware or unwanted software installers overall in 2022.
- This figure represents 1,803,013 fewer malicious software installers than in 2021.
- Other new malware statistics mentioned in the report include:
- 1,661,743 malicious installers
- 196,476 new mobile banking Trojans
- 10,543 new mobile ransomware Trojans
- The three most targeted countries by malware attacks in 2022 were:
- China had the largest share of citizens that were hit by a malware attack, with 17.70%.
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Here Not There Labs has raised a $25M Series A funding round to enable users to create encrypted protocols on the blockchain. Andreessen Horowitz led the funding round. More: - The platform allows users to create encrypted protocols and chat within their community.
- Users will be able to communicate safely, as recent cases of users being hacked on popular platforms such as Discord have created a need for secure communication solutions.
- Its co-founding team has previously founded companies such as Houseparty and Meerkat.
- Benchmark and Framework Ventures also participated in the funding round.
- The company was founded in 2020.
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- News Corporation has stated that hackers have accessed its systems since February 2020.
- Government entities in Asia-Pacific and North America are being targeted by an unknown threat actor with an off-the-shelf malware downloader known as PureCrypter.
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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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