Plus: Hackers are targeting Trezor crypto wallets with a phishing campaign
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Russia has officially banned foreign messaging apps, such as Discord, Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Snapchat, and WhatsApp, for government officials. The law came into force yesterday. More: - The official list of the banned apps is:
- Discord,
- Microsoft Teams,
- Skype for Business,
- Snapchat,
- Telegram,
- Threema,
- Viber,
- WhatsApp,
- and WeChat.
- The restrictions are being placed on government officials, likely to minimize the risk of having sensitive information regarding the war in Ukraine leak to Ukraine and its allies.
- Other popular apps such as Zoom and Signal have not been banned by the Russian government so far.
Zoom Out: - This is not the first time the Russian government has banned different apps. Telegram was previously banned in Russia for a short period in 2018.
- Russia banned Facebook and Instagram last March after claiming that the apps were platforms that incited violence against Russian soldiers.
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Hackers have stolen the data of over 550,000 gun owners from a U.S.-based gun auction website. The FBI is investigating the case. More: - The breached website is "GunAuction.com."
- The FBI has contacted the company, and the case is currently being investigated.
- Hackers have stolen information such as:
- emails,
- home addresses,
- telephone numbers,
- passwords, etc.
- The breach was tracked by an anonymous security researcher who found that an unprotected server contained the data.
- Researchers went on to attempt to contact 160 users from the list. Some users confirmed that their data was accurate, although others had invalid email addresses or disconnected phone numbers, calling into question how recent the data is.
- The company claims that there is no proof that the hackers have accessed financial information.
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Cisco has fixed an IP phone security flaw with a 9.8 risk rating, enabling hackers to gain remote unauthorized access. The bug is tracked as CVE-2023-20078. More: - The bug affected IP Phone products from the 7800, 7900, and 8800 Series.
- In addition to this flaw, Cisco also patched a high-severity DoS flaw that affected the aforementioned devices and the Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 and Unified IP Phone 7900 Series.
- This flaw, which is tracked as CVE-2023-20079, will not be patched by Cisco because Conference Phone 8831 and Unified IP Phone 7900 Series are at end-of-life.
Zoom Out: - Cisco has been targeted by threat actors numerous times in the past. In August 2022, the Yanluowang ransomware group stole over 2GB of data from the company. Researchers believed that other groups might have been involved.
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Hackers are targeting Trezor crypto wallets with a phishing campaign that compromises people via their email or phone number. The company has warned its users not to answer phone calls and text messages. More: - Trezor provides hardware-based wallets for users to store their cryptocurrency.
- Although cold wallets are considered more secure than hot wallets, if users are convinced to give out their recovery seed combination, hackers could easily steal their funds.
- Seed recovery combinations are usually 12- or 24-character passwords that serve as backup code in case users forget their original password.
- The company stated that it's technically impossible to assess the scope of the data breach accurately and that it assumes that all users' assets are currently at risk.
Zoom Out: - Only a few days ago, over 2,000 private keys were stolen after Edge Wallet's digital infrastructure got breached. Some users lost all of their Bitcoin holdings.
- Hackers stole over $3.8B worth of cryptocurrency in 2022, breaking the previous record.
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Secfix has raised a $3.8M Seed round to help companies comply with security regulations. The company is based in Germany. More: - Its software platform is designed to keep an automated checklist that helps companies see if they are complying with ISO 27001.
- The software uses data from AWS, Microsoft Azure, Jira, Office365, Personio, etc.
- Octopus Ventures led the funding round, with participation from Commerzbank.
- The seed funding round will be used to expand the product in Europe, according to company officials.
- The global compliance certification market is estimated to be worth $16B.
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- A new hacking campaign tracked as SCARLETEEL uses AWS and Kubernetes to steal proprietary software from companies by exploiting weaknesses in cloud systems.
- Security researchers have tracked a cryptojacking campaign targeting Redis deployments. If successful, the campaign can mine cryptocurrency using the computing power of their victims' devices.
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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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