Plus: Russian hackers are targeting Eastern Europeans with fake crypto job offers
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Indigo Books and Music, the largest bookstore chain in Canada, has been forced to shut down its digital infrastructure after a cyberattack. The company's website went down, and it had to go cash-only in stores. More: - The company does not know the threat actor responsible for the hacking campaign.
- Indigo could likely be hit with ransomware because threat actors target companies that can afford to pay large sums of money.
- Earlier this month, researchers tracked the sale of several files that hackers claimed to have been stolen from Indigo.
- Indigo has over 7,000 employees, 86 superstores, and 123 small stores.
- The retailer has $748M in revenue annually.
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Seven Russian hackers have been sanctioned by the U.S. and the U.K. for their involvement in the Trickbot malware gang. The individuals are now not allowed to travel to the two countries. More: - TrickBot is an advanced Trojan that malicious actors spread primarily by spearphishing campaigns using tailored emails that contain malicious attachments or links.
- Trickbot was first tracked in 2016.
- The group became known for deploying a bank trojan but has evolved to deploy a suite of malicious tools, including ransomware.
- The hacker group has previously launched attacks against U.S. organizations, including a case when it successfully managed to breach multiple hospitals in Minnesota and force them to pay a ransom.
- In addition to the travel bans, the hackers have also had their assets frozen.
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Skybox Security has raised a $50M funding round to track, prioritize, and fix security vulnerabilities. J.P. Morgan led the funding round. More: - Skybox claims to be the first complete SaaS solution for managing security policy in hybrid multi-vendor environments.
- In addition to J.P Morgan, CVC Growth Funds and Pantheon were lead investors.
- The company is based in San Jose, California.
- Skybox Security aims to use this funding round to expand to new markets.
- Founded in 2002, the company has raised $334M so far.
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Russian hackers are targeting Eastern Europeans with fake crypto job offers, according to a new report. The threat actors are using malware named Enigma. More: - Enigma is an info stealer based on Stealerium. The latter is an older stealer malware that enables hackers to track keystrokes and steal money from their targets.
- The infection chain initiates with a phishing message that is usually sent from social media.
- The message contains infected files that convince the target they are being invited for a job interview and are being helped with the preparation for this interview.
- This malware, written in C++, uses API hashing to avoid being detected.
- Enigma is deployed via the popular communication app Telegram.
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Sendmarc has raised a $7M funding round to protect companies from email phishing attacks. Companies globally have lost $10B due to business email compromise attacks. More: - Sendmarc offers a platform that scans every new email that a user has in their inbox and tells them whether the email and any attachments are safe to open.
- The company claims it has over 1,000 customers and over $2M in revenue.
- Atlantica Ventures led this funding round, with participation from Allan Gray, E-Squared Ventures, Fireball Capital, Endeavor Catalyst, 4Di Capital, Endeavor Harvest, Alpha Private Capital, and Kalon Venture Partners.
- This is the company's first major funding round since its 2021 founding.
- Sendmarc is based in South Africa.
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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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