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Cybercriminals are not holding back on LastPass users as a new phishing campaign has recently launched with the intent to steal your data. The first portion of the campaign is a phishing email that asks you to verify your personal information by clicking on a link. The messages launch in waves with several attempts to impersonate LastPass.

Businesses with Indian customers or those accessible to Indian citizens, take note! The Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP) has been passed in India. This new law, approved by the president on August 11, 2023, dictates how organizations handle personal data. The DPDP Act is not yet enforceable as the Data Protection Board of India is still being established.

The first thing to do after realizing you’ve been hacked is to secure your accounts by immediately changing all of your passwords and enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). You should also scan your device with antivirus software, secure your home WiFi network and reset your device. Read on to learn ten steps you should take after discovering you’ve been hacked and the telltale signs that you’ve been hacked.

Researchers at NSFOCUS are tracking a phishing campaign by a new threat actor called “AtlasCross” that’s impersonating the Red Cross in order to deliver malware. “NSFOCUS Security Labs validated the high-level threat attributes of AtlasCross in terms of development technology and attack strategy through an in-depth analysis of its attack metrics,” the researchers write.

The rise of remote work, which currently sees 40% of US employees working remotely at least one day a week, has been fueled by technological advancements and recent global events. But with this shift comes a silent, lurking challenge: cybersecurity. The vast, interconnected web of remote workspaces amplifies the potential for cyber attacks. Businesses must protect their data to maintain the trust of customers, preserve their reputation, and ensure uninterrupted business operations.

For folks who are responsible for threat detection of any kind for their organizations, the cloud can often be a difficult area to approach. At the time of writing, Amazon Web Services contains over two hundred services, while the Azure cloud offers six hundred. Each of these services can generate unique telemetry and each surface can present defenders with a unique attack path to handle. Adding to this complexity is the diversity of cloud workload configurations, as well as varying architecture models.

BMO Bank is the 8th largest bank in the United States, employing over 12,000 individuals. The bank manages more than $3 Billion in annual reserves and works with a huge number of customers as it has over 1,000 physical locations across the country. BMO Bank is based in Chicago, Illinois, but has locations throughout the country. If you bank with BMO, your data may be at risk, because the organization was recently hacked and lost a significant amount of customer data.

Scalper bots have had a busy year snatching and reselling Yeezy trainers, as adidas exhaust their final existing stock. This resulted in the Yeezy Slide Onyx topping the Netacea Quarterly Index of most-scalped items in Q2 of 2023.

The latest cyber claims report from Coalition, a digital risk insurance provider, finds a 12% increase in cyber insurance claims in the first half of 2023 over the second half of 2022, due to surging attack frequency and severity. No industry or company size is immune as the increase was seen across all organizations, however companies with $100 million in revenue saw the largest increase in number of claims (+20%), as well as staggering losses resulting from attacks (+72%).