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As an Official Champion of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), the Council will be sharing educational resources on payment security best practices on the PCI Perspectives blog, and through our Twitter (@PCISSC) and LinkedIn pages. The Council will align these resources with the four weekly themes outlined by the National Cyber Security Alliance:
Geriatric Microsoft Bug Exploited by APT Using Commodity RATs

Black market traders cash in on fake COVID-19 vaccination records
The EU vaccine passport and CDC certifications are hot ticket items.Squirrel Bug Lets Attackers Execute Code in Games, Cloud Services

Fresh APT Harvester Reaps Telco, Government Data

$5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions possibly tied to ransomware
Threat actors are increasingly using advanced tactics to obfuscate and launder their illicit gains, a report by the US Government finds
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$5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions possibly tied to ransomware
Threat actors are increasingly using advanced tactics to obfuscate and launder their illicit gains, a report by the US Government finds
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Lyceum APT Returns, This Time Targeting Tunisian Firms

A Guide to Doing Cyberintelligence on a Restricted Budget

At least 13 phone firms hit by suspected Chinese hackers since 2019, say experts

LightBasin hackers were able to obtain subscriber information and call metadata, says CrowdStrike
At least 13 phone companies around the world have been compromised since 2019 by sophisticated hackers who are believed to come from China, a cybersecurity expert group has said.
The roaming hackers – known as LightBasin – were able to “search and find” individual mobile phones and “target accordingly”, according to CrowdStrike, a group regularly cited by western intelligence.
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FCC mulls over new rules demanding carriers block spam robot texts at network level
The proposal hones in on rising rates of robot texts.A recipe for failure: Predictably poor passwords
Security professionals advise to never use ‘beef stew’ as a password. It just isn’t stroganoff.
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A recipe for failure: Predictably poor passwords
Security professionals advise to never use ‘beef stew’ as a password. It just isn’t stroganoff.
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Twitter accounts linked to cyberattacks against security researchers suspended
North Korean hackers are luring professionals with "zero-day vulnerability hype."TA505 Gang Is Back With Newly Polished FlawedGrace RAT

Time to Build Accountability Back into Cybersecurity

Podcast: Could the Zoho Flaw Trigger SolarWinds 2.0?

Sinclair Confirms Ransomware Attack That Disrupted TV Stations

TikTok Serves Up Fresh Gamer Targets via Fake Among Us, Steam Offerings
