Advancement of technology has enabled scientists around the world to analyze the strain(s) of SARS Covid 19. Multiple medical organizations have been successful in developing vaccines to tackle SARS Covid 19 and are sharing this gift with the world through legal channels. However, there is an already illegal market being run to sell Covid-19 vaccines
StrongPity/Promethium APT, also known as APT-C-41, has been active since at least 2012. It was first publicly reported in October 2016, after cyberattacks against users in Belgium and Italy in which it used the watering-hole attack technique to deliver malicious versions of WinRAR and the TrueCrypt file encryption software. The group chiefly uses Truvasys, a
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As pharmaceuticals across the world race towards a vaccine, cybercrime continues to thrive in the underbelly of the Internet. In forums on the dark web, criminals continue to trade enormous repositories of critical medical data gathered through unauthorized means. As COVID-19 continues to dominate headlines, confidential vaccine research data generates enough monetization opportunities for cybercriminals. In addition to the COVID-19 databases containing confidential PII being leaked on the Internet, one of the critical security concerns is the immense cold chain logistics of the vaccine.
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Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the huge repositories of medical data collected have played a pivotal role in analyzing the impact of the virus for ensuring the appropriate response along with effective planning and allocation of resources. However, the sensitive nature of the data collected has generated several security concerns related to protecting
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In the course of our routine Dark web monitoring, the Research team at Cyble found the post on a Russian-speaking forum where details of 1.9 million members of Chinese Communist Party was leaked in a ~293 MB CSV file for free. Some of the personal information data fields from the lot are mentioned below– Name
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What is Financial Fraud/Crime? A financial fraud/crime is a type of cybercrime in the form of illegal means of obtaining money/assets owned or held by financial institutions and individuals. It has been observed that a growing number of cybercrimes are being backed by pure financial motivation. With the current complex economy system and tremendous increase
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