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PHOTO: KIM HONG-JI/REUTERS
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Hackers linked to North Korea planted malware in a widely used open-source tool known as Axios, according to Google's threat-intelligence unit. In this tech supply-chain attack, the hackers apparently took over an account of someone who maintains Axios, then corrupted the tool so that it secretly steals credentials and sets up persistent access to the system it runs on.
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Axios is downloaded more than 100 million times per week and is embedded in web applications, mobile apps, backend services and automated software development systems in many industries, cyber-training organization SANS Institute said.
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The Dutch Finance Ministry shut down its treasury banking portal and several other systems to investigate a cyberattack detected March 19. About 1,600 public institutions with funds in the ministry can't view their balances online. No hacking group has publicly taken credit for the attack. (Bleeping Computer)
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Pro-Iran hacker group Fatimion Cyber Team is using an encrypted Telegram bot to recruit new members in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain for "electronic jihad," according to cyber threat-intelligence company Flashpoint.
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Brokerage regulator Finra launched a portal for its 3,200 members to share and search cyber intelligence. Identifying details about contributors will be stripped away before the information is shared with other members, Finra said.
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$1.6 Million
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Amount Krispy Kreme agreed to pay to settle a consolidated data-breach lawsuit related to a 2024 cyberattack.
Nearly 162,000 current and former employees had their personal, biometric and banking data compromised.
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