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Cyber Daily: The Slow Yet Powerful Drip of Disinformation
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Good morning. A pro-Beijing online propaganda campaign has used phony websites and social-media posts to try to discredit a prominent German anthropologist who has investigated China’s crackdown on Muslims, according to cybersecurity researchers at Mandiant Inc.
The activity uses more than 70 suspected inauthentic news websites in 11 languages, all tied to a Chinese public-relations firm, Mandiant said on Thursday, adding there is no evidence linking what's going on to the Chinese government. The use of public-relations firms to seed messages on social media and on bogus news websites appears to be a growing trend, the company said. More from WSJ here. Details about how Mandiant analyzed the so-called HaiEnergy campaign here.
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As China Tightens Controls on Social Media, Some Users Seek Refuge Under the Radar
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As of April, China's social platforms required users to confirm their identities and display their Internet Protocol locations.
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One alternative is Mastodon, a microblogging network based on open-source software. More than 51,000 Chinese-speaking users joined between late April and mid-July, according to a bot that tracks Chinese users on the network.
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The Cyberspace Administration of China said on July 30 that it had held talks with nearly 3,500 platforms and fined 283 of them for violating laws and regulations in the first six months of the year. The companies and the Cyberspace Administration didn’t respond to requests for comment. (WSJ)
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PHOTO: MICHAEL BROCHSTEIN/ZUMA PRESS
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The most prevalent malware of 2021 was Agent Tesla, a remote-access trojan, a tool that includes a backdoor to take over infected systems, according to top cyber officials in the U.S. and Australia. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Australian Cyber Security Centre issued a joint statement about how to spot and guard against the 11 most serious worms, trojans, ransomware, spyware and other hacking tools.
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Agent Tesla has been around since 2014 and often comes through phishing email, the agencies said.
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PHOTO: FLORION GOGA
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July outages of Albanian government systems are likely due to cyberattacks from Iran, according to cybersecurity company Mandiant. This includes evidence of a new ransomware family called Roadsweep, which leaves politically-oriented ransom notes. This and other malware found on Albanian sites has been traced to other disruption campaigns supporting Iranian goals, Mandiant said. Iran’s mission to the United Nations didn't respond to a request for comment Thursday from the Associated Press.
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German Business Group Reports 'Massive' Cyberattack
The Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, which represents businesses across the country, shut down systems after a "massive" incident, said the association's general manager, Michael Bergmann, in a LinkedIn post. (Bleeping Computer)
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$250
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Average annual cost for $100,000 of personal cybersecurity insurance, said Scott Teller, executive vice president, underwriting, for Chubb Personal Risk Services. (WSJ)
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Michael Neuman was promoted to chief information security officer from vice president of information security at Backstop Solutions Group, which offers productivity services for institutional and alternative investors. Mr. Neuman is Backstop's first CISO. He joined the company in 2015.
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Tony Faria joined Point32Health Inc., the parent company of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, as CISO from the same position at insurance firm FM Global.
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