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US Treasury sanctions Russian cyber and influence entities
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US Treasury sanctions Russian cyber and influence entities

The US Treasury has been imposing sanctions on Russian corporations and individuals on a regular basis. Yet, it has sanctioned cyber-adjacent companies for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The US sanctioned 22 individuals and 83 businesses in Russia, as well as 30 persons and companies in third-party nations who assisted Moscow in evading earlier US sanctions. Since 2014, when the Kremlin staged the annexation of Crimea and launched the Donbas war, America has imposed sanctions on Russian organizations and officials read more US Treasury sanctions Russian cyber and influence entities. Stay informed with the best cybersecurity news and raise your cybersecurity awareness with our comprehensive coverage of the latest threats, breaches, and solutions.
BEC Groups Target Firms With Multilingual Impersonation Attacks
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BEC Groups Target Firms With Multilingual Impersonation Attacks

Executive impersonation has been used by two business email compromise (BEC) organizations to attack businesses across the globe. Security experts at Abnormal Security have named the threat actors "Midnight Hedgehog," who specialized in payment fraud, and "Mandarin Capybara," who is committed to carrying out payroll diversion assaults, in accordance with their findings. According to Crane Hassold, the director of threat intelligence at Abnormal, "they have launched BEC campaigns in at least 13 other languages, including Danish, Dutch, Estonian, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish." Threat actors from Midnight Hedgehog specifically investigated the roles and connections read the complete article BEC Groups Target Firms With Multi...