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A spear-phishing study by security company Barracuda has found that a third of malicious logins into compromised accounts in 2021 came from Nigeria. The finding was included in the Spear Phishing: Top Threats and Trends Vol. 7 – Key findings on the latest social engineering tactics and the growing complexity of attacks  report, released by the company on Wednesday. The report is based on Barracuda researchers’ analysis of “millions of emails across thousands of businesses” between January 2021 and December…

Multiple Ukrainian news websites were allegedly hacked by Russian threat actors, leaving the ‘Z’ symbol on display to visitors. The State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine, the nation’s technical security and intelligence service, confirmed the incident in a web post last night, attributing blame to Russian state-sponsored actors. The organization stated: “As a result of the attack against the sites, the symbols banned in Ukraine and used by the Russian Federation’s troops currently…

The State of Arkansas is taking legal action against a defunct health system over its alleged abandonment of employee and patient data after its hospital closed. On Thursday, Arkansas attorney general Leslie Rutledge announced a lawsuit against Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System for its alleged failure to protect sensitive personal and medical information.  The suit alleges that the health system’s former Cherokee Village hospital violated the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) and the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (ADTPA)…

Netflix is testing ways to charge Latin American users who share their passwords with someone residing in a separate household.  In a statement posted to its website Wednesday, the streaming giant said: “We’ve always made it easy for people who live together to share their Netflix account, with features like separate profiles and multiple streams in our Standard and Premium plans.  “While these have been hugely popular, they have also created some confusion about when and how…