{"id":45775,"date":"2024-07-08T08:19:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=45775"},"modified":"2024-07-08T08:20:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:20:27","slug":"cyber-security-today-july-8-2024-new-ransomware-group-discovered-and-summer-podcast-break-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/cyber-security-today-july-8-2024-new-ransomware-group-discovered-and-summer-podcast-break-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Security Today, July 8, 2024 &#8211; New ransomware group discovered, and summer podcast break starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new ransomware group is discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It&#8217;s Monday July 8th, 2024. I&#8217;m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for TechNewsday.com.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/32043112\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/000000\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/ITWC-Cyber-Security-Today\/dp\/B07BRNG89P\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-skills&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1522688435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-396718 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.itworldcanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sub-alexa-200.png\" alt=\"Cyb er Security Today on Amazon Alexa\" width=\"200\" height=\"74\" border=\"none\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL2N5YmVyc2VjdXJpdHl0b2RheS5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail aligncenter wp-image-408712 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.itworldcanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/sub-gp-200.png\" alt=\"Cyber Security Today on Google Podcasts\" width=\"200\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/cyber-security-today\/id1363182054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-396720 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.itworldcanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sub-itunes-200.png\" alt=\"Subscribe to Cyber Security Today on Apple Podcasts\" width=\"200\" height=\"74\" border=\"none\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Starting today I&#8217;m taking a few weeks off to enjoy the summer, so this will be a short podcast:<\/p>\n<p>A new ransomware as a service group has emerged. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.group-ib.com\/blog\/eldorado-ransomware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to researchers at Group-IB it&#8217;s called Eldorado<\/a>. It offers affiliates two versions: One for Windows, and the other for Linux systems.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a warning issued on June 25th, website administrators are still slow in deleting a malicious JavaScript library called Polyfill.io from their code. <a href=\"https:\/\/censys.com\/july-2-polyfill-io-supply-chain-attack-digging-into-the-web-of-compromised-domains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Researchers at Censys said<\/a> that as of last Tuesday there were still over 380,000 hosts with the script.<\/p>\n<p>And Ticketmaster says there&#8217;s no truth to hacker claims to have access to working ticket barcodes for several upcoming Taylor Swift concerts in the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/therecord.media\/ticketmaster-discredits-dark-web-claims-taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The company told The Record<\/a> that its barcodes for tickets automatically change every few seconds and can&#8217;t be copied. A hacker is trying to extort Tickmaster after a data theft.<\/p>\n<p>As I said, I&#8217;m taking a break from podcasting for the next two weeks. I&#8217;ll be back Monday, July 22nd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new ransomware group is discovered. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It&#8217;s Monday July 8th, 2024. I&#8217;m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for TechNewsday.com. Starting today I&#8217;m taking a few weeks off to enjoy the summer, so this will be a short podcast: A new ransomware as a service group has emerged. 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