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Jun 2021
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Diplomatic Backdoor targets charities, e...

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Diplomatic Backdoor afflicts Africa, Europe, and Southwest Asia. Electronic Arts source code stolen. “Fancy Lazarus” is back: despite the name, it’s an extortion gang, not an espionage service. An international law enforcement action takes down a credential market. Making good data available for AI research. There’s a growing appetite for cyber regulation in Washington. Thomas Etheridge from CrowdStrike looks at protecting cloud data, and Matt Chiodi of Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 has highlights from their Cloud Threat report. And hold that side order of fries - a McBreach is disclosed.

For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief:

https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/10/112

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