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Daily Recap, State-linked APTs are in the spotlight as Kimsuky conducts quishing campaigns, UAT-7290 targets telecoms across South Asia and Europe, and MuddyWater shifts to stealthy Rust implants dubbed ‘RustyWater’. In data and privacy, breaches touch the Hawaii Cancer Center and Instagram, California bans health-data resales, Iran endures a long internet outage, and Microsoft retires the Send to Kindle feature in Word. #Kimsuky #RustyWater
News:
State-linked APTs
- Multiple state-aligned groups are active: the FBI warns North Korea-linked Kimsuky is running “quishing” attacks, China-nexus actor UAT-7290 targeted telecoms across South Asia and Europe, and MuddyWater has shifted from PowerShell to stealthy Rust implants dubbed “RustyWater” – Kimsuky Quishing, UAT-7290 Telecom, RustyWater Rust
Data & Privacy
- Breach claims: Hackers accessed patient records at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center with delayed notification, while Instagram denies reports of a 17 million-account data leak – Hawaii Data, Instagram Leak
- Regulation: California bans a data broker from reselling the health data of millions of people – CA Data Ban
Infrastructure
- Internet blackout: Nationwide unrest in Iran has led to an ongoing internet outage lasting about 84 hours and counting – Iran Blackout
Product Updates
- Microsoft is retiring the ‘Send to Kindle’ feature in Word, removing the ability to send documents directly to Kindle devices – Send to Kindle
State-linked APTs
- Multiple state-aligned groups are active: the FBI warns North Korea-linked Kimsuky is running “quishing” attacks, China-nexus actor UAT-7290 targeted telecoms across South Asia and Europe, and MuddyWater has shifted from PowerShell to stealthy Rust implants dubbed “RustyWater” – Kimsuky Quishing, UAT-7290 Telecom, RustyWater Rust
Data & Privacy
- Breach claims: Hackers accessed patient records at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center with delayed notification, while Instagram denies reports of a 17 million-account data leak – Hawaii Data, Instagram Leak
- Regulation: California bans a data broker from reselling the health data of millions of people – CA Data Ban
Infrastructure
- Internet blackout: Nationwide unrest in Iran has led to an ongoing internet outage lasting about 84 hours and counting – Iran Blackout
Product Updates
- Microsoft is retiring the ‘Send to Kindle’ feature in Word, removing the ability to send documents directly to Kindle devices – Send to Kindle