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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the United States has issued a warning to all public and private entities to stay away from the Royal Ransomware group. CISA issued an advisory as a part of its StopRansomware Campaign and issued some tips that help raise the defense-line against such cyber threats.

Royal Ransomware gang has been active since September 2022 and demands a sum ranging between $1m to $11 million that needs to be paid in Bitcoins. To avoid these attacks, CISA suggests using protective security measures and keeping data secure with encryption.

The NCSC of the United Kingdom has opposed Twitter’s decision to forgo multi-factor authentication in the coming weeks. This could spell trouble, as hackers can easily hijack an account to publish scam related campaigns, hate speech, biased political statements and more. Thus, Britain’s cyber arm of GCHQ is urging Twitter users to use other online services in securing their online accounts, by adding an extra layer of security- on top of password managers and a 14-16 character password.

According to a finding of Trend Micro, at least 30% of those involved in cyber crime are women and among those 3% are from Russia. AI driven stats revealed that nearly half of them were actively taking part in hacking forums as active users. This news gives a great relief, as it shows that gender bias is not present in the cyber crime sector.

On February 14th of this year, the Public Transport System of State of Washington was encrypted by a file encrypting malware. Pierce Transit, a pooling service related to car and bus, was hit by a ransomware, blocking access to a certain extent to customers. LockBit Ransomware group took a claim of the incident on February 28th 2023 and is reportedly demanding $10 million to free up the data from malware.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 34-year woman for bombarding the email account of a Federal MP with over 32,000 emails. She was arrested on March 1st of this year and the Penrith Local court presented her on March 2nd, 2023, after which they granted her bail with strict conditions. The court scheduled the next hearing for April last week of this year and expect a final decree to be pronounced on that day.

In conclusion, the CISA of the United States has issued a warning to all public and private entities to stay away from the Royal Ransomware group. The NCSC of the United Kingdom has opposed Twitter’s decision to forgo multi-factor authentication and is urging Twitter users to use other online services in securing their online accounts. Furthermore, a finding of Trend Micro revealed that at least 30% of those involved in cyber crime are women. The Public Transport System of State of Washington was encrypted by a file encrypting malware and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 34-year woman for bombarding the email account of a Federal MP. To reduce the risk of cyber threats, it is important to use protective security measures, keep data secure with encryption, and add an extra layer of security on top of password managers and a 14-16 character password.

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