ESET research revealed GopherWhisper's tactics, which include deploying multiple Go-based backdoors like LaxGopher and RatGopher, along with a C++ backdoor named SSLORDoor.
The discovery was revealed by UK technology minister Ian Murray in the House of Commons on Thursday, coinciding with Biobank's own confirmation of the data issue.
CyberScoop reports that House Republicans have introduced a draft national digital privacy bill aimed at establishing business and consumer data protections against exploitation for advertising and other purposes.
California-based marijuana delivery service Three Trees had data from at least 40,000 individuals leaked as a result of a misconfigured MongoDB database, Cybernews reports.
Security researchers at SonicWall reported that ransomware actors have moved away from broad, untargeted attacks to more human-operated, "big game hunting" methodologies.
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