Misconfigured Microsoft SQL database servers in the U.S., Latin America, and the European Union have been targeted by a Turkish hacking operation with Mimic ransomware, also known as N3ww4v3, as part of the RE#TURGENCE attack campaign, reports BleepingComputer.
Securonix cybersecurity experts say a group dubbed "TACTICAL#OCTOPUS" has been active amid the approach of the April 18 U.S. tax deadline and spreading malware via fake tax-related file downloads, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
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