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Also: Omni Hack Exposed Customer Data; More Ivanti Vulnerabilities Come to LightThis week, police disrupted the LabHost phishing-as-a-service site, customer data compromised in Omni Hotels hack, more Ivanti vulnerabilities found, Moldovan botnet operator faces U.S. charges, Cisco warned of a data breach in Duo and a Spanish Guardia Civil contractor suffered a ransomware attack.

Also: Omni Hack Exposed Customer Data and More Ivanti VulnerabilitiesThis week, police took down the LabHost phishing-as-a-service site, customer data compromised in Omni Hotels hack, more Ivanti vulnerabilities, a Moldovan botnet operators faces U.S. charges, Cisco warned of data breach in Duo and a Spanish Guardia Civil contractor suffered a ransomware attack.

Hacks on Unregulated Dams Can Result in Mass Casualties, Experts and Lawmakers WarnCybersecurity experts and top lawmakers are warning that a successful cyberattack targeting federally-regulated dams across the United States - the majority of which have not received a cyber audit - could result in a severe impact on public health and even mass casualties.

Also: Nebraska Man Steals $3.5 Million of Cloud Services to Mine $1M of CryptoEvery week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, sentencing in the first-ever conviction for hacking a smart contract, indictment in a million-dollar illicit mining, FTX executive's sentencing, Railgun's money-laundering defense and Uniswap's Wells Notice.

Centers for Underserved Patients, Resource-Poor Communities Fight for Cyber FundsMichigan's largest federally qualified health center, which treats homeless and underserved patients, is notifying more than 184,000 individuals of a December ransomware attack that compromised their data. The incident reflects the many challenges that under-resourced healthcare groups face.

Russian Cyber Sabotage Unit Sandworm Adopting Advanced Techniques, Mandiant WarnsRussia's preeminent cyber sabotage unit presents "one of the widest and high severity cyber threats globally," warned Mandiant in a Wednesday report. Mandiant newly designated Sandworm as APT44 to differentiate it from another hacking unit it will still track as APT28.

Kapeka Shows Similarities to Russian GRU Hacking Group's GreyEnergy MalwareLikely Russian military intelligence hackers known as Sandworm since at least mid-2022 have deployed a new and highly flexible back door against Eastern European targets, warn security researchers. Security firm WithSecure dubs the backdoor "Kapeka."

Orrick Herrington Cyberattack Compromised Clients' Data, Affected Nearly 638,000A global law firm that provides data breach legal services has agreed to an $8 million settlement to resolve a proposed class action lawsuit filed against the firm in the aftermath of its cyberattack last year, which affected some health sector clients and nearly 638,000 individuals.

Experts Warn of Growing Threat From Supply Chain Attacks After High-Profile BreachCybersecurity experts are sounding the alarm over a rise in supply chain attacks targeting the interconnected systems of global corporate giants after the top U.S. cyber agency urged Sisense customers to reset their credentials following an apparent hack.