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Twin B Joe Fresh upends Sylvia Hanover in $250,000 Lynch

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Twin B Joe Fresh (Roll With Joe) used an aggressive approach and it paid off as her main rival broke stride and she went on to win the $250,000 James Lynch Memorial for sophomore pacing fillies in harness racing action at Pocono Downs on Saturday afternoon (August 19th).

Twin B Joe Fresh and driver Dexter Dunn (Curtis Salonick Photo)

Driver Dexter Dunn used his post advantage with Twin Be Joe Fresh on Sylvia Hanover (Bob McClure) to take command early and force that rival – who had yet to lose a race this year before today – to take back. Twin B Joe Fresh was allowed to set a reserved early pace, clicking off a quarter in :27.2 and a half in a pedestrian :56.2. Meanwhile, Sylvia Hanover, who pulled at the three-eighths pole, moved up to challenge and pulled even with the leader at the five-eighths pole.

The rival fillies battled through a :26.1 third quarter throwdown and appeared to be readying for an epic stretch drive when Sylvia Hanover jumped off stride just past the 1:22.3 three quarters. Her break in stride drew an audible gasp from the on-track crowd.

That left only pocket sitting Charleston to worry about and Twin B Joe Fresh, on the strength of a :27.1 kicker, easily held that rival at bay by 1 1/2 lengths. in 1:49.4. It was another three lengths back to Sweet Amira who edged Odds on Hail Mary for third.

TWIN B JOE FRESH REPLAY

Victorious driver Dunn, who also owns the winner with trainer Chris Ryder and partners, said his filly was easy to rate and that helped. “We did get a good breather, she came back to me nicely,” he said. “If you can get her out of the gate, she’ll come back to you nicely. Obviously, we had Sylvia bearing down on us on the back there. It was a little lucky for us that she made a break, but my filly was still traveling great at the time.”

Twin B Joe Fresh, who paid $3.80 as the slight favorite, was taking her fifth win in eight starts this year and she raised her lifetime earnings to more than $911,000.

$125,000 Lynch Consolation won on front end

Front Page Story (Captaintreacherous) took over the lead passing the quarter then dominated from there winning the $125,000 James Lynch Memorial Consolation II…

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Intel insiders go undercover revealing fresh details into NoName hacktivist operations

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In a Black Hat exclusive interview with Cybernews, two Radware threat researchers turned ‘undercover hacktivists’ pose as pro-Russian sympathizers, revealing new insights into the inner workings of the cyberterrorist gang NoName057(16).

“The importance of NoName for us, if you look at the number of attacks that their doing, it’s much bigger than, for example, Anonymous Sudan or even Killnet,” said the Radware researchers, who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons.

Calling Killnet media savvy, the researchers pointed out that “Killnet makes it a lot into the news, but actually, in terms of attacks and targeting, they don’t do that much anymore.”

Anonymous Sudan and Killnet, whose self-proclaimed leader is known as Killmilk, are just two of the well-known pro-Russian hacktivist groups that have been actively targeting Ukraine and the West since the Russian invasion last spring
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but more on that later.

The two unnamed insiders sat down with me to tell their tale on the last day of the Black Hat USA convention, settling in at a random table on the floor of the swag-filled Business Hall, away from the commotion.

Cybernews readers will get to see the visuals accompanying their research – For Intel and Profit: Exploring the Russian Hacktivist Community – here for the first time.

From insights into the ever-evolving Russian hacktivist landscape to documenting NoName’s steady stream of persistent attacks, these security gurus have proven firsthand that the gang’s crowdsourced “DDoSia” platform is providing a steady stream of crypto payouts to otherwise ordinary citizens whose only commonality is that they despise Ukraine and any of its Western supporters.

Furthermore, according to the duo, it’s not going to stop anytime soon.

NoName nation heat map:
Image by Radware

Who is NoName057(16)?

Before we dive right into the gang’s newly discovered operations, let’s briefly profile this steadfast group of attackers and find out what they’ve been up to since they first entered the scene back in March of 2022, and more recently.

To begin with, Radware’s research shows that NoName dominated the pro-Russian hacktivist landscape in the first half of 2023, carrying out a whopping 1174…

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What Causes a Rise or Fall in Fresh Zero-Day Exploits?

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Governance & Risk Management
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Patch Management

Google Report Lauds Transparency and Researchers, Warns Against Incomplete Fixes

Mathew J. Schwartz
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July 31, 2023    

What Causes a Rise or Fall in Fresh Zero-Day Exploits?
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Why are so many fresh zero-day vulnerabilities getting exploited in the wild?

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A new study from Google says that last year, 41 new zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild. While that’s welcome news in terms of recent volume – it’s a 40% decrease from the all-time annual high of 69 in 2021 – it’s still well above the annual average compared to 2015 onward.


Zero-day vulnerabilities are dangerous because they allow attackers – who are oftentimes spies but sometimes criminals – to amass victims, frequently without the victims becoming aware until it’s too late. But simply counting the number of zero-day flaws that are found every year isn’t a guide to whether things are getting better or worse, and also cannot account for how many zero-day exploits are being used in the wild but haven’t yet been detected by the “good guys.”


One reason so many zero-day flaws were discovered last year – over the average since 2015 – is likely thanks in part to vendors being more transparent, said Maddie Stone, a security researcher with Google’s Threat Analysis Group, in a blog post.


Unfortunately, 40% of the new zero-days discovered were variations on zero-day vulnerabilities vendors had already patched. Sometimes, vendor fixes were part of the problem because they added new, exploitable flaws to the code base.


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Cybersecurity Threats Need Fresh Data Recovery Strategies

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The information age is a double-edged sword. Advanced technologies are accelerating incredible achievements for businesses and consumers. We are more connected than ever, and those connections are faster and increasingly more immediate. But technology has also made it easier for those who seek to gain an advantage by exploiting others. Hidden in the digital web of interconnections are people intent on stealing your content or holding it to a hefty ransom for its return.

I was once told that “The only really secure way to keep your data safe is to put it into a box with no electronic connections and guarded by sentries.” Well, that’s not perfect because humans are fallible. But today’s organizations need digital sentries and multiple lines of defense against cybercrime, which can devastate a business when it hits and impacts can linger for years after the initial attack.

Ransomware has been steadily growing in prominence and impact since the WannaCry ransomware outbreak that infiltrated systems around the world in 2017. While criminals develop more advanced techniques, the fundamentals of ransomware remain the same. Attackers penetrate a network, find and encrypt data, and demand payment for a decryption key.

The threat of ransomware is increasing quickly, and the impact of an attack is enormous. It’s not a question of “if” but of “when” you will face this challenge. Choosing between ransom payments or suffering data loss is costly and risky.

The costs associated with cyberattacks, including lost business, insurance rate hikes, lawsuits, criminal investigations and bad press, can even put a company out of business – and fast! Here are just a few of the many data breaches that occurred during the past 18 months and their costly toll:

• The New York Times reported that T-Mobile reached a $500 million settlement after a huge 2021 data breach. The company, which said the attack had affected 76.6 million people, agreed to pay $350 million to settle claims and spend $150 million to bolster security.
• Insider reported that global insurance provider CNA Financial forked over a reported $40 million post-cyberattack last year.
• The Washington Post reported that the…

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