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Google has released updates for its popular Chrome browser to remediate several vulnerabilities, including a high-severity vulnerability that has already been exploited in the wild. This marks the fourth zero-day vulnerability that had to be patched in Chrome this year.

The Ukrainian police force arrested nine members of a cybercrime group that operated over 400 phishing websites. The group successfully abused stolen information in at least 5,000 cases, resulting in $3.36 million being stolen from victims in total.

The LockBit gang is one of the most active ransomware groups at the moment. Last Sunday, they released LockBit 3.0, the latest strain of their malware — and also published the data of five new victims on their leak site.

The Raccoon Stealer gang has just launched version 2.0 of their info-stealing malware, and is actively selling it as a service. Criminals can use the new Raccoon Stealer for $275 per month or $125 per week.

An ongoing wave of phishing emails is using missed voicemail messages as a lure. Multiple US companies in various sectors were targeted last week again. The goal of the attackers is to steal Microsoft 365 credentials in order to access their environments.

Conti has been one of the most active ransomware gangs of late. After recent attention, the group announced that they will abandon the brand. Their infrastructure has not been updated since, and some of their leak sites are offline. Of course, this does not mean that they will fully disappear.

The June 2022 cumulative updates for Windows Server have caused trouble for administrators of servers that have Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) enabled.