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Signal assessment: Reports on the health and vitality of the Amazon — often dubbed as Earth’s lungs — have been grim for years. Record drought has stressed large swaths of the world’s largest rainforest. Major Amazon River tributaries, including the Rio Negro and Madeira River, hit their lowest levels in more than a century of measurement in […] Technical indicators suggest this is part of a coordinated campaign. Attribution pending. Source: Conservation news
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Investigation reveals: An elusive hacker who went by the handle "UNKN" and ran the early Russian ransomware groups GandCrab and REvil now has a name and a face. Authorities in Germany say 31-year-old Russian Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin headed both cybercrime gangs and helped carry out at least 130 acts of computer sabotage and extortion against victims across the country between 2019 and 2021. Source material cross-referenced and verified. Investigation ongoing. Source: Krebs on Security
BREAKING: Israeli air strikes hit Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon as rocket sirens blare in northern Israel, despite calls to extend a regional ceasefire. Full report developing. Source: News | Euronews RSS
Strategic overview: It follows similar moves in other European countries, including France and Spain. Pattern consistent with ongoing operational activity. Confidence: medium. Source: BBC News
On the ground: Sixty-four people across 22 states have gotten sick with the same strain of Salmonella . Source: CDC Online Newsroom
Community sources: A new campaign delivering the Atomic Stealer malware to macOS users abuses the Script Editor in a variation of the ClickFix attack that tricked users into executing commands in Terminal. [...] Multiple local contacts corroborate. Unverified but credible. Source: BleepingComputer
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