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We have collected the most important news from the world of cybersecurity for the week.

Bitdefender experts have discovered a new BHUNT malware aimed at stealing cryptocurrency wallet funds, passwords, and seed phrases.

The malware can also steal cookies and other confidential information stored in the cache of Chrome and Firefox browsers.

Bitdefender urged never to download software from untrusted sources and install updates in a timely manner.

Personal data 515,000 people were compromised in an attack on the servers of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Most of the data belongs to people in extremely vulnerable separated from their families due to military conflicts, migration and natural disasters, missing persons and their families, as well as persons in custody.

Who is behind the attack is unknown. The Red Cross urged hackers to do the right thing do not sell or distribute the information received.

The UK government will launch an advertising attack to end-to-end encryption, according to Rolling Stone. The main goal is to turn the public against Meta (formerly Facebook)'s decision to implement encryption in Messenger.

The UK Home Office hired advertising agency M&C Saatchi to implement this initiative.

The main argument of law enforcement officers against end-to-end encryption is a potential threat to the safety of children and the complication of identifying intruders. Due to these concerns, Meta has been forced to delay its default rollout on its Messenger and Instagram until 2023.

Through trackers embedded in emails, third parties can access the recipient's data, including their location, ProtonMail clarified.

During the detention of those suspected of participating in the REvil hacker group, Russian law enforcement officers arrested one of the people responsible for hacking the Colonial Pipeline company. This is reported by The Washington Post, citing sources.

Recall that last year Colonial Pipeline was attacked by a ransomware virus that stole about 100 GB of data and blocked computer systems. The attack was blamed on the DarkSide group, the hackers were linked to Russia.

Colonial Pipeline paid the attackers 75 BTC to restore work and return data.

Later, the FBI returned 63.7 BTC from the ransom paid by the company. It is not known how the agency gained access to the bitcoin wallet.

In January 2021, the FSB announced the detention of 14 members of the REvil group after an appeal from the United States.

In Brazil, the Telegram messenger is allowed to be blocked due to fears of the spread of fake news during the elections in October 2022, Valor Economico reports.

The head of the Supreme Electoral Court, Roberto Barroso, tried to contact the founder of the service, Pavel Durov, to discuss cooperation in but received no response.

Brazil has already concluded similar agreements with Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp.

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