2018 – Page 34

A New Ransomware Attack Posed as Windows Activator Emerging in Wild With Hidden Functions

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

A new ransomware distributed by attackers posing as a Windows Activator appearing to be distributed through external network drives. The ransomware found to be active from August 7th and spreading since then. Researchers from 360totalsecurity spotted the ransomware contains hidden configuration function and the information used for encryption. Once the ransomware execution […]

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Iran-linked COBALT DICKENS group targets universities in new phishing campaign

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

Experts from SecureWorks discovered a large phishing campaign targeting universities carried out by an Iran-linked threat actor COBALT DICKENS. Security firm SecureWorks has uncovered a new phishing campaign carried out by COBALT DICKENS APT targeting universities worldwide, it involved sixteen domains hosting more than 300 spoofed websites for 76 universities in 14 countries, […]

Andromeda Botnet Operator Released With a Slap on the Wrist

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

Sergey Yarets, also known as Ar3s, a hacker arrested last year for running an instance of the Andromeda botnet, was released by Belarusian authorities with nothing more than a slap on the wrist. Authorities dropped all charged after Yarets cooperated with investigators, and after he handed over all the profits […]

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Experts warn of possible attacks after PoC code for CVE-2018-11776 Struts flaw was published

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

The Exploit code for the recently discovered Critical remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2018-11776 in Apache Struts 2 was published on GitHub, experts fear massive attacks. The CVE-2018-11776 vulnerability affects Struts 2.3 through 2.3.34, Struts 2.5 through 2.5.16, and potentially unsupported versions of the popular Java framework. “Possible Remote Code Execution when using results with […]

Security firm attributes Cosmos Bank cyberheist to Lazarus APT

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

Security experts from Securonix have published a report that attributes the attack against on the Cosmos Bank to the Lazarus APT group. Cosmos Bank is one of the largest Indian cooperative banks, it was the victim of a cyberheist a couple of weeks ago when hackers stole over 940 million rupees ($13.5 million) in […]

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Multiple Malware Campaigns Distributing Remcos RAT Via Malicious Excel and Word Documents

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

Multiple malware campaigns attempting to install Remcos RAT on victim’s machines to gain access to the system. Attackers delivering the malware through Excel spreadsheets and Word documents. Remcos remote access tool offered for sales by a company called Breaking Security and the license ranges from €58.00 to €389.00 based on the […]

T-Mobile Hacked – Attackers Stolen 2 Million Customers Sensitive Data

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

American Telecom giant T-Mobile suffering Massive data breach and hackers stolen around 2 million customers sensitive data. T-Mobile is one of the best United States-based wireless network operator that provides wireless voice and data services in the United States. A cybersecurity Team from T-Mobile learned that an unauthorized access on their […]

New Form of Mirai Malware Attacking Cross Platform By leveraging Open-Source Project

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

A newly discovered different form of Mirai malware leveraging Open-Source Project called Aboriginal Linux to infect multiple cross-platforms such as routers, IP cameras, connected devices, and even Android devices. Mirai malware has strong records of infecting poorly managing IoT devices and performing DDOS attacks on various platforms. Mirai Malware(Mirai.linux) initially reported in […]

37,000 Eir Customer’s Personal Data Exposed as their Company Laptop Stolen

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

Eir data breach exposed more than 37,000 Irish customer’s personal data that includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and eir account numbers. The company confirms none of the financial data relating to the customer was leaked. Eir is the fixed mobile and broadband telecommunications company in Ireland that was founded on […]

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AdvisorsBot Malware Attack on Hotels, Restaurants, and Telecommunications Via Weaponized Word Document

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

Newly discovered AdvisorsBot Malware actively distributing by threat actor TA555 to target Hotels, Restaurants, and Telecommunications departments using a malicious word document. This Malware spreading in the various form via email with a fake content and trick victims to open it infect the victims and steal the sensitive data. Researchers observers that the AdvisorsBot Malware […]