We continue to be plagued daily by fake financial themed emails containing java adwind / Java Jacksbot /QRAT /JRAT attachments. I have previously mentioned many of these HERE. We have been seeing these sort of emails almost every day and there was nothing much to update. Today’s has a slightly different […]
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Dutch tax authority, banks face coordinated cyberattack
Dutch tax authority, banks face coordinated cyberattack The Dutch taxation authority, as well as several banks, faced a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks on their networks Monday, in what appears to be a coordinated strike on the Netherlands’ financial infrastructure. The tax authority said it experienced DDoS attacks that caused […]
Fake quotation malspam delivers some sort of malware.
An email with the subject of Quotation coming from what appears to be a compromised email account or web server m.syarifullah@geamedical.com with a zip attachment which contains an unknown malware. I am guessing it is some sort of password stealer or keylogger. ( I am being told it is Agent Tesla keylogger) […]
Le retour des Ranswomwares avec l’apparition de GandCrab: Comprendre son mode de fonctionnement et comment mettre fin à ce virus?
Le retour des Ranswomwares avec l’apparition de GandCrab: Comprendre son mode de fonctionnement et comment mettre fin à ce virus? Introduction Comme prévu et comme Cyber.tn a déja mentionné dans un de ses articles; l’année 2018 sera l’année des ransomwares par excellence, et ca commence pas mal avec l’apparition d’un […]
Lizard Squad is alive and continuing activities as BigBotPein: Report
According to researchers, evidence suggests Lizard Squad is alive and well, continuing their malicious activities under the guise of BigBotPein. ZingBox researchers have strong evidence that BigBotPein group is the new name under which the Lizard Squad is discreetly carrying out cybercriminal activities and that Lizard Squad has a close […]
Attackers can Bypass Fingerprint Authentication in Lenovo devices
Vulnerability in Lenovo Devices Allows Attacker to Bypass Fingerprint Authentication and Gain Higher Privileges. In case you own a ThinkCentre, ThinkPad or ThinkStation system manufactured by Lenovo, then we suggest that you immediately install an important security fix so as to prevent the vulnerability that bypasses encoded fingerprint data with […]
Mozilla plugs critical and easily exploitable flaw in Firefox
Firefox users would do well to upgrade to the browser’s latest release if they want to keep their computers safe from compromise. Released on Monday, Firefox 58.0.1 contains one but very important security fix that plugs a vulnerability arising from insufficient sanitization of HTML fragments in chrome-privileged documents. (In this […]
Most Threatening DNS Security Risks And How To Avoid Them
The DNS or Domain Name System is one of the most necessary components for the internet functionality. Most often, the internet businesses are negligent to the security of their digital identity that is the DNS. This poor security of DNS makes it vulnerable to many cyber attacks which are beneficial […]
Another South Carolina School District Attacked With Ransomware
Ransomware Attacks Third South Carolina School District Over the last year, three different ransomware attacks have successfully infected three different South Carolina school districts. The first reports of Horry County Schools being riddled with ransomware came in February of 2016. That school district gained approval to pay the $8,500 ransom […]
Multiple zero-day vulnerabilities found in ManageEngine products
Digital Defense uncovered multiple, previously undisclosed vulnerabilities within several Zoho ManageEngine products. ManageEngine offers more than 90 tools to help manage IT operations, including networks, servers, applications, service desk, Active Directory, security, desktops, and mobile devices. Currently, the company claims to have more than 40,000 customers, including three out of […]