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APT Exploits Microsoft Zerologon Bug: Targets Japanese Companies

19 Nov, 2020 apt, Attackers, China, Cicada, domain controller, Exploit, Government, Malware, Microsoft, Microsoft Active Directory, privilege escalation, Security News, threat actors, Vulnerability, zero day, zerologon 0 Comments 0

Threat actors mount year-long campaign of espionage, exfiltrating data, stealing credentials and installing backdoors on victims’ networks. China-backed APT Cicada joins the list of threat actors leveraging the Microsoft Zerologon bug to stage attacks against their targets. In this case, victims are large and well-known Japanese organizations and their subsidiaries, . . . Read more

Apple Patches Bugs Tied to Previously Identified Zero-Days

06 Nov, 2020 Apple, google, Google Project Zero, iOS, iPadOS, iPhone, ipod, Mobile Security, Security, Security News, threat actors, Vulnerabilities, Windows, zero-day vulnerabilities 0 Comments 0

The actively exploited vulnerabilities discovered by Project Zero exist across iPhone, iPad and iPod devices. Apple has patched three previously identified zero-day vulnerabilities in its iPhone, iPod and iPad devices potentially related to a spate of related flaws recently discovered by the Google Project Zero team that also affect Google . . . Read more

Malspam Campaign Milks Election Uncertainty

05 Nov, 2020 2020 elections, E-mail, emotet, infostealer, malspam, Malware, Malwarebytes Labs, qbot, Research, Security, Security News, threat actors, Trojan, voters, voting 0 Comments 0

Emails try to lure victims with malicious documents claiming to have information about voting interference. Threat actors have taken advantage of the ongoing uncertainty around the 2020 U.S. election to unleash a new malspam campaign aimed at spreading the Qbot trojan. Criminals behind Qbot resurfaced the day after the election . . . Read more

Microsoft Warns Threat Actors Continue to Exploit Zerologon Bug

30 Oct, 2020 apt, Attackers, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security, domain controller, Exploit, Government, Hacks, Microsoft, Microsoft Active Directory, patch, privilege escalation, Security News, threat actors, Vulnerabilities, Vulnerability, zero day, zerologon 0 Comments 0

Tech giant and feds this week renewed their urge to organizations to update Active Directory domain controllers. Threat attackers continue to exploit the Microsoft Zerologon vulnerability, a situation that’s been a persistent worry to both the company and the U.S. government over the last few months. Both on Thursday renewed . . . Read more

Trump Campaign Website Defaced by Cryptocurrency Scam

28 Oct, 2020 2020 election, coronavirus, Cryptocurrency, Cryptography, Government, hack, Hackers, Hacking, Hacks, Malware, Monero, President Trump, Security News, threat actors, Trump campaign, twitter, voter fraud, voting 0 Comments 0

Hackers claim to have access to classified information linking the president to the origin of the coronavirus and criminal collusion with foreign actors.