Securezoo Cybersecurity Threat Center blog posts of new cybersecurity attacks.
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 security researchers have discovered a new malware dubbed “ComboJack” that targets multiple cryptocurrencies and web based online wallets.
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Security researchers from McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research team have discovered a new cybersecurity operation dubbed “Operation Honeybee” that targets humanitarian aid organizations.
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The Sofacy group (aka APT28, Fancy Bear, and Pawn Storm) have allegedly attacked and breached German government’s secure computer network. Many security experts believe the cyberespionage group has ties back to the Russian government.
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Do you have any internet-facing devices running memcached? Security experts warn that systems exposed to the internet and running memcached on port 11211 UDP and TCP are being exploited in a new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) reflection attack.
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Trend Micro security researchers have spotted an Oracle vulnerability that is being abused to deliver dual Monero miner malware. The Oracle WebLogic WLS-WSAT vulnerability (CVE-2017-10271) allows remote code execution and was patched by Oracle back in October.
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Indian City Union Bank said that cyber criminals gained access to the bank’s SWIFT systems and made three unauthorized transfers totalling $1.8 million.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have identified Trojan malware variants, HARDRAIN and BADCALL, used by the North Korean government.
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Trend Micro researchers discovered attackers are exploiting a previously patched Windows vulnerability (CVE-2017-11882) by abusing the Windows Installer service, msiexec.exe, to deliver LokiBot malware.
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Another crypto-miner is on the loose. The new strain of malware dubbed “ADB.Miner” is spreading rapidly across Android devices with objective to infect and mine Monero cryptocurrency.
ADB.Miner worm spreads rapidly Read More »
Researchers at Proofpoint have been tracking a massive distributed botnet dubbed Smominru, a Monero cryptocurrency miner, that spreads using the EternalBlue Exploit (CVE-2017-0144).
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