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TeamTNT’s New Tools Target Multiple OS

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The attackers are indiscriminately striking thousands of victims worldwide with their new “Chimaera” campaign. The TeamTNT malware pushers have a slew of new toys with which to wreak havoc...

What Ragnar Locker Got Wrong About Ransomware Negotiators – Podcast

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There are a lot of "tells" that the ransomware group doesn’t understand how negotiators work, despite threatening to dox data if victims call for help. The Ragnar Locker ransomware gang...

New 0-Day Attack Targeting Windows Users With Microsoft Office Documents

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By: Ravie Lakshmanan Microsoft on Tuesday warned of an actively exploited zero-day flaw impacting Internet Explorer that's being used to hijack vulnerable Windows systems by leveraging weaponized Office documents. Tracked as...

Microsoft, CISA Urge Mitigations for Zero-Day RCE Flaw in Windows

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Attackers are actively attempting to exploit a vulnerability in MSHTML that allows them to craft a malicious ActiveX control to be used by Microsoft Office files. Both Microsoft and federal...

Spoofing Bug Highlights Cybersecurity for Digital Vaccine Passports

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Australian immunization app bug lets attackers fake vaccine status. Three weeks after an independent researcher found a critical bug in the Services Australia COVID-19 digital vaccine certificate that would allow...

Ragnar Locker Gang Warns Victims Not to Call the FBI

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Investigators/the FBI/ransomware negotiators just screw everything up, the ransomware gang said, threatening to publish files if victims look for help. All that the FBI/ransomware negotiators/investigators do is muck things...
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Email Fraud Scheme Sends Victims to Fake Cryptocurrency Platforms

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Criminals are using phishing and advanced social engineering tactics to swindle unsuspecting victims out of Bitcoin by routing them to fake cryptocurrency websites, Proofpoint researchers report. The operation sends functioning sets...
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Cybercriminals See Bountiful Harvest in Food Supply Chain

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The US Department of Justice put the food and agriculture sector on notice that companies need to beef up cybersecurity or risk attacks that could hobble their business and...
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Microsoft Windows Zero-Day Under Attack

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Microsoft has issued an advisory containing mitigations and workarounds for a remote code execution flaw in Windows it says is being exploited in targeted attacks. CVE-2021-40444 exists in MSHTML, the...