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Cybercriminals are posing as Ukraine fundraisers to steal cryptocurrency

4 months ago
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Written by Tonya Riley Mar 10, 2022 | CYBERSCOOP Ukraine and charities supporting the nation have turned to soliciting cryptocurrency donations during Russia’s invasion of the country. The gamble on…

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‘PseudoManuscrypt’ Mass Spyware Campaign Targets 35K Systems

7 months ago
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It’s similar to Lazarus’s Manuscrypt malware, but the new spyware is splattering itself onto government organizations and ICS in a non-Lazarus-like, untargeted wave of attacks. Researchers have tracked new spyware…

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Relentless Log4j Attacks Include State Actors, Possible Worm

7 months ago
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More than 1.8 million attacks, against half of all corporate networks, have already launched to exploit Log4Shell. Call it a “logjam” of threats: Attackers including nation-state actors have already targeted…

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Nation-state hackers aim to exploit Log4j software flaw, Microsoft warns

7 months ago
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Written by AJ Vicens and Tim Starks Dec 15, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Hackers associated with the governments of China, Iran, North Korea and Turkey have been trying to find ways…

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New Ransomware Family Deployed in Log4Shell Attacks

7 months ago
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Recently a public exploit for the major zero-day vulnerability known as ‘Log4Shell’ in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging platform has been made available. Log4j is a development platform that enables…

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Tactical Threat Intelligence: How to shield data from advanced attacks

7 months ago
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Struck by the reality of remote collaboration, companies had to rethink both their business strategy and their infrastructure. This led many large enterprises and public organizations to restructure their data…

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Log4j flaw: Now state-backed hackers are using bug as part of attacks, warns Microsoft

7 months ago
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State-sponsored hackers from China, Iran, North Korea and Turkey have started testing, exploiting and using the Log4j bug to deploy malware, including ransomware, according to Microsoft.    As predicted by…

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CISA probes scope, potential fallout of Log4j vulnerability

7 months ago
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Written by Tim Starks Dec 14, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP A top government cyber official said Tuesday that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency hasn’t seen hackers compromise federal agencies by…

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Khonsari ransomware, Iranian group Nemesis Kitten seen exploiting Log4j vulnerability

7 months ago
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Security researchers have found evidence that the group behind the Khonsari ransomware is exploiting the Log4j vulnerability to deliver it. Other state-sponsored groups are also looking into the vulnerability, according…

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Technical Advisory: Zero-day critical vulnerability in Log4j2 exploited in the wild

7 months ago
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On December 9, 2021, Apache disclosed CVE-2021-44228, a remote code execution vulnerability – assigned with a severity of 10 (the highest possible risk score). The source of the vulnerability is Log4j,…