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Ransomware Gangs now Cold Call and Harass Victims
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Ransomware Gangs now Cold Call and Harass Victims

The recent SolarWinds supply chain attack has dominated InfoSec headlines. The sheer scale of the attack warrants the coverage with even major media outlets dedicating time and space to cover the story. While the publics' attention is diverted elsewhere, hackers don’t seem to take too many breaks. E

SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack
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SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack

This week’s cybersecurity news has been dominated by one event, the SolarWinds supply chain attack. On Sunday, the Washington Post published an article detailing who is possibly behind the attack. The sentiment was echoed in a New York Times article published on the same day. While the finger-pointi

APT28 Hiding Malware in Virtual Disk Images
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APT28 Hiding Malware in Virtual Disk Images

Recently, this publication reported on how APT28, the infamous Russian nation-state threat actor, changed tactics to target the Norwegian parliament and recent US elections. Rather than the favored method of using spear phishing to initially compromise victims and steal credentials, the group employ

APT28 Behind recent Attack on Norwegian Parliament
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APT28 Behind recent Attack on Norwegian Parliament

According to the Norwegian police secret service (PST), APT28 is also known as Fancy Bear was behind a recent cyberattack on the Norwegian Parliament. The attack happened in August 2020 with hackers gaining access to the Parliament's email system and accessed inboxes for Stortinget (Parliament) empl

TrickBot’s returned, Worse than Before
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TrickBot’s returned, Worse than Before

The botnet called TrickBot and its operators has been a pain in the side of cybersecurity experts for years now. In October, Microsoft announced that the tech giant had partnered with several security firms and internet service providers that it had attempted to cripple TrickBot’s infrastructure. It

Blackrota – Docker’s Newest Malware
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Blackrota – Docker’s Newest Malware

It is not an underestimation by any means to say that ransomware dominates the InfoSec news feed. This has been the case for several years but 2020 is surely breaking all the past records. With ransomware dominating the headlines a few other malware trends for the year have crept by almost unnoticed

Egregor’s Rampage Continues
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Egregor’s Rampage Continues

Since Egregor’s discovery in late September early October of 2020, the ransomware has wrecked a bloody toll in the short time it has been actively claiming victims. The first few of which included Barnes and Noble, Crytek, and Ubisoft. Since the apparent retirement of the Maze ransomware gang, Egreg

Mount Locker Ransomware Targets Tax Season
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Mount Locker Ransomware Targets Tax Season

Those behind the Mount Locker ransomware are looking to ruin an already stressful time for some, the tax return season. The ransomware strain is actively looking to target file extensions used by TurboTax, a software package developed to help US users with their tax returns. Mount Locker is a relati

Malsmoke and ZLoader Targeting Adult Websites
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Malsmoke and ZLoader Targeting Adult Websites

Since the start of 2020 researchers have seen an almost continuous run of ZLoader campaigns. Initially distributed via exploit kits, malicious programs that look to exploit several known flaws, typically found in Internet Explorer. In the most recent campaigns discovered by researchers based at Malw