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New AndroRAT Exploits Allow for Permanent Rooting

A new variant of Android Remote Access Tool can inject root exploits to perform malicious tasks such as silent installation, shell command execution, WiFi password collection, and more. It targets CVE-2015-1805, a vulnerability disclosed in 2016.

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Exploits & Zero-Days Targeted attacks
North Korean Hackers Allegedly Exploit Adobe Flash Player Vulnerability (CVE-2018-4878) Against South Korean Targets

In a security alert posted on its website on January 31, The South Korean Computer Emergency Response Team (KR-CERT) warned of a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash player that could be maliciously exploited.

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Google’s DoubleClick Abused to Deliver Miners

On January 24, 2018, we observed that the number of Coinhive web miner detections tripled due to a malvertising campaign. Attackers seem to have abused Google’s DoubleClick, which provides internet ad serving services, for traffic distribution.

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APTs Targeted attacks
Pawn Storm Targets and Politically Motivated Campaigns

The active espionage actor group Pawn Storm didn’t shy away from their brazen attacks in the second half of 2017. We can often relate them to earlier attacks by carefully looking at the technical indicators and motives.

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Exploits & Zero-Days
Meltdown and Spectre Intel Processor Vulnerabilities: What You Need to Know

Microsoft, Linux, Google, and Apple started rolling out patches addressing design flaws in processor chips that security researchers named Meltdown and Spectre. What are they, and how can they affect users?

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Cyber threats
Digmine Miner Spreading via Facebook Messenger

A new cryptocurrency-mining bot is spreading through Facebook Messenger. We named this Digmine based on the moniker (비트코인 채굴기 bot) it was referred to in a report of recent related incidents in South Korea.

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Cloud
Data on 123 Million US Households Exposed Due to Misconfigured AWS S3 Bucket

A year that saw major data breaches, including some notable ones from companies like Uber and Equifax, just saw another breach that will likely rank as among 2017’s most notable incidents.

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Exploits & Zero-Days
17-Year Old MS Office Flaw (CVE-2017-11882) Actively Exploited in the Wild

Several threat actors are actively exploiting CVE-2017-11882 to deliver a plethora of threats, including the information-stealing Loki, Pony/FAREIT, and a lockscreen with a ransom note that resembles Bad Rabbit's.

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Uber Breach Exposes the Data of 57 Million Drivers and Users

In a highly publicized data breach incident, rideshare application Uber announced that the personal information of 57 million customers and drivers were potentially compromised in October 2016.

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Cyber crime
Coinhive Miner Emerges as the 6th Most Common Malware

A new report reveals Coinhive's reach after it ranked the coin miner as the 6th most common malware in the world.

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