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Cyber crime Exploits & Zero-Days
Malicious Script Plagues Over 2,000 WordPress Accounts, Redirects Visitors to Scam Sites

Over 2,000 WordPress sites were compromised by a malicious script that redirects visitors to scam sites, gains admin access, and installs fake plugins.

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Phishing & BEC
NetWire RAT Hidden in IMG Files Deployed in BEC Campaign

A recent BEC campaign targets organizations by sending them emails with IMG (disk imaging) file attachments hiding a NetWire remote access trojan.

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Cyber crime
Sextortion Scheme Claims Use of Home Cameras, Demands Bitcoin or Gift Card Payment

A new sextortion scheme threatens to expose nude videos supposedly captured via victims' mobile phones and home cameras.

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OT & critical infrastructure
Fake Company, Real Threats: Logs From a Smart Factory Honeypot

To determine threat actors' degree of knowledge in compromising a smart factory, we deployed our most elaborate honeypot to date. The incidents we observed show the kinds of attacks that can easily affect poorly secured manufacturing environments.

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Malware Botnets Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency Miner Uses Hacking Tool Haiduc and App Hider Xhide to Brute Force Machines and Servers

The cryptocurrency-miner, a multi-component threat comprised of different Perl and Bash scripts, miner binaries, the application hider Xhide, and a scanner tool, propagates by scanning vulnerable machines and brute-forcing (primarily default) credentials.

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Botnets
Into the Battlefield: A Security Guide to IoT Botnets

We recap the history and recent campaigns of IoT botnets to help users defend against the different malware competing for control and resources of regular smart devices.

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IoT & smart devices OT & critical infrastructure
Drilling Deep: A Look at Cyberattacks on the Oil and Gas Industry

We break down the digital attacks against the oil and gas industry and its supply chain.

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Cybercriminal underground
Cheats, Hacks, and Cyberattacks: Threats to the Esports Industry in 2019 and Beyond

Esports competitions continue to gain momentum, making the entities involved more attractive targets for cybercrime.

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Ransomware & extortion Malware
Putting the Eternal in EternalBlue: Mapping the Use of the Infamous Exploit

In 2017, EternalBlue was the driving force behind one of the nastiest ransomware outbreaks on record. And despite available fixes, it is still being used by malware today—from ransomware to widespread cryptocurrency miners.

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Cyber crime
The Risks of Open Banking: Are Banks and their Customers Ready for PSD2?

Our research highlights the current and new risks that the financial industry will have to defend against, and predict how cybercriminals will abuse and attack Open Banking.

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