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Exploits & Zero-Days
Blocking A CurveBall: PoCs Out for Critical Microsoft-NSA Bug CVE-2020-0601

Security researchers have released PoCs for critical vulnerability CurveBall (CVE-2020-0601).

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Phishing & BEC
Texas School District Loses $2.3 Million to Phishing Scam, BEC

A Texas school district is investigating an email phishing attack after a series of transactions resulted in the loss of an estimated US$2.3 million.

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Ransomware & extortion
Sodinokibi Ransomware Increases Yearend Activity, Targets Airport and Other Businesses

The Sodinokibi ransomware ended the year with a bang by launching a new round of attacks aimed at multiple organizations, including the Albany International Airport and the foreign exchange company Travelex.

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OT & critical infrastructureTargeted attacks
Dymalloy, Electrum, and Xenotime Hacking Groups Set Their Targets on US Energy Sector

At least three hacking groups have been identified aiming to interfere with or disrupt power grids across the United States. Attempts in attacking the utilities industry are on the rise, according to a report on the state of industrial control systems (ICSs).

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MalwareBotnetsCryptocurrency
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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Exploits & Zero-Days
Patched Microsoft Access ‘MDB Leaker’ (CVE-2019-1463) Exposes Sensitive Data in Database Files

Researchers uncovered an information disclosure vulnerability (designated as CVE-2019-1463) affecting Microsoft Access, which occurs when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory.

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Cyber crime
Web Skimming Attack on Blue Bear Affects School Admin Software Users

A web skimming attack was used to target a school administration software that handles school accounting, student fees, and online stores for K-12 and other educational institutions.

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Ransomware & extortion
Ransomware Recap: Clop, DeathRansom, and Maze Ransomware

As the new year rolls in, new developments in different ransomware strains have emerged. Here we discuss the different techniques that Clop, DeathRansom, and Maze ransomware use and the ways users and organizations can protect themselves against infection.

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ASM ASRM
A MyKings Retrospective: Using the MITRE ATT&CK Matrix for Increased Visibility

We take a closer look at an incident involving the MyKings botnet to show how the MITRE ATT&CK framework helps with threat investigation.

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Cryptocurrency
Defending Systems Against Cryptocurrency Miner Malware

A look into cryptocurrencies' state and how cybercriminals abuse miner malware to profit at the expense of legitimate businesses, how to find signs of infection, and recommendations to defend systems from its abuse.

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