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Non-existent video involving Hillary Clinton and ISIS leader used as bait in malicious spam

Aug 17, 2016 / in Uncategorized

Malicious attachment contains Adwind cross-platform remote access Trojan. Twitter Card Style:  summary Contributors: Paul Mangan, Kevin Savage Cybercriminals are using clickbait, promising a video showing Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton exchanging money with an ISIS leader, in order to distribute malicious spam emails. read more Source: Symantec

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Equation: Has secretive cyberespionage group been breached?

Aug 16, 2016 / in Uncategorized

A new attack group has released a data dump of leaked exploits and hacking tools they claim belong to the Equation group. Twitter Card Style:  summary An attack group calling itself the Shadow Brokers has released a trove of data it claims to have stolen from the Equation cyberespionage group. The data contains a range…

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Instagram accounts hacked, altered to promote adult dating spam

Aug 10, 2016 / in Uncategorized

Scammers are hacking Instagram accounts and altering profiles with sexually suggestive imagery to lure users to adult dating and porn spam. Twitter Card Style:  summary Earlier this year, we reported an influx of fake Instagram profiles luring users to adult dating sites. Over the last few months, we have observed Instagram accounts being hacked and…

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – August 2016

Aug 9, 2016 / in Uncategorized

This month the vendor is releasing nine bulletins, six of which are rated Critical. Twitter Card Style:  summary Hello, welcome to this month’s blog on the Microsoft patch release. This month the vendor is releasing nine bulletins, six of which are rated Critical. As always, customers are advised to follow these security best practices: read…

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Strider: Cyberespionage group turns eye of Sauron on targets

Aug 7, 2016 / in Uncategorized

Low-profile group uses Remsec malware to spy on targets in Russia, China, and Europe. Twitter Card Style:  summary_large_image A previously unknown group called Strider has been conducting cyberespionage-style attacks against selected targets in Russia, China, Sweden, and Belgium. The group uses an advanced piece of malware known as Remsec (Backdoor.Remsec) to conduct its attacks. read…

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New ransomware mimics Microsoft activation window

Aug 5, 2016 / in Uncategorized

A new ransomlock variant, which mainly affects the US, tricks users into calling a toll-free number to reactivate their Windows computer. Twitter Card Style:  summary Symantec has discovered a new ransomware variant that pretends to originate from Microsoft and uses social engineering techniques to trick the victim into calling a toll-free number to “reactivate” Windows….

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Latest Intelligence for July 2016

Aug 5, 2016 / in Uncategorized

Our latest intelligence reveals that the Neutrino toolkit’s activity rose more than 10 percentage points in July. Twitter Card Style:  summary The Latest Intelligence page has been refreshed through July 2016, providing the most up-to-date analysis of cybersecurity threats, trends, and insights concerning malware, spam, and other potentially harmful business risks. Here are some key…

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