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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 11:46:11 +0000

A journalist incorrectly branded as a “hacker” by the governor of Missouri won’t be prosecuted.

Categories: Hacking

Tags: Cole County Prosecutor Department of Elementary and Secondary Education DESE Gov. Mike Parson Jean Manake Josh Renaud Locke Thompson Missouri Press Association Post-Dispatch St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Security Sophos

February 15, 2022 admin

Vulnerable Exchange server hit by Squirrelwaffle and financial fraud

Credit to Author: Tilly Travers| Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:00:59 +0000

While Squirrelwaffle leveraged Exchange to spread malspam through hijacked email threads, one thread was spirited away by attackers to trick the target into a money transfer

Security Sophos

February 15, 2022 admin

Rapid Response: The Squirrelwaffle Incident Guide

Credit to Author: Tilly Travers| Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:00:10 +0000

Squirrelwaffle is a malicious dropper or loader used to deliver other malware onto target systems. This guide shows Security Operations Centers (SOCs) and Incident Response Teams how to detect and respond to the presence of Squirrelwaffle on the network

MalwareBytes Security

February 15, 2022 admin

Update now! Chrome patches actively exploited zero-day vulnerability

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:50:16 +0000

Google has patched 11 bugs in Chrome, one of which was being actively exploited.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Tags: Animation chrome cve-2022-0609 UAF

Security TrendMicro

February 15, 2022 admin

SMS PVA Services’ Use of Infected Android Phones Reveals Flaws in SMS Verification

Credit to Author: Zhengyu Dong| Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Certain SMS PVA services allow their customers to create disposable user profiles or register multiple accounts on many popular online platforms. These services can be abused by criminals to conduct fraud or other malicious activities.

Fortinet Security

February 14, 2022 admin

NFT Lure Used to Distribute BitRAT

FortiGuard Labs researchers discovered an Excel file that uses NFT related information as a lure to download and install BitRAT malware. Read our blog to learn how the attack works.