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Ali Baba and the forty cyberthreats

July 9, 2020 admin 0 Comments Business, Containers, enterprise, fairy tale, passwords, SMB, Social engineering, spies, truth

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2020 11:12:48 +0000

It turns out that the tale of Ali Baba is a collection of stories from ancient Persia about … cyberthreats?

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Why coronavirus contact tracing apps are failing

July 1, 2020 admin Bluetooth, IT Leadership, Mobile Apps, privacy, ransomware, Security, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:06:00 -0700

Security, yes. But the biggest problem to adoption is staring us all in the mirror. Here's what that means for you and your organization.

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Coronavirus campaigns lead to surge in malware threats, Labs report finds

June 1, 2020 admin attack on home base, avemaria, AZORult, coronavirus, covid-19, CTNT, CTNT report, cybercrime, cybercrime tactics & techniques, cybercrime tactics and techniques, danabot, LokiBot, malware, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, netwiredrc, phishing, phishing scam, reports, scams, Social engineering, Threat analysis, UNICEF

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:00:00 +0000

Our latest, special edition for our quarterly CTNT report focuses on recent, increased malware threats which all have one, big thing in common—using coronavirus as a lure.

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Tags: Attack on home base avemaria AZORult coronavirus covid-19 CTNT CTNT report cybercrime tactics & techniques cybercrime tactics and techniques danabot LokiBot Malwarebytes malwarebytes labs netwiredRC phishing phishing scam UNICEF

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Fake “Corona Antivirus” distributes BlackNET remote administration tool

March 23, 2020 admin Antivirus, Botnet, coronavirus, covid-19, fake, malware, Rat, Social engineering, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 19:35:57 +0000

Beware of fraudulent antivirus products taking advantage of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Tags: antivirus botnet coronavirus covid-19 fake malware rat

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APT36 jumps on the coronavirus bandwagon, delivers Crimson RAT

March 17, 2020 admin APT, apt36, coronavirus, coronavirus malware, covid-19, credential stealer, crimson rat, exploit, Exploits, info-stealer, macro, malicious macro, malware, nation-state attack, Rat, remote administration tool, Social engineering, spear phishing, spear phishing attack, Threat analysis, transparent tribe

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000

We look at a spear phishing attack from APT36, an Advanced Persistent Threat group posing as the government of India and offering guidance on coronavirus. Instead, users are infected with a Crimson RAT that steals data.

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