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Earth Estries Targets Government, Tech for Cyberespionage

Credit to Author: Ted Lee| Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We break down a new cyberespionage campaign deployed by a cybercriminal group we named Earth Estries. Analyzing the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed, we observed overlaps with the advanced persistent threat (APT) group FamousSparrow as Earth Estries targets governments and organizations in the technology sector.

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MalwareBytesSecurity

FBI confirms Barracuda patch is not effective for exploited ESG appliances

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Tags: Barracuda ESG

Tags: CVE-2023-2868

Tags: SEASPY

Tags: SUBMARINE

Tags: WHIRLPOOL

The FBI repeats the warning by Barracuda that all ESG appliances should immediately be replaced because the patch was ineffective.

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MalwareBytesSecurity

“An influx of Elons,” a hospital visit, and magic men: Becky Holmes shares more romance scams: Lock and Code S04E18

Categories: Podcast

This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Becky Holmes about how she flips the script on romance scammers, and what more governments should be doing to help.

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IndependentKrebs

U.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 18:35:25 +0000

The U.S. government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot, a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. The international law enforcement operation involved seizing control over the botnet’s online infrastructure, and quietly removing the Qakbot malware from tens of thousands of infected Microsoft Windows computer systems.

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