Cybersecurity firms are usually using headless devices or virtual machines to determine if a website is used for phishing. In order to bypass detection, a phishing kit will make use of JavaScript to check whether a browser is running under a virtual machine or without an attached monitor, if the kit discovers any signs of…
In this report the McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) Strategic Intelligence team details an espionage campaign, targeting telecommunication companies, dubbed Operation Diànxùn. In this attack, we discovered malware using similar tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to those observed in earlier campaigns publicly attributed to the threat actors RedDelta and Mustang Panda. While the initial vector…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management One-Click Mitigation Tool Provides Quick Fix for ProxyLogon Exchange Flaw Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • March 16, 2021 Microsoft has released an interim mitigation tool designed to help smaller organizations take quick action to prevent attacks that exploit the unpatched ProxyLogon…
European countries pausing use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab were risking the lives of their citizens and “throwing caution to the wind”, Dr Anthony Cox, who researches drug safety at the University of Birmingham has said. He told BBC World News: “What we seem to have had is like a cascade of bad decision making…
Use This One-Click Mitigation Tool from Microsoft to Prevent Exchange Attacks | IT Security News 16. March 2021 Microsoft on Monday released a one-click mitigation software that applies all the necessary countermeasures to secure vulnerable environments against the ongoing widespread ProxyLogon Exchange Server cyberattacks.Called Exchange On-premises Mitigation Tool (EOMT), the PowerShell-based script serves to mitigate against current…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management ‘Unsophisticated’ Code Has Scant Resemblance to WannaCry Namesake, Researchers Say Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 16, 2021 DearCry ransomware appends “.CRYPT” to forcibly encrypted files. (Source: Sophos) Fresh ransomware targeting as-yet-unpatched on-premises Exchange servers appears to have been rushed…
Norway took the decision to pause using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as precautionary measure, Sara Watle, senior physician at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said. She told BBC World News: “The four cases were clusters so they were reported to us in a very short period of time and the four cases have all occurred…
Adversaries are deploying DearCry ransomware on victim systems after hacking into on-premise Microsoft Exchange servers that remain unpatched, Microsoft acknowledged late Thursday. “Microsoft observed a new family of human operated ransomware attack customers,” Microsoft Security Program Manager Phillip Misner tweeted at 9:19 p.m. ET Thursday. “Human operated ransomware attacks are utilizing the Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities…
Cybersecurity company Lookout, Inc. has announced the acquisition of CipherCloud as it seeks to develop an integrated endpoint-to-cloud security solution. The deal will enable Lookout to secure CipherCloud solutions as part of its product portfolio. This includes solutions that span developing SASE categories, including Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Zero-Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Secure Web…
Microsoft stands to receive nearly a quarter of Covid relief funds destined for US cybersecurity defenders, angering some lawmakers who don’t want to increase funding for a company whose software was recently at the heart of two big hacks. Congress allocated the funds at issue in the Covid relief bill after two enormous cyber attacks…
