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State-sponsored APTs are leveraging WinRAR bug

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State-sponsored APTs are leveraging WinRAR bug 18/10/2023 at 18:21 By Zeljka Zorz A number of government-backed APTs are exploiting CVE-2023-38831, a file extension spoofing vulnerability in WinRAR, a widely used file archiver utility for Windows. CVE-2023-38831 has been patched in August 2023, along with another high-severity RCE vulnerability (CVE-2023-40477). Exploited as a zero-day by cybercriminals […]

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Russian APT phished government employees via Microsoft Teams

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Russian APT phished government employees via Microsoft Teams 03/08/2023 at 15:17 By Zeljka Zorz An APT group linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has hit employees of several dozen global organizations with phishing attacks via Microsoft Teams, says Microsoft. A social engineering attack to bypass MFA protection “To facilitate their attack, the actor uses Microsoft

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North Korean hackers targeted tech companies through JumpCloud and GitHub

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North Korean hackers targeted tech companies through JumpCloud and GitHub 21/07/2023 at 16:03 By Helga Labus North Korean state-sponsored hackers have been linked to two recent cyberattack campaigns: one involving a spear-phishing attack on JumpCloud and the other targeting tech employees on GitHub through a social engineering campaign. The JumpCloud intrusion On June 27, JumpCloud

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Thanks Storm-0558! Microsoft to expand default access to cloud logs

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Thanks Storm-0558! Microsoft to expand default access to cloud logs 20/07/2023 at 13:31 By Zeljka Zorz Starting in September 2023, more federal government and commercial Microsoft customers will have access to expanded cloud logging capabilities at no additional charge, Microsoft and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have announced on Wednesday. The announcements come

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Five Eyes agencies detail how Chinese hackers breached US infrastructure

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Five Eyes agencies detail how Chinese hackers breached US infrastructure 25/05/2023 at 14:16 By Help Net Security The National Security Agency (NSA) and Five Eyes partner agencies have identified indicators of compromise associated with a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actor dubbed Volt Typhoon, which is using living off the land techniques to

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Turla’s Snake malware network disrupted by Five Eyes’ agencies

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Turla’s Snake malware network disrupted by Five Eyes’ agencies 10/05/2023 at 14:47 By Help Net Security The US Justice Department announced the completion of court-authorized operation MEDUSA, to disrupt a global peer-to-peer network of computers compromised by sophisticated malware, called “Snake” (aka “Uroburous”), that the US Government attributes to a unit within Center 16 of

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