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CISA alert warns of Emotet attacks on US govt entities

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The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by a threat actor tracked as TA542. “Since August, CISA and MS-ISAC have seen a significant increase in malicious cyber actors targeting state and local governments with Emotet phishing emails. ” reads that alert published by CISA.

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A new Astaroth Trojan Campaign uncovered by Microsoft

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See how #MicrosoftDefenderATP next-gen protection defeated the #fileless attack: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) July 8, 2019. According to the experts, LOLbins are very effecting in evading antivirus software. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Vietnam-linked Bismuth APT leverages coin miners to stay under the radar

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Learn how the group tried to stay under the radar using threats perceived to be less alarming: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 30, 2020. “To perform DLL sideloading, BISMUTH introduced outdated versions of various applications, including Microsoft Defender Antivirus.