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Hackers are using Zerologon exploits in attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) September 24, 2020. We strongly recommend customers to immediately apply security updates for CVE-2020-1472. We strongly recommend customers to immediately apply security updates for CVE-2020-1472. Don’t waste time, patch your system now! Pierluigi Paganini.

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Russian Cybercrime group is exploiting Zerologon flaw, Microsoft warns

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TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Microsoft, Italy and the Netherlands agencies warn of EMOTET campaigns

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The recent Emotet campaign uses spam messages with password-protected attachments, experts noticed a decline in infections over the weekend, a behavior already observed in the past. Emotet joined the password-protected attachment bandwagon with a campaign starting Friday. ” states the Italian CSIRT’s alert. .

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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. Emotet joined the password-protected attachment bandwagon with a campaign starting Friday. pic.twitter.com/POppQ51uMX — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) September 22, 2020.

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Crooks continues to use COVID-19 lures, Microsoft warns

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The choice of password-protected ARJ files aims at bypassing some security solutions. trillion signals we process daily through the Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – COVID-19, hacking).

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Iran-linked APT is exploiting the Zerologon flaw in attacks

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An attacker could also exploit the flaw to disable security features in the Netlogon authentication process and change a computer’s password on the domain controller’s Active Directory. Microsoft 365 Defender customers can also refer to these detections: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 5, 2020.

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French Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?

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An individual thought to be involved has earned accolades from the likes of Apple , Dell , and Microsoft for helping to find and fix security vulnerabilities in their products. In 2018, security intelligence firm HYAS discovered a malware network communicating with systems inside of a French national power company.

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