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Power Generator in South Africa hit with DroxiDat and Cobalt Strike

Security Affairs

Threat actors employed a new variant of the SystemBC malware, named DroxiDat, in attacks aimed at African critical infrastructure. SystemBC was discovered by experts at Proofpoint in Augut 2019, it is being distributed via exploit kits like Fallout and RIG. Emisoft anti-malware scan. Mini-TOR client capabilities.

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Silent Night Zeus botnet available for sale in underground forums

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Experts found multiple variants in the wild, many of them belonging to the Terdot Zbot/Zloader malware family. Data collected by the malware are then transferred to the operator’s command-and-control (C2) server. The malware is able to infect all operating systems.

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Grandoreiro Malware implements new features in Q2 2020

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The updated Grandoreiro Malware equipped with latenbot-C2 features in Q2 2020 now extended to Portuguese banks. Cybercriminals attempt to compromise computers to generate revenue by exfiltrating information from victims’ devices, typically banking-related information. Technical Analysis. 100:51224/$rdgate?

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New Version of Meduza Stealer Released in Dark Web

Security Affairs

Under Christmas tree you can find great gifts such as significant improvements of user interface (panel), modal windows on loading and expansion of data collection objects. Presently, Meduza password stealer supports Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022 and Windows 10/11.

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Operation North Star – North-Korea hackers targeted US defense and aerospace companies

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Threat actors behind this campaign are utilizing compromised infrastructure from multiple European countries to host their C2 infrastructure and distribute the malware to the targets. “Our analysis indicates that one of the purposes of the activity in 2020 was to install data gathering implants on victims’ machines.

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CIRWA Project tracks ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure

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The project was launched in September 2019 and as of August 2020, the experts collected 680 records of ransomware attacks that took place since November 2013. “In September 2019, we started a repository of Critical Infrastructures Ransomware Attacks (CIRWAs).

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Ransomware Revival: Troldesh becomes a leader by the number of attacks

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Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. The first half of 2019 saw a 10-fold increase in the number of password-protected objects, such as documents and archive files, being used to deliver malware. rar archive files.