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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

The government alleges the men used malware-laced phishing emails and “supply chain” attacks to steal data from companies and their customers. One of the alleged hackers was first profiled here in 2012 as the owner of a Chinese antivirus firm. Image: FBI. Tan DaiLin, a.k.a. “Wicked Rose,” in his younger years.

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Chinese hackers exploited a Trend Micro antivirus zero-day used in Mitsubishi Electric hack

Security Affairs

Chinese hackers have exploited a zero-day vulnerability the Trend Micro OfficeScan antivirus in the recently disclosed hack of Mitsubishi Electric. According to ZDNet, the hackers involved in the attack against the Mitsubishi Electric have exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Trend Micro OfficeScan to infect company servers.

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Using the Human Factor in Cyber Attacks

Security Affairs

The Human Factor has a fundamental importance for the success of a cyber attack, for this reason it is important to create a culture of cyber security within organizations. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Top Cyber Attacker Techniques, August–October 2024

Digital Shadows

Phishing often serves as the gateway to cyber attacks, opening the door to impactful follow-on activity like malware and ransomware deployment or access to internal networks, ultimately causing substantial financial losses. On October 18, 2024, a user on XSS advertised an “Advanced Office 365 Tutorial” for BEC.

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Russia-linked BlackEnergy backed new cyber attacks on Ukraine’s state bodies

Security Affairs

SBU along with experts from a well-known antivirus company determined that the malware involved in the attack are updated versions of the Industroyer backdoor. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SilentCryptoMiner Infects 2,000 Russian Users via Fake VPN Tools

eSecurity Planet

Attackers package the SilentCryptoMiner within archives advertised as deep packet inspection (DPI) bypass utilities. The threat actors go further by instructing victims to disable their antivirus programs , citing false positives, which only deepens the attackers foothold on the system.

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UHS hospitals hit by Ryuk ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The attack cyber-attack took place on Sunday morning, some patients have been redirected to other nearby hospitals because the UHS facilities were unable to operate. “When the attack happened multiple antivirus programs were disabled by the attack and hard drives just lit up with activity.