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Active Nitrogen campaign delivered via malicious ads for PuTTY, FileZilla

Malwarebytes

In the past couple of weeks, we have observed an ongoing campaign targeting system administrators with fraudulent ads for popular system utilities. The malicious ads are displayed as sponsored results on Google’s search engine page and localized to North America. dll (Nitrogen).

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North Korean Lazarus APT group targets blockchain tech companies

Malwarebytes

Victims are lured into downloading the malware with a variety of social engineering tactics, including spearphishing. TraderTraitor describes a series of malicious Electron applications that can download and execute malicious payloads, such as remote access trojans ( RAT ). Spearphishing campaigns. Mitigation.

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New Linux Malware Shikitega Can Take Full Control of Devices

eSecurity Planet

The Shikitega attack consists of a “multistage infection chain where each module responds to a part of the payload and downloads and executes the next one,” the AT&T researchers wrote. Once the CRONs are set, there’s no need to keep downloaded files, so the malware deletes them to evade detection. Multistage Infection Chain.

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Lazarus APT Targeting Cryptocurrency, CISA Warns

SecureWorld News

The threat actors use social engineering to encourage individuals to download trojanized cryptocurrency applications on Windows or macOS operating systems. The messages often mimic a recruitment effort and offer high-paying jobs to entice the recipients to download malware-laced cryptocurrency applications, which the U.S.

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9 Best Penetration Testing Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

A significant number of the tools below are included in Kali Linux, a dedicated operating system for pen testing and ethical hacking. Installing Kali can remove the hassle of downloading and installing these tools separately. Download Gobuster. Download and install Amass. Can save output results in files. Useful links.

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Microsoft warns of Human-Operated Ransomware as a growing threat to businesses

Security Affairs

“They exhibit extensive knowledge of systems administration and common network security misconfigurations, perform thorough reconnaissance, and adapt to what they discover in a compromised network.” ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Arachnophobic: How Duo Customers Can Respond to CISA’s Report on Scattered Spider

Duo's Security Blog

We also recognize that defenders and system administrators operate with a lot of constraints and aren’t always able to configure their environment to their ideal security posture. Consider using administrator logs in API format to review instances that could have been susceptible to social engineering attacks.