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MAY 5, 2020

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

— 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.

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MARCH 21, 2021

. “Today, we have taken an additional step to further support our customers who are still vulnerable and have not yet implemented the complete security update. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. ” reads the announcement published by Microsoft.

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OCTOBER 10, 2020

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. Microsoft 365 Defender customers can also refer to these detections: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 5, 2020.

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MAY 27, 2020

pic.twitter.com/Q3BMs7fSvx — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 27, 2020. Learn how to build organizational security hygiene to prevent human-operated attacks: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 27, 2020.

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MAY 20, 2021

Microsoft Security Intelligence researchers uncovered a malware campaign that is spreading a remote access trojan (RAT) tracked as STRRAT. pic.twitter.com/mGow2sJupN — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 19, 2021.

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MAY 18, 2022

pic.twitter.com/Tro0NfMD0j — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 17, 2022. pic.twitter.com/stXJMDMevc — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 17, 2022. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 17, 2022.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2020

pic.twitter.com/mcRyEBUmQH — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 30, 2020. pic.twitter.com/1qnx3NmwiB — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 30, 2020. When opened, the HTML leads to the download Dudear, a malicious macro-laden Excel file that drops the payload.

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Finnish Security Intelligence Service ( SUPO ) warns Russia will highly likely intensify its cyber activity over the winter. The Finnish Security Intelligence Service ( Suojelupoliisi or SUPO ) warn of a highly likely intensification of cyberespionage activities conducted by Russia-linked threat actors over the winter.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Researchers from AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) observed North Korea’s Kimsuky APT group conducting spear-phishing attacks to deliver forceCopy info-stealer malware. Researchers spotted North Korea’s Kimsuky APT group launching spear-phishing attacks to deliver forceCopy info-stealer malware.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 11, 2022. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 11, 2022. According to Microsoft the ransomware operators compromised the exposed systems to deploy the NightSky ransomware. trendmrcio[.]com, rogerscorp[.]org, sophosantivirus[.]ga,

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JULY 1, 2022

Microsoft Security Intelligence experts are warning of a long-running campaign conducted by a cloud threat actor group, tracked as 8220, that is now targeting Linux servers to install crypto miners. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 29, 2022. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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MAY 4, 2020

pic.twitter.com/EbI8kxICQG — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 4, 2020. The attachment is a ZIP archive containing the familiar ISO file carrying a malicious SCR file with misleading icon pic.twitter.com/o1FbMUbTBs — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 4, 2020.

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JUNE 24, 2019

pic.twitter.com/PQ2g7rvDQm — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 21, 2019. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 21, 2019. The final payload is the remote access Trojan FlawedAmmyy,” reads a Tweet published by Microsoft Security Intelligence.

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JUNE 14, 2021

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 11, 2021. pic.twitter.com/cBeTfteyGl — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 11, 2021. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 11, 2021.

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JUNE 3, 2022

Threat actors were observed abusing OneDrive, for this reason, the IT giant has suspended more than 20 malicious OneDrive applications created by POLONIUM actors, notified affected organizations, and deployed a series of security intelligence updates that will quarantine malicious tools developed by the attackers.

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MAY 14, 2021

Microsoft Security Intelligence earlier this week tweeted out that it has been tracking a campaign of remote access trojans (RATs) targeting the aerospace and travel industries with spear-phishing emails that distribute an actively developed loader, which then delivers RevengeRAT or AysncRAT. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images).

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MAY 15, 2022

Microsoft Security Intelligence team Microsoft reported that a new variant of the Sysrv botnet, tracked as Sysrv-K, now includes exploits for vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework and WordPress. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 13, 2022.

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MAY 24, 2020

Experts from the Microsoft Security Intelligence team provided some details on a new “massive campaign” using COVID-19 themed emails. Recent research shows that the oil industry — already experiencing difficulties due to COVID-19 — must remain abreast of threats to stay safe from hackers.

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DECEMBER 17, 2023

On December 6, The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) published the first update to the InfectedSlurs advisory series. The security firm revealed that threat actors were exploiting a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-49897 (CVSS score 8.0) and earlier.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Get details: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 28, 2021. System Integrity Protection (also referred to as rootless) is a macOS security feature introduced in OS X El Capitan (2015) (OS X 10.11).

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JUNE 10, 2019

pic.twitter.com/Ac6dYG9vvw — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 7, 2019. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 7, 2019. “In the new campaign, the RTF file downloads and runs multiple scripts of different types (VBScript, PowerShell, PHP, others) to download the payload.

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JULY 11, 2024

Multiple threat actors exploit a recently disclosed security PHP flaw CVE-2024-4577 to deliver multiple malware families. ” reported Akamai.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) are divided over the ban of Huawei 5G technology. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) agencies are divided over the ban of Huawei 5G technology.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

Akamai’s Security Intelligence and Response Team (SIRT) has detected a botnet campaign exploiting multiple previously known vulnerabilities and a newly discovered zero-day, tracked as CVE-2024-7029 (CVSS score: 8.7), in AVTECH CCTV cameras.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In October, Akamai’s Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) noticed an anomalous activity to the company’s honeypots targeting a rarely used TCP port. The researchers discovered the botnet in October 2023, but they believe it has been active since at least 2022.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

We reported our discovery to SolarWinds, and security updates have been released. More info: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 19, 2022. In the past, other threat actors exploited Serv-U vulnerabilities to carry out malicious activities.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Microsoft is sharing information about the latest activity observed from the threat actor NOBELIUM, which has been attempting to replicate the approach it has used in past attacks by targeting organizations integral to the global IT supply chain: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 25, 2021.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

pic.twitter.com/POppQ51uMX — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) September 22, 2020. The campaign slowed down over the weekend (typical of Emotet) but was back today in even larger volumes of emails in English, as well as in some European languages.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) July 23, 2021. Attackers increasingly use HTML smuggling in phishing and other email campaigns to stealthily deliver threats, but Microsoft Defender Office 365’s detonation technology provides durable protection against this evasive delivery technique.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

pic.twitter.com/POppQ51uMX — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) September 22, 2020. The campaign slowed down over the weekend (typical of Emotet) but was back today in even larger volumes of emails in English, as well as in some European languages.

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APRIL 1, 2021

The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team’s threat advisory team revealed that crooks used a previously unseen DDoS attack vector that leveraged a networking protocol known as protocol 33, or Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP). ” Likely DDoS extortion attacks. Source Akamai).

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OCTOBER 12, 2023

Researchers from the Akamai Security Intelligence Group uncovered a Magecart web skimming campaign that is manipulating the website’s default 404 error page to hide malicious code. Researchers observed a new Magecart web skimming campaign changing the websites’ default 404 error page to steal credit cards.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Microsoft 365 Defender customers can also refer to these detections: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 5, 2020. MSTIC has observed activity by the nation-state actor MERCURY using the CVE-2020-1472 exploit (ZeroLogon) in active campaigns over the last 2 weeks. We strongly recommend patching.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

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. New blog: The threat actor BISMUTH, which has been running increasingly complex targeted attacks, deployed coin miners in campaigns from July to August 2020.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Over the past year, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has observed an evolution of the tools, techniques, and procedures employed by Iranian nation-state actors. Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021.

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MARCH 12, 2021

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) March 12, 2021. The post Researchers warn of a surge in cyber attacks against Microsoft Exchange appeared first on Security Affairs. Microsoft protects against this threat known as Ransom:Win32/DoejoCrypt.A, and also as DearCry. Pierluigi Paganini.

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