Cybercrime & Digital Threats

Sextortion Scheme Claims Use of Home Cameras, Demands Bitcoin or Gift Card Payment

January 22, 2020

A new sextortion scheme threatens victims with nude footages allegedly taken via their own cellphones and cameras both in public and at home.

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Hacker Publishes Credentials for Over 515,000 Servers, Routers, and IoT Devices
January 21, 2020
A hacker published a massive list of Telnet usernames and passwords for more than 515,000 servers, routers, and IoT devices.
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Microsoft Releases Advisory on Zero-Day Vulnerability CVE-2020-0674, Workaround Provided
January 20, 2020
On January 17, Microsoft published an advisory (ADV200001) warning users about CVE-2020-0674, a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability involving Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) web browser.
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Mobile Banking Trojan FakeToken Resurfaces, Sends Offensive Messages Overseas from Victims’ Accounts
January 16, 2020
An updated version of mobile malware FakeToken was found sending massive numbers of offensive messages to foreign countries.
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Texas School District Loses $2.3 Million to Phishing Scam, BEC
January 15, 2020
A Texas school district is investigating an email phishing attack after a series of transactions resulted in the loss of an estimated US$2.3 million.
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Cryptocurrency Miner Uses Hacking Tool Haiduc and App Hider Xhide to Brute Force Machines and Servers
January 09, 2020
The cryptocurrency-miner, a multi-component threat comprised of different Perl and Bash scripts, miner binaries, the application hider Xhide, and a scanner tool, propagates by scanning vulnerable machines and brute-forcing (primarily default) credentials.
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Ransomware Recap: Clop, DeathRansom, and Maze Ransomware
January 06, 2020
As the new year rolls in, new developments in different ransomware strains have emerged. Here we discuss the different techniques that Clop, DeathRansom, and Maze ransomware use and the ways users and organizations can protect themselves against infection.
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Mobile Money: How to Secure Banking Applications
December 27, 2019
Financial applications are closely connected or even directly tied to a user’s finances, making them prime targets for cybercriminals. We provide simple steps and guidelines on how to protect mobile banking apps from common scams and malicious actors.
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A MyKings Retrospective: Using the MITRE ATT&CK Matrix for Increased Visibility
December 20, 2019
We take a closer look at an incident involving the MyKings botnet to show how the MITRE ATT&CK framework helps with threat investigation.
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Emotet Attack Causes Shutdown of Frankfurt’s IT Network
December 20, 2019
The city of Frankfurt, Germany, became the latest victim of Emotet after an infection forced it to close its IT network.
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