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Exclusive: Researchers dumped Gigabytes of data from Agent Tesla C2Cs

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Agent Tesla , first discovered in late 2014, is an extremely popular “malware-as-a-service” Remote Access Trojan (RAT) tool used by threat actors to steal information such as credentials, keystrokes, clipboard data and other information from its operators’ targets.

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4 Industries That Have to Fight the Hardest Against Cyberattacks

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The retail industry is cyclical, so certain times of the year — including the holiday season or when kids go back to school — are particularly busy. Despite those risks, retailers make blunders when budgeting for cybersecurity. happened at retail establishments. Financial Services. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten sells access to hacked networks

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.” PIONEER KITTEN hackers to date have focused their attacks against entities in North American and Israeli, while targeted sectors include technology, government, defense, healthcare, aviation, media, academic, engineering, consulting and professional services, chemical, manufacturing, financial services, insurance, and retail. .

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California IT service provider Synoptek pays ransom after Sodinokibi attack

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Synoptek has more than 1,100 customers across multiple industries, including local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software. . ” T he IT service provider confirmed the attack but did not comment on whether it paid the ransom asked by the crooks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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TA505 Group adds new ServHelper Backdoor and FlawedGrace RAT to its arsenal

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” The TA505 group was first spotted by Proofpoint back 2017, it has been active at least since 2015 and targets organizations in financial and retail industries. “On December 13, 2018, we observed another large ServHelper “downloader” campaign targeting retail and financial services customers.”

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Oracle critical patch advisory addresses 284 flaws, 33 critical

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The bug affected the OCA’s Diameter Signalling Router component and its Communications Services Gatekeeper. The flaw also affected the Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure, the Fusion Middleware MapViewer, and four three Oracle Retail components. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hackers stole $60 Million worth of cryptocurrencies from Japanese Zaif exchange

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“Documents seen by Reuters on Thursday showed Japan’s Financial Services Agency would conduct emergency checks on cryptocurrency exchange operators’ management of customer assets, following the theft. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the Reuters.