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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the COVID-19 research

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The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. The attacks aimed at a Ministry of Health and a pharmaceutical company involved in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Chinese hackers stole info from Spanish centers working on Covid19 vaccine

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Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for COVID19, El Pais newspaper revealed. The El Pais newspaper reported that Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for COVID19. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Coronavirus: Europol arrests man behind €6M face masks and hand sanitisers scam

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million by a European pharmaceutical company, a European State reported. “A European Member State reported to Europol that one of their pharmaceutical companies had been defrauded of €6.64 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The man has stolen €6.64 million by this individual.

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Google warned users of 33,015 nation-state attacks since January

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The company’s alert advises Gmail users to take several measures to secure their accounts, such as enrolling in the Advanced Protection Program, keeping software up to date, enabling Gmail 2-step verification , as well as using Google Authenticator and/or a physical security key for 2-step verification. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Chronicle experts spotted a Linux variant of the Winnti backdoor

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Security researchers from Chronicle, Alphabet’s cyber-security division, have spotted a Linux variant of the Winnti backdoor. Security experts from Chronicle, the Alphabet’s cyber-security division, have discovered a Linux variant of the Winnti backdoor. ” reads the analysis published by Chronicle.

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Operation Pangea: Europol dismantles criminal gangs selling coronavirus medicine, surgical masks

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Below the operation in numbers reported by the Europol: 121 arrests; €13 million in potentially dangerous pharmaceuticals seized; 326 00 packages inspected; 48 000 packages seized; 4.4 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Law enforcement officers inspected 326,000 packages and seized 48,000, 4.4

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Europol seized 30,506 Internet domain names for IP Infringement

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some private security firms. “These included counterfeit pharmaceuticals and pirated movies , illegal television streaming, music, software, electronics, and other bogus products.” “ ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.