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Steelcase office furniture giant hit by Ryuk ransomware attack

Security Affairs

It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world. billion in 2020. In an 8-K form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company has disclosed the ransomware attack that took place on October 22nd, 2020. “On October 22, 2020, Steelcase Inc. Steelcase has 13,000 employees and $3.7

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FritzFrog P2P Botnet is back and targets Healthcare, Education and Government Sectors

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FritzFrog is a sophisticated botnet that was involved in attacks against SSH servers worldwide since January 2020. In August 2020, Guardicore Labs researchers published a detailed analysis of the threat, at the time the malware infected over 500 servers in the U.S. and Europe belonging to universities and a railway company.

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Vietnam-linked Bismuth APT leverages coin miners to stay under the radar

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

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Prometei botnet is targeting ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange flaws

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The Prometei botnet appears to be active at least since March 2020, but it was first observed by Cisco Talos experts in July 2020. The crypto-mining has a modular structure and employes multiple techniques to infect systems and evade detection. ” reads the analysis published by Cybereason. ” concludes the report.

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MY TAKE: Why DDoS weapons will proliferate with the expansion of IoT and the coming of 5G

The Last Watchdog

This attacker easily located IoT devices that used the manufacturers’ default security setting. They are also extending their malicious activities beyond DDoS attacks to also spread ransomware, crypto mine and burrow deep into large enterprises.

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Data of Indian defence contractor Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) available online

Security Affairs

The company manufactures a variety of heavy equipment (bulldozers, dump trucks, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, rope shovels, walking draglines, motor graders and scrapers), such as that used for earthmoving, transport and mining. ” reads the post published by Cyble.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 264

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