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North Korea-linked campaign targets security experts via social media

Security Affairs

Google TAG is warning that North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) is warning that North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media. ” reads the TAG’s report. ” reads the TAG’s report.

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Google disrupts the Glupteba botnet

Security Affairs

Google announced to have taken down the infrastructure operated by the Glupteba , it also sued Russian nationals Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov for creating and operating the botnet. TAG also partnered with CloudFlare and others take down servers. users were warned via Safe Browsing. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Mar 13- Mar 19 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

Security Affairs

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Google’s TAG team revealed that China-linked APT groups are targeting Ukraine ’s government for intelligence purposes. Russia’s disinformation uses deepfake video of Zelenskyy telling people to lay down arms.

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Nation-state actors are exploiting CVE-2020-0688 Microsoft Exchange server flaw

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Cybersecurity firm Volexity is warning that nation-state actors are attempting to exploit a vulnerability recently addressed in Microsoft Exchange email servers tracked as CVE-2020-0688. Query our API for "tags=CVE-2020-0688" to locate hosts conducting scans. CVE-2020-0688 mass scanning activity has begun. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Microsoft: North Korea-linked Zinc APT targets security experts

Security Affairs

Microsoft, like Google TAG, observed a cyber espionage campaign aimed at vulnerability researchers that attributed to North Korea-linked Zinc APT group. “In recent months, Microsoft has detected cyberattacks targeting security researchers by an actor we track as ZINC. . ” states the report published by Microsoft.

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French Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?

Krebs on Security

An individual thought to be involved has earned accolades from the likes of Apple , Dell , and Microsoft for helping to find and fix security vulnerabilities in their products. In 2018, security intelligence firm HYAS discovered a malware network communicating with systems inside of a French national power company.

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Researchers analyzed the PREDATOR spyware and its loader Alien

Security Affairs

Security researchers at Cisco Talos and the Citizen Lab have shared technical details about a commercial Android spyware named Predator that is sold by the surveillance firm Intellexa (formerly known as Cytrox). Both components work together to bypass traditional security features on the Android operating system.

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