News – Page 15 – Wildcat Cyber Patrol

Microsoft Releases SimuLand, an Environment For Simulated Cyberattacks

Microsoft has released SimuLand, a test-lab environment that allows testing Microsoft's protection software such as Microsoft 365 Defender, Azure Defender, [...]

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Posted on May 21, 2021 by Mash

Windows 10 1909 Cumulative Update Blocks Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive Logins

Microsoft 365 users can't log in to their Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft OneDrive accounts. When attempting to log in, [...]

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Posted on May 20, 2021 by Mash

Chrome Releases A Feature To Help Users Change Breached Passwords On Android

Google is rolling out a new Chrome on Android feature to help users change passwords compromised in data breaches with [...]

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Posted on May 19, 2021 by Mash

Microsoft Cancels Windows 10X

Microsoft has announced that they decided to discontinue Windows 10X, a slimmed-down alternative to Windows 10, and will take some [...]

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Posted on May 19, 2021 by Mash

MSI Warns Users Of Fake Afterburner Overclocking Tool

According to MSI's blog post, hackers have created a fake MSI website used to distribute a malware-laced version of their [...]

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Posted on May 15, 2021 by Mash

Microsoft Is Looking For A Solution For High Pitch Bug

"After installing KB5000842 or later updates, 5.1 Dolby Digital audio may play containing a high-pitched noise or squeak in certain [...]

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Posted on May 15, 2021 by Mash

QNAP Warns Customers Of eChoraix Ransomware Attacks

QNAP has warned customers of the ongoing eChoraix ransomware campaign that exploits Roon Server zero-day vulnerability targeting Network Attached Storage [...]

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Posted on May 15, 2021 by Mash

Microsoft Build Engine Abused To Deliver Password Stealing Malware

Threat actors are abusing Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) to deploy RATs and data-stealing malware in the ongoing campaign. Malicious MSBuild [...]

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Posted on May 14, 2021 by Mash

Trust Wallet And MetaMask Crypto Wallets Are Targeted By Phishing Attacks

MetaMask and Trust Wallet are apps that let users create wallets to store, buy, send, and receive cryptocurrency and NFTs. [...]

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Posted on May 13, 2021 by Mash

Wi-Fi Security Vulnerabilities FragAttacks Impacting All Devices

Recently discovered Wi-Fi security vulnerabilities known as FragAttacks impact all Wi-Fi devices like PCs, smartphones, and smart devices). Three of [...]

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Posted on May 13, 2021 by Mash

Microsoft Outlook Update Has Introduced A Bug Preventing Users From Viewing Email

After installing today's Microsoft Outlook update users of the click-to-run desktop client found out that they could no longer properly [...]

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Posted on May 12, 2021 by Mash

Adobe Released Patch Fixing Vulnerabilities In Twelve Different Applications

Adobe has released a massive patch that fixed vulnerabilities that were exploited in the wild. The updated applications include Adobe [...]

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Posted on May 12, 2021 by Mash

Facebook Planning To Limit WhatsApp Features For Not Accepting New Privacy Policy

With the new WhatsApp privacy policy coming up on May 15, Facebook has stated that they will not delete or [...]

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Posted on May 9, 2021 by Mash

Snip3 Highly Evasive Crypter Delivers RAT Families To Infected Devices

Morphisec has recently monitored a highly sophisticated Crypter-as-a-Service that delivers numerous RAT families onto target machines. Crypter dubbed as Snip3 [...]

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Posted on May 8, 2021 by Mash

Google Pushes Users To Use Multi-Factor Authentication By Enabling It By Default

In an attempt to block the attackers from taking control of users' accounts using compromised credentials or guessing their passwords, [...]

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Posted on May 8, 2021 by Mash

Cisco Fixes Bugs That Allowed Remote Attackers To Execute Commands As Root And Create Admin Accounts

Cisco has fixed critical SD-WAN vManage and HyperFlex HX software security flaws that allowed attackers to execute commands as root [...]

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Posted on May 6, 2021 by Mash

Critical Vulnerabilities 21Nails In Exim Mail Transfer Agent Expose Millions Of Servers To Attacks

Qualys Research Team has reported a group of security flaws in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) software that allow [...]

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Posted on May 5, 2021 by Mash

Vulnerable Dell Driver DBUtil Puts Millions Of Users At Risk

A driver that's been installed on Dell devices during the BIOS update process for the last 12 years contains five [...]

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Posted on May 5, 2021 by Mash

Suspected Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Target Russian Submarine Designer With PortDoor Malware

The hacking group suspected to be supported by the Chinese government is targeting the company that designs submarines for the [...]

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Posted on May 2, 2021 by Mash

Ransomware Gang Exploits SonicWall Zero-day Bug To Deploy FiveHands Malware

The ransomware gang tracked as UNC2447 actively exploited a zero-day bug in Sonicwall SMA 100 Series VPN appliances to breach [...]

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Posted on April 30, 2021 by Mash

Modifying Windows 10 Privacy Settings Blocks Known Issue Rollback Feature

Microsoft gathers data about Windows 10 users to determine if a feature is commonly used, if a change in a [...]

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Posted on April 30, 2021 by Mash

RotaJakiro Linux Backdoor Remained Undetected For Years

Security researchers at Qihoo 360's Network Security Research Lab (360 Netlab) have discovered a Linux backdoor, that managed to fly [...]

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Posted on April 29, 2021 by Mash

Apple Fixed Zero-day Vulnerability Exploited By Shlayer Malware

Apple has fixed a zero-day vulnerability in macOS exploited in the wild by Shlayer malware to bypass Apple's File Quarantine, Gatekeeper, [...]

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Posted on April 28, 2021 by Mash

Babuk Ransomware Gang Hits DC Police With Cyberattack

The Metropolitan Police Department has confirmed that they suffered a ransomware attack after the Babuk ransomware gang leaked screenshots of [...]

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Posted on April 28, 2021 by Mash

Emotet Malware Has Been Nuked From All Infected Devices

Email spam botnet Emotet is being uninstalled from all infected devices with the help of a malware module delivered in [...]

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Emotet

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Mash

Sysrv-hello Cryptomining Botnet Targeting Windows, Linux Servers

Recently discovered botnet dubbed Sysrv-hello has been actively scanning for vulnerable Windows and Linux enterprise servers and infecting them with [...]

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Posted on April 26, 2021 by Mash

Qlocker Ransomware Targeting QNAP NAS Devices

New ransomware strain 'Qlocker' has been recently seen to target QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices to encrypt files in password-protected [...]

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Qlocker

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Mash

Passwordstate Password Manager's Update Mechanism Compromised In Supply Chain Attack

Click Studios, the company behind the enterprise password manager Passwordstate has stated that attackers have compromised the app's update mechanism [...]

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Passwordstate

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Mash

Microsoft Exchange Servers Targeted By Prometei Botnet To Mine Cryptocurrency

Prometei botnet is targeting unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers to add them into their Monero crypto mining group. The malware has [...]

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Posted on April 23, 2021 by Mash

WhatsApp Pink Malware Auto-replies To Signal, Telegram Messages

WhatsApp malware dubbed WhatsApp Pink has been updated and now includes a feature allowing it to auto-reply to Signal, Telegram, [...]

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Posted on April 22, 2021 by Mash

Linux Bans University Of Minnesota For Malicious Code Submission

Linux kernel project maintainers have imposed a ban on the University of Minnesota (UMN) after the researchers submitted malicious code [...]

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Posted on April 22, 2021 by Mash

Attackers Impersonating Spotify, Microsoft Store To Spread Malware

In the recent cyberattack discovered by researchers from cybersecurity firm ESET attackers are actively promoting fake Microsoft Store and Spotify [...]

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Posted on April 21, 2021 by Mash

REvil Gang Threatens Apple With Leaking Stolen Blueprints

Ransomware gang REvil has asked Apple to "buy back" its stolen data to avoid it being leaked on REvil's site. [...]

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Posted on April 21, 2021 by Mash

North Korean State-sponsored Hackers Use BMP Images To Hide Trojans

Hackers from North Korean APT group Lazarus are hiding the malicious code within .bmp images to drop RATs (Remote Access [...]

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Posted on April 20, 2021 by Mash

Threat Actors Distribute Their Malware Through Google Alerts

Threat actors continue to abuse Google Alerts to spread scams and promote malicious websites, however, the activity of the abuse [...]

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Posted on April 20, 2021 by Mash

Codecov Code Coverage Tool Hacked In Supply-chain Attack

Codecov's Bash Uploader script got modified by a threat actor, according to the company's investigation, exposing sensitive information in customers' [...]

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Posted on April 17, 2021 by Mash

NFT Marketplace Rarible Targeted By Scammers

An NFT, or Non-Fungible Token, is data stored on a cryptocurrency blockchain that a digital certificate has signed to prove [...]

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Posted on April 16, 2021 by Mash

Cryptocurrency Stealing Malware HackBoss Distributed Via Telegram

HackBoss is a cryptocurrency stealing malware distributed via Telegram channel HackBoss, which promises users hacking and cracking applications. Hackers spread [...]