New Mirai Variant and ZHtrap Botnet Malware Emerge in the Wild

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Cybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed a new wave of ongoing attacks exploiting multiple vulnerabilities to deploy Mirai variants on compromised systems. “Upon successful exploitation, the attackers try to download a …

Use This One-Click Mitigation Tool from Microsoft to Prevent Exchange Attacks

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Microsoft on Monday released a one-click mitigation software that applies all the necessary countermeasures to secure vulnerable environments against the ongoing widespread ProxyLogon Exchange Server cyberattacks. Called Exchange On-premises Mitigation Tool (EOMT), …

Researchers Spotted Malware Written in Nim Programming Language

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Cybersecurity researchers have unwrapped an “interesting email campaign” undertaken by a threat actor that has taken to distributing a new malware written in Nim programming language. Dubbed “NimzaLoader” by Proofpoint researchers, the …

Hackers Are Targeting Microsoft Exchange Servers With Ransomware

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It didn’t take long. Intelligence agencies and cybersecurity researchers had been warning that unpatched Exchange Servers could open the pathway for ransomware infections in the wake of swift escalation of …

ProxyLogon PoC Exploit Released; Likely to Fuel More Disruptive Cyber Attacks

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday issued a joint advisory warning of active exploitation of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange …