Cybercriminals Widely Abusing Excel 4.0 Macro to Distribute Malware

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Threat actors are increasingly adopting Excel 4.0 documents as an initial stage vector to distribute malware such as ZLoader and Quakbot, according to new research. The findings come from an analysis of 160,000 Excel 4.0 documents between November 2020 and March 2021, out of …

F5 BIG-IP Found Vulnerable to Kerberos KDC Spoofing Vulnerability

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Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday disclosed a new bypass vulnerability (CVE-2021-23008) in the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) security feature impacting F5 Big-IP application delivery services. “The KDC Spoofing vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass the Kerberos authentication to Big-IP Access …

Attention! FluBot Android Banking Malware Spreads Quickly Across Europe

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Attention, Android users! A banking malware capable of stealing sensitive information is “spreading rapidly” across Europe, with the U.S. likely to be the next target. According to a new analysis by Proofpoint, the threat actors behind FluBot (aka Cabassous) have branched out …

Hackers Threaten to Leak D.C. Police Informants’ Info If Ransom Is Not Paid

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of the District of Columbia has become the latest high-profile government agency to fall victim to a ransomware attack. The Babuk Locker gang claimed in a post on the dark web that they had compromised …

Cybersecurity Webinar: Understanding the 2020 MITRE ATT&CK Results

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The release of MITRE Engenuity’s Carbanak+Fin7 ATT&CK evaluations every year is a benchmark for the cybersecurity industry. The organization’s tests measure how well security vendors can detect and respond to threats and offers an independent metric for customers and security …

Hackers Exploit 0-Day Gatekeeper Flaw to Attack MacOS Computers

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Security is only as strong as the weakest link. As further proof of this, Apple released an update to macOS operating systems to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability that could circumvent all security protections, thus permitting unapproved software to …

FBI, CISA Uncover Tactics Employed by Russian Intelligence Hackers

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday published a new joint advisory as part of their latest attempts to expose the tactics, techniques, and procedures …

Minnesota University Apologizes for Contributing Malicious Code to the Linux Project

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Researchers from the University of Minnesota apologized to the maintainers of Linux Kernel Project on Saturday for intentionally including vulnerabilities in the project’s code, which led to the school being banned from contributing to the open-source project in the future. …

Apple AirDrop Bug Could Leak Your Personal Info to Anyone Nearby

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New research has uncovered privacy weaknesses in Apple’s wireless file-sharing protocol that could result in the exposure of a user’s contact information such as email addresses and phone numbers. “As an attacker, it is possible to learn the phone numbers …

How to Test and Improve Your Domain’s Email Security?

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No matter which type of business you are in, whether small, medium, or large, email has become an irrefutable tool for communicating with your employees, partners, and customers. Emails are sent and received each day in bulk by companies from …