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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …