Archive for the ‘cybercrime/malcode’ category: Page 19
Nov 24, 2020
China’s State-Sponsored Hacking Hits Companies Around the World
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: cybercrime/malcode, government
The group uses tools outside of the country for this attack campaign, as well as custom malware, including custom malware – including backdoor. Hartip – that Symantec has never used. Compromised computers at the time of the attack included domain controllers and file servers, and there is evidence that files are being filtered by some compromised computers. Attackers frequently used DLL side loading in this campaign and took advantage of the patched Zerologon vulnerability in August 2020.
Symantec first addressed this campaign when suspicious DLL-side loading activity on one the customers networks triggered a warning from Cloud Analytics technology available in Symantec Endpoint Security Complete (SESC).
The campaign is spread across the world, with a large number of regions detected as the victims of the attack. The common link between all the organisations that were attacked were their links to japan or japan based organisations. In the map you can clearly see that there was a reportedly Chinese-government-linked group attacking companies within China’s borders but, like many of the companies targeted in this campaign, the target in that instance is a subsidiary of a Japanese organization.
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Nov 24, 2020
Coronavirus: North Korea and Russia hackers ‘targeting vaccine’
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, cybercrime/malcode
Nov 23, 2020
Gene editing technologies and applications for insects
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, cybercrime/malcode, genetics
Initially discovered in bacteria, CRISPR-based genome editing endonucleases have proven remarkably amenable for adaptation to insects. To date, these endonucleases have been utilized in a plethora of both model and non-model insects including diverse flies, bees, beetles, butterflies, moths, and grasshoppers, to name a few, thereby revolutionizing functional genomics of insects. In addition to basic genome editing, they have also been invaluable for advanced genome engineering and synthetic biology applications. Here we explore the recent genome editing advancements in insects for generating site-specific genomic mutations, insertions, deletions, as well as more advanced applications such as Homology Assisted Genome Knock-in (HACK), potential to utilize DNA base editing, generating predictable reciprocal chromosomal translocations, and development gene drives to control the fate of wild populations.
Nov 23, 2020
GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: cryptocurrencies, cybercrime/malcode
Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week. The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
The incident is the latest incursion at GoDaddy that relied on tricking employees into transferring ownership and/or control over targeted domains to fraudsters. In March, a voice phishing scam targeting GoDaddy support employees allowed attackers to assume control over at least a half-dozen domain names, including transaction brokering site escrow.com.
Nov 21, 2020
Botnets have been silently mass-scanning the internet for unsecured ENV files
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: cybercrime/malcode, internet
Threat actors are looking for API tokens, passwords, and database logins usually stored in ENV files.
Nov 19, 2020
Ransomware attack brings Columbus County’s website down
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: cybercrime/malcode
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) — What was initially reported as a website ‘outage’ by Columbus County turns out to be something more sinister, a directed attack at the county’s web hosting service.
Nov 18, 2020
Ransomware attack forces web hosting provider Managed.com to take servers offline
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: cybercrime/malcode
Nov 18, 2020
Majority of APAC firms pay up in ransomware attacks
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: cybercrime/malcode
Despite expert advice against paying up, most victims of ransomware attacks in the region, including 88% in Australia and 78% in Singapore, have paid the ransom in full or in part, and the number of such attacks is only going to keep climbing amidst accelerated digital transformation efforts and remote work.
Nov 17, 2020
CubeSats: Tiny Platforms for Orbiting Optics
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: cybercrime/malcode, satellites
Small, boxy satellites are ridesharing their way into outer space—and may lead to important advances in laser communications and cybersecurity.