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Fancy Bear known to be exploiting vulnerability in Cisco routers

April 24, 2023 0 Comments APT28, Cisco, cve--2017-6742, Exploits and vulnerabilities, Fancy Bear, gru, jaguar tooth, news, snmp, sofacy

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

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A joint advisory about a Cisco vulnerability by several US and UK agencies gives us a peek inside the minds of ideologically motivated cybercriminals

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APT28 attack uses old PowerPoint trick to download malware

September 28, 2022 0 Comments APT28, Fancy Bear, news, one drive, powerpoint, PowerShell, syncappvpublishingserver

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The Russian APT known as Fancy Bear was caught using an old mouseover technique that doesn’t need macros

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A week in security (June 20 – June 26)

June 27, 2022 0 Comments 311, 7-zip, A week in security, APT28, catfishing, chrome, conti, conti ransomware, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency scam, cybersecurity emergency, DDoS, DDoS-for-hire, dfscoerce, FBI, internet safety month, LinkedIn, linkedin scam, Magecart, mark of the web, mega, ntlm relay attack, phishing, PowerShell, Ransomware, vacation cybersecurity, vacation privacy, voicemail phishing

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:30:06 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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A week in security (August 5 – 11)

August 12, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, APT28, awis, backdoors, bitcoin, bmi, brain-machine interface, chrome incognito, CTNT report, dslr flaw, facebook, Fancy Bear, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services, IRIS, Mark Zuckerberg, messenger kids, phishing, protonmail, Ransomware, robocall, robocall scam, sextortion, smart homes, steam, Strontium, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:38:31 +0000

The latest cybersecurity news for the week of August 5–11. We touch on problematic backdoors, the grim possibility of the Internet of Thoughts, and smart home improvement. We also released a retrospective report on ransomware.

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A week in security

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