Category: Cybersecurity (General)

• 26 February, 2022
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Citibank Phishing Baits Customers with Fake Suspension Alerts

• 24 February, 2022
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NSA-linked Bvp47 Linux Backdoor Widely Undetected for 10 years

A report released today dives deep into technical aspects of a Linux backdoor now tracked as Bvp47 that is linked to the Equation Group, the advanced persistent threat actor tied to the U.S. National Security Agency. Bvp47 survived until today almost undetected, despite being submitted to the Virus Total antivirus database for the first time

• 24 February, 2022
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Network Hackers Focus on Selling High-value Targets in the U.S.

A Crowdstrike report looking into access brokers’ advertisements since 2019 has identified a preference in academic, government, and technology entities based in the United States. Initial access brokers are a vital link in the cybercrime chain, as these threat actors are devoted to breaching corporate networks for future attacks. These brokers then sell access to

• 24 February, 2022
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New Data-wiping Malware Used in Destructive Attacks on Ukraine

Cybersecurity firms have found a new data wiper used in destructive attacks today against Ukrainian networks just as Russia moves troops into regions of Ukraine. A data wiper is malware that intentionally destroys data on a device to make the data unrecoverable and for the operating system to no longer work correctly. Cybersecurity firms Symantec