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Anubis, a new info-stealing malware spreads in the wild

Security Affairs

According to Microsoft, the new piece of malware uses code forked from Loki malware to steal system info, credentials, credit card details, cryptocurrency wallets. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) August 26, 2020. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Vietnam-linked Bismuth APT leverages coin miners to stay under the radar

Security Affairs

Microsoft warns of Vietnam-linked Bismuth group that is deploying cryptocurrency miner while continues its cyberespionage campaigns. Researchers from Microsoft reported that the Vietnam-linked Bismuth group, aka OceanLotus , Cobalt Kitty , or APT32 , is deploying cryptocurrency miners while continues its cyberespionage campaigns.

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Australian Govt agency ACSC warns of Emotet and BlueKeep attacks

Security Affairs

. “The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), with its state and territory partners, is continuing to respond to the widespread malware campaign known as Emotet while responding to reports that hackers are exploiting the BlueKeep vulnerability to mine cryptocurrency.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Microsoft warns of more disruptive BlueKeep attacks and urges patch installation

Security Affairs

Recently, researchers warned of the first mass-hacking campaign exploiting the BlueKeep exploit , the attack aimed at installing a cryptocurrency miner on the infected systems. Read our latest blog w/ assist from @GossiTheDog & @MalwareTechBlog [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 7, 2019.

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Six Effective Ransomware Risk Reduction Strategies

NopSec

Through a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin or LiteCoin, or 2.) CryptoLocker (one of the most widely-known variants that was active from 2013 to 2014) demanded $300.00. Payment of a ransom is typically done in one of two ways: Either 1.) Through a prepaid debit card or gift card. The amount demanded differs between variants.