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Andariel Hackers Target South Korean Institutes with New Dora RAT Malware

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The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Andariel has been observed using a new Golang-based backdoor called Dora RAT in its attacks targeting educational institutes, manufacturing firms, and construction businesses in South Korea.

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Online Ed is the New Corporate Threat Vector

Security Boulevard

In the last 30 days, education was the most targeted sector, receiving more than 60% of all malware encounters, or more than 5 million incidents, according to Microsoft Security Intelligence. The post Online Ed is the New Corporate Threat Vector appeared first on Security Boulevard. Department of.

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New’ DearCry’ Ransomware Targets Unpatched Exchange Clients as Microsoft Takes Down ‘ProxyLogon’ PoC

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Microsoft’s Security Intelligence account also tweeted , “We have detected and are now blocking a new family of ransomware being used after an initial compromise of unpatched on-premises Exchange Servers.”. “Microsoft observed a new family of human operated ransomware attack customers – detected as Ransom:Win32/DoejoCrypt.A.

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DEF CON 31 Packet Hacking Village – Mike Raggo’s, Chet Hosmer’s ‘OSINT for Physical Security Intelligence’

Security Boulevard

Permalink The post DEF CON 31 Packet Hacking Village – Mike Raggo’s, Chet Hosmer’s ‘OSINT for Physical Security Intelligence’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Originating from the conference events at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada ; via the organizations YouTube channel.

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How to Stop Phishing Attacks in Their Tracks

SiteLock

Microsoft’s “ Security Intelligence Report, Volume 24 ” shows a 250% increase in the number of phishing emails and attacks since 2018. The good news is that you can educate your staff on how to prevent these types of attacks. Educate Your Employees About Phishing. Stop Spam Emails From Reaching Inboxes.

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BEST PRACTICES: Mock phishing attacks prep employees to avoid being socially engineered

The Last Watchdog

In 2015, penetration tester Oliver Münchow was asked by a Swiss bank to come up with a better way to test and educate bank employees so that passwords never left the network perimeter. This is stunning: phishing attacks soared in 2018, rising 250% between January and December, according to Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report.

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Updated Kmsdx botnet targets IoT devices

Security Affairs

The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) discovered a new version of the KmsdBot botnet that employed an updated Kmsdx binary targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The bot targets private gaming servers, cloud hosting providers, and certain government and educational sites.

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