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China-linked APT Hackers Launch Coronavirus-Themed Attacks

13

Mar

2020

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) themed malware attacks are now common. The subject matter automatically contains at least two of the primary social engineering triggers, fear and urgency, making it an obvious lure for use by criminals. Even a long-standing China-based APT has begun to use the threat in a new spear-phishing campaign. Researchers from Check Point Research […]

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The Impact of Recycling on Industrial Cyber Security

01

Oct

2019

In the decade since the Stuxnet worm was discovered, multiple attacks that have been launched against operational technology (OT) networks including Shamoon, Havex, Wannycry, and Lockergoga. Looking back, a disturbing trend has emerged. Industrial attacks are being recycled. Consider LockerGoga, which crippled Norsk Hydro, one of the largest aluminum manufacturers in the world, in March […]

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Microsoft Patches Internet Explorer Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

24

Sep

2019

The Internet Explorer zero-day, tracked as CVE-2019-1367, has been described as a memory corruption issue that allows remote code execution. The security hole affects Internet Explorer 9, 10 and 11, and Microsoft says it’s aware of exploitation attempts against both newer and older versions. “The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an […]

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