Cybersecurity News
Microsoft Uses Trademark Law to Disrupt Trickbot Botnet
Microsoft Corp. has executed a coordinated legal sneak attack in a bid to disrupt the malware-as-a-service botnet Trickbot, a global menace that has infected millions of computers and is used to spread ransomware. A court in Virginia granted Microsoft control over many Internet servers Trickbot uses to plunder infected systems, based on novel claims that the crime machine abused the software giant's trademarks. However, it appears the operation has not completely disabled the botnet.12 October 2020
Microsoft and others orchestrate takedown of TrickBot botnet
FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, NTT, Symantec, and the Microsoft Defender team participated in the takedown.12 October 2020
ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt Trickbot
Throughout its monitoring, ESET analyzed thousands of malicious samples every month to help this effort
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12 October 2020
Twitter slaps warning on President Trump tweet claiming coronavirus immunity
Trump has claimed immunity to the virus, despite no scientific backing.12 October 2020
Hacker groups chain VPN and Windows bugs to attack US government networks
Some attacks were successful and intruders gained "unauthorized access to elections support systems."12 October 2020
Five Eyes governments, India, and Japan make new call for encryption backdoors
Another Five Eyes meeting, another call for encryption backdoors in modern tech.11 October 2020
Proud Boys websites kicked off web host, Google Cloud
Following years of lobbying efforts, Google intervenes with one of its customers to have Proud Boys websites moved off its platform.10 October 2020
Children and parent info exposed in Georgia DHS data breach
The personal and health data of children and adults involved in Child Protective Services cases was exposed.10 October 2020
New self-erasing chip could be used to detect counterfeit or tampered products
Special chips holding messages can be placed inside products. When the chip is exposed to natural light, the message disappears.10 October 2020
Report: U.S. Cyber Command Behind Trickbot Tricks
A week ago, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that someone was attempting to disrupt the Trickbot botnet, a malware crime machine that has infected millions of computers and is often used to spread ransomware. A new report Friday says the coordinated attack was part of an operation carried out by the U.S. military's Cyber Command.10 October 2020
Document-signing service Docsketch discloses security breach
Docsketch says an unauthorized third-party accessed a three-week old copy of its database.09 October 2020
Latest Version of MalLocker Android Ransomware Packs New Tricks
Like most such mobile malware, the new one doesn't encrypt data but attempts to make an infected system impossible to use, Microsoft says.09 October 2020
Apple Pays Bug Bounty to Enterprise Network Researchers
So far, the company has doled out $288,000 to five researchers who, in three months, found 55 vulnerabilities in its corporate infrastructure.09 October 2020
Fitbit Spyware Steals Personal Data via Watch Face
Immersive Labs Researcher takes advantage of lax Fitbit privacy controls to build a malicious spyware watch face.
09 October 2020
Critical Zerologon Flaw Exploited in TA505 Attacks
Microsoft reports a new campaign leveraging the critical Zerologon vulnerability just days after nation-state group Mercury was seen using the flaw.09 October 2020
Sophisticated Android Ransomware Executes with the Home Button
The malware also has a unique machine-learning module.
09 October 2020
CISOs Planning on Bigger Budgets: Report
Budgets are on the rise, even in a time of revenue worries across the industry.09 October 2020
German tech giant Software AG down after ransomware attack
Exclusive: The Clop ransomware gang is demanding more than $20 million from German tech firm Software AG.09 October 2020
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Why deleting your personal data from social media may be impossible – How do you reset your face after a data breach? – The perils of working from a hotel
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09 October 2020
55 security flaws found in various Apple services
Five ethical hackers have earned almost US$300,000 in bug bounty rewards – so far
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09 October 2020