AvosLocker Ransomware Variant Using New Trick to Disable Antivirus Protection

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new variant of the AvosLocker ransomware that disables antivirus solutions to evade detection after breaching target networks by taking advantage of unpatched security flaws. 
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Chinese Hackers Caught Exploiting Popular Antivirus Products to Target Telecom Sector

A Chinese-aligned cyberespionage group has been observed striking the telecommunication sector in Central Asia with versions of malware such as ShadowPad and PlugX.
Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne tied the intrusions to an actor it tracks under the nam… Continue reading Chinese Hackers Caught Exploiting Popular Antivirus Products to Target Telecom Sector

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New Hacker Group Pursuing Corporate Employees Focused on Mergers and Acquisitions

A newly discovered suspected espionage threat actor has been targeting employees focusing on mergers and acquisitions as well as large corporate transactions to facilitate bulk email collection from victim environments.
Mandiant is tracking the activi… Continue reading New Hacker Group Pursuing Corporate Employees Focused on Mergers and Acquisitions

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GitHub Says Recent Attack Involving Stolen OAuth Tokens Was “Highly Targeted”

Cloud-based code hosting platform GitHub described the recent attack campaign involving the abuse of OAuth access tokens issued to Heroku and Travis-CI as “highly targeted” in nature.
“This pattern of behavior suggests the attacker was only listing or… Continue reading GitHub Says Recent Attack Involving Stolen OAuth Tokens Was “Highly Targeted”

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