Collaborate Disseminate
A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, October 2020.
London’s Hackney Borough Council has been tight-lipped about “a serious cyber-attack” which… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for November 2020
A relative newcomer in the “malware-as-a-service” scene is starting to attract the big-money ransomware criminals. Continue reading Buer Loader “malware-as-a-service” joins Emotet for ransomware delivery
Malicious redirection websites are using typosquatting and impersonation to attack unwary visitors. Continue reading Xfinity, McAfee Brands Abused by Parked Domains in Active Campaigns
An investigation showed a custom backdoor RAT and the Emotet trojan in the networks of municipal victims of the attacks. Continue reading Louisiana Calls Out National Guard to Fight Ransomware Surge
CISA warned already-strained public-sector entities about disturbing spikes in Emotet phishing attacks aimed at municipalities. Continue reading Feds Sound Alarm Over Emotet Attacks on State, Local Govs
A global spike in the spread of Emotet malware now includes phishing messages geared toward potential Democratic Party volunteers at hundreds of U.S. organizations, according to security researchers. Attackers behind the Emotet hacking tool have referred to current events in their email lures before, but “historically they have not directly leveraged political themes in their messaging,” reports email security company Proofpoint. The body of this particular email is taken directly from a page on the Democratic National Committee’s website, the researchers say, and attached is a malicious Word document titled “Team Blue Take Action.” The thousands of emails sent to U.S. targets came in the same week that interest spiked in the U.S. presidential campaign as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met in their first debate. (Trump’s announcement early Friday of a positive coronavirus test probably will not dampen Democrats’ interest in the race.) Proofpoint stresses that despite the political content of […]
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Cybercriminals have sent out thousands of malware-laden emails, using lures related to the US elections, to companies across America. Continue reading Malware campaign poses as Team Blue Take Action email
Phishing threats take many forms and are used to deliver malware, steal credentials, and entice recipients into taking actions they will later regret. Despite advances in technology, these threats continue to reach inboxes and continue to succeed. In t… Continue reading Phish Fryday – Phishing Threats with Palo Alto Unit 42
Phishing threats take many forms and are used to deliver malware, steal credentials, and entice recipients into taking actions they will later regret. Despite advances in technology, these threats continue to reach inboxes and continue to succeed. In t… Continue reading Phish Fryday – Phishing Threats with Palo Alto Unit 42
Hundreds of U.S. organizations on Thursday received emails purporting to come from the Democratic National Committee, in a new politically charged Emotet spear-phishing attack. Continue reading Emotet Emails Strike Thousands of DNC Volunteers