Daily NCSC-FI news followup 2019-12-01

Scammers Using COVID-19/Coronavirus Lure to Target Medical Suppliers www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/scammers-using-covid-19-coronavirus-lure-to-target-medical-suppliers.html FortiGuard Labs has discovered a new malicious spearphishing campaign, once again using the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic as a lure. This latest email campaign targets a medical device supplier, wherein the attacker is inquiring about various materials needed to address the COVID-19 pandemic due to high demand for […]

Bitcoin-kiristäjä piinaa taas suomalaisia www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/bitcoin-kiristaja-piinaa-taas-suomalaisia-ala-maksa-masturbointilunnaita/a65ed063-b6b7-4ae9-93a8-4a4161d70b43 Verkkohuijarit ovat taas liikkeellä pornokiristyksinä tunnettujen huijausviestien kanssa. Huijarit väittävät tartuttaneensa haittaohjelman vastaanottajan koneelle tämän vierailtua aikuisviihdesivustolla. Katso myös Kyberturvallisuuskeskuksen uutinen aiheesta: www.kyberturvallisuuskeskus.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/kiristyshuijauksia-liikkeella-runsaasti-ala-usko-huijarien-vaitteita Signal down after getting flooded with new users www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/signal-down-after-getting-flooded-with-new-users/ Signal users are currently experiencing issues around the world, with users unable to send and receive messages. Ransomware […]

Identifying suspicious credential usage www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/identifying-suspicious-credential-usage How NCSC guidance can help organisations detect and protect themselves from credential abuse. Weekly Threat Report 19th March 2021 www.ncsc.gov.uk/report/weekly-threat-report-19th-march-2021 The NCSC’s weekly threat report is drawn from recent open source reporting. “Expert” hackers used 11 0-days to infect Windows, iOS, and Android users arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/03/expert-hackers-used-11-zerodays-to-infect-windows-ios-and-android-users/ A team of advanced hackers […]