[SecurityWeek] German Election Authority Confirms Likely Cyber Attack

Vulnerabilities Exploited in Multiple VPN Applications www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/10/04/vulnerabilities-exploited-multiple-vpn-applications The United Kingdom (UK) National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released an alert on advanced persistent threat (APT) actors exploiting vulnerabilities in Virtual Private Network (VPN) applications. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. DHS and FDA warn about much broader […]

The hackers are demanding bitcoin ransom payments from an unknown number of users. Source: Read More (Latest topics for ZDNet in Security)

Introduction Malicious spam (malspam) pushing Hancitor malware (AKA: Chanitor, MAN1, Moskalvzapoe, or TA551) sometimes changes tactics when delivering malware .  Since June 2021, this campaign stopped using docs.google.com links in their malspam and began using feedproxy.google.com to kick off an infection chain.  Criminals behind Hancitor have been abusing Google services since October 2020. These Google […]