Second-ever UEFI rootkit spotted in attacks against diplomats with ties to North Korea
The malicious UEFI firmware is based on the leaked source code of the VectorEDK bootkit developed by now-defunct Italian vendor HackingTeam.
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Iranian hackers are actively exploiting Zerologon vulnerability
The attacks attributed to the Muddy Water APT group have been occurring for the last two weeks.
Visa warns of POS attacks against North American hospitality merchants
The cybercriminals have targeted the merchants’ point-of-sale (POS) terminals in an effort to harvest and exfiltrate payment card data.
New Ttint IoT botnet exploits two zero-days in Tenda routers to install malware
The most notable thing about this botnet is that along with DDoS functionality it implements 12 remote access functions.
XDSpy hackers have been stealing government secrets in Europe since 2011
The hacker group remained largely undetected for more than nine years.
Vulnerability summary for the week: October 2, 2020
A weekly vulnerability digest.
IPStorm botnet targets Mac and Android devices in addition to Windows and Linux machines
The botnet now includes estimated 13, 500 devices in 84 countries across the globe with the majority of them located in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan.
US authorities share details of the new “SlothfulMedia” malware used in ongoing attacks
The malware reportedly targets entities in India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Russia and Ukraine.
UK NCSC to admins: Do not disable app and browser updates to continue to use Adobe Flash Player past its EOL
Adobe will end support of Flash Player on December 31, 2020.
North Korean hackers launched spear phishing attacks against tens of UN officials
The campaign took place between March and April this year and was aimed at at least 28 officials.
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