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Hackers Using Microsoft Build Engine to Deliver Malware Filelessly

Threat actors are abusing Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) to filelessly deliver remote access trojans and password-stealing malware on targeted Windows systems. The actively ongoing campaign is said to have emerged last month, researchers from cybersecurity firm Anomali said on Thursday, adding...
The Hacker News 15 May 2021 16543 Views

Learning from cyber attacks could be the key to stopping them

Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology at the White House says recent events demonstrate need to focus on preventing incidents.
ZDnet 14 May 2021 651 Views

CISA Warns Over FiveHands File-Encrypting Malware Variant

Packet Storm 12 May 2021 24277 Views

Fake Chrome App Anchors Rapidly Worming ‘Smish’ Cyberattack

An ingenious attack on Android devices self-propagates, with the potential for a range of damage.
Threatpost 12 May 2021 830 Views

GitHub Prepares to Move Beyond Passwords

GitHub adds support for FIDO2 security keys for Git over SSH to fend off account hijacking and further its plan to stick a fork in the security bane of passwords.
Threatpost 12 May 2021 843 Views

Hackers Leverage Adobe Zero Day Bug Impacting Adobe Reader

Packet Storm 12 May 2021 23216 Views

Colonial Pipeline aims to restore operations by end of the week after cyberattack

Meanwhile, the hacker group DarkSide said a statement that its goal is "to make money, and not creating problems for society".
ZDnet 11 May 2021 827 Views

CISA Releases Analysis Reports on New FiveHands Ransomware

CISA is aware of a recent, successful cyberattack against an organization using a new ransomware variant, known as FiveHands, that has been used to successfully conduct a cyberattack against an organization.
ZDnet 7 May 2021 629 Views

Justice Department seizes fake COVID-19 vaccine website stealing info from visitors

“Freevaccinecovax.org” was being used for fraud, phishing attacks, and/or deployment of malware, according to The U.S. Attorney’s Office.
ZDnet 6 May 2021 669 Views

'Millions' of Dell PCs will grant malware, rogue users admin-level access if asked nicely

Five vulnerabilities lay undetected for almost a dozen years in Windows driver code Dell desktops, laptops, and tablets built since 2009 and running Windows can be exploited to grant rogue users and malware system-administrator-level access to the computers. We're told this...
The Register 5 May 2021 20148 Views