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Biotech Company Miltenyi Biotec Discloses Malware Attack

Issued by: Security Week

The Cologne, Germany-based company provides solutions for cell and therapy research, including COVID-19-related products. It has facilities in 28 countries and employs more than 3,000 people. In an official statement, Miltenyi Biotec announced that, over the past couple of weeks, it experienced malware attacks that affected some of its order processing capabilities. “During the last…

Malware & Threats

Malware activity spikes 128%, Office document phishing skyrockets

Issued by: Help Net Security

Nuspire released a report, outlining new cybercriminal activity and tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) throughout Q3 2020, with additional insight from Recorded Future. Threat actors becoming even more ruthless The report demonstrates threat actors becoming even more ruthless. Throughout Q3, hackers shifted focus from home networks to overburdened public entities, including the education sector and…

Malware & Threats

U.S. Says Iranian Hackers Accessed Voter Information

Issued by: Security Week

The warning comes roughly one week after the United States revealed that the same adversary targeted Democratic voters in multiple states with emails seeking to intimidate them into voting for President Donald Trump. In the previous alert, CISA and the FBI noted that the Iranian hackers targeted known vulnerabilities in virtual private network (VPN) products…

Malware & Threats

Iran-Linked ‘Silent Librarian’ Back at Phishing Universities

Issued by: Security Week

Also tracked as TA407 and COBALT DICKENS, the adversary was previously observed launching similar attacks for two years in a row. In 2018, the group set up fake login pages for 76 universities. In 2019, Silent Librarian targeted more than 60 universities in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Switzerland, the United States, and the United Kingdom….

Network Security

Twitter Hack: 24 Hours From Phishing Employees to Hijacking Accounts

Issued by: Security Week

The attack started on July 14 and was over the next day, when it became apparent that numerous high-profile accounts, including those of Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Barack Obama, and Jeff Bezos, were hijacked and leveraged to promote a cryptocurrency scam. The hackers, which were identified shortly after the incident, leveraged internal Twitter systems to…

Malware & Threats

Law Firm Seyfarth Shaw Hit by Damaging Ransomware Attack

Issued by: Security Week

Founded in 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, Seyfarth has over 900 lawyers across 17 offices, providing clients all around the world with advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services. The Am Law 100 firm serves more than 300 of the Fortune 500 companies. Over the weekend, the company fell victim to a ransomware attack that spread aggressively…

Malware & Threats

Enterprise Solutions Provider ‘Software AG’ Hit by Clop Ransomware

Issued by: Security Week

Software AG operates across more than 70 countries around the world and it has over 5,000 employees. It claims that its solutions are used by more than 10,000 of the world’s biggest brands. The company disclosed the incident on October 5, when it reported being hit by a malware attack on October 3. Software AG…

Malware & Threats

DoD, DHS Warn of Attacks Involving SLOTHFULMEDIA Malware

Issued by: Security Week

SLOTHFULMEDIA is described as a dropper that deploys two files when executed, including a RAT designed to allow hackers to control compromised devices, and a component that removes the dropper once the RAT achieves persistence on the targeted computer. The RAT is capable of running arbitrary commands, terminating processes, taking screenshots, modifying the registry, and…

Malware & Threats

Russian Pleads Not Guilty in Foiled Tesla Ransomware Plot

Issued by: Security Week

“I’m not guilty,” Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov said in response to a charge of conspiracy to intentionally cause damage to a protected computer. He said earlier in the hearing that he wanted “to go through the whole process as fast as possible.” Kriuchkov, 26, also told U.S. Magistrate Judge Carla Baldwin that he knew the Russian…

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Government Software Provider Tyler Technologies Confirms Ransomware Attack

Issued by: Security Week

Tyler this week shut down its website and started informing customers via email that its internal phone and IT systems were accessed without authorization by an unknown third party. The company said the attack disrupted access to some internal systems, and it decided to shut down points of access to external systems while investigating the…