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Winnti Group was planning a devastating supply-chain attack against Asian manufacturer

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Winnti Group is back with a new modular Win backdoor that was used to infect the servers of a high-profile Asian mobile hardware and software manufacturer. The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Winnti, malware).

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Belgium telecom operators Proximus and Orange drop Huawei

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Major Belgium’s telecom operator Proximus announced on Friday that it will gradually replace its equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei. One of the major Belgium telecom operator Proximus announced on Friday that it will gradually replace its equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei. Pierluigi Paganini.

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China-linked Winnti APT steals intellectual property from companies worldwide

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The campaign flew under the radar since at least 2019, it was attributed by the experts to the China-linked Winnti group and targeted technology and manufacturing companies primarily located in East Asia, Western Europe, and North America. ” reads the report published by Cybereason. The technique was rarely seen in attacks.

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Boyne Resorts ski and golf resort operator hit with WastedLocker ransomware

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In June, security experts from Symantec reported that at least 31 organizations in the United States have been targeted with the recently discovered WastedLocker ransomware. Most of the victims belong to the manufacturing industry, followed by IT and media and telecommunications sectors. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Vietnam-linked Bismuth APT leverages coin miners to stay under the radar

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Learn how the group tried to stay under the radar using threats perceived to be less alarming: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 30, 2020. The APT32 also targeted peripheral network security and technology infrastructure corporations, and security firms that may have connections with foreign investors.

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China-linked APT41 group targets Hong Kong with Spyder Loader

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Winnti (aka APT41 , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly) is a cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. The attacks detailed by Cybereason targeted technology and manufacturing companies primarily located in East Asia, Western Europe, and North America. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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The role of a secret Dutch mole in the US-Israeli Stuxnet attack on Iran

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and Israel get Stuxnet onto the highly secured Natanz plant? In 2004, CIA and Mossad requested help to the the Dutch intelligence to get access to the plant, only in 2007 the mole, who posed as a mechanic working for a front company doing work at Natanz, dropped the virus into the target systems. “[T ” wrote the journalists.

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