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Delaware County, Pennsylvania, opted to pay 500K ransom to DoppelPaymer gang

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“The County of Delaware recently discovered a disruption to portions of its computer network. We commenced an immediate investigation that included taking certain systems offline and working with computer forensic specialists to determine the nature and scope of the event.

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US DoJ indicts Chinese hackers over state-sponsored cyber espionage

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The US Department of Justice charged two Chinese hackers for hacking numerous companies and government agencies in a dozen countries, US Indicts Two Chinese Government Hackers Over Global Hacking Campaign. The APT10 Group stole hundreds of gigabytes of sensitive data and information from the victims’ computer systems.

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DDoS-for-Hire Services operator sentenced to 13 months in prison

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The defendant made hundreds of thousands of dollars by launching millions of DDoS attacks with the platforms he was operating with a co-conspirator from August 2015 to November 2017. The man was sentenced on one count of conspiracy to cause damage to internet-connected computers for launching millions of DDoS attacks. The Chief U.S.

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Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, media blame China-linked APT

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Mitsubishi Electric had also already notified members of the Japanese government and Ministry of Defense. “An internal survey found that computers and servers at headquarters and major sites were subject to numerous unauthorized accesses.” ” reported the Asahi Shimbun. ” reported the Asahi Shimbun.

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OilRig APT group: the evolution of attack techniques over time

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group_a : from 2016 to August 2017 2. group_b : from August 2017 to January 2018 3. The group has targeted a variety of industries, including financial, government, energy, chemical, and telecommunications, and has largely focused its operations within the Middle East. group_c : from January 2018 to February 2018 4.

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Microsoft sued North Korea-linked Thallium group

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The group is charges of violations of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act and Electronic Communications Privacy Act; federal trademark infringement, dilution, and false designation of origin; cyber squatting; com mon law trespass to chattels; unjust enrichment; conversion; intentional interference with contracts. 27 in the U.S.

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MartyMcFly Malware: new Cyber-Espionage Campaign targeting Italian Naval Industry

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It’s not hard to see what the payload does (CVE-2017-11882 ), but if you run it on a dynamic engine you would probably have more chances to prove it. The Payload exploits CVE-2017-11882 by spawning the Equation Editor, dropping and executing an external PE file. It makes an explicit date control check to 0x7E1 (2017).