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Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attack

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The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) finally disclosed a data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after the June attack. In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach.

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FBI: Compromised US academic credentials available on various cybercrime forums

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The FBI warns organizations in the higher education sector of credentials sold on cybercrime forums that can allow threat actors to access their networks. In 2017, crooks launched a phishing campaign against universities to compromise.edu accounts. ” reads the alert published by the FBI. To nominate, please visit:?.

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DePriMon downloader uses a never seen installation technique

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According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. In 2017, Symantec speculated that at least 40 targets in 16 countries have been compromised by the threat actors. The targets were all located in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Iran-Linked Seedworm APT target orgs in the Middle East

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Security experts pointed out that the threat actor started conducting destructive attacks. Also referred to as MuddyWater , MERCURY, and Static Kitten, the cyber-espionage group was initially analyzed in 2017. According to security firm ClearSky and Symantec, Seedworm recently started using a new downloader dubbed PowGoop.

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Operators behind Dark Caracal are still alive and operational

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The Bandook was spotted last time in 2015 and 2017 campaigns, dubbed “ Operation Manul ” and “ Dark Caracal “, respectively attributed to Kazakh and the Lebanese governments. Samples from the Dark Caracal campaign (2017) utilized around 100 commands, compared to the current 120 command version we analyzed. ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Law enforcement seized the Genesis Market cybercrime marketplace

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The FBI seized the Genesis Market , a black marketplace for stolen credentials that was launched in 2017. Law enforcement seized the Genesis Market black marketplace, a platform focused on the sale of stolen credentials, as part of Operation Cookie Monster.

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Vice Society ransomware also exploits PrintNightmare flaws in its attack

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Microsoft issued security updates, between June and August, to address the above issues, it also implemented the same changes to the default Point and Print default behavior. reads the security advisory published by Microsoft. A local attacker could exploit the vulnerability to gain SYSTEM privileges on vulnerable systems.