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China-linked APT41 group exploits Citrix, Cisco, Zoho flaws

Security Affairs

The group hit entities in several industries, including the gaming, healthcare, high-tech, higher education, telecommunications, and travel services industries. The paused coincides with the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays which occurred between January 24 and January 30, 2020.

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China-linked hackers target government agencies by exploiting flaws in Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems, and MS Exchange

Security Affairs

” The list of vulnerabilities targeted by the Chinese hackers are: CVE-2020-5902 : F5 Big-IP Vulnerability – CISA has conducted incident response engagements at Federal Government and commercial entities where the threat actors exploited CVE-2020-5902. 1 ] continues the advisory.

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

Hancitor became another commodity malware which partnered with ransomware gangs to help them gain initial access to target networks – the increasing trend outlined by Group-IB researchers in the recent Ransomware Uncovered 2020/2021 report. Cuba ransomware has been active since at least January 2020.

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SILENTFADE a long-running malware campaign targeted Facebook AD platform

Security Affairs

The attackers primarily ran malicious ad campaigns, often in the form of advertising pharmaceutical pills and spam with fake celebrity endorsements.” ” explained this week Facebook researchers Sanchit Karve and Jennifer Urgilez in a talk at the Virus Bulletin 2020 conference.

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Mobile Malware: Threats and Solutions

eSecurity Planet

McAfee recently published a report stating that mobile malware infections in the fourth quarter of 2020 surpassed 40 million after steadily climbing earlier in the year. Check Point published mobile security research showing that 46% of respondents experienced employees downloading at least one malicious app during 2020.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

The CCPA goes into effect January 1, 2020. Below is a history of the CCPA, a summary of its key elements as adopted, including recently adopted technical amendments, and practical takeaways for covered entities as the law moves from passage to 2020 enforcement. The Law Will Likely Change Before January 1, 2020. CCPA Background.

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Digging the recently leaked Chinese Communist Party database

Security Affairs

This database includes the members’ name, sex, ethnicity, hometown, organization, ID number, address, mobile number, landline, and education. com) which is a Hong-Kong-based forum, where the database was uploaded on August 18, 2020.