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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the COVID-19 research

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According to a report published by Kaspersky Lab in January 2020, in the two years the North Korea-linked APT group has continued to target cryptocurrency exchanges evolving its TTPs. Now Kaspersky researchers revealed to have spotted new attacks that were carried out by the APT group in September and October 2020.

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Google warned users of 33,015 nation-state attacks since January

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Google delivered over 33,000 alerts to its users during the first three quarters of 2020 to warn them of attacks from nation-state actors. Google delivered 33,015 alerts to its users during the first three quarters of 2020 to warn them of phishing attacks, launched by nation-state actors, targeting their accounts.

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Operation Pangea: Europol dismantles criminal gangs selling coronavirus medicine, surgical masks

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Operation Pangea, coordinated by INTERPOL and involved 90 countries worldwide, took place between 3 and 10 March 2020.” link] — EC3 (@EC3Europol) March 23, 2020. . “Europol has supported a global operation to target trafficking counterfeit medicines. ” reads the press release published by the Europol.

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FBI warns US companies on the use of Chinese Tax Software

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. “Compromise of the pharmaceutical supply chain provides malicious actors opportunities for theft of US intellectual property, while public disclosure can cause cascading effects including loss of public trust in both chemical and healthcare institutions.” ” reads the alert.

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NailaoLocker ransomware targets EU healthcare-related entities

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“Researchers from Mandiant for instance observed APT41 targeting US pharmaceutical entities in early 2020, meanwhile APT18 or APT10 have been historically tied to even older breaches affecting this vertical.” ” concludes the report.

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CERT-FR warns of Lockean ransomware attacks against French companies

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CERT-FR published a detailed report on the activity of the Lockean ransomware gang that has been active since June 2020. “First observed in June 2020, this group named Lockean is thought to have affiliated with several Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) including DoppelPaymer, Maze, Prolock, Egregor and Sodinokibi. .

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

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Victims operate in the Banking/Finance, Construction, Defense Industrial Base, Government, Healthcare, High Technology, Higher Education, Legal, Manufacturing, Media, Non-profit, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical, Real Estate, Telecommunications, Transportation, Travel, and Utility. .