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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. .

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New financially motivated attacks in Western Europe traced to Russian-speaking threat actors

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Group-IB , a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks , has detected successful attacks in Western Europe carried out in late January 2020 traced to Russian-speaking threat actors. At least two companies operating in pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors have been affected.

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Hackers target COVID-19 vaccine supply chain and sell the vaccine in Darkweb

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Cybercrime organizations continue to be very active while pharmaceutical organizations are involved in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine and medicines to cure the infections. Recently, IBM warned of attacks against the COVID-19 vaccine cold chain that begun in September 2020.

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FIN11 gang started deploying ransomware to monetize its operations

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Since August, FIN11 started targeting organizations in many industries, including defense, energy, finance, healthcare, legal, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, technology, and transportation. In recent attacks, the group was observed deploying the Clop ransomware into the networks of its victims.