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FIN7 cybercrime gang creates fake cybersecurity firm to recruit pentesters for ransomware attacks

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FIN7 hacking group created fake cybersecurity companies to hire experts and involve them in ransomware attacks tricking them of conducting a pentest. The gang space creates fake cybersecurity companies that hire experts requesting them to carry out pen testing attacks under the guise of pentesting activities. Pierluigi Paganini.

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FBI and CISA published a new advisory on AvosLocker ransomware

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FBI and CISA published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to disseminate IOCs, TTPs, and detection methods associated with AvosLocker ransomware. The joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of an ongoing #StopRansomware effort aimed at sharing technical details associated with various ransomware operations.

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Russia-linked hackers actively exploit CVE-2020-4006 VMware flaw, NSA warns

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) also published a security advisory on the CVE-2020-4006 zero-day flaw. ” According to the NSA, the threat actors installed a web shell on the VMWare Workspace ONE system and then forged SAML credentials for themselves. .” ” concludes the advisory.

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China-linked APT BlackTech was spotted hiding in Cisco router firmware

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US and Japanese intelligence, law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies warn of a China-linked APT, tracked as BlackTech (aka Palmerworm, Temp.Overboard, Circuit Panda, and Radio Panda), that planted backdoor in Cisco router firmware to access multinational companies’ networks. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S.

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New iLOBleed Rootkit, the first time ever that malware targets iLO firmware

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The module has full access to all the firmware, hardware, software, and operating system installed on the server. . The attacks were spotted by Iranian cybersecurity firm Amnpardaz, this is the first time ever that malware targets iLO firmware. The level of sophistication of these attacks suggests the involvement of an APT group.

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Critical flaw in VMware Cloud Director allows hackers to take over company infrastructure

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Escalate privileges from “Organization Administrator” (normally a customer account) to “System Administrator” with access to all cloud accounts (organization) as an attacker can change the hash for this account. SecurityAffairs – VMware Cloud Director, cybersecurity). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Ransomware operators exploit VMWare ESXi flaws to encrypt disks of VMs

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The news of the attack was also confirmed by the popular cybersecurity researchers Kevin Beaumont that reported that threat actors are using the two issues to bypass all Windows OS security, by shutting down VMs and encrypting the VMDK’s directly on hypervisor. Threat actors left the ransom note at the datastore level.