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Cybercriminals Deliver IRS Tax Scams & Phishing Campaigns By Mimicking Government Vendors

Security Affairs

Threat intelligence firm Resecurity details how crooks are delivering IRS tax scams and phishing attacks posing as government vendors. The identified phishing e-mail warned the victims about overdue payments to the IRS, which should then be paid via PayPal, the e-mail contained an HTML attachment imitating an electronic invoice.

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FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang

Krebs on Security

The core Manipulaters product is Heartsender , a spam delivery service whose homepage openly advertised phishing kits targeting users of various Internet companies, including Microsoft 365 , Yahoo , AOL , Intuit , iCloud and ID.me , to name a few.

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Electronic prescription provider MediSecure impacted by a ransomware attack

Security Affairs

MediSecure is a company that provides digital health solutions, particularly focusing on secure electronic prescription delivery services in Australia. Electronic prescription provider MediSecure in Australia suffered a ransomware attack likely originate from a third-party vendor. ” reported ABC.

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OilRig APT group: the evolution of attack techniques over time

Security Affairs

group_d : from March 2019 to August 2019 The evaluation process would take care of the following Techniques: Delivery , Exploit , Install and Command. The group has targeted a variety of industries, including financial, government, energy, chemical, and telecommunications, and has largely focused its operations within the Middle East.

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“Smishing Triad” Targeted USPS and US Citizens for Data Theft

Security Affairs

These scammers often attempt to disguise themselves as a government agency, bank, or other organization to lend legitimacy to their claims, for example, a postal service like the United States Postal Service (USPS), asking to pay additional delivery fees via credit card.

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NATO releases its first strategy for Artificial Intelligence

Security Affairs

Governability: AI applications will be developed and used according to their intended functions and will allow for: appropriate human-machine interaction; the ability to detect and avoid unintended consequences; and the ability to take steps, such as disengagement or deactivation of systems, when such systems demonstrate unintended behaviour.

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TA505 group updates tactics and expands the list of targets

Security Affairs

ISO image attachments along with a.NET downloader , a new style for macro delivery, a newer version of ServHelper, and a.DLL variant of FlawedAmmyy downloader. The TA505 also targeted government agencies in Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar using another type of.XLS or.DOC attachments. ” continues the report. XLS or VBA.DOC macros.”