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2020-01-31 22:29:00 UTC
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Advanced Obfuscation Marks Widespread Info-Stealing Campaign

Agent Tesla and LokiBot are common payloads in the botnet-driven spam effort.

Malware Privacy Advanced Obfuscation Agent Tesla Infostealing Lastline LokiBot Malicious Emails Malware Research Rtf File Spam Campaign Sweed
2020-01-31 22:23:00 UTC
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ThreatPost
Evil Corp Returns With New Malware Infection Tactic

Researchers have observed the cybercrime group back in action, now using a new tactic for distributing malware.

Hacks Vulnerabilities Web Security Cybercrime Evil Corp Excel GraceWire HTML Redirector Infostealer Malicious Excel Document Microsoft Phishing Group Trojan
2020-01-31 22:04:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
Cyber criminals using Coronavirus emergency to spread malware

By Waqas

Yes, you read that right! Coronavirus is being used to spreads dangerous Emotet trojan!

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News China Coronavirus Cyber Crime Emotet Fraud Japan Scam Security TROJAN
2020-01-31 21:15:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
What It's Like to Be a CISO: Check Point Security Leader Weighs In

Jony Fischbein shares the concerns and practices that are top-of-mind in his daily work leading security at Check Point Software.

2020-01-31 21:10:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
'George' the Most Popular Password That's a Name

A new study of stolen passwords reflects the consequences of password overload.

2020-01-31 21:06:00 UTC
Krebs on Security
Krebs on Security
Iowa Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Men Hired to Test Their Security

On Sept. 11, 2019, two security experts at a company that had been hired by the state of Iowa to test the physical and network security of its judicial system were arrested while probing the security of an Iowa county courthouse, jailed in orange jumpsuits, charged with burglary, and held on $100,000 bail. On Thursday Jan. 30, prosecutors in Iowa announced they had dropped the criminal charges. The news came while KrebsOnSecurity was conducting a video interview with the two accused (featured below).

A Little Sunshine Ars Technica Chad Leonard Chris Nickerson Coalfire Dallas County Dallas County Attorney Charles Sinnard Dan Goodin Gary DeMercurio Justin Wynn Matthew Linholm Sen. Zach Whiting State Sen. Amy Sinclair Tom McAndrew
2020-01-31 20:42:00 UTC
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ThreatPost
Iranian Hackers Target U.S. Gov. Vendor With Malware

APT34 has been spotted in a malware campaign targeting customers and employees of a company that works closely with U.S. federal agencies, and state and local governments.

Government Hacks Apt34 Cyberattack Irán Malware Spearphishing TONEDEAF US Government US Iran Westat
2020-01-31 20:30:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Ashley Madison Breach Returns with Extortion Campaign

The recent attack messages use new techniques to extort Bitcoin payments from Ashley Madison users hit in massive 2015 data breach.

2020-01-31 19:05:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
Top 10 Best Writing Tools

By Owais Sultan

Should We Use Writing Tools to Improve Our Work? Yes, if you run a website or do anything online involving typing. Here are the 10 best writing tools.

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2020-01-31 17:49:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Serious Security – How ‘special case’ code blew a hole in OpenSMTPD

Patch now before you receive a message that's more than just bad news!

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