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Threats
UNC2447 SOMBRAT and FIVEHANDS Ransomware: A Sophisticated Financial Threat
Mandiant has observed an aggressive financially motivated group, UNC2447, exploiting one SonicWall VPN zero-day vulnerability prior to a patch being…
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Abusing Replication: Stealing AD FS Secrets Over the Network
Organizations are increasingly adopting cloud-based services such as Microsoft 365 to host applications and data. Sophisticated threat actors are catching…
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Ghostwriter Update: Cyber Espionage Group UNC1151 Likely Conducts Ghostwriter Influence Activity
In July 2020, Mandiant Threat Intelligence released a public report detailing an ongoing influence campaign we named “Ghostwriter.” Ghostwriter is…
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Zero-Day Exploits in SonicWall Email Security Lead to Enterprise Compromise
In March 2021, Mandiant Managed Defense identified three zero-day vulnerabilities in SonicWall’s Email Security (ES) product that were being exploited…
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Phishing
Attackers Exploited 4 Zero-Day Flaws in Chrome, Safari & IE
At least two government-backed actors — including one Russian group — used the now-patched flaws in separate campaigns, Google says.…
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Forced Chrome extensions get removed, keep reappearing
Malwarebytes found a family of forced Chrome extensions that can’t be removed because of a policy change that tells users…
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ASyncRat surpasses Dridex, TrickBot and Emotet to become dominant email threat
A review of what’s changed in malware in 2022, and what hasn’t, based on Adam Kujawa’s talk at RSAC 2022.…
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Credential-stealing malware disguises itself as Telegram, targets social media users
Spyware.FFDroider is an information stealer that exfiltrates browser data in an attempt to steal credentials and valid session cookies. A…
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Don’t let scammers ruin your Valentine’s Day
No matter the occasion, you can always count on scammers to show up. Today is Valentine’s Day, so we thought…
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SolarWinds attackers launch new campaign
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center has issued a warning about new activities from Nobelium, the group behind SolarWinds, Sunburst, and…