Cybercrime & Digital Threats

On January 17, Microsoft published an advisory (ADV200001) warning users about CVE-2020-0674, a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability involving Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) web browser.

An updated version of mobile malware FakeToken was found sending massive numbers of offensive messages to foreign countries.

A Texas school district is investigating an email phishing attack after a series of transactions resulted in the loss of an estimated US$2.3 million.

The Sodinokibi ransomware ended the year with a bang by launching a new round of attacks aimed at multiple organizations, including the Albany International Airport and the foreign exchange company Travelex.

The cryptocurrency-miner, a multi-component threat comprised of different Perl and Bash scripts, miner binaries, the application hider Xhide, and a scanner tool, propagates by scanning vulnerable machines and brute-forcing (primarily default) credentials.

As the new year rolls in, new developments in different ransomware strains have emerged. Here we discuss the different techniques that Clop, DeathRansom, and Maze ransomware use and the ways users and organizations can protect themselves against infection.

Financial applications are closely connected or even directly tied to a user’s finances, making them prime targets for cybercriminals. We provide simple steps and guidelines on how to protect mobile banking apps from common scams and malicious actors.

We take a closer look at an incident involving the MyKings botnet to show how the MITRE ATT&CK framework helps with threat investigation.

The city of Frankfurt, Germany, became the latest victim of Emotet after an infection forced it to close its IT network.