Cup of Cyber - September 14th, 2020 - Maze Ransomeware Hits Fairfax Schools

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Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), one of the largest school divisions in the US, was hit by Maze ransomware operators.

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/108219/cyber-crime/fairfax-county-public-schools-maze-ransomware.html?

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Cup of Cyber - August 28th, 2020 - Emotet Kill Switch?

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0:00 Welcome

5:25 DeathStalker APT Attacked SMBs with Cyber Espionage Tools

12:35 Magecart’s Success Paves Way For Cybercriminal Credit Card ‘Sniffer’ Market

22:12 Chrome 85 Released With 20 Security Fixes

26:28 EmoCrash: An Emotet Kill Switch For Defense

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DeathStalker APT Attacked SMBs with Cyber Espionage Tools

https://cyware.com/news/deathstalker-...

Magecart’s Success Paves Way For Cybercriminal Credit Card ‘Sniffer’ Market

https://threatpost.com/magecarts-succ...

Chrome 85 Released With 20 Security Fixes

https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-8...

EmoCrash: An Emotet Kill Switch For Defense

https://cyware.com/news/emocrash-an-e...

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Cup of Cyber - August 25th, 2020 - Average Data Breach Cost: $3.86M

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Dark web Empire Market still down after 3 days. DDoS attack or exit scam?

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/...

Attackers Use Unicode & HTML to Bypass Email Security Tools

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-b...

Steel sheet giant Hoa Sen Group hacked by Maze ransomware operators

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/...

DarkSide: New targeted ransomware demands million dollar ransoms

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news...

Average Cost of a Data Breach in 2020: $3.86M

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabi...

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Cup of Cyber - August 24th, 2020 - RDP #1 Ransomeware Exploit

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Top exploits used by ransomware gangs are VPN bugs, but RDP still reigns supreme

https://www.zdnet.com/article/top-exp...

A Google Drive weakness could allow attackers to serve malware

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/...

A New Botnet Is Covertly Targeting Millions of Servers 

https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-bot...

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Cup of Cyber - August 20th, 2020 - Amazon Patch is a Red Flag

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Ponca City Schools Gives Update On Ransomware Attack

https://www.newson6.com/story/5f3bbf3...

Recent Deeds Of REvil Ransomware Family - A Quick Look

https://cyware.com/news/recent-deeds-...

Tens of suspects arrested for cashing-out Santander ATMs using software glitch

https://www.zdnet.com/article/tens-of...

Newly Patched Alexa Flaws a Red Flag for Home Workers

https://www.darkreading.com/iot/newly...

CISA’s MAR warns of North Korean BLINDINGCAN RAT

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/...

https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/analysi...

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Cup of Cyber - August 19th, 2020 - Updated IcedID Trojan

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Ukraine arrests gang who ran 20 crypto-exchanges and laundered money for ransomware gangs

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ukraine...

Some email clients are vulnerable to attacks via 'mailto' links

https://www.zdnet.com/article/some-em...

New MacOS Malware Infects Uses Through Xcode

https://cyware.com/news/new-macos-mal...

IcedID Trojan Rebooted with New Evasive Tactics

https://threatpost.com/icedid-trojan-...

https://blogs.juniper.net/en-us/threa...

Critical Jenkins Server Vulnerability Could Leak Sensitive Information

https://thehackernews.com/2020/08/jen...

Operation PowerFall - Yet Another Attack Campaign Using Zero-Day Exploits

Cup of Cyber - August 17th, 2020 - 10 Cybersecurity Myths

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This surprise Linux malware warning shows that hackers are changing their targets

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-su...

UK Cybersecurity Firm Says North Korean Attacks on Israel Successful

https://www.securityweek.com/uk-cyber...

'Dharma' ransomware attacking SMBs, average loss is Rs 6.4 lakh ($8,620)

https://ciso.economictimes.indiatimes...

CRA shuts down online services after thousands of accounts breached in cyberattacks

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cana...

10 cybersecurity myths you need to stop believing

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/10-cyber...

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Cup of Cyber - August 14th, 2020 - Instagram Stealing Data?

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An Enhanced Variant of Agent Tesla is Making the Rounds

https://cyware.com/news/an-enhanced-v...

CactusPete APT Hones Toolset, Resurfaces with New Espionage Targets

https://threatpost.com/cactuspete-apt...

SANS Institute breach proves anyone can fall victim to a ‘consent phishing’ scam

https://www.scmagazine.com/home/secur...

Instagram is illegally collecting biometric data, claims new lawsuit

https://ciso.economictimes.indiatimes...

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Cup of Cyber - August 13th, 2020 - TikTok Caught - Again!

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Surge in cyber attacks targeting open source software projects

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/...

Cybersecurity: These two basic flaws make it easy for hackers to break into your systems

https://www.zdnet.com/article/cyberse...

TikTok Surreptitiously Collected Android User Data Using Google-Prohibited Tactic

https://threatpost.com/tiktok-surrept...

Re­VoL­TE attack can decrypt 4G (LTE) calls to eavesdrop on conversations

https://www.zdnet.com/article/re-vol-...

Ransomware: Why one city chose to the pay the ransom after falling victim

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomw...

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Cup of Cyber - August 12th, 2020 - Hacked By A Network Cable?

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Operation Skeleton Key: 'Chimera' Hacker Group Targets Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturers

https://cyware.com/news/operation-ske...

https://www.secureworks.com/research/...

Critical Flaws Affect Citrix Endpoint Management (XenMobile Servers)

https://thehackernews.com/2020/08/cit...

Adobe eliminates 11 critical bugs in Acrobat, Reader

https://www.scmagazine.com/home/secur...

(Ether)Oops! - Ethernet-based Wired Networks at Risk

https://cyware.com/news/etheroops-eth...

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It is World Elephant Day

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