711 MILLION email accounts weaponized by Onliner for spam campaigns
The Onliner spambot weaponized a whopping 711 million email accounts to distribute spam emails laden with malware.
David Bisson reports.
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Microsoft bug linked to spy campaigns, bank thefts reportedly took 6 months to fix – SC Magazine
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Microsoft bug linked to spy campaigns, bank thefts reportedly took 6 months to fix
SC Magazine A bug in Microsoft Office and WordPad has been used in the wild in campaigns delivering the Helminth backdoor trojan, the surveillance tool FinSpy, and Dridex banking malware. A zero-day bug in Microsoft Office and WordPad that hackers exploited to spy … |
Russian cyber warfare ‘part of modern life’ amid claims political campaigns are targets – Mirror.co.uk
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Russian cyber warfare 'part of modern life' amid claims political campaigns are targets
Mirror.co.uk … using modern technology, they are interfering in many parts of the world. “We just have to accept it as a fact that cyber warfare is now a part of modern life and the Russians are using it as best they can in a political dimension, not just in the … Europe keeps a wary eye on Russian cyber warfare 'No doubt' of Russian involvement in cyber disruption of foreign politics |
Microsoft Shuts Down Zero Day Used in AdGholas Malvertising Campaigns – Threatpost
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Microsoft Shuts Down Zero Day Used in AdGholas Malvertising Campaigns
Threatpost An attack group behind a long-running malvertising campaign made effective use of a previously unreported low-level vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Edge browsers to rake in money via banking Trojans and ad fraud. Microsoft patched … Microsoft Patches Zero Day Flaw Used In Two Massive Malvertising Campaigns Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Flaw Used by Malvertising Gangs The Internet Explorer Zero-Day Vulnerability Finally Patched |