Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The National Cyber Security Centre are back with their weekly threat report – having had a week off for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Threat Report 10 June 2022 – NCSC.GOV.UK However it does not mention the latest information on the Microsoft Word / msdt.exe / Follina zero-day cyber security risk:
The discovery of Linux backdoor malware is unusual as it uses stealth techniques that have not been seen before. This malware is extremely hard to detect as it does a very efficient job of cleaning the infected systems of any traces of it’s operations. Once infected the malware gives high …
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Here is another excellent breakdown, with screen shots, of phishing emails exploiting the Microsoft Word/Follina/ms-msdt flaw. Being aware of the types of phishing emails the threat actors use is part of the defence in depth you need to have great cyber security. TA570 Qakbot (Qbot) tries CVE-2022-30190 (Follina) exploit (ms-msdt) …
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Researchers at HP Wolf Security have started to see phishing spam email campaigns deploying a previously unknown malware family SVCReady. The HP security blog has a very good description of the malware and how it works – a bit techie – but towards the end it shows some images of …
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued a joint advisory about Chinese state sponsored threats. People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Exploit Network Providers and Devices | CISA Chinese threat actors have been detected actively …
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