March 2020 – Advanced Cybersecurity Experts

Published On - 31/03/2020

Hackers exploiting Zoom, Google Hangouts to Spread Malware

Amid covid-19, need to work from home has become a necessity giving rise to popularity of platforms such as Zoom. A per report published by Check Point over 1,700 new “Zoom” domains have been registered since the onset of the pandemic in January, with 25 percent of the domains registe...

Published On - 30/03/2020

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Maintain Distance from SpamEmails, Phishing Sites & Alerts

Maintain Distance from SpamEmails, Phishing Sites & Alerts#covid19#covid2020#coronavirus#coronacyberattack#coronacovid More than 2000 Domain Names related to CORONA have been Registered. Beware from Spam Emails, Phishing Sites, Fake Whatsapp Forwards & Cyber Criminals....

Published On - 27/03/2020

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China-linked APT HACKERS EXPLOIT CISCO, CITRIX, ZOHO

APT 41, China-linked hackers groups launched a massive cyberattack on countries including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, UK, and USA by exploits that trigger the vuln...

Published On - 24/03/2020

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Covid-19 Testing Centre in Czech Republic Struck by Cyberattack

Brno university hospital in Czech Republic, hit by cyberattack due to which all the systems were shut down causing disturbance in operations in the middle of a COVID-19 outbreak. Local media stated that due to variety of security violations and suspension of essential surgeries, the hospital decided...

Published On - 20/03/2020

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Third-Party App Store Downloads blocked by Google

Google expands its Advanced Protection Program (APP) to all Android users. Earlier the APP was offered to high risk individuals like politicians, business leaders, journalists. It is now available to users with an Android 7.0+ device to improve protection against malicious apps. Signing up for the ...

Published On - 17/03/2020

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Cookie Thief – Android Malware stealing browser & Facebook app cookies

Two new Android malware launched to steal cookies from the browsers and Facebook app by gaining the root access on the victim’s Android device. This is an alarming concern as web services use cookies to store on the device a unique session ID that can identify the user without a password an...

Published On - 13/03/2020

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Exploiting corona virus fear, hackers target companies

Threat actors are using phishing emails to target and install malware in company systems. Malicious emails mentioning corona virus that appear to be from institutions like CDC are sent in an attempt to get users to open the mail. According to cybersecurity firm Proofpoint Inc., which is monitorin...

Published On - 10/03/2020

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T-Mobile Hacked –Employee Emails and Credentials Accessed

Telecom giant T-Mobile’s cybersecurity team discovered a sophisticated cyber-attack on the email accounts of some of its employees. This is a not the first data breach at T-Mobile, revealing personal data of employees and customers. It is not revealed how the attack happened. T- Mobile is in proc...

Published On - 06/03/2020

admin UncategorizedTags: access points, KrØØk vulnerability, vulnerability, Wi-Fi-enabled devices, wifi

KrØØk vulnerability affects more than one billion Wi-Fi-enabled devices and access points

The critical security flaw could intercept and allow an attacker to decrypt wireless network packets transmitted by vulnerable devices using WPA2 connections. The Kr00k bug (CVE-2019-15126) affects common Wi-Fi chips Broadcom and Cypress which are built in access points (APs) and smartphones, ta...

Published On - 03/03/2020

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Android malware Cerberus can steal Authenticator codes from Google

Cerberus online banking trojan can steal one-time passcodes (OTP) generated through Google Authenticator, by bypassing 2FA (two factor authentication) protected accounts. It’s a new Android banking trojan launched in June 2019 believed to be an elite class of malware with features similar to remo...