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Threats
UNC2447 SOMBRAT and FIVEHANDS Ransomware: A Sophisticated Financial Threat
Mandiant has observed an aggressive financially motivated group, UNC2447, exploiting one SonicWall VPN zero-day vulnerability prior to a patch being…
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Threats
Abusing Replication: Stealing AD FS Secrets Over the Network
Organizations are increasingly adopting cloud-based services such as Microsoft 365 to host applications and data. Sophisticated threat actors are catching…
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Phishing
Attackers Exploited 4 Zero-Day Flaws in Chrome, Safari & IE
At least two government-backed actors — including one Russian group — used the now-patched flaws in separate campaigns, Google says.…
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IoT
New P2P Botnet Targeting IoT Devices
By: Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a new botnet hijacking Internet-connected smart devices in the wild…
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Threats
Ghostwriter Update: Cyber Espionage Group UNC1151 Likely Conducts Ghostwriter Influence Activity
In July 2020, Mandiant Threat Intelligence released a public report detailing an ongoing influence campaign we named “Ghostwriter.” Ghostwriter is…
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Threats
Zero-Day Exploits in SonicWall Email Security Lead to Enterprise Compromise
In March 2021, Mandiant Managed Defense identified three zero-day vulnerabilities in SonicWall’s Email Security (ES) product that were being exploited…
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Darkweb
Facebook Sponsors 0day Exploit For Tails OS To Help The FBI Catch A Pedophile
Facebook helped the FBI catch a pedophile and sponsored the creation of a 0-day exploit for Tails An amazing story…