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Daily Report – 17 February 2021 – Web Shell Attacks Are on The Rise

17th February 2021 - 13:32

Microsoft have issued warnings about the increasing prevalence of web shell attacks. In a recent report, Microsoft state that since last year web s... Read more

Daily Report – 16 February 2021 - New Bazar Trojan Variant is Being Spread in Recent Phishing Campaign

16th February 2021 - 14:04

Dear MCERT Member,

Researchers have identified a phishing campaign which distributes a new variant of the Bazar Trojan.

Understood to... Read more

Daily Report – 15 February 2021 – Organisations suffer Cyber Incidents After Attackers Exploit Accellion Software

15th February 2021 - 12:23

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Singtel, one of the world’s largest telecoms companies, has suffered a cyber incident after threat actors exploited a vuln... Read more

Daily Report – 12 February 2021 – Critical Vulnerabilities Discovered in Widely Used WordPress Plugin

12th February 2021 - 13:01

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Critical and high severity vulnerabilities have been discovered in a widely used WordPress plugin called Responsive Menu.... Read more

Daily Report – 11 February 2021– US Coast Guard Orders Maritime facilities to Report SolarWinds Breaches

11th February 2021 - 11:37

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After SolarWinds reported a compromise of versions 2019.4 through 2020.2.1 HF1 of their Orion Platform, the US Coast Guard... Read more

Daily Report – 9 February 2021 – Widely Used Barcode Scanner App is Now a Malware

9th February 2021 - 10:54

Dear MCERT Member,

A previously harmless mobile phone application, Barcode Scanner, was recently transformed into malware that could have inf... Read more

Daily Report – 08 February 2021 – Google Chrome Sync Feature can be used for Command-and-Control and Data Exfiltration

8th February 2021 - 10:41

Dear MCERT Member,

A Cyber Security researcher has detected a malicious Google Chrome extension in the wild, which abuses the Chrome Sync pro... Read more

Daily Report – 05 February 2021 – Cisco Fixes Critical Vulnerabilities in VPN routers

5th February 2021 - 13:33

Dear MCERT Member,

Cisco Systems Inc, which manufactures networking hardware, software and telecommunications equipment, have released a seri... Read more

Daily Report – 04 February 2021 – New Trickbot Malware Component Performs Local Network Reconnaissance

4th February 2021 - 15:35

Dear MCERT Member,

The Trickbot malware has been upgraded with a network reconnaissance module which surveys local networks for sensitive inf... Read more

Daily Report – 03 February 2021 – Sprite Spider Ransomware Emerging as One of The Most Destructive Upcoming Threats of 2021

3rd February 2021 - 15:20

Dear MCERT Member,

Researchers have identified an emerging ransomware group dubbed Sprite Spider. It is understood that Sprite Spider are poi... Read more