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Daily Report – 24 February 2021 – Transport for New South Wales Confirms Data Breach

24th February 2021 - 14:51

Transport for New South Wales (NSW), Australia, have confirmed that their data has been compromised following a spate of Cyber attacks on Accellion... Read more

Daily Report – 23 February 2021 – 'Silver Sparrow' Malware Infects Apple Macs Worldwide

23rd February 2021 - 13:07

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Researchers at Cyber Security firm Red Canary have discovered a new strain of malware dubbed ‘Silver Sparrow’. Currently,... Read more

Daily Report – 22 February 2021 – Phishing Campaign Uses Subtle Changes to Evade Email Defences

22nd February 2021 - 14:09

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Threat actors are using a new phishing technique to evade detection and bypass email defences. Attackers are making subtle... Read more

Daily Report – 19 February 2021 – Myanmar Hackers Disrupt Government Websites via Denial-of-Service Attacks

19th February 2021 - 13:09

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A group called ‘Myanmar Hackers’ have disrupted multiple government websites including the Central Bank, Myanmar Military'... Read more

Daily Report – 18 February 2021 – Masslogger Campaign Targets Windows Users

19th February 2021 - 09:38

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Cyber Security researchers, from the U.S. based intelligence group Cisco Talos, have uncovered a new threat actor campaign... Read more

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

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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