Daily Reports

Daily Report – 26/02/2020 – Massive Surge In WhatsApp Phishing URL Attacks

26th February 2020 - 12:10

Dear MCERT Members,
Between Q3 and Q4 of 2019 there was a colossal 13,467.6% increase in the number of unique phishing URLs targeting WhatsApp user... Read more

Daily Report – 25/02/2020 – New Fraud Scheme Circulating on Rambler Called “Like of the Year 2020”

25th February 2020 - 11:24

Dear MCERT Members,
A large-scale ongoing fraud scheme has been discovered, luring in unsuspecting Russian internet users with promises of financia... Read more

Daily Report – 24/02/2020 – Warnings Issued to Critical Industries After Ransomware Hits an Unnamed US Gas Pipeline Facility

24th February 2020 - 11:14

Dear MCERT Members,

A warning has been issued to all industries operating Critical National Infrastructures (CNI) about a new type of ransomware... Read more

Daily Report – 21/02/2020 - Malware Infects Victims via Fake ProtonVPN Installer

21st February 2020 - 14:11

Dear MCERT Members,

A Cyber Security research team has uncovered an information stealing campaign which has seen a threat actor use a spoofed vi... Read more

Daily Report – 20/02/2020 – OT Attacks on the Rise, Echobot to Blame

20th February 2020 - 11:45

Dear MCERT Members,
Attacks targeting operational technology (OT) infrastructure increased by over 2000 percent in 2019 compared to the previous ye... Read more

Daily Report – 19/02/2020 – Discovery of Vulnerability in Firmware Leaves Millions of Systems Vulnerable to Malicious Attack

19th February 2020 - 13:52

Dear MCERT Members,
It has been reported by research group Eclypsium that there is unsigned firmware in several computer peripherals leaving millio... Read more

Daily Report – 18/02/2020 – New Bluetooth Vulnerabilities Discovered

18th February 2020 - 10:21

Dear MCERT Member,

The name “SweynTooth” is used to refer to the 12 discovered vulnerabilities in the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) implementations... Read more

Daily Report – 17/02/2020 – Around 10,000 Shipping Details Exposed in Data Breach

17th February 2020 - 14:29

Dear MCERT Members,

A security research team has discovered that the popular photo app ‘PhotoSquared’ has exposed the personal data of an estima... Read more

Daily Report - 14/02/2020 - Maze Ransomware Attacks on the Rise

14th February 2020 - 14:23

Dear MCERT Members,

Since the beginning of 2020, the Threat Actor TA2101 has started to increase attacks against both government and commercial... Read more

Daily Report – 13/02/2020 – Dozens of Critical Flaws Found in Adobe Software

13th February 2020 - 09:59

Dear MCERT Members,
Adobe recently released its latest security updates for five software, namely: Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Adob... Read more