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This week, the massive SolarWinds breach made headlines around the world, but that doesn’t mean other hackers took a holiday.

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The 25 Hottest Edge Security Companies: 2020 Edge Computing 100 — CRN

  • SonicWall was recognized in CRN’s 2020 Edge Computing 100 list for its new SD-Branch and Cloud Edge Secure Access solutions.

Cyberattack ‘Leaves UK Infrastructure Exposed for Month’ — Newsweek

  • SonicWall President and CEO Bill Conner, who in recent years has advised the U.K. and U.S. governments on how best they can protect critical national assets from cybercrime, said the hackers appeared to be motivated by geopolitical control.

Cases of Cyber Ransomware Rising During COVID Pandemic — MSN

SonicWall Capture Labs Threat Research Team Warns of Egregor Ransomware Attacks — SME Channels

  • SonicWall Capture Labs Threat Research team warns that Egregor Ransomware attacks — which steal system information and banking and online account credentials, as well as deploy keyloggers and remote backdoors — will likely intensify.

SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack Led to FireEye, US Government Breaches — SDxCentral

  • Bill’s commentary on the U.S. Treasury hack was featured in an SDxCentral article about recent data breaches.

SonicWall Seeks The Bliss of The Predictable — ChannelPro Network

  • ChannelPro Network shared a feature on SonicWall’s SecureFirst Partner Program for its ChannelBeat column.

Industry News

SolarWinds Breach Potentially Gave Hackers ‘God Access’: Ex-White House Official — Newsweek

  • The SolarWinds breach potentially gave hackers “God access” or a “God door” to computer systems using the companies OrionIT software, a former White House official has warned.

FireEye, Microsoft create kill switch for SolarWinds backdoor — Bleeping Computer

  • Microsoft, FireEye and GoDaddy have collaborated to create a kill switch for the SolarWinds Sunburst backdoor that forces the malware to terminate itself.

Little-Known SolarWinds Gets Scrutiny Over Hack, Stock Sales — Security Week

  • The revelation that elite cyber spies spent months exploiting SolarWinds’ software to peer into computer networks has put many of its high-profile customers on high alert — and it’s raising questions about whether company insiders knew of its security vulnerabilities as its biggest investors sold off stock.

Russia’s Hacking Frenzy Is a Reckoning — Wired

  • Despite years of warning, the U.S. still has no good answer for the sort of “supply chain” attack that has left Washington stunned.

Malicious Domain in SolarWinds Hack Turned into ‘Killswitch’ — Krebs on Security

  • A key malicious domain name used to control computer systems compromised via the months-long breach at SolarWinds was commandeered by security experts and used as a “killswitch” designed to turn the sprawling cybercrime operation against itself.

Schiff calls for ‘urgent’ work to defend nation in the wake of massive cyberattack — The Hill

  • House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Wednesday called on Congress to undertake “urgent work” to defend critical networks in the wake of a massive cyber espionage attack on the U.S. government.

FBI says DoppelPaymer ransomware gang is harassing victims who refuse to pay — ZDNet

  • FBI says the ransomware group has been calling victims and threatening to send individuals to their homes if they don’t pay the ransom.

“Evil mobile emulator farms” used to steal millions from US and EU banks — Ars Technica

  • Researchers from IBM Trusteer say they’ve uncovered a massive fraud operation that used a network of mobile device emulators to drain millions of dollars from online bank accounts in just days.

EU unveils revamp of cybersecurity rules days after hack — The Washington Times

  • The EU unveiled plans to revamp its dated cybersecurity rules, just days after data on a new coronavirus vaccine was unlawfully accessed in a hack attack on the European Medicines Agency.

45 million medical scans from hospitals all over the world left exposed online for anyone to view – some servers were laced with malware — The Register

  • CybelAngel, which sells a digital risk protection platform, reported not only was the sensitive personal information unsecured, but cybercriminals had also accessed those servers and poisoned them with apparent malware.

Microsoft: New malware can infect over 30K Windows PCs a day — Bleeping Computer

  • Microsoft has warned of an ongoing campaign pushing Adrozek, a new browser hijacking and credential-stealing malware which, at its peak, was able to take over more than 30,000 devices every day.

Massive Subway UK phishing attack is pushing TrickBot malware — Bleeping Computer

  • A massive phishing campaign pretending to be a Subway order confirmation has been spotted distributing the notorious TrickBot malware.

This new ransomware is growing in strength and could become a major threat warn researchers — ZDNet

  • The group behind MountLocker ransomware are “clearly just warming up,” researchers say.

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This week, Trickbot is gaining strength, Bitcoin is gaining value, and cybercriminals are gaining ground against vaccine manufacturers.

SonicWall in the News

New Partnerships Boost OT/IoT Security Across Digital Environments — Security Boulevard

  • SonicWall’s Q3 Threat Report data is cited in this article about Nozomi Networks partnership with Honeywell and Yokogawa Europe.

Top Tips to Stay Safe During Black Friday & Cyber Monday — Security Toolbox

  • Check out five tips to maintain security hygiene when shopping online during the upcoming holiday season.

Industry News

Manchester United attack illuminates the cyberthreats facing an overlooked sports sector — Cyberscoop

  • The headline-making attack is a stark reminder that major sports franchises have targets on their backs, even if regulators and the press don’t apply the same amount of scrutiny to data protection strategies in athletics as in other sectors.

 Federal agencies warn that hackers are targeting US think tanks — The Hill

  • The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned Tuesday that major hacking groups are targeting U.S. think tanks.

 Companies Urged to Adjust Hiring Requirements for Cyber Jobs — The Wall Street Journal

  • Companies need millions more cybersecurity professionals to fill roles around the world, but researchers say the problem may be outlandish job requirements, rather than a lack of workers.

FINRA Warns Brokerage Firms of Phishing Campaign — Security Week

  • Cybercriminals are using a recently registered lookalike domain in a phishing campaign targeting U.S. organizations, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority warns.

Cyberespionage APT group hides behind cryptomining campaigns — Bleeping Computer

  • An advanced threat group called Bismuth recently used cryptocurrency mining as a way to hide the purpose of their activity and to avoid triggering high-priority alerts.

Bitcoin Hits New Record, This Time With Less Talk of a Bubble — The New York Times

  • The crazy cousin of traditional currencies, which fell below $4,000 in March, has now passed $19,783 — and more investors are now buying it for the long term.

Government watchdog urges policymakers to boost cybersecurity for 5G networks — The Hill

  • The agency detailed “capabilities and challenges” involved in the buildout of 5G networks and made a number of recommendations aimed at scaling up cybersecurity, spectrum availability and consumer data privacy.

Supreme Court considers scope of federal anti-hacking law in biggest cyber case to date — Cyberscoop

  • This case is the biggest to come before the nation’s highest court involving the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), written in the 1980s and centering on when an individual “exceeds authorized access” to a computer.

It’s hard to keep a big botnet down: TrickBot sputters back toward full health — Cyberscoop

  • Mounting evidence suggests that TrickBot, the vast botnet that both U.S. Cyber Command and a Microsoft-led coalition sought to disable around the 2020 elections, is on the mend and evolving.

Coronavirus: Hackers targeted Covid vaccine supply ‘cold chain’ — BBC

  • The international vaccine supply chain has reportedly been targeted by cyber-espionage.

The Internet’s Most Notorious Botnet Has an Alarming New Trick — Wired

  • The hackers behind TrickBot have begun probing victim PCs for vulnerable firmware, which would let them persist on devices undetected.

North Korean Hackers Are Said to Have Targeted Companies Working on Covid-19 Vaccines — The Wall Street Journal

  • At least six pharmaceutical companies in the U.S., the U.K. and South Korea were targeted as the regime seeks sensitive information it could sell or weaponize.

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This week, attackers targeted everything from the energy sector and the U.S. elections to social media accounts and your coffeemaker.

SonicWall in the News

The 100 People You Don’t Know but Should 2020 — CRN

  • SonicWall’s Jason Carter has been selected to be part of CRN’s annual “100 People You Don’t Know but Should” list.

How Home Tech Can Be Companies’ Weakest Link — Financial Times (Business Education)

  • SonicWall President and CEO Bill Conner weighs in on how companies can protect against risks due to remote employees’ home network setups.

Managed IT Service Providers Expands Support For Remote Workers During Pandemic — Crain’s Detroit Business

  • In March, SonicWall helped Vision Computer Solutions acquire additional licenses more quickly than normal so the company could rapidly transition to remote work.

These 13 Israeli Cybersecurity Startups Have Raised A collective $847 Million In Funding This Year For New Tools That Protect Remote Work  — Business Insider

  • Perimeter 81 — which SonicWall has invested in — is included in the roundup as a cloud-based company helping IT and security professionals more easily secure remote access.

Industry News

U.S. tech giants face curbs on data sharing, digital marketplaces, under draft EU rules — Reuters

  • Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple and other U.S. tech giants could be banned from favoring their services or forcing users to sign up to a bundle of services under draft EU rules.

House passes bills to secure energy sector against cyberattacks — The Hill

  • The House has unanimously passed four bills aimed at securing the power grid and other energy infrastructure against cyberattacks.

Microsoft looks to expose espionage groups taking aim at NGOs, US politics — Cyberscoop

  • Cyberscoop summarizes/explores the new Microsoft report — a detailed review of criminal and government hackers’ tradecraft.

When coffee makers are demanding a ransom, you know IoT is screwed — Ars Technica

  • With the name Smarter, you might expect a network-connected kitchen appliance maker to be, well, smarter than companies selling conventional appliances. But in the case of the Smarter’s IoT coffee maker, you’d be wrong.

CISA Warns of Hackers Exploiting Zerologon Vulnerability — Security Week

  • The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert to warn of attackers actively targeting a recently addressed vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC).

Microsoft disrupts nation-state hacker op using Azure Cloud service — Bleeping Computer

  • In a report today, Microsoft said that it disrupted operations of a nation-state threat group that was using its Azure cloud infrastructure for cyberattacks.

Ransomware Attacks Take On New Urgency Ahead of Vote — The New York Times

  • Attacks against small towns, big cities and the contractors who run their voting systems have federal officials fearing that hackers will try to sow chaos around the election.

FBI director warns that Chinese hackers are still targeting US COVID-19 research — The Hill

  • FBI Director Christopher Wray said Chinese hackers are continuing to target U.S. companies involved in COVID-19 research and described China as the nation’s “greatest counterintelligence threat.”

Mount Locker ransomware joins the multi-million dollar ransom game — Bleeping Computer

  • A new ransomware operation named Mount Locker is stealing victims’ files before encrypting and then demanding multi-million dollar ransoms.

FBI Director: Feeding DOD’s Cyber Offense Operations Is Crucial to New Strategy — Nextgov

  • Senator says legislation is moving forward to thwart intellectual property theft and defend federal networks from cyberattacks.

Phishing attacks are targeting your social network accounts — Bleeping Computer

  • Scammers are targeting your social network accounts with phishing emails that pretend to be copyright violations or promises of a shiny ‘blue checkmark’ next to your name.

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This week, teenage hackers and nation-state attackers made trouble worldwide.

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SonicWall TZ 600 POE — SC Magazine

  • SC Media takes a close look at the TZ 600 POE and awards it top marks.

Why Small Businesses Must Deal With Emerging Cybersecurity Threats — Entrepreneur

  • Cybercriminals are counting on small businesses to be less protected — and they’re often right.

Surging CMS attacks keep SQL Injections On The Radar During The Next Normal — Help Net Security

  • Cyberattacks have risen during the pandemic, leaving businesses to wonder whether things will settle down when COVID-19 begins to wane, or if the increase in attacks is here to stay.

Cybersecurity News

Teenager arrested in cyberattacks on Miami-Dade schools — The Washington Times

  • A 16-year-old student has been arrested for orchestrating a series of network outages and cyberattacks during the first week of school in Florida’s largest district.

Microsoft Defender can ironically be used to download malware — Bleeping Computer

  • A recent update to Windows 10’s Microsoft Defender antivirus solution ironically allows it to download malware and other files to a Windows computer.

Twitter Hack May Have Had Another Mastermind: A 16-Year-Old — The New York Times

  • A Massachusetts teenager appears to have played a significant role in the July 15 Twitter attack, investigators and fellow hackers said.

Chinese Hackers Targeted European Officials in Phishing Campaign — Bloomberg

  • Chinese nation-state hackers launched a phishing campaign against European government officials, diplomats, non-profits and other organizations to gather intelligence about global economies reeling from the pandemic.

Minister: New Zealand Enduring Wave of Cyberattacks — Security Week

  • According to the Associated Press, tracking down the perpetrators will be extremely difficult, as the distributed denial of service attacks are being routed through thousands of computers.

Federal agencies deny seeing attacks on voting infrastructure — The Hill

  • The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have denied seeing any reports of attacks on voting infrastructure, following the publication of a report on potential Russian election interference.

The FBI Botched Its DNC Hack Warning in 2016—but Says It Won’t Next Time — Wired

  • Facing looming election threats and a ransomware epidemic, the bureau says it has revamped its process for warning hacking victims.

The accidental notary: Apple approves notorious malware to run on Macs — Ars Technica

  • Newfangled malware protection gives users a false sense of security, critics say, making it potentially worse than nothing at all.

Attackers abuse Google DNS over HTTPS to download malware — Bleeping Computer

  • More details have emerged on a malware sample that uses Google DNS over HTTPS to retrieve the stage 2 malicious payload.

‘UltraRank’ Gang Sells Card Data It Steals — Bank Info Security

  • A cybercriminal gang that has spent five years planting malicious JavaScript code in order to steal payment card data from hundreds of e-commerce websites also takes the unusual step of selling the data on its own.

Hackers Attack Norway’s Parliament — Security Week

  • Norway’s parliament said Tuesday it had been the target of a “vast” cyberattack that allowed hackers to access the some lawmakers’ emails.

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This week marks one of the biggest launches in SonicWall history, bringing with it a comprehensive set of new solutions designed to increase security, simplify management and meet the challenges of today’s cybersecurity reality.

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SonicWall’s Biggest Launch To-Date Delivers Future-Proof Security, Remotely — CRN TV

  • CRN’s video discusses SonicWall CEO Bill Conner’s leadership and showcases the importance of SonicWall to the channel and the industry overall.

SonicWall Leads SMB Market To Resolve Stretched Security Budgets And Risks For Newly Extended Remote Workforces — Source Security

  • SonicWall is introducing new zero-touch enabled, multi-gigabit SonicWall TZ firewalls with SD-Branch capabilities, along with a redesigned cloud-native management console.

SonicWall Refreshes High End Both Enterprise and SMB Firewalls — ChannelBuzz

  • ChannelBuzz highlights the new versions of SonicWall’s firewalls and includes commentary from Bill Conner on the importance of the launch.

SonicWall Sounds Off On Next-Gen Security Line Up  — SDxCentral

  • SDxCentral explains how SonicWall’s Gen 7 offerings expand the company’s enterprise capabilities and strengthen its current portfolio of products.

SonicWall Ships High-Speed Firewalls for SMB and Branch Office Environments — The ChannelPro Network

  • In a feature on SonicWall’s Gen 7 launch, the ChannelPro Network discusses SonicWall’s new firewall appliances.

Cybersecurity News

Israel Says It Thwarted Cyber Attack Targeting Defense Industry — Bloomberg

  • Israel has announced it foiled a cyberattack targeting its defense industry by a shadowy group that the U.S. has linked to North Korea. .

Agent Tesla Spyware Adds Fresh Tricks to Its Arsenal — Threat Post

  • The RAT is surging in 2020, becoming more prevalent than even the infamous TrickBot or Emotet malware.

Trump Moves on China Apps May Create New Internet ‘Firewall’ — Security Week

  • A Trump administration ban on apps such as TikTok and WeChat risks fragmenting an already fragile global internet and creating an American version of China’s “Great Firewall.

Avaddon ransomware launches data leak site to extort victims — Bleeping Computer

  • The Avaddon ransomware operators’ site will be used to publish the stolen data of victims who do not pay a ransom demand.

Hacked government, college sites push malware via fake hacking tools — Bleeping Computer

  • A large scale hacking campaign appears to offer articles on hacking social network accounts, but instead delivers malware and scams.

UN reports sharp increase in cybercrime during pandemic — The Washington Times

  • A 350% increase in phishing websites was reported in Q1 2020, many targeting hospitals and health care systems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

Magecart group uses homoglyph attacks to fool you into visiting malicious websites — ZDNet

  • A new campaign is utilizing the Inter kit and favicons to hide skimming activities.

Maryland officials warn gun dealers about phishing scams — The Washington Times

  • Authorities in Maryland have issued an advisory about an apparent email phishing scam targeting firearms dealers in the state.

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This week, SonicWall reveals what the “new business normal” looks like for cybercriminals in the mid-year update to the 2020 Cyber Threat Report.

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SonicWall Report: COVID-19 Has Created ‘Boon’ For Criminals — ZDNet

  • In an article on SonicWall’s Mid-Year Threat Report, ZDNet highlights findings that hackers have shifted their strategies due to COVID-19.

The 2020 Rising Female Stars Of The IT Channel — CRN

  • SonicWall is proud to announce one of its own, Tiffany Haselhorst, has joined other leaders within the IT channel community on CRN’s esteemed 2020 list of 100 Rising Female Stars.

Cyberthreat landscape changes to meet new business normal of Work From Home: SonicWall — Channelbuzz.ca

  • In an article on SonicWall’s Mid-Year Threat Report, Channelbuzz highlights how cybercriminals have evolved their tactics to better exploit remote work environments during the pandemic.

Malware Attacks Down As Ransomware Increases — BetaNews

  • In an article on SonicWall’s Mid-Year Threat Report, BetaNews highlights findings that malware has dropped 24% and ransomware has increased 20% globally and 109% in the U.S.

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Using Robust Tools, Cybercriminals Accelerate Their Own Digital Transformation — SiliconANGLE

  • In the online underground, crime not only pays, but attackers are rapidly developing tools and networks that rival those of legitimate enterprises today.

Blackbaud Hack: Universities lose data to ransomware attack — BBC

  • At least seven universities in the UK and Canada have had student data stolen after hackers attacked a cloud computing provider.

Ongoing Meow attack has nuked >1,000 databases without telling anyone why — Ars Technica

  • Just hours after a world-readable database exposed a wealth of sensitive user information, UFO made the news again, this time because a database that stored user details was destroyed in an attack.

Apple’s Hackable iPhones Are Finally Here — Wired

  • Last year, Apple announced a special device just for hackers. The phone — for approved researchers only — will soon go into circulation.

New cryptojacking botnet uses SMB exploit to spread to Windows systems — Bleeping Computer

  • A new cryptojacking botnet is spreading across compromised networks via multiple methods that include the EternalBlue exploit for Windows Server Message Block (SMB) communication protocol.

Ransomware attack locked a football club’s turnstiles — ZDNet

  • Cyber criminals are targeting sports teams, leagues and organizational bodies — and in many cases, their attacks are successful, warns the NCSC.

Lazarus hackers deploy ransomware, steal data using MATA malware — Bleeping Computer

  • A recently discovered malware framework, known as MATA and linked to the North Korean-backed Lazarus hacking group, was used in attacks targeting corporate entities from multiple countries.

House-passed defense spending bill includes provision establishing White House cyber czar — The Hill

  • The House version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act included a provision establishing a national cyber director, a role that would help coordinate federal cybersecurity efforts.

Hackers use recycled backdoor to keep a hold on hacked e-commerce server — Ars Technica

  • Easy-to-miss script can give attackers new access should they ever be booted out.

Twitter Hack Revives Concerns Over Its Data Security — The Wall Street Journal

  • The alleged perpetrator, who called himself ‘Kirk,’ was part of a subculture where hackers trade in coveted social-media accounts.

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This week, the U.S. government brought up cybersecurity legislation, while the U.S. judicial system handed down cybercriminal incarceration.

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Hackers used ransomware to take over parts of UC San Francisco’s network and extorted $1.14million in exchange for returning access to their files — Daily Mail

  • UC San Francisco hasn’t said what files were affected nor how the ransomware entered the system, but the FBI has opened an investigation into the incident.

Sonicwall Lands In Ireland, Expands Channel Partner Strategy — SonicWall Press Release

  • SonicWall today announced that it has appointed Tristan Bateup as country manager for Ireland.

UCSF pays $1 million ransom to recover medical school data from hackers — The Mercury News

  • The UCSF School of Medicine was the third targeted by cyberattacks in the past two months, but a spokesperson said the attack did not affect patient care or ongoing COVID-19 research.

Cybersecurity News

Russian Criminal Group Finds New Target: Americans Working at Home — The New York Times

  • A hacking group calling itself Evil Corp., indicted in December, has shown up in corporate networks with sophisticated ransomware. American officials worry election infrastructure could be next.

How COVID-19 changed Cyber Command’s ‘Cyber Flag’ exercise — Cyberscoop

  • This year, U.S. Cyber Command convened with allied countries for what appeared to be a straightforward simulation of an attack against a European airbase — but then a global pandemic changed all the rules.

Russian cybercriminal gets 9 years for online fraud website — The Washington Times

  • A Russian computer hacker who facilitated $20 million in credit card fraud and ran a sophisticated clearinghouse for international cybercriminals was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison.

Lawmakers introduce legislation to establish national cybersecurity director — The Hill

  • A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation in the House that would establish a national cybersecurity director to lead government efforts on cybersecurity.

DDoS botnet coder gets 13 months in prison — ZDNet

  • Kenneth Schuchman, known as Nexus Zeta, created multiple DDoS botnets, including Satori, Okiru, Masuta, and Fbot/Tsunami.

An embattled group of leakers picks up the WikiLeaks mantle — Ars Technica

  • DDoSecrets was banned from Twitter after releasing what they claim is the largest-ever cache of hacked U.S. police data, a leak some say positions the group as the heir apparent of WikiLeaks’ early, idealistic mission.

Senators move to boost state and local cybersecurity as part of annual defense bill — The Hill

  • A group of Senate Democrats on Monday introduced as part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) a measure that would strengthen cybersecurity protections for states vulnerable to malicious cyberattacks.

U.S. FCC issues final orders declaring Huawei, ZTE national security threats — Reuters

  • The FCC has formally designated China’s Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp as posing threats to national security, barring U.S. firms from tapping an $8.3 billion government fund to purchase equipment from the companies.

Schools Already Struggled With Cybersecurity. Then Came Covid-19 — Wired

  • A lack of dedicated funding and resources made it hard to keep data secure — and that was before classes moved almost entirely online.

Things that happen every four years: Olympic Games, presidential elections, and now new Mac ransomware — The Register

  • Known as EvilQuest, the brand-new strain of Mac ransomware was spotted spreading via Russian piracy and torrent sites.

DDoS Attacks Jump 542% from Q4 2019 to Q1 2020 — Dark Reading

  • The shift to remote work and heavy reliance on online services has driven an increase in attacks intended to overwhelm ISPs.

Tax software used by Chinese bank clients installs GoldenSpy backdoor — SC Magazine

  • A tax software program installed by business clients of an unidentified Chinese bank was trojanized with malware that installs a backdoor granting attackers system-level privileges, researchers warn.

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This week, SonicWall launched its new SD-Branch capabilities and multi-gigabit SonicWall Switches, bringing cost-effective simplicity and centralized management to the hyperdistributed era.

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Sonicwall Advances Network Edge Security, Adds Multi-Gigabit Switch Series, Easy-To-Manage SD-Branch Capabilities — SonicWall Press Release

  • To simplify security deployment, management and visibility for organizations with growing branch footprints, SonicWall is introducing new secure SD-Branch capabilities and a complete line of new multi-gigabit switches to cost-effectively scale and manage remote or branch locations.

SonicWall Adds Multi-Gigabit Switches to SD-Branch Portfolio — DevOps.com

  • Dmitriy Ayrapetov, vice president of platform architecture for SonicWall, talks about the new SonicWall Switches and SD-Branch capabilities, and how they centralize management of remote offices.

Seven Factors To Consider When Evaluating Endpoint Protection Solutions — MSSP Alert

  • Attackers are getting craftier when infiltrating secure environments. SonicWall’s Vishnu Chandra Pandey offers several ways to know whether your endpoint protection solution will be able to keep up.

Boundless Cybersecurity for the New Work Reality — SC Magazine

  • With the widespread adoption of remote work, we’ve moved into a hyperdistributed IT landscape. SonicWall’s Terry Greer-King explains how Boundless Cybersecurity can help businesses survive this new business normal.

Cybersecurity News

Ransomware: Hackers took just three days to find this fake industrial network and fill it with malware — ZDNet

  • Researchers set up a tempting honeypot to monitor how cybercriminals would exploit it. Then it came under attack.

Fake Black Lives Matter voting campaign spreads Trickbot malware — Bleeping Computer

  • A phishing email campaign asking you to vote anonymously about Black Lives Matter is spreading the TrickBot information-stealing malware.

Rate of Ransomware Attacks in Healthcare Slows in H1 2020 — Dark Reading

  • A lower number of ransomware attacks on healthcare entities suggests many threat groups are indeed avoiding targeting them during the current pandemic. But the lull may be short-lived.

Encryption Utility Firm Accused of Bundling Malware Functions in Product — Threat Post

  • A legally registered Italian company is selling what it claims is a legitimate encryption utility, but the service it provides has been a common denominator in thousands of attacks over the past year.

Vulnerability in Plug-and-Play Protocol Puts Billions of Devices at Risk — Dark Reading

  • “CallStranger” flaw in UPnP allows attackers to launch DDoS attacks and scan internal ports, security researcher says.

Environmentalists Targeted Exxon Mobil. Then Hackers Targeted Them. — The New York Times

  • Federal prosecutors are investigating a global hacker-for-hire operation that sent phishing emails to environmental groups, along with thousands of individuals and hundreds of institutions around the world.

Valak malware gets new plugin to steal Outlook login credentials — Bleeping Computer

  • A new module discovered by researchers suggests the authors of the Valak information stealer are increasingly focusing on stealing email credentials.

Amid Pandemic and Upheaval, New Cyberthreats to the Presidential Election — The New York Times

  • Fear of the coronavirus is speeding up efforts to allow voting from home, but some of them pose security risks and may make it easier for Vladimir Putin or others to hack the vote.

NATO Condemns Cyberattacks Against COVID-19 Responders — Security Week

  • Over the past couple of months, there has been a surge in attacks targeting those who work in response to the pandemic, prompting NATO to publicly condemn the malicious cyber-activities directed against COVID-19 responders.

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This week, cybersecurity news was thrust into the fray, with clashes between scammers and vigilante hackers, between conspiracy theorists and cell-phone towers, and between REvil and a number of high-profile celebrities.

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DeskFlix: SonicWall channel director on COVID-19 cybersecurity challenges — CRN UK

  • Mike Awford discusses the ways SonicWall has supported partners through the migration to remote working.

EasyJet Hack: Passenger Data Could be Sold on Dark Web After Major Cyber Attack, Experts Warn — The Independent

  • Based on similar attacks in the past, SonicWall’s VP EMEA Terry Greer-King discusses what could happen to customers’ data once it hits the Dark Web.

SonicWall Capture Labs Threat Research Teams Uncovers New Variant of Raccoon Stealer — CXO Today

  • SonicWall has reported a new variant of Raccoon stealer malware, version 1.5, which has been used in a malicious COVID-19 campaign.

Cybersecurity News

ShinyHunters Is a Hacking Group on a Data Breach Spree — Wired

  • In May, ShinyHunters began selling 200 million stolen records from over a dozen companies … and they claim this is just Stage 1.

Beware of phishing emails urging for a LogMeIn security update — Help-Net Security

  • The email appears to be legitimate correspondence from LogMeIn, including company logo, spoofed sender identity and a link that appears legitimate.

Vigilante hackers target scammers with ransomware, DDoS attacks — Bleeping Computer

  • A hacker has been taking justice into their own hands by targeting “scam” companies with ransomware and denial of service attacks.

Tech Chiefs Press Cloud Suppliers for Consistency on Security Data — The Wall Street Journal

  • Each cloud company offers its own process on cybersecurity and governance, creating added work for customers.

Cell-tower attacks by idiots who claim 5G spreads COVID-19 reportedly hit US — Ars Technica

  • Wireless telecom providers are being warned to boost security as 5G conspiracy theorists ramp up attacks on cell towers and telecommunications workers.

Microsoft warns of ‘massive’ phishing attack pushing legit RAT — Bleeping Computer

  • Microsoft is warning of an ongoing COVID-19 themed phishing campaign that spreads via malicious Excel attachments.

Supercomputers hacked across Europe to mine cryptocurrency — ZDNet

  • Multiple supercomputers across Europe have been shut down to investigate cryptocurrency mining malware infections.

Microsoft opens up coronavirus threat data to the public — Cyberscoop

  • Microsoft has announced plans to make threat intelligence it collected on COVID-19-related hacking campaigns public.

NetWalker adjusts ransomware operation to only target enterprise — Bleeping Computer

  • NetWalker ransomware group is moving away from phishing for malware distribution and has adopted a network-intrusion model focusing on huge businesses only.

REvil Ransomware found buyer for Trump data, now targeting Madonna — Bleeping Computer

  • After breaching a prominent law firm, the REvil ransomware group is holding the personal information of high-profile celebrities for ransom.

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This week, hackers continued to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic, targeting the healthcare industry, oil companies and remote workers.

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Czech Cyber Officials Warn Of Serious Threat To Health Care Sector – Cyberscoop

  • Cybersecurity authorities in the Czech Republic have warned of an “extensive campaign of cyberattacks” on IT systems and health care facilities. At least one of the malicious files in the Czech advisory is part of a batch of code used in a remote access hacking tool, which SonicWall reported last month.

SonicWall Boundless Cybersecurity Platform for Remote Working – CRN

  • SonicWall’s new Boundless Cybersecurity model is designed to protect and mobilize large enterprises, small- and medium-sized businesses, and government agencies from the risks of a remote workforce.

2,000 Coronavirus Scammers Taken Offline in NCSC Phishing Crackdown – Experts Reaction –  Information Security Buzz

  • The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, along with the City of London Police and several other government agencies, has launched a ‘Suspicious email reporting service’ for members of the public to alert the authorities to potential cyber-attacks.

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Hacking against corporations surges as workers take computers home – Reuters

  • Hackers are targeting remote workers, particularly in highly impacted areas where users’ confusion and anxiety makes them more susceptible to phishing.

FBI enlists internet domain registries in fight against coronavirus scams – Cyberscoop

  • Ongoing cooperation between the government and technology companies has resulted in the removal of hundreds of fraudulent websites that included “coronavirus,” “covid19” and related phrases in their names.

Creative Skype phishing campaign uses Google’s .app gTLD – Bleeping Computer

  • Attackers have deployed a phishing campaign against remote workers using Skype, luring them with emails that mimic notifications from the service.

Hackers Target Top Officials at World Health Organization – Bloomberg

  • The WHO’s security team has been the target of an increasing number of attempted cyber-attacks since mid-March. According to officials, WHO itself has not been hacked, but employee passwords have leaked through other websites.

Hackers Target Oil Companies as Prices Plunge – Wired

  • Espionage hackers have commenced a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign concentrated on U.S.-based energy companies. The goal: install a notorious trojan to siphon their most sensitive communications and data.

Virtual army rising up to protect healthcare groups from hackers – The Hill

  • A new network of white hat hackers—made up of more than 1,400 volunteers in 76 countries, from sectors including information security, telecommunications and law enforcement—has banded together under the name COVID-19 CTI League to help protect the healthcare industry. 

Apple iPhone May Be Vulnerable to Email Hack – The Wall Street Journal

  • Sophisticated hackers may be attacking Apple iPhones by exploiting a previously unknown flaw in the smartphone’s email software.

Customer complaint phishing pushes network hacking malware – Bleeping Computer

  • A new phishing campaign is targeting remote employees, using fake customer complaints to install a backdoor that will compromise the corporate network.

Hackers Can Exfiltrate Data From Air-Gapped Computers Via Fan Vibrations – Security Week

  • With the use of new malware and a smartphone, researcher Mordechai Guri was able to exfiltrate data from air-gapped computers using vibrations from the machines’ internal fans.

 

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