No hacks reported this week but an alarming report came from Coinbase exchange about getting targeted by a spear-phishing campaign and two 0day exploits. Several new malware families were also reported including a clever miner hiding in a pirated copy of an audio synthesizer software.
News:
Firefox zero-day was used in attack against Coinbase employees, not its users - two weaponized 0day vulnerabilities were used in a targeted spear-phishing campaign against Coinbase employees. The malicious email would direct users a web page which would attempt to download and execute a first stage malware designed to steal user credentials and collect data about the environment. The attack was detected and blocked by Coinbase Security.
Florida city pays $600,000 to ransomware gang to have its data back - the latest city-wide ransomware attack has ended with attackers getting paid 65 BTC. The city’s critical infrastructure including 911 dispatch were paralyzed as a result of the hack which contributed…
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