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Law Enforcement Update Kills Emotet on Infected Devices

An uninstall process, pushed out to infected devices as part of the takedown of Emotet by law enforcement, has been triggered to kill the malware.

Emotet, Malware, Cybercrime, Botnet

Supply Chain Attack Hits Passwordstate Password Manager

An attacker was able to compromise the update mechanism for the Click Studios Passwordstate password manager and insert a malicious DLL that harvested victims' usernames and passwords.

Supply Chain

Majority of U.S. Government Agencies Have Launched VDPs

On the heels of a September mandate from CISA, 90 percent of cabinet-level agencies have now published a vulnerability-disclosure policy (VDP).

Government, Government Agencies, Vulnerability Disclosure, Vulnerability Management

Researchers Find New Chunk of SolarWinds Attackers’ Infrastructure

Researchers from RiskIQ have identified 18 additional C2 servers used by the APT29 attackers in their operation against SolarWinds and its customers.

Solarwinds

Prometei Botnet Tracks Down Vulnerable Exchange Servers

Yet another cryptocurrency mining malware family is attempting to compromise the Microsoft Exchange ProxyLogon flaws.

Malware, Microsoft, Cryptocurrency Malware, Botnet