On Microsoft's XP Patches, Hidden Cobra, MacRansom, and More

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including Microsoft’s XP patches, Hidden Cobra, a Nigerian BEC campaign, MacRansom, and more. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapJune162017.mp3 Music by Chris Gonslaves...

Nigerian BEC Scams Hit 500 Companies in 50 Countries

Nigerian cybercriminals targeting industrial firms have stolen a slew of sensitive technical drawings, network diagrams, cost estimates, and project plans already this year. The data, exfiltrated by a cocktail of different spyware programs, wasn’t stolen from just executives, but also operators,...

IC3 Warns of Increase in BEC/EAC Schemes

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has issued an alert describing a growing number of scams targeting businesses working with foreign suppliers or businesses that regularly perform wire transfer payments. These sophisticated scams are classified as business email compromise BEC or email...

FBI: Email Scams Take $3.1 Billion Toll on Businesses

Business-related inbox scams are reaching epidemic levels with the total cost to business reaching a whopping $3.1 billion. The dire warning comes from the FBI that says skyrocketing losses represent a 1,300 percent increase since January 2015. Identified by the FBI as business e-mail compromise...

Fraud Alert Issued on Business Email Compromise Scam

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center FS-ISAC and federal law enforcement agencies have released a joint alert warning companies of a sophisticated wire payment scam referred to as business email compromise BEC. Scammers use fraudulent information to trick companies into...

DefenseCode Security Advisory: Cisco Linksys Remote Preauth 0day Root Exploit Follow-Up

A few weeks ago, we have announced remote preauth root access exploit for Cisco Linksys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv-MbL7KFKE. Vulnerability details were disclosed here: http://www.defensecode.com/public/DefenseCodeBroadcomSecurityAdvisory.pdf During further research, we have discovered that...