TrickBot Anchor Malware: Now also for Linux.

A famous Windows malware TrickBot Anchor now has also a “Linux version”- Anchor_Linux. It acts as a covert backdoor persistence tool in the UNIX environment. Potential targets are huge: computers, routers, VPN devices, NAS devices. Security experts suggest to be prepared and protected.

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Twitter Accounts Hijacking: Three Arrested.

Who didn’t remember a Twitter VIP accounts hijacking that happened mid-July?

Two teens and early 20s man were arrested for this attack. All of them were previously related to cybercrimes. They said that an access to the Twitter internal support tools was gained by spear-phishing company’s employees. This access they used to attack multiple business leaders and celebrities (Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Elon Mask and much more).

Except more than $100,000 funds they also got an access to private DMs from 36 accounts.

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Phishing Campaigns During COVID-19.

During the COVID19 pandemic number of phishing campaigns extremely increased.

Here are the most “popular” email subjects used in phishing campaigns in 2020:

1.     Password change/check required

2.     COVID-19 Awareness/News

3.     Vacation Policy Update

4.     Rescheduled meetings due to COVID-19

5.     Coronavirus Stimulus Checks

6.     Fedex Tracking

7.     Zoom: Restriction Notice Alert

8.     Jira: [JIRA] A task was assigned to you

9.     Your meeting attendees are waiting

10.  Microsoft: Abnormal log in activity on Microsoft account

11.  IT: ATTENTION: Security Violation

Hope you weren’t part of them! Enforce security awareness in your company!