Bite Sized Cyber Crime

Trigona Ransomware Group Wiped by Hacktivists

Ransomware gangs are a major threat to all organizations big or small, and rarely do we see them lose due to the situations they put people in. Last week, however, a major emerging threat was satisfyingly stomped out by a hacktivist group.
 
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High Rated Curl Vuln Not as Bad as Initially Assumed

When developers of curl announced a cycle cut short to fix a high severity vulnerability, administrators panicked. Although still bad, the vulnerability ended up only executable under pretty specific circumstances.
 
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To Pay or Not to Pay? MGM vs Caesar’s on Ransomware

Ransomware can be handled in two different ways: Paying, or not paying. It's controversial which option is best. Two casinos had a ransomware incident and once paid while the other did not, let's compare.
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Libwebp Vulnerability Present Just About Everywhere

What was thought to be a Chrome bug turned out to be a much larger and much more serious vulnerability in a library used to render webp images that could allow code to be remotely executed on target systems.
 
Sources: https://pastebin.com/wD1tNxYH

New Stealthy Sandman Hackers Target Telco Companies

Hackers are constantly innovating and trying new things to break into systems, last week a new attacker was discovered that is writing malware in a rarely seen programming language using an even stranger compiler.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/XNFmxJmS

Hack Makes MGM do Manual Payouts and Check-ins

The MGM hack has been all over the news, but how did hackers compromise gambling machines, room keys, and even parking gates? It may have taken just one call.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/AegCRD3z

Microsoft’s Series of Mistakes that Led to Cyber Espionage

You may have heard of a government email compromise suspected to be from China-based threat actors, but this week a series of unfortunate events revealed exactly how this attack unfolded.
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Forever 21 Breach Involves Employee SSNs

Forever 21 is a popular clothing brand for young adults, but recently it was also a popular target for a hacking group that infiltrated at least twice and stole sensitive data on employees.
 
Sources: https://pastebin.com/W8C2R3hF