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FireEye Cyber Threat Map
The FireEye Cyber threat map provides a visual overview of the source and destination countries of various internet attacks and attack attempts. It also provides insight into the top industries which are currently experiencing these attacks and/or attempted attacks. Click the link below to view the map in real-time.
US-CERT Current Activity
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Cisco Releases Security Updates
Original release date: February 20, 2019
Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
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VMware Releases Security Updates
Original release date: February 15, 2019
VMware has released security updates to address a vulnerability affecting multiple VMware products. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system.
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Mozilla Releases Security Update for Thunderbird
Original release date: February 14, 2019
Mozilla has released a security update to address vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
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Krebs on Security
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New Breed of Fuel Pump Skimmer Uses SMS and Bluetooth
Fraud investigators say they've uncovered a sophisticated new breed of credit card skimmers being installed at gas pumps that is capable of relaying stolen card data via mobile text message, thereby enabling fraudsters to collect it from anywhere in...
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A Deep Dive on the Recent Widespread DNS Hijacking Attacks
The U.S. government — along with a number of leading security companies — recently warned about a series of highly complex and widespread attacks that allowed suspected Iranian hackers to siphon huge volumes of email passwords and other sensitive...
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Bomb Threat Hoaxer Exposed by Hacked Gaming Site
Federal authorities this week arrested a North Carolina man who allegedly ran with a group of online hooligans that attacked Web sites (including this one), took requests on Twitter to call in bomb threats to thousands of schools, and tried to frame...
Security Alerts
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AA19-024A: DNS Infrastructure Hijacking Campaign
Original release date: January 24, 2019 | Last revised: February 13, 2019
Summary
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), part of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...
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AA18-337A: SamSam Ransomware
Original release date: December 03, 2018
Summary
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are issuing...
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TA18-331A: 3ve – Major Online Ad Fraud Operation
Original release date: November 27, 2018
Systems Affected
Microsoft Windows
Overview
This joint Technical Alert (TA) is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland...