Afghanistan, the US identifies the ISIS-K leadership
Sanaullah Ghafari, Sultan Aziz Azam and Maulawi Rajab in the terrorism black list. The emir is Rajab; the others are the ISKP spokesperson and the commander in Kabul.
Cybercrime, fake hotel booking conveys Dridex
The xlsb attachment contacts random links from an internal list and downloads the dll, starting the malware infection. It also tries to connect to the victim's email client.
Cybercrime, Agent Tesla campaign via “Performa Invoice No. 21120211”
The email gz attachment contains an exe: the malware itself. Stolen data is exfiltrated through FTP.
Cybersecurity, new zero-day vulnerability on Windows despite the last patch
Abdelhamid Naceri discovered a flaw, which bypass the CVE-2021-41379 security update. It allows a privilege escalation to admin level.
Syria, SDF and Inherent Resolve eliminate a former ISIS killer cell
Joint raid by special forces leads to the capture of three important commanders of the Islamic State and their men. It is the answer to IS attempts to raise its head.
Cybercrime, Ursnif / Gozi back to Italy via Enel Energia
The bait are false invoice offsets. The xls attachment contacts single link from which it downloads the dll, starting the malware infection. But only from Italian IPs.
The Black Friday could turn out to be much more expensive than expected
Cybersecurity Experts: Cybercrime plans traps on underground forums to steal victim’s money. From fake sites to malware. Beware of too tempting offers!
Syria, maxi SDF raid against the Islamic State in al-Hol
Kurdish forces, together with Inherent Resolve, after establishing a curfew, stormed the first 3 sections of the camp in Hasaka: 14 pro-ISIS Iraqis arrested.
Cyber Espionage, Iranian hackers increase attacks on IT services companies
Microsoft cybersecurity experts: The aim is to steal credentials belonging to downstream customer networks. India, Israel, UAE are the most hit targets.
Africa, ISWAP strengthens itself in Nigeria by allying itself with local criminals
Pro-ISIS jihadists enlist gangs in the north and those who refuse are killed, as happened to Dogo Gide. The first effects have already manifested themselves.