Avast cooperates with France and FBI to stop Retadup cryptomining worm
The cyber security experts: The malware controlled over 850,000 computers, mainly in Latin America, to create Monero; but the cybercrime C&C servers were in Paris Region and USA.
US, NSA will establish the Cyber Security Directorate
The new Division will have it’s IOC on 1 October 2019 and will be lead by Anne Neuberger, already chief of Russia Small Group. The mission: increase the cyber defense posture against foreign threats.
Cybercrime, GandCrab has been beaten maybe definitely
Cyber security experts share free a new decryption tool for the latest version of the ransomware family on NoMoreRansom, the V5.2. The malware should also close at the end of the month.
North Korea, new Lazarus campaign with Electricfish malware
The cyber security experts: The APT’s malicious code implements a custom protocol that allows traffic to be funneled between a source and a destination IP address.
North Korea, Lazarus hackers are back with HOPLIGHT
The US cyber security experts: It’s a new Trojan with 9 files infected. Seven of them are "proxy applications that mask traffic between malware and the remote operators.