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Aug 02, 2019

Financially Motivated Hackers Group “Cobalt” Now Attack Banks by Launching Weaponized Word Document

Security researchers uncovered a new attack targeting the financial institution such as banks in Kazakhstan, and the attack believed to be initiated by one of the Financially motivated cyber-crime gang “Cobalt”. Cobalt group actively targeting victims in various countries since at least 2016, they particularly focus on the bank’s network to compromise the internal components […]

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Hackers are digging into Microsoft Word flaw that existed for last 17 year

Cybercriminals are successfully exploiting a vulnerability present in Microsoft Office Equation Editor for the past 17 years for distributing malware. It is a backdoor that can provide an attacker full control of the system and allow them the privilege of executing commands and extracting files. The malware is capable of infecting a system entirely through the powerful […]