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New Attack Technique Exploits Microsoft Management Console Files
Threat actors are exploiting a novel attack technique in the wild that leverages specially crafted management saved console (MSC) files to gain full code execution using Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and evade security defenses. Elastic Security Labs has codenamed the approach GrimResource after identifying an artifact (“sccm-updater.msc”) that was uploaded to the VirusTotal malware
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How to Cut Costs with a Browser Security Platform
Browser security is becoming increasingly popular, as organizations understand the need to protect at the point of risk – the browser. Network and endpoint solutions are limited in their ability to protect from web-borne threats like phishing websites or malicious browser extensions. They also do not protect from internal data exfiltration, like employees pasting sensitive…
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New Cyberthreat ‘Boolka’ Deploying BMANAGER Trojan via SQLi Attacks
A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed Boolka has been observed compromising websites with malicious scripts to deliver a modular trojan codenamed BMANAGER. “The threat actor behind this campaign has been carrying out opportunistic SQL injection attacks against websites in various countries since at least 2022,” Group-IB researchers Rustam Mirkasymov and Martijn van den Berk said…
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Wikileaks’ Julian Assange Released from U.K. Prison, Heads to Australia
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been freed in the U.K. and has departed the country after serving more than five years in a maximum security prison at Belmarsh for what was described by the U.S. government as the “largest compromises of classified information” in its history. Capping off a 14-year legal saga, Assange, 52, pleaded…
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4 FIN9-linked Vietnamese Hackers Indicted in $71M U.S. Cybercrime Spree
Four Vietnamese nationals with ties to the FIN9 cybercrime group have been indicted in the U.S. for their involvement in a series of computer intrusions that caused over $71 million in losses to companies. The defendants, Ta Van Tai (aka Quynh Hoa and Bich Thuy), Nguyen Viet Quoc (aka Tien Nguyen), Nguyen Trang Xuyen, and…
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Sortis Holdings, Rudy’s behind on paying $2.8M investor settlement, court records show
The settlement relates to a 2021 lawsuit in which an investor alleged he was forced off the board for seeking financial documents.
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OHSU faculty leader knocks ‘flawed’ process to improve financial condition
The Faculty Senate president outlined concerns in a memo to the board included in the packet for this Friday’s meeting.
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Leader Board Q2 2024: 21 new Portland-area executives you should know
These executives are new to their positions.
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Portland safety-shoe company gets a new East Coast owner
Latest acquisition gives Greensboro company a foothold in the Seattle-Tacoma and Portland areas.
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Arlene Schnitzer gets her due from Oregon Historical Society
The exhibit will run in two parts, with the second segment ending in fall 2025.
