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Elaborate scripting-fu used in espionage attack against Saudi Arabia Government

September 27, 2017 admin espionage, goverment, macro, malware, Microsoft Word, Powershell, saudi arabia, scripting, Threat analysis, Trojan

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 01:06:51 +0000

In this post, we take apart a clever set of scripts used in a targeted attack against the government of Saudi Arabia.

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MalwareBytes Security

PSA: New Microsoft Word 0day used in the wild

September 13, 2017 admin 0day, CVE-2017-8759, Exploits, microsoft, Microsoft Word, patch, Threat analysis, Word, Zero-Day

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 22:49:19 +0000

Read more about the latest Microsoft Word Zero-Day and how to protect yourself against it.

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Independent Krebs

Breach at DocuSign Led to Targeted Email Malware Campaign

May 15, 2017 admin DocuSign breach, DocuSign phishing, macro exploit, Microsoft Word, Other

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 03:34:58 +0000

DocuSign, a major provider of electronic signature technology, acknowledged today that a series of recent malware phishing attacks targeting its customers and users was the result of a data breach at one of its computer systems. The company stresses that the data stolen was limited to customer and user email addresses, but the incident is especially dangerous because it allows attackers to target users who may already be expecting to click on links in emails from DocuSign.