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Cobalt Strike abusers have been dealt a hammer blow: An “aggressive” takedown campaign by Fortra and Microsoft shuttered over 200 malicious domains – and it’s cut the misuse of the tool by 80%
Malicious use of penetration testing tool Cobalt Strike and other legitimate tools has been significantly curtailed after an “aggressive campaign” by its developer Fortra and Microsoft. Fortra teamed up with Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) and the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) to mitigate the use of unauthorized, legacy copies of Cobalt Strike and compromised Microsoft software in…
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The Zservers takedown is another big win for law enforcement
Dutch authorities have announced they seized 127 servers run by a Russian-based hosting service used by some of the world’s most notorious cyber gangs. Zservers/XHost is a bulletproof hosting (BPH) service based in the small Russian town of Barnaul in Western Siberia, but the company is reported to play a critical role in the infrastructure of major cyber criminal groups…
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Docker-OSX image used for security research hit by Apple DMCA takedown
The popular Docker-OSX project has been removed from Docker Hub after Apple filed a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown request, alleging that it violated its copyright. Docker-OSX is an open-source project created by security researcher Sick.Codes that allows for the virtualization of macOS on non-Apple hardware. It can be hosted on any system that supports Docker, including Linux and…
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