Cyware Monthly Threat Intelligence

Monthly Threat Briefing • August 3, 2020
Monthly Threat Briefing • August 3, 2020
Despite a spike in cybersecurity incidents in July, security experts and researchers have managed to make progress in the right direction. In a recent development, Microsoft added a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) feature in Office 365 to prevent data leaks and inappropriate data sharing. On a tangent, Google added 11 new security features to its G Suite products and a Zoom-Bombing prevention feature to Google Meet to thwart growing threats.
Last month, several firms confirmed being targeted by cyber adversaries and spilling confidential details. According to reports, Xerox Corporation, Blackbaud, Promo[.]com, IndieFlix, and a few other organizations underwent a massive data breach. Meanwhile, the ShinyHunters group was offering over 386 million user records of 18 companies on a hacker forum for free. In other news, a hacker laid bare data from 8,200 databases in a revenge attack.
Though cybercriminals are known to work on new threats, they may sometimes return to their old tricks. Recently, researchers disclosed about an old EMV-Bypass cloning technique in use by threat actors to abuse card transactions. In another revelation, security experts said seven ransomware families could be expanding activities to target processes within Operation Technology (OT) software. Moreover, a new Android malware, dubbed BlackRock, was found affecting at least 337 apps.