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Sony investigates cyberattack as hackers fight over who's responsible

Sony says that it is investigating allegations of a cyberattack this week as different hackers have stepped up to claim responsibility for the purported hack. Thus far, over 3.14 GB of uncompressed data, allegedly belonging to Sony, has been dumped on hacker forums. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sony-investigates-cyberattack-as-hackers-fight-over-whos-responsible/
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New ZeroFont phishing tricks Outlook into showing fake AV-scans

Hackers are utilizing a new trick of using zero-point fonts in emails to make malicious emails appear as safely scanned by security tools in Microsoft Outlook. [...]
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US and Japan warn of Chinese hackers backdooring Cisco routers

A joint cybersecurity advisory by the FBI, NSA, CISA, and the Japanese NISC (cybersecurity) and NPA (police) sheds light on the techniques the Chinese threat actors known as BlackTech use to attack Japanese and U.S. organizations. [...]
US and Japan warn of Chinese hackers backdooring Cisco routers

A joint cybersecurity advisory by the FBI, NSA, CISA, and the Japanese NISC (cybersecurity) and NPA (police) sheds light on the techniques the Chinese threat actors known as BlackTech use to attack Japanese and U.S. organizations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-and-japan-warn-of-chinese-hackers-backdooring-cisco-routers/
Building automation giant Johnson Controls hit by ransomware attack

Johnson Controls International has suffered what is described as a massive ransomware attack that encrypted many of the company devices, including VMware ESXi servers, impacting the company's and its subsidiaries' operations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/building-automation-giant-johnson-controls-hit-by-ransomware-attack/
Budworm hackers target telcos and govt orgs with custom malware

A Chinese cyber-espionage hacking group tracked as Budworm has been observed targeting a telecommunication firm in the Middle East and a government entity in Asia using a new variant of its custom 'SysUpdate' backdoor. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/budworm-hackers-target-telcos-and-govt-orgs-with-custom-malware/