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The researchers have found out that the Emotet operators are using a new template which masquerades to be a Microsoft word update which provides more additional features to its users. When the malware gets installed emote will infect the system with ransomware and uses it to send spam emails.

Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky said that the malware is believed to be created by Pakistani hacker groups. The malware is now able to capture device data, contact lists, e-mail addresses, and call and text logs and transmit them to an attacker-controlled server.

Microsoft has detected the latest version of the malware which uses call notification to gain the attention of the user. The interesting thing is this malware does not encrypt the files of the victim but block access to the devices. The analysts say that this ransomware is highly obfuscated.

Security researchers from Google have issued a warning about a new Bluetooth vulnerability that affects Linux-based devises. The vulnerability allows nearby unauthenticated devices to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Microsoft has released the patch for October. The update has fixed 87 vulnerabilities, out of which 11 are considered as critical 75 as important and 1 as moderate.

Security researchers from Cisco Talos have detected that the cryptocurrency miners are targeting Government, Retail and Technology sectors using various methods. They spread malware through a network by sending infected RTF files by using email, psexec, WMI, and SMB exploits.

Chowbus was hacked and customer information of about 400k customers were leaked online. The leaked information included customer names, email addresses, phone numbers, and mailing addresses.

Cybersecurity researchers from Microsoft have discovered a new Ransomware that targets Android devices. The malware comes with new features which include open-source machine learning and evading detection against several security solutions.

Security researches have been testing the Apple online services for three months and they have found 55 vulnerabilities. Out of these 55 vulnerabilities 11 of them are considered as Critical. Hackers could hijack the user’s iCloud account and steal all the photos, calendar information, videos, and documents. At the same time, threat actors could forward the malware to all of the victim’s contacts.

Researchers at Juniper Threat Labs found that threat actor named as “Priority” is using leaked Mirai source code to develop theirs on the version of the malware. The malware is based on 2 variants of the Mirai malware.

The new spyware comes with the facility to read notifications from messaging apps, call recording and screen recording, and dismissing notifications from built-in Android security apps.

The hospital informed that the malware attack has affected all 250 of its US facilities and the restoration is under process. The hospital works have informed that electronic medical records systems were not affected.

The vulnerability was discovered in two of the popular industrial Remote Access System. This can be exploited by threat actors to ban access, hack into networks, tamper with data, and steal sensitive data of the organization.

Microsoft has patched a new critical vulnerability affecting the windows servers. The vulnerability if successfully exploited can let attackers run a specially crafted application on a device on the network

Apple has released a patch for 4 vulnerabilities affecting macOS. Successful exploitation of this flaw could lead to arbitrary code execution using a malicious image or trigger a DoS condition, accessing restricted files, altering the application state.

A British hacker who is a member of the international hacking group ‘The Dark Overlord,’ which threatened Companies to leak stolen data has been sentenced for five years in prison and ordered to pay $1,467,048 in restitution to his victims.