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FBI re-sends alert about supply chain attacks for the third time in three months
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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 06:46:49 +0000 (UTC)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-re-sends-alert-about-supply-chain-attacks-for-the-third-time-in-three-months/ By Catalin Cimpanu Zero Day ZDNet.com March 31, 2020 The FBI has issued an alert on Monday about state-sponsored hackers using the Kwampirs malware to attack supply chain companies and other industry sectors as part of a global hacking campaign. This marks the third alert about this particular group sent this year, in as many months, after the FBI sent alerts on January 6 and February 5. This time around, the FBI highlighted that some of the group's targets are organizations in the healthcare industry, currently grappling with the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Besides sending out a PIN (Private Industry Notification), the FBI has also published two Flash alerts, one containing YARA rules to identify the group's Kwampirs malware on infected networks, and the second containing a technical report, complete with IOCs (indicators of compromise). [...] -- Subscribe to InfoSec News https://www.infosecnews.org/subscribe-to-infosec-news/ https://twitter.com/infosecnews_
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