Articles for March 2019

Office Depot agrees to pay $25 million in damages. Support.com, a partner company, will also pay $10 million.

Source: Office Depot settles tech support scam FTC complaint | ZDNet

Microsoft takes control of 99 domains operated by APT35/Phosphorus cyber-espionage group.

Source: Microsoft takes control of 99 domains operated by Iranian state hackers | ZDNet

Norway’s Norsk Hydro said a cyber-attack on late Monday night crippled its IT systems.

Source: Aluminum producer switches to manual operations after ‘extensive cyber-attack’ | ZDNet

County hired cyber-security consultant to negotiate ransom fee with hacker group.

Source: Georgia county pays a whopping $400,000 to get rid of a ransomware infection | ZDNet

The United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) today finally released GHIDRA version 9.0 for free, the agency’s home-grown classified software reverse engineering tool that agency experts have been using internally for over a decade to hunt down security bugs in software and applications.

GHIDRA is a Java-based reverse engineering framework that features a graphical user interface (GUI) and has been designed to run on a variety of platforms including Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Reverse engineering a program or software involves disassembling, i.e. converting binary instructions into assembly code when its source code is unavailable, helping software engineers, especially malware analysts, understand the functionality of the code and actual design and implementation information.

Source: NSA Releases GHIDRA 9.0 — Free, Powerful Reverse Engineering Tool

Researchers discover new Antd crypto-mining malware targeting Linux systems.

Source: Linux servers targeted by new Chinese crypto-mining group | ZDNet