PLATINUM Hackers Hijack Windows Hotpatching to Stay Hidden
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Former Tor Developer Created Malware for FBI to Unmask Tor Users
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U.S. Supreme Court allows the FBI to Hack any Computer in the World
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Ransomware Virus Shuts Down Electric and Water Utility
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In Brief
The Microsoft’s Windows Defender Advanced Threat Hunting team detected that a cyber espionage group of hackers, known as PLATINUM, has found a way to turn the Windows's Hotpatching technique (a way of updating the operating system without requiring a restart) to hide its malware from Antivirus products.
PLATINUM group has been active since 2009 and launching large-scale attacks against governmental organizations, intelligence agencies, defense institutes and telecommunication providers in South and Southeast Asia.
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Former Tor Developer Created Malware for FBI to Unmask Tor Users
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According to an investigation, Matthew Edman, a cyber security expert and former employee of the Tor Project, helped the FBI with Cornhusker a.k.a Torsploit malware that allowed Feds to hack and unmask Tor users in several high-profile cases, including Operation Torpedo and Silk Road.
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U.S. Supreme Court allows the FBI to Hack any Computer in the World
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The US Supreme Court has approved amendments to Rule 41, which now gives judges the authority to issue search warrants, not only for computers located in their jurisdiction but also outside their jurisdiction.
Under the original Rule 41, let’s say, a New York judge can only authorize the FBI to hack into a suspect's computer in New York.
But the amended rule would now make it easier for the FBI to hack into any computer or network, literally anywhere in the world.
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Ransomware Virus Shuts Down Electric and Water Utility
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Recently, the American public utility Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) has announced that the company has become a victim of Ransomware attack that knocked the utility's internal computer systems offline.
Also Read: FBI Suggests Ransomware Victims — 'Just Pay the Ransom'.
The attack took place earlier this week when one of the company’s employees opened a malicious email attachment.