QuoIntelligence’s Weekly Intelligence Snapshot for the week of 3 – 2 December 2020 is now available!
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CYBER
Incident
Industry impacted: Government, Health Care, Information Technology
FireEye announced that a state-sponsored attacker breached its infrastructure and accessed FireEye’s collection of Red Team assessment tools. These tools, which comprise FireEye’s security auditing framework, replicate capabilities of various cyber threat actors and consist of both publicly available tools and in-house frameworks.
Vulnerabilities
In December’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released new patches for 58 vulnerabilities in a variety of Microsoft products, including Windows, Office and Office Services, Edge, Exchange Server, and more. Of the 58 vulnerabilities, nine are critical, 46 are important, and three are moderate.
Rollups
Industry impacted: ANY, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Government, Health Care, Industrials, Information Technology
- New TrickBot Malware Module Targets Vulnerable UEFI/BIOS Firmware
Latest Ransomware Incidents Include Lockbit, Egregor, and Doppelpaymer Infections
D-Link Addresses Remote Command Injection Flaws Impacting its DSR VPN Routers
FIN6 resurfaces, leveraging Golden Chickens Malware-as-a-Service Tools
SAP December Security Release
APT28: Delivers Zebrocy Go Variant Using COVID-19 Lures
European Medicines Agency Breached, Covid Vaccine Documents Targeted
GEOPOLITICS
Industry impacted: Information Technology
The EU and China are increasing efforts to bolster their domestic chip manufacturing industries to avoid critical dependencies on imports, as both rely on chips made abroad. The emerging geopolitical, industrial, and technological landscape is shaping the semiconductor industry, resulting in several changes and challenges
Rollups
Industry impacted: Energy, Government, Information Technology
- US Director of National Intelligence Claims China is Primary Threat to US National Security
- Foreign Ministries of France, Germany, and the UK Condemn Iran’s Plan to Increase Uranium Enrichment
- Norway’s Police Warns Over Espionage Campaigns Targeting Petroleum Sector
- Greece Publishes National Cyber Security Strategy
OUTLOOK
Industry impacted: Information Technology
- 15 December – FutureCon Cybersecurity Virtual Eastern Conference
