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Wiping MBRs with COVID-19 Malware - ThreatWire

Published: April 7, 2020, 8 p.m.

Zoom had a bad week, Wiping MBRs with COVID-19 Malware, and Google Pauses a Chrome Security Update! All that coming up now on ThreatWire. #threatwire #hak5

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Links:Zoom:https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/news/press-releases/fbi-warns-of-teleconferencing-and-online-classroom-hijacking-during-covid-19-pandemic/layout_viewhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-31/zoom-sued-for-allegedly-illegally-disclosing-personal-datahttps://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/01/a-message-to-our-users/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e95m/zoom-leaking-email-addresses-photoshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-alert-zoom-client-can-leak-your-network-login-credentials/https://www.cyberscoop.com/zoom-zero-day-webcam-privlege-escalation/https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/04/war-dialing-tool-exposes-zooms-password-problems/https://threatpost.com/zoom-removes-data-mining-linkedin-feature/154404/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/03/thousands-zoom-video-calls-left-exposed-open-web/https://theintercept.com/2020/04/03/zooms-encryption-is-not-suited-for-secrets-and-has-surprising-links-to-china-researchers-discover/https://www.zdnet.com/article/zoom-concedes-custom-encryption-is-sub-standard-as-citizen-lab-pokes-holes-in-it/

Covid-19 malware wipes PC and MBRhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/theres-now-covid-19-malware-that-will-wipe-your-pc-and-rewrite-your-mbr/https://securitynews.sonicwall.com/xmlpost/coronavirus-trojan-overwriting-the-mbr/https://twitter.com/malwrhunterteam/status/1242189645552783360https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-coronavirus-ransomware-acts-as-cover-for-kpot-infostealer/https://twitter.com/malwrhunterteam/status/1245386335298433027https://twitter.com/malwrhunterteam/status/1227204126016200704

Google Rolling Back Privacy Feature:https://blog.chromium.org/2020/04/temporarily-rolling-back-samesite.htmlhttps://www.theverge.com/2020/4/3/21207248/chrome-samesite-cookie-roll-back-update-privacy-settings

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