InfoSec News Nuggets 7/30/2020

A Cyberattack on Garmin Disrupted More Than Workouts ON THURSDAY, HACKERS hit the navigation and fitness giant Garmin with a ransomware attack that took down numerous services across the company. Garmin Connect, the cloud platform that syncs user activity data, went dark, as did portions of Garmin.com. But as athletes found themselves unable to record runs and workouts, pilots who use Garmin products for position, navigation, and timing services in airplanes were dealing with their own problems.  …
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InfoSec News Nuggets 7/28/2020

A vigilante is sabotaging the Emotet botnet by replacing malware payloads with GIFs An unknown vigilante hacker has been sabotaging the operations of the recently-revived Emotet botnet by replacing Emotet payloads with animated GIFs, effectively preventing victims from getting infected. The sabotage, which started three days ago, on July 21, has grown from a simple joke to a serious issue impacting a large portion of the Emotet operation. According to Cryptolaemus, a group of white-hat security researchers tracking…
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