A phishing campaign aimed at Apple users in China that relies heavily on typosquatting has resurfaced.
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Threatpost News Wrap, June 24, 2016
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the news of the week, including a Bitcoin phishing campaign, the Kaspersky Lab ransomware report, misconfigured email servers, and a decline in Angler exploit kit traffic.
Researchers Disrupt Angler Exploit Kit Ecosystem, Derail $30M Ransomware Campaign
Researchers took a big step towards eradicating the Angler exploit kit, disrupting a large ransomware campaign connected to the kit that purportedly netted a hacker behind it more than $60 million annually.
BGP Security Alerts Coming to Twitter
At Black Hat, researchers from OpenDNS are expected to launch a new Twitter feed called BGP Stream that will send out alerts on possible BGP and DNS hijacking attacks.
OpenDNS Acquisition Gives Cisco Big Security Data
Cisco announced today its intent to acquire big data security company OpenDNS for $635 million in cash.
RubyGems Patches Serious Redirection Vulnerability
RubyGems maintainers patched a vulnerability, reported by Trustwave and OpenDNS, that allows RubyGem clients to be redirected to an attacker-controlled gem server.
New Analytics Tool Defines Language Used By Malicious Domains
OpenDNS went public with a new analytics tool that can be used to detect malicious domains used in APT and cybercrime campaigns.