Weekly: Emotet Gets a Vaccine, NSA Drovorub Advisory, and North Korean Activity plus Bureau 121

The People’s Republic of China-linked advanced persistent threat group “APT31” reportedly cloned and deployed a zero-day exploit developed by NSA's Equation Group in 2013.

An unidentified attacker accessed the computer systems of a water treatment facility in the US, altering sodium hydroxide levels in the potable water supply.

Following the disclosure of the SolarWinds supply-chain compromise in December 2020, details continue to emerge about the scale of the attack.

The North Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) group “ZINC” has been targeting cyber-security professionals with social engineering that leads to malware delivery.

A new web portal is aiding cyber-threat incident responders by detailing vulnerabilities in popular malware.

Technical analysis of a cyber-threat campaign using the dangerous and widespread “Lokibot” malware has revealed an updated method being used to conduct sophisticated attacks.

A cyber-security firm released a free decryptor for the popular and sophisticated “DarkSide” ransomware.

The cyber-security industry learned some valuable lessons during the unique and unprecedented year of 2020.

The notorious Automated Vending Cart (AVC) website Joker’s Stash allegedly displayed a notification that the site was seized by law-enforcement agencies.

SolarWinds confirmed that its network management system, Orion Platform, was exploited to conduct a highly sophisticated, manual supply-chain attack.