Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2022

Microsoft spotted a destructive attack that targeted government, non-profit, and IT entities in Ukraine with a wiper disguised as ransomware. The attackers were discovered by Microsoft on January 13, the experts attributed the attack to an emerging threat cluster tracked as “ DEV-0586.” ” reported Reuters.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Last week, researchers from Rapid7 warned of the exploitation of unpatched zero-day remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-41352 , in the Zimbra Collaboration Suite. Threat actors are exploiting the issue to upload jsp files into Web Client /public directory by simply sending in an email with a malicious attachment.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Equally, there were so many incidents towards the end of this month that it’s possible that the organisations simply haven’t got round to the reporting stages yet. IT Governance’s research has found the following for November 2023: 470 publicly disclosed security incidents. 519,111,354 records known to be breached. Where ‘up to’, etc.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2021

In the past 24 hours alone, CPR has observed that the number exploitation attempts on organizations it tracks doubled every two to three hours.”. Security experts pointed out that the flaws are actively exploited to deliver web shells, and more recently ransomware such as the DearCry ransomware.

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IT Governance

APRIL 3, 2023

Having to then update its estimate invites further public scrutiny of the attack and could see customers lose faith in the company. The attacks have been attributed to the Clop ransomware gang, but coverage of their activity is not consistent with traditional ransomware attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Towards this end it has begun sharing videos, whitepapers and reports designed to rally decision makers from all quarters to a common cause. Might it be possible to direct cool digital services at holistically improving the wellbeing of each citizen of planet Earth? Related: Pursuing a biological digital twin. That’s a sizable fish to fry.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Brute Ratel is a post-exploitation C2 in the end and however does not provide exploit generation features like metasploit or vulnerability scanning features like Nessus, Acunetix or BurpSuite.”. I am tracking it over the past few weeks. Unlike Cobalt strike beacons, BRc4 payloads are less popular, but with similar capabilities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2021

While the experts were warning that threat actors are actively attempting to exploit a second vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-45046 , disclosed in the Log4j library a third security vulnerability made the headlines. tracked as CVE-2021-45105. Let’s analyze the timeline for the log4J vulnerabilities. as quickly as possible.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

A new ransomware tracked as Lilocked (or Lilu) by researchers is actively targeting servers and encrypting the data stored on them. The Lilocked ransomware has already infected thousands of Linux-based web servers since mid-July. Happy to see if the ransomware was actually stored on the drive rather than just in memory.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The French national cyber-security agency warns of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities. The French national cyber-security agency published an alert to warn of a significant increase of Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities in France.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2020

Australian shipping giant Toll informed its customers that it has shut down some IT systems due to a new ransomware attack. The Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group informed its customers that it has shut down some IT systems after a new ransomware attack, it is the second infection disclosed by the company this year.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2021

The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by a threat actor tracked as TA542. The infamous banking trojan is also used to deliver other malicious code, such as Trickbot and QBot trojan or ransomware such as Conti (TrickBot) or ProLock (QBot).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, according to McAfee the cybercrime gang has earned more than $25 million since March 2020. McAfee researchers believe that the NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, the gang is believed to have earned more than $25 million since March 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Kaspersky revealed that APT10, also known as the Cicada hacking group, has successfully deployed the LODEINFO malware in government, media, public sector, and diplomatic organizations in Japan. Kaspersky researchers have been tracking the malware since then, and they’ve discovered evidence revealing “high-confidence attribution to APT10.”

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Christmastime in the workplace is often a time of monumental boredom, as you put off starting any new projects before the end of the year and start counting down the days until your holiday begins. Organisations should arguably be most worried ransomware. The rise in ransomware can be attributed to poor organisational planning.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A new threat actor tracked as TA2101 is conducting malware campaigns using email to impersonate government agencies in the United States, Germany, and Italy. The phishing campaigns delivering malicious attachments were observed since the end of October. ” reads the analysis published by ProofPoint.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

COVID-19 again dominated the news, with initial optimism over vaccine rollouts and the potential end of the pandemic making way for new variants and the return of social restrictions. However, it was the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline that brought mainstream attention to the real-life effects of ransomware.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Breached organisation: French public bodies, organisations, universities, research institutes and think tanks. Records breached: Unknown. The company took five months to report it.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, according to McAfee the cybercrime gang has earned more than $25 million since March 2020. McAfee researchers believe that the NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, the gang is believed to have earned more than $25 million since March 2020.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Common types of malware include: Ransomware locks a victim’s data or device and threatens to keep it locked, or leak it publicly, unless the victim pays a ransom to the attacker. According to the IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2023 , ransomware attacks represented 17 percent of all cyberattacks in 2022.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2020

The attackers used Dharma ransomware and a mix of publicly available tools to target companies in Russia, Japan, China, and India. Group-IB researchers have recently observed increased activities around Dharma ransomware distribution. All the affected organizations had hosts with Internet-facing RDP and weak credentials.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2019

The vulnerability , tracked as CVE-2019-0708, impacts the Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and was addressed by Microsoft with May 2019 Patch Tuesday updates. A security expert has developed a Metasploit module to exploit the critical BlueKeep vulnerability and get remote code execution. The security researcher Z??osum0x0

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Malware researchers at Yoroi -Cybaze ZLab have analyzed the fourth version of the infamous JSWorm Ransomware. The ransomware attacks have no end. Unlike other ransomware, the extension is composed by many fields, reporting the information the user needs to move on the ransom payment phase. Introduction.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 11, 2020

On the one hand, this has created a visibility challenge: companies racing ahead with digital transformation have lost track of all of the APIs they’re using to stitch together their digital services. Speed is what digital transformation is all about. Related: The API attack vector expands Speed translates into innovation agility.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Highly secure portable drives make perfect sense in numerous work scenarios; encrypted flash drives, specifically, are part of a global hardware encryption market on track to climb to $296.4 For instance, with ransomware, one of the best protections is to have a physical offline backup.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

In the not-so-distant past, only elite hackers had access to high-end, cutting-edge hacking tools. In the not-so-distant past, only elite hackers had access to high-end, cutting-edge hacking tools. Small and midsize businesses — so-called SMBs — face an acute risk of sustaining a crippling cyberattack. That need is sizeable.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

DNS resolvers are the number-one tracked DDoS weapon, by size,” Shin said. And then deployed this IoT botnet to bombard Krebs on Security – and ended up taking out Dyn as collateral damage. His blog, Krebs on Security , was knocked down alright. For a full drill down, give a listen to the accompanying podcast.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Unfortunately, there was a hitch, with the government forced to scrap its original track and trace app, pushing the launch date back by months. Unfortunately, there was a hitch, with the government forced to scrap its original track and trace app, pushing the launch date back by months. You can read the first part here >>.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 1, 2023

Twenty-six percent of attacks exploited public-facing apps, so when attackers see a weakness, they exploit it. These capabilities help identify and block advanced threats like ransomware and cyberattacks in real-time on any type of endpoint. What is advanced endpoint protection?

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

These problems came into sharp focus in January, when an NFT trader had a public meltdown after being scammed out of 16 NFTs that were valued at $2.2 These were truly precedented times. Cyber criminals continued to wreak havoc, with the likes of Twitter , Uber and Neopets all reporting mammoth data breaches. million (about £1.5

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

We’ll examine each of those cloud security technologies — along with CASB too — and their uses, and direct you to some of the top cloud security solutions. Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM): Best used to effectively manage cloud resource entitlements, reduce access risks, and maintain compliance.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Because the never-ending battle against the evil forces of the dark web continues with regard to ransomware and its ghoulish close cousins – leakware and scareware. Actors on the dark web, hiding behind their dark masks of anonymity, continue to brew their devilish ransomware potions. Ransomware. data redaction).

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2019

Think about the coming generation of smart homes, public venues, utilities and transportation systems. A vendor offering to issue certificates from reputable Certificate Authorities (CAs), along with forged company documentation, as part of a package of services enabling an attacker to credibly present themselves as a trusted U.S.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

AI-Driven phishing and training recommendations for your end users Did you know? It's not every day you hear about a purely social engineering-based scam taking place that is looking to run away with tens of millions of dollars. This attack begins with a case of VEC – where a domain is impersonated.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 21, 2022

Endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions typically deploy in a standard configuration meant to deliver the least number of false positive alerts in a generic environment. This allows EDR to deploy very quickly, but it also allows for a number of security vulnerabilities. Hackers Are Prepared for Generic Installations.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2020

Despite the fact that Fxmsp has ceased all public activity, it’s not unlikely that he continues to attack corporate networks and sell access to them. Group-IB published a detailed report on Fxmsp – a heavyweight of the Russian-speaking cyber underground who made a name for himself selling access to corporate networks. Geography and victims.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Audit Logging and Monitoring: The cloud provider will be responsible for creating and monitoring the log files that track the use of the cloud infrastructure itself. For each model, the cloud provider hands off different segments of the security responsibilities to the customer. Also read: CNAP Platforms: The Next Evolution of Cloud Security.

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