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QakBot Big Game Hunting continues: the operators drop ProLock ransomware for Egregor

Security Affairs

This ransomware strain emerged in September 2020, but the threat actors behind already managed to lock quite big companies, such as game developers Crytek, booksellers Barnes & Noble, and most recently a retail giant Cencosud from Chile. Same tools and naming convention have been used as well, for example md.exe, rdp.bat, svchost.exe.

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Wawa Breach May Have Compromised More Than 30 Million Payment Cards

Krebs on Security

“Based on Gemini’s analysis, the initial set of bases linked to “BIGBADABOOM-III” consisted of nearly 100,000 records,” Gemini observed. Most card breaches at restaurants and other brick-and-mortar stores occur when cybercriminals manage to remotely install malicious software on the retailer’s card-processing systems.

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TA505 is expanding its operations

Security Affairs

The threat group is also known for its recent attack campaign against Bank and Retail business sectors, but the latest evidence indicates a potential expansion of its criminal operation to other industries too. Technical Analysis. Example of junk instructions used in macro. The TA505 Connection.

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Application modernization overview

IBM Big Data Hub

Many are addressing this via building accelerators that could be customized for enterprise consumption that helps accelerate specific areas of modernization and one such example from IBM is IBM Consulting Cloud Accelerators. We will explore key areas of acceleration with an example in this article.

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Nodersok malware delivery campaign relies on advanced techniques

Security Affairs

“It’s not uncommon for attackers to download legitimate third-party tools onto infected machines (for example, PsExec is often abused to run other tools or commands).” ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft. based payload, and a bunch of encrypted files.

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Top 12 Cloud Security Best Practices for 2021

eSecurity Planet

The diagram below, for example, shows that application-level controls are Microsoft’s responsibility with software as a service (SaaS) models, but it is the customer’s responsibility in IaaS deployments. Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest? Encrypt data in motion and at rest.

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Parasite HTTP RAT implements a broad range of protections and evasion mechanims

Security Affairs

” reads the analysis published by Proofpoint. ” continues the analysis. The malware was involved in a small email campaign targeting organizations primarily in the information technology, healthcare, and retail industries. Experts observed the malware using code from a public repository for sandbox detection.