Hunton Privacy

JULY 12, 2021

On June 30, 2021, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS,” the “Department”) issued guidance to all New York state regulated entities on ransomware (the “Guidance”), identifying controls it expects regulated companies to implement whenever possible.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2020

K-Electric, Pakistan’s largest private power company, did not pay the ransom and the Netwalker ransomware operators have leaked the stolen data. In early September, K-Electric (KE), the electricity provider for the city of Karachi, Pakistan, was hit by a Netwalker ransomware attack that blocked billing and online services.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2020

CLOP ransomware operators have allegedly hacked IndiaBulls Group , an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Gurgaon, India. CLOP ransomware operators have allegedly hacked the Indian conglomerate IndiaBulls Group , its primary businesses are housing finance, consumer finance, and wealth management. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2024

. “CVE-2024-30051 is used to gain initial access into a target environment and requires the use of social engineering tactics via email, social media or instant messaging to convince a target to open a specially crafted document file,” Narang said.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2021

The FBI shared info about OnePercent Group that has been actively targeting US organizations in ransomware attacks since at least November 2020. The threat actors have been observed remaining within the victim’s network for approximately one month during which they exfiltrate documents prior to encrypt files with the ransomware payloads.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2024

Ticketmaster confirms data breach impacting 560 million customers Critical Apache Log4j2 flaw still threatens global finance Crooks stole more than $300M worth of Bitcoin from the exchange DMM Bitcoin ShinyHunters is selling data of 30 million Santander customers Over 600,000 SOHO routers were destroyed by Chalubo malware in 72 hours LilacSquid APT (..)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

K-Electric, the electricity provider for the city of Karachi, Pakistan, was hit by a Netwalker ransomware attack that blocked billing and online services. K-Electric, the electricity provider for Karachi (Pakistan) is another victim of the Netwalker ransomware gang, the infection disrupted billing and online services.

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IT Governance

APRIL 28, 2022

The Stormous ransomware gang announced earlier this week that it had hacked Coca-Cola and stolen 161 gigabytes of data. By comparison, a report published last year found that US firms pay $6 million on average in ransomware demands. There usually isn’t much doubt about whether you’ve been hit by ransomware. An unusual attack.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Ransomware groups are constantly devising new methods for infecting victims and convincing them to pay up, but a couple of strategies tested recently seem especially devious. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that Venus ransomware attacks were targeting a number of U.S. “ Cl0p ” a.k.a.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The security firm’s 2023 State of the Threat report says BEC “exceeds even ransomware in aggregate, mainly because it is so prolific, even if individual financial losses from BEC may be lower than individual losses from ransomware.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The FBI released a flash alert containing technical details associated with the LockBit ransomware operation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a flash alert containing technical details and indicators of compromise associated with LockBit ransomware operations. Like other ransomware gangs, Lockbit 2.0

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In a SIM-swapping attack, the crooks transfer the target’s phone number to a device they control, allowing them to intercept any text messages or phone calls sent to the victim, including one-time passcodes for authentication or password reset links sent via SMS.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The vulnerability allows attackers to craft documents that won’t get tagged with Microsoft’s “Mark of the Web,” despite being downloaded from untrusted sites. “What actions are required is not clear; however, we do know that exploitation requires an authenticated user level of access,” Breen said.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2024

Judge ordered NSO Group to hand over the Pegasus spyware code to WhatsApp Cybercrime BlackCat Ransomware Affiliate TTPs American Express credit cards EXPOSED in third-party vendor data breach – account numbers and names among details accessed in hack LockBit 3.0’S

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Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2022

“This allows attackers to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to force domain controllers to authenticate to the attacker using NTLM authentication,” Wiseman said. Elevation of Privilege flaws in particular should be carefully prioritized, as we’ve seen ransomware groups like Conti favor them as part of its playbook.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Researchers from threat hunting and intelligence firm Group-IB have detected a successful attack by a ransomware gang tracked as OldGremlin. Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has detected a successful attack by a ransomware gang, codenamed OldGremlin. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2022

The FBI recently issued a warning that ransomware gangs are targeting companies during “time-sensitive financial events”, such as mergers and acquisitions. With ransomware attacks increasing year-over-year, we will continue to see this as a common attack vector. Lack of documented evidence.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The vulnerability affects the way Microsoft applications use OAuth for authentication, these applications trust certain third-party domains and sub-domains that are not registered by Microsoft. You can see more API calls documented here.” ” continues the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – OAuth, hacking).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

CyberNews researchers reported that Ecco, a global shoe manufacturer and retailer, exposed millions of documents. Ecco, a global shoe manufacturer and retailer, exposed millions of documents. Millions of sensitive documents, from sales to system information, were accessible. Original post @ [link].

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Lots of innovation has come down the pike with respect to imbuing zero trust into two pillars of security operations: connectivity and authentication. Much has been done with connectivity and authentication. However, a surge of high-profile ransomware attacks and supply chain breaches has made company leaders very nervous. “I

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

IHG suffered a cyberattack that severely impacted its booking process China-Linked BRONZE PRESIDENT APT targets Government officials worldwide Scammers live-streamed on YouTube a fake Apple crypto event US Treasury sanctioned Iran ’s Ministry of Intelligence over Albania cyberattack $30 Million worth of cryptocurrency stolen by Lazarus from Axie Infinity (..)

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. More recently, it appears Megatraffer has been working with ransomware groups to help improve the stealth of their malware.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Ransomware groups continue to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities. Now ransomware attackers, possibly affiliated with FIN8, are exploiting unpatched Citrix products to launch attacks. It is suspected that the Akira ransomware organization used an undisclosed weakness in Cisco VPN software to evade authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

Microsoft services are widely used in enterprises for cloud-based collaboration, and the Proofpoint research report revealed that cloud infrastructures are not immune to ransomware attacks. Many IT and security teams think that cloud drives should be more resilient to ransomware attacks, but that’s not the case.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Nearly a quarter of healthcare organizations hit by ransomware attacks experienced an increase in patient mortality, according to a study from Ponemon Institute and Proofpoint released today. Also read: After Springhill: Assessing the Impact of Ransomware Lawsuits. Healthcare Cyberattacks Common – And Costly.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Threat actors exploited this vulnerability to hijack existing authenticated sessions and bypass multifactor authentication or other strong authentication requirements. The security firm published the CVE-2023-4966 guidance document for remediating and reducing risks related to this flaw. states Mandiant.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Among those is CVE-2022-22005 , a weakness in Microsoft’s Sharepoint Server versions 2013-2019 that could be exploited by any authenticated user. “However, given the number of stolen credentials readily available on underground markets, getting authenticated could be trivial. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2022

If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

Spurred into action by the invasion of Ukraine, Spielerkid89 decided to investigate whether he could find Russian IPs with disabled authentication to fool with. By using the Shodan search engine, Spielerkid89 soon discovered an open virtual network computing (VNC) port with disabled authentication.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The LockBit ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the attack on SIRVA, the group has stolen 1.5TB of data and already leaked it. We have over 1.5TB of documents leaked + 3 full backups of CRM for branches (eu, na and au) Sirva Worldwide, Inc. “Sirva.com says that all their information worth only $1m.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2023 addressed 74 vulnerabilities, including a Windows zero-day exploited in ransomware attacks. The CVE-2023-23397 flaw is a Microsoft Outlook spoofing vulnerability that can lead to an authentication bypass. ” reads the advisory published by Microsoft. ” states Microsoft. .

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

. “An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could access a user’s Net-NTLMv2 hash which could be used as a basis of an NTLM Relay attack against another service to authenticate as the user,” the company wrote. This will prevent the sending of NTLM authentication messages to remote file shares.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2022

Senate has also been active, passing the “ Strengthening America Cybersecurity Act ,” which requires critical infrastructure owners to report cyber attacks within 72 hours and ransomware payments within 24. Here’s some of the advice detailed in the document. Limit authentication attempts.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2023

MOVEit Transfer software recently made the headlines due to the massive Clop ransomware hacking campaign exploiting a vulnerability in the product. ” Affected Version Fixed Version (Full Installer) Documentation Release Notes MOVEit Transfer 2023.0.x MOVEit 2023 Upgrade Documentation   MOVEit Transfer 2023.0.4

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Godaddy.com , the world’s largest domain name registrar, recently addressed an authentication weakness that cybercriminals were using to blast out spam through legitimate, dormant domains. The domains documented by MyOnlineSecurity all had their DNS records altered between Jan. 31 and Feb. 22 report on the GoDaddy weakness.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 11, 2023

The same threat actor has also been associated with ransomware attacks targeting a wide array of victims.” In late 2022, security experts at Sophos , Trend Micro and Cisco warned that ransomware criminals were using signed, malicious drivers in an attempt to evade antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff.

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