Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

The memo was obtained by the website SpaceRef, it warns of both phishing attacks and malware-based attacks. According to the advisory issued by NASA, the number of phishing attempts doubled in the past few days, at the same time the number of malware attacks on its systems has grown exponentially. ” reads the memo.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

You’re most likely to access data on your work computer or via paper records, but information can be found in many places. The second sub-category of information security relates to the protection electronic information. Cyber security is a particular type of information security that focuses on the protection of electronic data.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Unlike desktop computers, laptops don’t have extra covers to protect them from water damage, which increases your risk of electronic components short circuiting. Computer viruses. Attacks often begin with an infected attachment in a phishing email. A computer’s hard drive is its most fragile part.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This is done through deep learning methodologies such as the Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) i.e., a group of neural network models for machine learning, deputed to teach computers how to process information by emulating the human brain. Deepfake technology, what’s it?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Microsoft sued Thallium North Korea-linked APT for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. Microsoft sued a North Korea-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Thallium for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. 27 in the U.S. 27 in the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

FSB National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI) revealed that foreign hackers have breached networks of Russian federal agencies. Attackers gained access to mail servers, electronic document management servers, file servers, and workstations of various levels to steal data of interest. ” reads the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The police seized over USD 52 000 in cash, 5 luxury vehicles and number of electronic devices that are currently being examined by the authorities. The suspects were involved in more than 1,800 ransomware attacks against victims across 71 countries, the threat actors focused on large corporations.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. But don’t be fooled by that number – it comes from 106 incidents, which is roughly average for the year. June’s figures bring the annual running total of security incidents to 729 and the total number of breached records to 3,947,030,094.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

”The suspects defrauded hundreds of victims through phishing attacks and other types of online fraud such as SIM swapping and business email compromise before laundering the money through a wide network of money mules and shell companies. .” ” reads the press release published by Europol.”The

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2020

” The attackers can run malicious code on a PS NOW user’s computer via a local WebSocket server started by the psnowlauncher.exe on port 1235 using the AGL Electron application it spawns after launch. The bugs affected PS Now version 11.0.2 and earlier on systems running Windows 7 SP1 or later.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2018

has analyzed the campaign of spear-phishing on 2 april 2018 targeting the service centers of Samsung Italy.” The attackers used spear-phishing emails sent to Samsung Italy service center workers. The electronics service centers appear not particularly interesting for attackers because the volume of data it manage is little.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Computer faults that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016 were not caused by cyber attacks, a federal investigation states. The errors affecting the VR Systems electronic poll books forced officials to switch to paper registration records, the duration of the overall voting operations was extend ed due to the problems.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2019

Last week the US agency has received several reports from taxpayers that received spam messages with “Automatic Income Tax Reminder” or “Electronic Tax Return Reminder” subjects. “The IRS this week detected this new scam as taxpayers began notifying phishing@irs.gov about unsolicited emails from IRS imposters.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The emails were disguised to look as if they come from the Central Bank of Russia and FinCERT, the Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team. Of course, the CBR does not have anything to do with the phishing campaign – the hackers faked the sender’s address. All messages sent via email contain FinCERT’s electronic signature.”.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Security in the Digital World defines three methods that cyber criminals use to attack: Social engineering: The attacker tries to manipulate you into giving them either your information, or access to your computer so that they can get the information themselves. Known strains include Trojans, jailbreaks, viruses, bots and worms.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2021

If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Our Cyber Incident Response service provides the help you need to deal with the threat, as our experts guide you through the recovery process. They’ll review the breach, mitigate the damage and ensure that you are up and running again as soon as possible.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Malware is designed to disrupt and gain unauthorised access to a computer system. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that demands a ransom fee be paid after the software is installed on a computer system. A virus is a piece of malicious code that is loaded onto a computer without the user’s knowledge. Spyware/adware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

Indeed during the group_a, the main observed delivery techniques where about Phishing (rif.T1193) and Valid Accounts (rif.T1078). From group_b to group_d time frame OilRig started a more sophisticated Spear Phishing (rif.T1193) campaigns within malicious attachments as their main threat delivery activity. T1027), WebShell (rif.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

The SilentTrinity malware can take control over an infected computer, it allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands. Between February and April, allegedly state-sponsored hackers have launched a spear-phishing campaign against government agencies. ” reads the analysis published by Positive Technologies.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 16, 2019

The feds say the ringleader of the group was Alexander Konovolov , 35, of Tbilisi, Georgia, who controlled more than 41,000 victim computers infected with GozNym and recruited various other members of the cybercrime team. Avalanche was dismantled in Dec. 2016 by a similar international law enforcement action.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

aka Baobeilong, aka Zhang Jianguo, aka Atreexp, both nationals of the People’s Republic of China (China), with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft was announced today. , aka Afwar, aka CVNX, aka Alayos, aka Godkiller; and Zhang Shilong (???),

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Computer and Electronics Healthcare Manufacturing Government 83

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 31, 2022

Organizations in the finance sector manage trillions of dollars and maintain very valuable and vital electronic data, including bank account, credit card, and transaction information as well as sensitive data related to estates, wills, titles, and other matters. Thu, 09/01/2022 - 05:15. Malware and ransomware attacks increase.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

The Shamoon “wiper” virus , for instance, devastated Saudi oil company Aramaco, destroying the hard drives of more than 30,000 Aramaco computers and forcing a weeklong shutdown of the company’s internal network. A few months later the UAE stood up its National Electronic Security Authority (NESA) which proceeded to do much the same thing.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Fake leather bags, sunglasses, sportswear, electronics and perfumes pose risks to consumers. Scammers create fake websites to advertise and sell counterfeit goods, such as computers and electronics, clothing, jewelry, accessories, beauty and personal care products and even medicine usually with discounts that reach 80%.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

However she doesn’t know when the cyber attack will happen, what infrastructures the attacker will hit and what technique the attacker will use (phishing, exploiting, scam, etc). I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. How to improve technical skills? Section 1: The certainty. This is her foolishness.

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Computer and Electronics Education Cybersecurity Security 78

Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

Before we outline the safety hacks, let us briefly discuss why you need to protect yourself from hackers: How Safe Is Your Data: Why You Need To Protect Yourself From Hackers As the internet, computers, and connected devices (smart homes, smart appliances, etc.) become a central part of our lives, so does cybercrime and cyber insecurity.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In March 2015, Anthem submitted a breach report to OCR detailing the cyberattack, indicating that it began after at least one employee responded to a spear phishing email. prevent unauthorized access to ePHI. submit annual compliance reports for a period of two years. submit annual compliance reports for a period of two years. history.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2018

Unauthorized SIM swaps often are perpetrated by fraudsters who have already stolen or phished a target’s password, as many banks and online services rely on text messages to send users a one-time code that needs to be entered in addition to a password for online authentication. WHAT YOU CAN DO. All four major U.S.

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IT Governance

MAY 3, 2018

Bleeping Computer reports that “Voits used email spear-phishing and telephone social-engineering to trick Washtenaw County Jail employees into downloading and running malware on their computers.”. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 4 May 2018. Fourth of may be with you. Or something like that.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Your Web browser knows how to find a Web site name like example.com thanks to the global Domain Name System (DNS), which serves as a kind of phone book for the Internet by translating human-friendly Web site names (example.com) into numeric Internet address that are easier for computers to manage. ” SAY WHAT? domaincontrol.com.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The result has been devices with trivial vulnerabilities or flaws that have been solved for a decade or longer in traditional computing. He pointed to a FireEye study showing the exploits have overtaken phishing attacks as the top threat to organizations. to greater action or result in a general improvement in device security.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #27 | July 5th, 2023 [Heads Up] Massive Impersonation Phishing Campaign Imitates Over 100 Brands and Thousands of Domains A year-long phishing campaign has been uncovered that impersonates 100+ popular clothing, footwear, and apparel brands using at least 10 fake domains impersonating each brand.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Dorries tweeted : “My staff log onto my computer on my desk with my login everyday. For the officer on @BBCNews just now to claim that the computer on Greens desk was accessed and therefore it was Green is utterly preposterous !!”. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 8 December 2017. Here are this week’s stories.

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CGI

APRIL 17, 2020

Electronic payment volumes will decrease even as contactless payment adoption increases. However, we also anticipate supply chain disruptions, as well as expected disruptions in recurring payments like salary, rent, mortgage, retirement and student loans, to cause electronic payment volumes to decrease in the near term. .

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The centerpiece of the Act are prohibitions aimed at preventing spam, but the law also includes regulations to combat phishing and protect users from online malware. the installation of computer programs without express consent. The Act also provides for a private right of action for businesses and consumers.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, a recommendation to simply replace the old computer with a Windows 11 machine will be useless to the client that can only use Windows XP with that equipment. However, the usability of the report depends on a writer’s ability to take the unique information and organize it into an expected format clearly and concisely.

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