Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2019

Experts observed the STOP ransomware installing the Azorult password-stealing Trojan to steal account credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and more. The STOP ransomware made the headlines because it is installing password-stealing Trojans on the victims’ machines. ” reads a blog post published by Bleepingcomputer.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Experts spotted a new piece of the Snatch ransomware that reboots computers it infects into Safe Mode to bypass resident security solutions. Researchers discovered a new strain of the Snatch ransomware that reboots computers it infects into Safe Mode to bypass resident security solutions and encrypt files on the system.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The operation was first documented on OSINT Fans by Gabor Szathmari in October 2020. BulletProofLink has been active since 2015, it was used by thousands of threat actors in either one-off or monthly subscription-based business models. reported Microsoft. “In

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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. As the popular GandCrab , which was carried on up to version 5 until its shutdown, also other ransomware are continuously supported with the purpose of creating revenues for cyber criminals.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2020

Security experts from MalwareHunterTeam have discovered a new version of the Ryuk Stealer malware that has been enhanced to allow its operators to steal a greater amount of confidential files related to the military, government, financial statements, and banking. ” reported BleepingComputer. Source BleepingComputer.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2019

The City Hall of Del Rio, a city in and the county seat of Val Verde County, Texas, was hit by a ransomware attack, operations were suspended. Last week, the City Hall of Del Rio, a city in and the county seat of Val Verde County, Texas, was hit by a ransomware attack. ” reported the website foxsanantonio.com.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. If you appreciate my effort in spreading cybersecurity awareness, please vote for Security Affairs in the section “Your Vote for the Best EU Security Tweeter” [link]. First American Financial exposed 16 years worth of personal and financial documents.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Recent spam campaigns used messages with malicious Word documents, or links to them, pretending to be an invoice, shipping information, COVID-19 information , resumes, financial documents, or scanned documents. doc) attachments or include links to download the bait document. since August. Source Bleeping Computer.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. The report’s findings reveal that email remains the main method of delivering ransomware, banking Trojans, and backdoors. The revival of ransomware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

And breaches will occur – because bad guys make a living by figuring out ways to circumvent security best practices. Prioritize Data Protection The downfall of many security strategies is that they become too general and too thinly spread. But it requires different levels of security.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Security researchers warn of malspam campaigns aimed at spreading malware that exploit s media attention on the coronavirus epidemic. In this scenario, it is quite easy for crooks to use this topic to trick victims into opening weaponized documents or visiting malicious websites.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2018

Proofpoint uncovered a massive malspam campaign leveraging emails delivering weaponized PDF documents containing malicious SettingContent-ms files. The SettingContent-ms file format was implemented in Windows 10 to allows a user to create “shortcuts” to various Windows 10 setting pages. SettingContent-ms” file type.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

and Australia in sanctioning and charging a Russian man named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the leader of the infamous LockBit ransomware group. Pin also was active at that same time on the Russian-language security forum Antichat , where they told fellow forum members to contact them at the ICQ instant messenger number 669316.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2020

National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert warning of cyber attacks targeting critical infrastructure across the U.S. critical infrastructure facilities take immediate actions to secure their OT assets. interests or retaliate for perceived U.S. aggression.”.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Experts from Cyberark discovered the following three vulnerable Microsoft applications that trust these unregistered domains Portfolios , O365 Secure Score , Microsoft Service Trust. You can see more API calls documented here.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 8, 2019

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a four-volume cybersecurity guidance document for healthcare organizations. The publication, “ Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients ” (HICP), is the result of a government and industry collaboration mandated by the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The domain validtree.com is registered through namecheap.com on 2017-12-07T15:55:27Z but recently renewed on 2019-10-16T05:35:18Z. Attached to the email a suspicious word document was waiting to be opened from the victim. By opening the word document the victim displays the following text (Image1). kvas/ http[://66.133.129.5/~nsmarc1166/

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

The 10-count indictment charged Yakubets and Turashev with conspiracy, computer hacking, wire fraud, and bank fraud. Additionally, as of 2017, Yakubets was tasked to work on projects for the Russian state, to include acquiring confidential documents through cyber-enabled means and conducting cyber-enabled operations on its behalf.”

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. caused problems of their own.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

For instance, it has been used by several gangs to inoculate Ryuk ransomware within the core servers infrastructure, leading to severe outages and business interruption (e.g. In this report, we analyzed one of the recently weaponized Word documents spread by TrickBot operators all around the globe. Content of Word document.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2020

Russian military accessed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s emails in 2015 hack (unknown). Palm Beach County School District red-faced after being hacked by a 10-year-old (unknown). Ransomware. Accounting firm MJ Payne reportedly infected with ransomware (unknown). Two Taiwanese oil companies hit by ransomware (unknown).

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Cyber security will be much on the minds of Defense Department staff: last week the US Government Accountability Office published a report that warned of weapon systems’ vulnerability to attacks, and criticised the Pentagon’s laggardly approach to identifying and closing security gaps. Cyber security is a concern for all governments.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 3, 2023

” Anyone can type in an email address into the site to check if their personal data has been compromised in a security breach. It's something I certainly didn't understand 10 years ago, and I still remember the initial surprise when agencies started reaching out. You could call it. So, what stands out?

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2019

A new Ransomware appeared in the threat landscape, the malware began to threats the digital world. A new Ransomware began to threats the digital world. Unlike most ransomware, LooCipher uses a macro-weaponized document as dropper of the real threat. Document content. Ransomware excluded folders.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Meanwhile, the healthcare sector accounted for 79 percent of all reported data breaches during the first 10 months of 2020, a study by Fortified Health Security tells us. At last, some good news has surfaced that encourages healthcare providers to implement the best security practices and meet HIPAA requirements.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2020

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – cyber security, newsletter). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Recent spam campaigns used messages with malicious Word documents, or links to them, pretending to be an invoice, shipping information, COVID-19 information , resumes, financial documents, or scanned documents. doc) attachments or include links to download the bait document. since August. Microsoft Word.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2018

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. An RDP access to internal machine goes for $10 on the dark web. · Hacker offered for sale US Military Reaper Drone documents for $200. · Hackers steal $13.5 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. 20% discount. Kindle Edition.

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