Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Russia-linked APT group BlueCharlie was observed changing its infrastructure in response to recent reports on its activity. The APT group has been active since at least 2017, its campaigns involve persistent phishing and credential theft campaigns leading to intrusions and data theft. Some examples are cloudrootstorage[.]com,

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Attack that drew public scrutiny included: •Ultimate Kronos Group got sued after a ransomware attack disrupted its Kronos Private Cloud payment systems , relied upon by huge corporations such as Tesla, MGM Resorts and hospitals That ransomware attack shut down payroll and human resources systems. •The

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CILIP

OCTOBER 15, 2019

School Librarians deliver their report card to Education Minister Nick Gibb. s School Libraries Group ? The findings highlight the urgency of securing national School Library Strategies and investment in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, drawing on the example of Scotland.? About CILIP School Libraries Group.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 11, 2023

Today, I want to share some examples that highlight IBM’s 2022 progress in the area of social impact. Educational pathways are critical to opening windows of opportunities for all people, regardless of age or education level. Businesses should make equity in the workplace a priority.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

.” Tuesday’s story showed how fraudulently obtained EDRs were a tool used by members of LAPSUS$ , the data extortion group that recently hacked Microsoft , NVIDIA , Okta and Samsung. And it tracked the activities of a teenage hacker from the United Kingdom who was reportedly arrested multiple times for sending fake EDRs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Hancitor became another commodity malware which partnered with ransomware gangs to help them gain initial access to target networks – the increasing trend outlined by Group-IB researchers in the recent Ransomware Uncovered 2020/2021 report. In addition, the group leveraged some custom tools for network reconnaissance. exe: Figure 3.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

FINRA’s warning highlights similar themes to the mock ICO website the SEC recently launched as part of an investor education initiative. Federal, state and self-regulatory agencies are focused on investor education and enforcement of securities laws related to token offerings, secondary trading platforms and mining operations.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Moscow police department operatives, with the participation of Group-IB experts, took down a group of phone scammers who for several years have been extorting money from the elderly. The money was used to purchase real estate, cars, collectors’ coins, jewellery and securities.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 30, 2021

One fraud-fighting group is intercepting hundreds to thousands of these per day. For the past year, BWare has maintained contact with an insider from the criminal group that’s been sending daily lists of would-be victims who are to receive counterfeit checks printed using the real bank account information of legitimate companies.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

There are multiple examples of ransomware groups doing just that after security researchers crowed about finding vulnerabilities in their ransomware code. This is not an idle concern. “The minute you announce you’ve got a decryptor for some ransomware, they change up the code,” James said.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

The documents demonstrate that it also developed hacking tools for the Russia-linked APT group Sandworm. The Sandworm group (aka BlackEnergy , UAC-0082 , Iron Viking , Voodoo Bear , and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority. Why should employers educate employees about cyber security? or.con rather than.com, for example. Verify domain names – they could end in.co

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

UK and US agencies are warning of Russia-linked APT28 group exploiting vulnerabilities in Cisco networking equipment. The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

While investigating the malware distribution, the researchers noticed the use of an infrastructure known to belong to cybercrime group TA505. Russian TA505 hacking group , aka Evil Corp , has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. ” reads the report published by Elastic Security Labs.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The NCSC’s advisory highlights ongoing scams that were conducted throughout last year by the Russia-based group SEABORGIUM and the Iran-based group TA453, also known at APT42. However, cyber security experts are warning that another group – scammers – could also embrace the technology.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is from a direct perspective – to enable a supply chain attack, for example – but also because of poor password habits. Better still: use a passphrase rather than a password by, for example, using the ‘three random words’ technique. We’ll be back on Friday, as usual, chatting to another expert within the Group.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Microsoft did not set out Storm-0324’s aim in this campaign, but the group is known to have worked with numerous malware groups to distribute malicious payloads including the Trickbot malware, Gootkit and Dridex banking Trojans, and Sage and GandCrab ransomware. The group responsible for the attacks is not known.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Tell us a bit about what you do for IT Governance I’ve been head of channel since December 2019, though have worked for the Group since October 2009. The main objective is to educate their sales teams about new products and/or services. So this year, for example, the PCI DSS v4.0 How can organisations partner with IT Governance?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2023

Threat actors, including ransomware groups and nation-state actors, use Cobalt Strike after obtaining initial access to a target network. ” Example of an attack flow by threat actor DEV-0243. The Microsoft DCU secured a court order in the U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

A group of Iranian hackers gained access to a un unprotected ICS at an Israeli Water Facility and posted a video as proof of the hack. Researchers from industrial cybersecurity firm OTORIO revealed that a group of Iranian hackers gained access to a un unprotected ICS at the Israeli Water Facility. ” concludes the post.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

The group targeted the organization with phishing attacks aimed at spreading at least three new sophisticated malware strains. FireEye’s Mandiant unit observed two distinct waves of attacks carried out by the cybercrime group in December 2020. ” states the analysis published by FireEye.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

So, here’s my list: AI as educator. It could help the group reach a decision. AI can give this capability to every decision-making group. And as AIs become more capable at using tools , they can automatically conduct polls and focus groups to test out political ideas. Which means it’s going to be a wild ride.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This technique is highly evasive because it could bypass standard perimeter security controls, such as web proxies and email gateways, that often only check for suspicious attachments (for example, EXE, ZIP, or DOCX) or traffic based on signatures and patterns,” they wrote. Bad doers are getting more and more sophisticated,” Ngo said.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

For example, if the attack was designed to steal money, the fraudster would email the chief financial officer or whoever else is responsible for financial transactions. For example, they might send a bogus email claiming to be from Microsoft asking the recipient to log in to view an attachment. Get started. The post What is BEC?

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 20, 2020

A criminal hacking group that extorted millions of dollars in a series of cyber attacks is now donating money to charity. The group posted a screenshot confirming the donation, along with tax receipts they received. However, they did vow not to attack the healthcare, education, non-profit or public sectors.

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erwin

JULY 22, 2020

As an example, E.ON Even when business groups recognize the value of a data governance program and the potential benefits to be derived from it, the IT group traditionally has owned the effort and paid for it. The business needs to have a role in the justification.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

For example, if a criminal hacker stole payment card data, they could make bogus payments on victims’ cards for goods or services. Enough organisations have been willing to negotiate with criminal hackers that extortion has become the main option for many criminal hacking groups. Examples of cyber extortion.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, an event designed to educate people about information security and the steps they can take to stay safe online. The InterContinental Hotel Group was recently caught out by a cyber attack, after criminal hackers discovered a database protected by the password ‘Qwerty1234’.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The joint report focus on cyber activities conducted by multiple Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups, including APT27 , APT30 , APT31 , Ke3chang , GALLIUM and Mustang Panda. Invest in cybersecurity education. A secure email gateway can further enhance the protection of the recipients.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The new DePriMon downloader was used by the Lambert APT group, aka Longhorn, to deploy malware. According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. We believe DePriMon is the first example of malware using this technique ever publicly described.”

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

PhishMe’s online forum provides a series of scenarios, landing pages, attachments and educational pages. Employees are given comprehensive awareness training using actual attacks and live demonstration examples. A phishing simulation is carried out across the organization for all employees or a targeted group.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 16, 2022

It would be easy to change chemical composition for their water but it is important to note we are not interested in causing harm to people,” the group said. Although South Staffordshire Water didn’t disclose the nature of the breach, the Cl0p ransomware group has taken credit. Education is the key to ransomware prevention.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It claimed that the perpetrators were an associate of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service group identified as Scattered Spider. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. The story was first reported by the malware repository vx-underground on 13 September.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, all of the above-mentioned booter sites contained wordy “terms of use” agreements that required customers to agree they will only stress-test their own networks — and that they won’t use the service to attack others. . astrostress[.]com. blackstresser[.]net. brrsecurity[.]org. cyberstress[.]us. defconpro[.]net.

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IT Governance

MARCH 8, 2022

The Ukrainian government and its military were targeted by DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, while a pro-Ukrainian group attacked the Belarusian railway system with ransomware after discovering that it was being used by Russia to transport tanks and weapons.

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IT Governance

MAY 10, 2023

For example, one bogus site purports to offer ‘ChatGPT detectors’ that help people spot content that has been artificially generated. According to Check Point’s data group manager, Omer Dembinsky, these scams present “two main potential problems here for enterprises”. “The

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The researchers studied hundreds of employees , splitting them into groups and providing them with phishing awareness training at various intervals. By contrast, education that consists entirely of text – such an email or a set of policies – was less effective, with the lessons largely forgotten within one month.

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