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New financially motivated attacks in Western Europe traced to Russian-speaking threat actors

Security Affairs

Researchers at Group-IB observed new financially motivated attacks in Western Europe traced to Russian-speaking threat actors. At least two companies operating in pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors have been affected. At least two companies operating in pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors have been affected.

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

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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Why You Need to Tune EDR to Secure Your Environment

eSecurity Planet

However, what those specific attack alerts should be vary from organization to organization and from user group to user group, so development of these alerts will be left up to the installation team. How do certain user groups behave differently? Determine what is normal for this company and for user groups.

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Europe’s Largest Private Hospital Operator Fresenius Hit by Ransomware

Krebs on Security

’s National Cyber Security Centre warning that so-called “advanced persistent threat” groups — state-sponsored hacking teams — are actively targeting organizations involved in both national and international COVID-19 responses.

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

For example, customers might want to change passwords for other sites or check their bank account for signs of fraud. The alarm manufacturers provide an app – which they claimed was “unhackable” – that allows users to lock their cars using their smartphone. OGusers, a popular forum among cyber criminals, was raided by a rival group.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

Van Norman: industrial control systems are the systems that every industry is going to use from your manufacturing to your chemical, your food and beverage, your power plants. We can't go amongst weeks really without seeing more activity groups that are being released. Well, nothing’s impossible. But how might it actually happen?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Behavioral Biometrics

ForAllSecure

Take for example, that German candy, Gummy Bears. Vamosi: What Iain’s talking about is that when you step up to an ATM, for example, the bank can … Paterson: But by and large, Justin really nailed it and biometric really is the human side of it. For example, what of us is measurable by a machine?