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Russia-linked APT28 uses fake Windows Update instructions to target Ukraine govt bodies

Security Affairs

CERT-UA warns of a spear-phishing campaign conducted by APT28 group targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides. Russia-linked APT28 group is targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides, Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #24 [The Mind's Bias] Pretexting Now Tops Phishing in Social Engineering Attacks

KnowBe4

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #24 | June 13th, 2023 [The Mind's Bias] Pretexting Now Tops Phishing in Social Engineering Attacks The New Verizon DBIR is a treasure trove of data. The DBIR Figure 35 shows that Pretexting is now more prevalent than Phishing in Social Engineering incidents. Currently, the U.S.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2020 – 623 million records breached

IT Governance

If you’re interested in detailed breakdowns of these incidents, why not subscribe to our Weekly Round-up or visit our blog , where we have a dedicated series on phishing scams ? San Diego school district investigating after online grading system hacked (unknown). Louis Community College caught out by phishing scam (5,100).

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VulnRecap 2/26/24 – VMWare, Apple, ScreenConnect Face Risks

eSecurity Planet

The fix: System administrators are encouraged to install the Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14 (CU14), which was issued in February 2024 and enabled NTLM credentials Relay Protection. Despite VMware’s three-year-old deprecation statement, unprotected systems remain at risk.

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£60 million in recovery costs for Norsk Hydro after refusing ransom demand

IT Governance

On 19 March 2019, Norsk Hydro’s systems were infected with the LockerGoga ransomware. TrendMicro’s analysis into the ransomware found that it was the same system administration tool abused by the likes of SOREBRECT and Bad Rabbit. Cyber security experts and governments urge victims to never pay the ransom.

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MY TAKE: Memory hacking arises as a go-to tactic to carry out deep, persistent incursions

The Last Watchdog

It was designed to make it convenient for system administrators to automate tasks and manage configurations across all Windows endpoints and servers in a company network. A privileged account provides access to sensitive systems and data bases and typically gets assigned to a system administrator or senior manager.

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Cloud Hopper operation hit 8 of the world’s biggest IT service providers

Security Affairs

. “Teams of hackers connected to the Chinese Ministry of State Security had penetrated HPE’s cloud computing service and used it as a launchpad to attack customers, plundering reams of corporate and government secrets for years in what U.S. prosecutors say was an effort to boost Chinese economic interests.”

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