Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Google delivered 33,015 alerts to its users during the first three quarters of 2020 to warn them of phishing attacks, launched by nation-state actors, targeting their accounts. Google sent 11,856 government-backed phishing warnings during Q1 2020, 11,023 in Q2 2020, and 10,136 in Q3 2020. Tbps, the largest DDoS attack of ever.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Russia-link cyberespionage APT28 leverages COVID-19 as phishing lures to deliver the Go version of their Zebrocy (or Zekapab) malware. Russia-linked APT28 is leveraging COVID-19 as phishing lures in a new wave of attacks aimed at distributing the Go version of their Zebrocy (or Zekapab) malware. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

Trend Micro researchers spotted an elusive threat actor, called Earth Lusca, that targets organizations worldwide via spear-phishing and watering hole attacks. . The APT group targeted organizations in various industries, including the aviation, gaming, pharmaceuticals, technology, telecoms, and software development industries.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The group focuses on Shipping/Logistics, Manufacturing, Business Services, Pharmaceutical, and Energy entities, among others. The threat actors carried out spear-phishing attacks using spoofed email addresses. Victims of the group are located in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Since August, FIN11 started targeting organizations in many industries, including defense, energy, finance, healthcare, legal, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, technology, and transportation. Researchers from FireEye’s Mandiant observed FIN11 hackers using spear-phishing messages distributing a malware downloader dubbed FRIENDSPEAK.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2020

Researchers from the IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) reported that attackers launched a COVID-19-themed spear-phishing campaign to steal the user credentials of over 100 senior executives. The phishing messages originating from a Russia-based IP address 178[.]159[.]36[.]183, Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

“The targets include leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers in Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States. Zinc APT targeted the centers with spear-phishing campaigns aimed at employees working at the targeted companies using messages pretending to be sent by recruiters.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

For example, the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, which is based in Cambridge, was last year imitated in a sophisticated phishing scam targeting job seekers. Unfortunately, these sectors are especially prone to cyber attacks due to the sensitive information that they keep.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

TA505 is well-known for its involvement in global phishing and malware dissemination. Their victims include hundreds of companies worldwide, and they engage in various illegal activities, including providing ransomware-as-a-service, acting as an initial access broker, and orchestrating large-scale phishing assaults and financial fraud.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Hundreds of medical patients taking cancer drugs, Premarin, Lyrica and more are now vulnerable to phishing, malware and identity fraud.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 8, 2018

And by compromising activities on the IT side, stealing credentials, deploying phishing emails, and infecting websites with drive-by malware, criminals can infiltrate the OT network. With more connectivity between OT and IT the attack surface is broadened. Their intent is to disrupt society and establish power.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2021

A 2020 report showed how three out of four phishing attempts targeting pharmaceutical employees also delivered malware to victims. Some provide additional scanning to prevent or limit the risk of phishing, and some provide permissions warnings when an app is attempting to do something that requires more permissions than it should.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

In July 2018, FireEye observed a series of new attacks of the group leveraging spear-phishing emails using weaponized Word documents that attempt to deliver the UPPERCUT backdoor, also tracked as ANEL. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. ” continues the DoJ’s Press release.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Ransomware.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Community Medical Centers, Inc.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co. Data breaches.

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IT Governance

MAY 2, 2023

Culbertson Memorial Hospital working to recover from cyber security incident (unknown) Rogers Communications data allegedly sold on a hacker forum (unknown) NZZ has to shut down the newspaper production system after a cyber attack (unknown) Southern California’s San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said it experienced a “network disruption” (unknown) (..)

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Pharmaceuticals For the life sciences industry, drug discovery and production require an immense amount of data collection, collation, processing and analysis. Gear up robotics AI is not just about asking for a haiku written by a cat. Robots handle and move physical objects.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2023

•Use Only Official Websites : Using official airline and hotel apps for updates and notifications is much safer than relying on emails to reduce the risk of falling prey to phishing attempts. “Do not let the menace of cyber criminals overshadow a well-earned leisure time,” said Eitan Fogel, CEO of CybeReady.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The ransomware operators used the Emotet distribution service in 2020 and TA551 in 2020 and 2021 to distribute QakBot via phishing email. CERT-FR published a detailed report on the activity of the Lockean ransomware gang that has been active since June 2020. ” reads the report published by CERT-FR.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Hundreds of vulnerabilities in common Wi-Fi routers affect millions of users German BSI agency warns of ransomware attacks over Christmas holidays Cuba ransomware gang hacked 49 US critical infrastructure organizations CISA warns of vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy products NSO Group spyware used to compromise iPhones of 9 US State Dept officials (..)

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

“They find a way in, whether it’s phishing or something else – but then to find all the valuable assets, they have to use lateral movements in those environments,” Kirner said. “And we stop that lateral movement.” ” One way to visualize that process, Kirner said, is to picture a submarine.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. It was undisputedly the fastest spreading, most destructive worm that crippled hospitals, multinational companies and pharmaceutical giants globally by irreversibly encrypting systems’ master boot records.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl. Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl.

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IT Governance

MAY 4, 2021

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

Luke’s Healthcare says patient data was accessed by unauthorised person (17,655) Belgium’s parliament and universities hit by cyber attack (unknown) Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County notifies patients of breach (331,376) CaptureRx issues notice after discovering security incident (1,919,938) SEIU 775 Benefits Group discloses security incident (..)

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

This is ransomware, starting with a phishing attack. Building Automation controllers from you know the leading manufacturers at your hospital than you do in your skyscraper or your pharmaceutical plant. So your pharmaceutical plants have clean rooms. So this power grid attack is sounding more credible. Here’s Robert M.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Let's say phishing campaigns like very compelling phishing campaigns, targeted ones. This all is beginning to sound like a classic arms race. Macorin: that's ultimately where it's going to go. We've seen machine learning platforms being used by adversaries in order to automate.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2020

You can find detailed breakdowns of some of the more notable incidents by subscribing to our Weekly Round-up or by visiting our blog (where we have a dedicated series on phishing scams ). in phishing scam (unknown). Russian agents reportedly phished organisation at the centre of Trump impeachment scandal (unknown).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

The researchers of Yoroi ZLab, on 16 November, accessed to a new APT29’s dangerous malware which seems to be involved in the recent wave of attacks aimed at many important US entities, such as military agencies, law enforcement, defense contractors , media companies and pharmaceutical companies.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The researchers of Yoroi ZLab, on 16 November, accessed to a new APT29’s dangerous malware which seems to be involved in the recent wave of attacks aimed at many important US entities, such as military agencies, law enforcement, defense contractors , media companies and pharmaceutical companies. cybersecurity firm FireEye.

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