Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2024

Technology giant Fujitsu announced it had suffered a cyberattack that may have resulted in the theft of customer information. Japanese technology giant Fujitsu on Friday announced it had suffered a malware attack, threat actors may have stolen personal and customer information.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

OpenAI on Bing Carries Code and Traffic Risks But Will Also Simplify Code Analysis Embedding OpenAI technology in Microsoft Bing will help both hackers and cyber defenders.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 3, 2021

Cybereason: Attack Used Previously Undocumented PortDoor Malware An attack group, likely based in China, recently conducted a spear-phishing attack against a defense contractor that develops nuclear submarine technology for the Russian Navy, according to the security firm Cybereason.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 20, 2022

EDR systems are supposed to protect IT system endpoints against these very malware, ransomware, and other types of malicious code. Despite investing in some of the best detection and response technologies, companies with EDRs are still experiencing ransomware attacks. Fooling malware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Experts uncovered a new Go-based multi-platform malware, tracked as NKAbuse, which is the first malware abusing NKN technology. Researchers from Kaspersky’s Global Emergency Response Team ( GERT ) and GReAT uncovered a new multiplatform malware dubbed NKAbuse. The protocol enables secure and low-cost data transfer.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 22, 2020

Campaign Targets Unpatched Software and Weak Authentication, Defenders Warn Hackers wielding Nefilim ransomware are targeting unpatched or poorly secured Citrix remote-access technology, then stealing data, unleashing crypto-locking malware and threatening to dump data to try to force payment, New Zealand's national computer emergency response team (..)

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2024

The National Police Agency in South Korea warns that North Korea-linked threat actors are targeting defense industry entities to steal defense technology information. The state-sponsored hackers hacked into the subcontractors of defense companies by exploiting vulnerabilities in the targeted systems and deployed malware.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 2, 2024

The London-based supplier of email security technology, surveyed 1,100 information technology and cybersecurity professionals worldwide and found: •Human risk remains a massive exposure. They no longer bother with malware or link, instead focusing more so than ever on human failings. And it’s paying off to the tune of $2.7

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

Only three of April’s vulnerabilities earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning they can be abused by malware or malcontents to take remote control over unpatched systems with no help from users. Tempering the sheer volume of this month’s patches is the middling severity of many of the bugs.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 3, 2020

Preventing Ransomware and Other Malware Attacks Is Top of Mind for Enterprises Worries over ransomware and malware are slowing down enterprise IoT deployments, which is a reflection of the reputational and customer relationship risks at stake, according to a new survey.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 12, 2021

SWIFT's Guy Sheppard on the Challenges of Using AI to Enhance Security Many companies claim to be successfully using artificial intelligence for security, but the use cases are still not convincing because the technology is incapable of detecting unknown malware, says Guy Sheppard of SWIFT.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Killware is a type of malware deployed to cause physical harm: contaminate community water supplies, exploit and obstruct networks used by hospitals and healthcare facilities, jam air traffic control networks, contaminate gasoline supplies, and, in some instances, deliberately cause death where and when it is least expected.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 23, 2020

Campaign Targets Unpatched Software and Weak Authentication, Defenders Warn Hackers wielding Nefilim ransomware are targeting unpatched or poorly secured Citrix remote-access technology, then stealing data, unleashing crypto-locking malware and threatening to dump data to try to force payment, New Zealand's national computer emergency response team (..)

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2024

The malware installs itself to the now-infected laptop, and the attack is underway. In most cases, determining how the malware gets onto one of your machines takes a back seat to remediating, or cleaning up, that infected machine. Or how about a USB stick left at some other plausible location like a hotel or your local print shop?

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Lazarus Group Uses Social Engineering to Manipulate Victims Into Downloading Malware North Korean is using weaponized versions of open source utilities to spy on the technology, defense and entertainment sectors worldwide.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2024

But cybercrooks are constantly figuring out ingenious ways to fly beneath Google’s anti-abuse radar, and new examples of bad ads leading to malware are still too common. My guess it’s still continuing because of the up-and-down [of the] domains hosting malware and then looking legitimate.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

VIPRE Security Group’s latest report, “Email Security in 2024: An Expert Insight into Email Threats,” delves into the cutting-edge tactics and technologies embraced by cybercriminals this year. Amidst this dynamic landscape, email stands as a primary battleground for cyber defense.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2024

The campaign is notable for its utilization of the BatCloak malware obfuscation engine and ScrubCrypt to distribute the malware through obfuscated batch scripts. BatCloak is a fully undetectable (FUD) malware obfuscation engine used by threat actors to stealthily deliver their malware since September 2022.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2024

May 13, 2024, CyberNewsWire — Criminal IP, a renowned Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) search engine developed by AI SPERA, has recently signed a technology partnership to exchange threat intelligence data based on domains and potentially on the IP address to protect users by blocking threats to end users. Torrance, Calif.,

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Lazarus Group Uses Social Engineering to Manipulate Victims to Download Malware North Korea is using weaponized versions of open-source utilities to spy on the technology, defense and entertainment sectors worldwide.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2021

A malware attack against vehicle inspection services provider Applus Technologies paralyzed preventing vehicle inspections in eight US states. The attack took place on March 30th, in response to the infection the company was forced to disconnect its IT systems from the Internet to prevent the malware from spreading.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Threat actors can weaponize code within AI technology to gain initial network access, move laterally, deploy malware, steal data, or even poison an organization's supply chain.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2020

Chip-based credit and debit cards are designed to make it infeasible for skimming devices or malware to clone your card when you pay for something by dipping the chip instead of swiping the stripe. But a recent series of malware attacks on U.S.-based

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

” What follows is a deep dive into the identity of that Chinese vendor, which appears to have a long and storied history of pushing the envelope on mobile malware. com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. “Yehuo” ( ? ? )

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 14, 2020

Sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity the malware is known as Defray. Email security company Proofpoint says the Defray ransomware is somewhat unusual in that it is typically deployed in small, targeted attacks as opposed to large-scale “spray and pray” email malware campaigns.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) says the GRU’s hackers built Cyclops Blink by exploiting previously undocumented security weaknesses in firewalls and routers made by both ASUS and WatchGuard Technologies. In May 2018, the FBI executed a similar strategy to dismantle VPNFilter, which had spread to more than a half-million consumer devices.

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IT Governance

JUNE 22, 2023

More than 100,000 ChatGPT users have had their data stolen in malware attacks over the past year, according to research into dark web transactions. The cyber intelligence firm Group-IB discovered the compromised data within the logs of info-stealing malware traded on various underground websites. How was this possible?

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Positive Technologies: Potential Risks Include DDoS, Phishing and Malware Attacks Researchers at Positive Technologies say they discovered a vulnerability in enterprise software offerings from Citrix that potentially could put 80,000 companies in 158 countries at risk of a cyberattack.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

. “The phishing campaign employed open redirect URLs from Google Ad technologies to distribute fake Microsoft software installers (.MSI) “The fake installers contained a sideloaded DLL file that decrypted and infected users with a DarkGate malware payload.” ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Over the past 10 days, someone has been launching a series of coordinated attacks designed to disrupt Trickbot , an enormous collection of more than two million malware-infected Windows PCs that are constantly being harvested for financial data and are often used as the entry point for deploying ransomware within compromised organizations.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Raspberry Robin is a Windows worm discovered by cybersecurity researchers from Red Canary, the malware propagates through removable USB devices. The malware uses TOR exit nodes as a backup C2 infrastructure. The experts believe that the operators have access to an exploit seller or the malware authors have developed the exploits.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Authors of the Prolex PoS malware improved their malicious code to target contactless credit card transactions. The threat actors behind the sophisticated point-of-sale (PoS) malware Prilex have have improved its capabilities to block contactless payment transactions. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2021

iLOBleed, is a previously undetected rootkit that was spotted targeting the HP Enterprise’s Integrated Lights-Out ( iLO ) server management technology to tamper with the firmware modules and wipe data off the infected systems. This malware has been used by hackers for some time and we have been monitoring its performance.

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 10, 2022

Product enhancements to offer full IT and OT threat intelligence services for OPSWAT customers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A new multifunctional Go-based malware dubbed Chaos is targeting both Windows and Linux systems, experts warn. Researchers from Black Lotus Labs at Lumen Technologies, recently uncovered a multifunctional Go-based malware that was developed to target devices based on multiple architectures, including Windows and Linux.

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Dark Reading

MAY 16, 2023

Wide use and lack of support for malware detection technologies has made VMware's virtualization technology a prime target for cyberattackers.

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Ransomware 69

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

“If you’re working today at the cutting edge of technology then geopolitics is interested in you, even if you’re not interested in geopolitics.” ” Commercial businesses in the technology sector of any size, especially small companies and start-ups and researchers, are more exposed to Chinese espionage. .

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