SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Yet in a recent report by Nationwide , only 13% of small business owners said they’d been targeted by a cyberattack, but when they saw specific examples of cybercrime — from phishing to ransomware — that number shot up to 58%. Millions of websites across the internet also contain vulnerabilities that make them easy targets.

Malware 98

Malware Small Business Computers and Electronics Adware 98

Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

Since March 2019, Fxmsp announced in cybercrime forums the availability of information stolen from major antivirus companies located in the U.S. The conspirators often modified antivirus software settings to allow malware to continue to run undetected.” Attorney Brian T.

Hacking 69

Hacking Antivirus Advertising Cybercrime 69

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by a threat actor tracked as TA542. Limit Internet access for all agents to a controlled white list. Generally speaking, removal/cleaning by antivirus is not a sufficient guarantee. Send the samples (.doc Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malware Advertising Antivirus Banking 106

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Microsoft has shared more information on ransomware and how to stay safe online here , it urges organizations to: • Keep your Windows Operating System and antivirus up-to-date. Use a safe and password-protected internet connection. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Ransomware 80

Ransomware Social Engineering Malware Advertising 80

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The malicious code was initially advertised on many hacking forums for up to $300, later other threat actors started offering it for less than $80 in the cybercrime underground. Below the list of mitigations: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Scan all software downloaded from the internet prior to executing.

Malware 63

Malware Passwords Advertising Antivirus 63

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The above-mentioned AIDS Trojan hailing from the distant pre-Internet era was the progenitor of the trend, but its real-world impact was close to zero. The CryptoLocker wave went into a decline in June 2014 as a result of the so-called Operation Tovar , an initiative orchestrated by law enforcement agencies from multiple countries.

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Ransomware Hacking Encryption Penetration Testing 243

Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2020

All the affected organizations had hosts with Internet-facing RDP and weak credentials. It was revealed that the operators scanned ranges of IPs for hosts with Internet-facing RDP and weak credentials in Russia , Japan , China , and India. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Astaroth Trojan relies on legitimate os and antivirus processes to steal data. Russia is going to disconnect from the internet as part of a planned test. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Advertising 67

Advertising Antivirus Malware Backups 67

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Germany and the Netherlands agreded to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. Germany and the Netherlands agreed to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. Firefox finally addressed the Antivirus software TLS Errors. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Scams Spyware DNS Advertising 47

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

0)b31 router distributed by TrueOnline CVE-2014-2321 ZTE F460 and F660 cable modems CVE-2017-6334 NETGEAR DGN2200 devices with firmware through 10.0.0.50. BotenaGo was written in Golang (Go) and at the time of the report published by the experts, it had a low antivirus (AV) detection rate (6/62). v001 / 3.40(ULM.0)b31

IoT 115

IoT Firmware Malware Wireless 115

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

For more than two years, there was not a single sign of Silence that would enable to identify them as an independent cybercrime group. Like most cybercrime groups, Silence uses phishing emails. They carefully study the attacks conducted by other cybercriminal groups, and analyse antivirus and Threat Intelligence reports.

Banking 49

Banking Cybercrime Phishing Penetration Testing 49

Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2019

The VBS code is obfuscated to evade antivirus detection and, in order to confuse the analyst, all the values are manipulated in different steps: using many mathematical operations, very long random variable names and other content encoded in Base64 format. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Malware 83

Malware Antivirus Advertising Encryption 83

Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

That file was delivered via malscam campaigns around the world and its source-code is obfuscated in order to evade antivirus detection and complicate its analysis. Data includes date/hour of infection , remote IP from victim’s computer , OS version and antivirus name. Figure 16: EMOTET collects antivirus product name via WMI query.

Banking 57

Banking Malware Antivirus Cyber threats 57

Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

2000 Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA): Requires K–12 schools to restrict children’s exposure to obscene digital content, monitor the online activity of minors, and educate students about appropriate behavior on the internet. Install, regularly update, and enable real-time detection for antivirus software.

Education 63

Education Ransomware Cybersecurity Risk 63

SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

Such capabilities are not unheard of: the QUANTUM program revealed in 2014 was the first known instance. Man-on-the-side attacks are devastating because they do not require any interaction with the target to lead to a successful infection: simply having a machine connected to the internet is enough. Indicators of Compromise.

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Malware Encryption Social Engineering Telecommunications 118

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

It was first publicly documented in 2014, in the aftermath of the Gamma Group hacking incident. The threat actor leverages tailor-made malicious documents with embedded macros that trigger an infection chain, opening a URL in Internet Explorer. This server was disabled a day after our discovery last December.

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Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 141

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The vulnerability is in MSHTML, the Internet Explorer engine. While the MBR infection has been known since at least 2014, details on the UEFI bootkit were publicly revealed for the first time in our private report on FinSpy. The user of a smartphone or tablet can be infected through a link in a text message. In version 16.80.0

Malware 91

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 91