Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. FatFace CEO Liz Evans released a statement which said “ On 17th January 2021 FatFace identified some suspicious activity within its IT systems. conduct penetration testing.

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware Banking Hacking 122

Cisco Security

AUGUST 12, 2021

Cisco Secure returned as a supporting partner of the Black Hat USA 2021 Network Operations Center (NOC) for the 5 th year ; joining conference producer Informa Tech and its other security partners. CyberCrime Tracker. For example, we observed connection to a known phishing site. SECURITY CATEGORY (PHISHING). urlscan.io.

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DNS Firewall Phishing Mobile 138

Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2022

This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi. We’ve also observed several different wipers and cybercrime groups such as FormBook using the same tactics. These methods include using documents that exploit CVE-2017-0199 and CVE-2021-40444, macro-embedded documents, and executables. Figure 1: Phishing template.

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Phishing Education Telecommunications Technology 81

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Threat hunters say they’ve seen a concerted rise in the use of a phishing tactic designed to bypass traditional email defenses by subtly changing the prefixes (a.k.a. Threat hunters say they’ve seen a concerted rise in the use of a phishing tactic designed to bypass traditional email defenses by subtly changing the prefixes (a.k.a.

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Phishing Artificial Intelligence Media Authentication 125

Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2022

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the suspected leader of the SilverTerrier cybercrime group as a result of an international operation. The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the suspected leader of the SilverTerrier cybercrime gang (aka TMT ) after a year-long investigation codenamed “Operation Delilah.”

Cybercrime 124

Cybercrime Healthcare Cybersecurity Phishing 124

BH Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

The 2021 SANS Security Awareness Report offers an interesting look back over the past year. Report author Lance Spitzner of SANS blogged : “The more that managing human risk becomes a dedicated, prioritised effort, the more effective organizations will become at managing their human risk.” FBI finds cybercrime losses reached .

Cybercrime 52

Cybercrime Security Awareness IoT Risk 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

A Ukrainian man was sentenced in the US to 5 years in prison for his criminal activity in the cybercrime group FIN7. for high-level hacking activity in the cybercrime group FIN7 (aka Carbanak Group and the Navigator Group). Iarmak is the third member of the FIN7 cybercrime group to be sentenced in the U.S. in May 2020.

Cybercrime 108

Cybercrime Hacking Software Phishing 108

BH Consulting

JULY 14, 2021

Phishing was the number one risk, followed by web-based attacks, general malware, malicious insiders and denial of service incidents. Our data protection consultant Tom Knierim pondered this very problem, and blogged about it in May. MORE Working on the chain gang: how a programmer gets a job with a cybercrime outfit.

Small Business 52

Small Business Cybersecurity Technology Ransomware 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

The phishing attacks began in February 2023, the IT giant reported. In 2021, CISA added Remcos to the list of top malware strains due to its use in mass phishing attacks using COVID-19 pandemic themes targeting businesses and individuals.

Accountability 91

Accountability Phishing Financial Services Surveillance 91

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

ERMAC was first spotted by researchers from Threatfabric in July 2021, it is based on the popular banking trojan Cerberus. “The Threat Actor behind ERMAC used the leaked code from a well-known malware variant named “Cerberus” and modified the code to sell the Android botnets in cybercrime forums. ” concludes Cyble.

Banking 142

Banking Malware Cybercrime Phishing 142

Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Needless to say, in 2021 cybersecurity was front and center for individuals, enterprises, and governments alike. While this was a big task to take on, I have to admit – I’m leaving 2021 behind feeling encouraged and hopeful for cybersecurity in the New Year. The Rise of Ransomware.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Digital transformation Ransomware Cyber Risk 52

The Last Watchdog

JULY 18, 2023

This has projected costs associated with cybercrimes to hit the tens of trillions by 2025, highlighting the vital need for web hosts to implement staunch security. consumers, ages 18 and over, was conducted by Propeller Insights on behalf of HostingAdvice in June of 2021. Gainesville, Fla.,

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Hacking DDOS Small Business Spyware 100

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Microsoft, for instance, just released the 2021 Digital Defense Report pointing a finger at Russia as making up 58% of all nation-state cyberattack incidents observed by the corporation. Developing advanced phishing techniques to lure victims. When they did, attackers sent them phishing links in follow-on correspondence.".

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Phishing Social Engineering Authentication Government 75

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

They could be on the other side of the globe, part of a cybercrime regime that will never be discovered, much less brought to justice. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 3,729 ransomware complaints in 2021, representing $49.2 Ransomware usually starts with a phishing email. But the situation isn’t hopeless.

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Ransomware Education Financial Services Phishing 124

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

According to a blog post by Group-IB , the company detected and blocked malicious phishing emails originating from Tonto Team that were targeting its employees. The attack took place in June 2022 and was the second attack aimed at Group-IB, the first of which took place in March 2021.

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Phishing Cybersecurity Healthcare Threat Detection 100

McAfee

OCTOBER 31, 2021

In this blog, we take a deeper dive into the continuingly aggressive role Nation States will play in 2022. Unfortunately, cybercrime has nonrepudiation and threat actors can deny all knowledge and get away with it. Cybercrime will always be an issue and we need to be more aware of what threat actors are doing and what they’re after.

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Cybercrime Government Malware Media 115

Malwarebytes

MARCH 18, 2022

Because Exotic Lily’s methods involved a lot of detail, they are believed to require a level of human interaction that is rather unusual for cybercrime groups focused on large scale operations. From the TAG blog we can learn that Exotic Lily was very much specialized. Initial access broker. Exotic Lily.

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Malware Social Engineering Media 98

Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

Email Threats Are Becoming More Sophisticated There are a number of ways that email can be leveraged to compromise the security of an organization, but the most prominent approach is phishing. Today, according to the Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigation Report , phishing is one of the leading five tactics used to initiate data breaches.

Phishing 91

Phishing Social Engineering Small Business B2B 91

BH Consulting

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In a lecture this year for Gresham College, she pointed out similarities between the language used by politicians and law enforcement, the security industry’s marketing teams, and even cybercriminals who use phishing and scams. On her excellent ‘Beyond the phish’ Substack, she made a plea to stop inventing new terms for scams.

Cybersecurity 75

Cybersecurity Scams Cyber threats Security Awareness 75

McAfee

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Most notably, 86% of organizations are anticipating a moderate-to-substantial increase in demand during the 2021 holiday season. According to BCI’s Supply Chain Resilience Report 2021 , 27.8% The question is: Are they ready for that demand? of organizations reported more than 20 supply chain disruptions during 2020, up from just 4.8%

Cyber threats 107

Cyber threats Retail Risk Architecture 107

Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2022

phishing scam on its Messenger service that had been doing the rounds since at least 2017. Upon further examination, it turned out that thousands of these phishing links had been distributed, through a devious network sprawling across the back channels of the social media platform. To nominate, please visit:?. Pierluigi Paganini.

Scams 123

Scams Phishing Media Passwords 123

Webroot

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Unfortunately, this time of year brings as much cybercrime as it does holiday cheer. According to our 2021 Webroot BrightCloud Threat Report , on average, 18.8% Our real-time anti-phishing also blocks bad sites. The post ‘Tis the season for protecting your devices with Webroot antivirus appeared first on Webroot Blog.

Antivirus 125

Antivirus Identity Theft Adware Internet 125

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

” Only 4 percent of respondents to an FCC poll said their organization received a new J-1 visa in 2021, and 46 percent said their bureaus were understaffed because of a lack of visas. Credential harvesting attacks via phishing emails are now a daily occurrence. Password leaks are commonplace.

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Hacking Passwords Firewall Internet 243

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2021

“Historically, ransomware has been delivered via email attachments or, more recently, using direct network access obtained through things like unsecure VPN accounts for software vulnerabilities,” Crane Hassold, director of threat intelligence at Abnormal Security, wrote in a blog post. Evolving Ransomware Scene. There were 304.7

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Ransomware Social Engineering Engineering VPN 127

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Even though many consider spam and phishing outdated techniques, they are still employed by cybercriminals today. In August 2021, a Revere Health employee was hacked through a phishing email attack which exposed approximately 12,000 patient medical records.

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Phishing Healthcare Data breaches Cyber Attacks 124

BH Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2022

Researchers from Microsoft identified a phishing campaign that bypasses MFA. The ongoing campaign has targeted more than 10,000 Office 365 organisations since September 2021, using ‘adversary in the middle’ (AiTM) sites to steal passwords and hijack login sessions. Microsoft’s extensive blog has more details.

Cybercrime 52

Cybercrime Accountability Phishing Authentication 52

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

These two permissions allows the operators to receive and read the victim’s sms while performing a phishing attack and takeover the victims’ account. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malware Banking Antivirus Phishing 100

Webroot

APRIL 7, 2021

With investors currently bullish on Bitcoin, is its high value is driving cybercriminals to pursue crypto-generating forms of cybercrime like ransomware and illicit miners? Famously volatile , a crash is widely expected to accompany the current bubble, perhaps before the end of 2021. appeared first on Webroot Blog.

Ransomware 85

Ransomware Cryptocurrency Marketing Cybercrime 85

Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2022

Malwarebytes linked the 2 domains with a previous campaign from November 2021 which was characterized by the first use of a software skimmer designed to check the execution within a virtual machine. For an example of a client-side attack via JavaScript draining crypto assets, check out this blog from Eliya Stein over at Confiant.”

eCommerce 102

eCommerce InfoSec Malware Hacking 102

Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

“What Bitcoin was to 2011, NFTs are to 2021.”. An April 2021 post on GitHub estimated the value of the “CryptoArt NFT” market to be at least $150 million worldwide. NFT theft and a new brand of cybercrime. It seems phishing for users’ passwords to the sites used to buy and sell NFTs is the main method of compromise.

Cryptocurrency 91

Cryptocurrency Marketing Phishing Authentication 91

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We can confirm a Maui ransomware incident in 2022, but we would expand their “first seen” date from the reported May 2021 to April 15, 2021, and the geolocation of the target to Japan and India. At the beginning of 2021, Kaspersky published a private report about the A41APT campaign. Russian-speaking activity.

Malware 143

Malware Ransomware Spyware Encryption 143

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The campaign has been leveraged by Brazilian criminals’ gangue, who use customized phishing templates to spread the trojan maxtrilha according to the target country. Maxtrilha has been disseminated via crafted phishing templates by country. Figure 4: Maxtrilha samples disseminated in August and September 2021. Key findings.

Banking 126

Banking Malware Internet Internet 126

SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

In this blog post, we provide excerpts from the recent reports that focus on uncommon infection methods and describe the associated malware. Although Rhadamanthys was using phishing and spam initially as the infection vector, the most recent method is malvertising. Has encrypted communication with the C2.

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Malware Engineering Advertising Phishing 111

Malwarebytes

JUNE 28, 2021

This blog post was authored by Jérôme Segura. This skimmer was publicly mentioned by Eric Brandel in early June 2021 and unlike Magecart JavaScript code, this one is very straightforward. This in itself is not a new practice and is often seen with phishing sites. Hiding in the noise is another common trait for threat actors.

Phishing 85

Phishing Internet Internet Malware 85

BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Verizon points out that cybercrime risk crosses all sectors regardless of industry vertical, but it provides 10 sectoral snapshots to help readers understand the threats in more depth. Finance fraud and phishing scams increase in Ireland, too Financial fraud and scams in Ireland have risen by 560 per cent in three years.

Social Engineering 52

Social Engineering Data breaches Scams DDOS 52

SecureWorld News

MARCH 21, 2023

Since 2021, a new unsettling trend has been underway that redefines online extortion as we know it, with the priority of file encryption in these schemes starting to fade away. It was launched in April 2021 as a place where crooks put up data stolen from organizations for sale and anyone interested could buy it on an auction basis.

Ransomware 85

Ransomware Encryption Adware Data breaches 85

Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2021

link] pic.twitter.com/HTqYsUlCSn — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 7, 2021. ” states a blog post published by Microsoft. To make the emails appear legitimate, the attackers used fake replies, an increasingly common technique in phishing emails. The request seems a little strange, you think.

Scams 97

Scams Manufacturing Security Intelligence Internet 97