SecureList

JANUARY 17, 2024

To be more specific, in 2023, the volume of malware log files containing compromised user data and posted for free on the dark web surged by almost 30% compared to 2022. In 2022, these blogs, found on both public platforms and the dark web, averaged 386 posts per month. They typically emerge when a new ransomware group appears.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

The malware used a function called “DetectAV()” to determine the antivirus solution installed on the system and uninstall it. The malware accepts multiple arguments that indicate what action should be taken.” ” reads a report published by Trend Micro. ” concludes the analysis. To nominate, please visit:?

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Malware Antivirus DDOS Hacking 89

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

According to a new study, phishing attacks rose 61 percent in 2022, with cryptocurrency fraud increasing 257 percent year-over-year. Because the address comes across as an internal team member, people trust them, ultimately exposing themselves to cybercrime. Here are four new phishing trends keeping businesses on their toes.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

In November 2022, Avast researchers discovered a malicious extension for Chromium-based web browsers that was spreading via ViperSoftX. ViperSoftX also checks for active antivirus products running on the machine. .” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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Encryption Malware Cryptocurrency Software 87

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

CACTUS essentially encrypts itself, making it harder to detect and helping it evade antivirus and network monitoring tools,” Laurie Iacono, Associate Managing Director for Cyber Risk at Kroll, told Bleeping Computer. The binary is deployed using a specific flag that allows its execution, while the ZIP archive is removed.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars. After gaining access to victims’ networks, Royal actors disable antivirus software and exfiltrate large amounts of data before ultimately deploying the ransomware and encrypting the systems.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

“ZLoader has remained relevant as attackers’ tool of choice by including defense evasion capabilities, like disabling security and antivirus tools, and selling access-as-a-service to other affiliate groups, such as ransomware operators.” ” reads a post published by Microsoft. To nominate, please visit:?

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Banking Malware Telecommunications Antivirus 112

BH Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2023

Shedding the light of the law on cybercrime methods Today’s cybercrime landscape involves criminals operating across borders as business-like syndicates, says Europol. The agency’s ninth Internet Organised Crime Assessment (IOCTA) 2023 report gives a law enforcement perspective on current cybercrime techniques.

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Social Engineering Cybercrime Data privacy Engineering 52

Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2022

. “Network telemetry can be used to detect anomalous DNS requests, and security tools such as antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) should be statically linked to ensure they are not “infected” by userland rootkits.” ” Experts also shared indicators of compromise (IoCs) for this threat. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2023

In 2022, Kaspersky solutions detected over 74.2M On the eve of the global Anti-Ransomware Day, Kaspersky looks back on the events that shaped the ransomware landscape in 2022, reviews the trends that were predicted last year, discusses emerging trends, and makes a forecast for the immediate future. We named it RedAlert/N13V.

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Ransomware Malware Architecture Telecommunications 121

Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2023

The Lemon Group cybercrime ring has reportedly pre-installed malware known as Guerilla on almost 9 million Android devices. A cybercrime group tracked has Lemon Group has reportedly pre-installed malware known as Guerilla on almost 9 million Android devices. Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog.

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Mobile Advertising Malware Cybercrime 87

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

The first campaigns of malware were distributed through fake antivirus or other common apps, while during the campaigns the malware is taking the turn of an APT attack against the customer of a specific Italian bank.” sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”).

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Malware Banking Antivirus Phishing 95

Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

antivirus products), deleting shadow copies, and finally encrypting the files on the targeted systems. The bleeds of the new software will be made for some time by several of our experienced negotiators. We apologize for the inconvenience!” reads the screenshot. ” continues the report.

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Encryption Antivirus Malware Education 68

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This blog examines the escalating phishing landscape, shortcomings of common anti-phishing approaches, and why implementing a Protective DNS service as part of a layered defense provides the most effective solution. Business Email Compromise (BEC), a type of phishing attack, results in the greatest financial losses of any cybercrime.

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DNS Phishing Social Engineering Engineering 64

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

But first, let’s examine how they fared with the predictions for 2022. What we predicted in 2022. Although 2022 did not feature any mobile intrusion story on the scale of the Pegasus scandal, a number of 0-days have still been exploited in the wild by threat actors. Mobile devices exposed to wide attacks. Source: Meta.

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Firmware Surveillance Mobile Telecommunications 111

Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2022

27, a Ukrainian cybersecurity researcher who is currently in Ukraine leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat records from Conti, which had just posted a press release to its victim shaming blog saying it fully supported Russia’s invasion of his country. You can see your page in the our blog here [dark web link].

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Ransomware Insurance Cyber Insurance Accountability 212

Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2022

A new variant of a Brazilian trojan has impacted Internet end users in Portugal since last month (February 2022). At this moment, the infection chain is able to bypass the antivirus detection, with the latter EXE ( WpfApp14.exe Introduction. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Banking Encryption Malware Phishing 86