Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Now, let’s take a quick tour through the terrain of common cyber scams: Phishing scams Ah, phishing scams, the bane of our digital existence. government’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at phishing-report@us-cert.gov. You can also be a good internet citizen by forwarding these scams to the U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

The DEV-0569 group carries out malvertising campaigns to spread links to a signed malware downloader posing as software installers or fake updates embedded in spam messages, fake forum pages, and blog comments. ” reads the report published by Microsoft. anydeskos[.]com com ) and on legitimate repositories like GitHub and OneDrive.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Backups should be kept safely in several places, such as encrypted cloud storage or external hard drives. To avoid potential vulnerabilities, keep your operating system, antivirus software, and other security tools up to date. A virtual private network (VPN) can offer an additional layer of encryption and security.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For a detailed threat actor description do not forget to check out our blog article about selecting between black-box, white-box, and grey-box penetration tests and also you would know which pentest you need against a specific threat actor. Phishing Attacks Phishing attacks are one of the most common and successful methods used by hackers.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Phishing scams, malware, ransomware and data breaches are just some of the examples of cyberthreats that can devastate business operations and the protection of consumer information. It foreshadowed how encryption would come to be used as a foundation for Internet commerce – by companies and criminals. The Creeper Virus (1971).

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Phishing emails and links: Phishing emails and links are designed to trick you into revealing personal information or clicking on malicious links that can install malware on your device. Common phishing red flags to look for include typos or low-resolution images. This is a form of phishing scam.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 12, 2023

In this blog, we cover the top-seven data security practices every workplace should implement to help protect valuable information and more. Common Data Threats in the Workplace Many of the most common data threats involve an employee being careless or making a simple mistake: Phishing and smishing. Malware and ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2022

This blog post was authored by Ankur Saini and Hossein Jazi. In this blog post, we will analyze Woody Rat’s distribution methods, capabilities as well as communication protocol. We believe that these archive files have been distributed using spear phishing emails. Data encryption with HTTP requests. Archive files.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2022

The trojan has been disseminated via phishing templates impersonating Tax services in Portugal. The victims’ data is encrypted and sent to the C2 server geolocated in Russia. Phishing wave. At this moment, the infection chain is able to bypass the antivirus detection, with the latter EXE ( WpfApp14.exe Key findings.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 31, 2023

This blog was jointly written with Alejandro Prada and Ofer Caspi. Due to its relatively large size, certain antivirus may choose not to analyze it, potentially bypassing detection. Executive summary SeroXen is a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that showed up in late 2022 and is becoming more popular in 2023.

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Fox IT

MARCH 3, 2022

After discovery NCC Group immediately notified Google and decided to share our knowledge via this blog post. Because of the fact of being distributed via the Google Play Store as a fake Antivirus, we found that they have to include the usage of infected devices in order to spread the malicious app.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 27, 2022

At the time of analysis, this.vhd sample wasn’t detected by any antivirus. The virtual disk file contains a decoy PDF file, Windows executable file, and an encrypted Dump.bin file. The spawned downloader contains an encrypted configuration at the end of the file. /slideLayouts/slideLayout1.xml"/></Relationships>

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Fox IT

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

After we discovered in February 2022 the SharkBotDropper in Google Play posing as a fake Android antivirus and cleaner, now we have detected a new version of this dropper active in the Google Play and dropping a new version of Sharkbot. The body of the request is encrypted using RC4 and a hard coded key. Introduction. Conclusion.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Throughout the last year, we’ve seen huge spikes in phishing, malicious domains, malware and more, and we don’t expect that to slow down. For example, a phishing email might drop a botnet/Trojan that listens for domain credentials. For more details on stress testing your disaster recovery plan, read his blog on the subject.

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Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It targeted Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting the data on the victim’s machine and seeking ransom in exchange for a promise to decrypt all the encrypted files and potentially undo the damage, but that’s far from the truth, as we discuss further! We need to unzip the archive to access the executable.

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SiteLock

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

At first, the Babuk group used file encryption to gain leverage over its victims but, because the ransomware wasn’t particularly advanced, they weren’t always successful. As a result of this event and other failures in the ransomware, the group announced that it would focus on data theft and extortion rather than system encryption.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 12, 2024

Review encryption methods and protocols to protect data in transit and at rest. Encryption Evaluate the use of encryption for data in transit and data at rest. Phishing Simulations Review the results of phishing simulations and the organization’s response to simulated attacks.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2022

This blog post was authored by Ankur Saini and Hossein Jazi. In this blog post, we will analyze Woody Rat's distribution methods, capabilities as well as communication protocol. We believe that these archive files have been distributed using spear phishing emails. Data encryption with HTTP requests. Distribution methods.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 22, 2019

Anyone paying a visit to one of these sites received an exploit kit that checked whether the compromised device was an Android or an iPhone; figured out whether the device was protected by antivirus; and took note of whether the device was positioned upright, or lying down. This column originally appeared on Avast Blog.).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Latin American Javali trojan weaponizing Avira antivirus legitimate injector to implant malware. The malicious activity starts with a phishing email sent to the target victims in Latin American – Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Peru – and Europe – Spain and Portugal. In short, the phishing email is received by victims.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

Step 2: Compromising a Third-Party Vendor The attacker conducted a spear phishing attack and sent an email that appeared to be from a known entity. It was an old strain that would normally be detected by most antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) vendors. The malware itself wasn’t particularly sophisticated, either.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2019

Classic phishing document view. Another interesting technique abused by cyber-criminals in the wild is the “ Certificate Spoofing “, allowing malware to easily bypass a relevant portion of anti-virus engines, even if they employ identification techniques theoretically able to detect encrypted and packed threats.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2019

The intercepted attack starts with a spear-phishing email embedding a spreadsheet. su”, using an SSL encrypted communication, and stores them in “C:UsersPublic” path: “ rtegre.exe ” and “ wprgxyeqd79.exe Technical details, including IoCs and Yara Rules, are available in the analysis published in the Yoroi blog.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

This blog post describes methods that SpecterOps consultants have researched to successfully circumvent this technology during offensive assessments. Antivirus Inspection Not all RBI products will prioritize this time factor. This can be due to encryption or even size.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 7, 2021

In the process of doing so, I encountered a small snag: The FSB’s website said in order to communicate with them securely, I needed to download and install an encryption and virtual private networking (VPN) appliance that is flagged by at least 20 antivirus products as malware. The FSB headquarters at Lubyanka Square, Moscow.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2020

The malware is disseminated via malspam campaigns – phishing emails distributed for a high range of users and using a template that impersonates an invoice email from the Vodafone group. The reason why two paths were identified on the server is simple: the threat is the same but used in different phishing campaigns.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

On March 12th, Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team (UA-Cert) warned about phishing emails impersonating Ukrainian government entities. [ 3 ] The emails redirected victims to a website delivering fake antivirus updates that eventually downloaded Cobalt Strike beacons, or two custom Go malware variants named GraphSteel and GrimPlant.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

In February 2019, SI-LAB captured multiple samples of phishing campaigns using an Office Excel document carrying a malicious Excel 4.0 This technology is stored in the Workbook OLE stream in Excel 97-2003 format which makes it very difficult to detect and parse by antivirus (AV) engines.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

Firstly, we noticed this secondary component was well protected against antivirus detection, in fact, the PE file was signed by Sectigo in the first half of May, one of the major Russian Certification Authority. Technical details, including IoCs and Yara Rules, are available in the analysis published on the Yoroi blog. Conclusion.

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Webroot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

While computer antivirus is effective, sometimes malware still wins. This type of malware acts extremely fast, and if your antivirus is not up to date, it may not recognize it. Phishing webpages , the most common type of malicious threat, are websites designed to look legitimate to fool you into providing your credentials.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 18, 2022

It begins with a spear-phishing email written in Spanish, targeting victims in Mexico and Spain. Let’s dive into the spear-phishing emails received by the victims. The phishing emails are divided into two sets based on the lures used by the threat actors. Below are the details of the phishing emails: 1.). Infection Chain.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Antivirus and security giant Avast and virtual private networking (VPN) software provider NordVPN each today disclosed months-long network intrusions that — while otherwise unrelated — shared a common cause: Forgotten or unknown user accounts that granted remote access to internal systems with little more than a password.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

The researchers discovered that the samples contain a self-delete mechanism which is invoked once the victim’s device is encrypted. antivirus products), deleting shadow copies, and finally encrypting the files on the targeted systems. The group threatens to ban every affiliate who does leak samples. reads the screenshot.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

Together these practices — which include multi-factor authentication (MFA), restricting administrative privileges and daily backups — provide a clear framework for businesses anywhere that are looking to improve their foundational security footing , as we’ve previously noted on the Duo Blog.

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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. Ransomware programs gain access to a computer’s file system and execute a payload to encrypt all data. Unfortunately, most of the data it encrypted was lost for good due to faulty code.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Ransomware has a public/private key encryption to make your data unreadable. Usually, the links are contained in phishing emails (we have shown you an example). In theory, ransomware may encrypt a file of any type. However, some files on your computer are encrypted more often than others. How Does Ransomware Work?

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Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Crypto ransomware encrypts the data on your computer or in the cloud. However, you can not use encrypted data. Encrypting ransomware is much harder to deal with, as you can not get access to your data simply by switching devices or finding a way to pass a screen lock. Here’s an example of a typical phishing email.

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