Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2022

Costa Rican Social Security Fund, Costa Rica ‘s public health service, was hit by a Hive ransomware attack. Costa Rican Social Security Fund, Costa Rica ‘s public health service (aka CCCS), was hit today by a Hive ransomware attack, BleepingComputer reported. The attack occurred early this morning, Tuesday, May 31, 2022.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 5, 2023

Ransomware is creating additional work for a major Spanish bank. Globalcaja, said to have more than 300 offices in Spain and close to half a million customers, has fallen victim to the Play ransomware gang. The Play Ransomware group will quite happily leak data in cases where no ransom is forthcoming. Detect intrusions.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2022

French virtual mobile telephone operator La Poste Mobile was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted administrative and management services. . The ransomware attack hit the virtual mobile telephone operator La Poste Mobile on July 4 and paralyzed administrative and management services. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware).

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2020

Another telco company was hit by a ransomware, roughly 18,000 computers belonging to Telecom Argentina were infected over the weekend. Telecom Argentina , one of the largest internet service providers in Argentina, was hit by a ransomware attack. SecurityAffairs – hacking, REVil ransomware). million ransom. Pierluigi Paganini.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In the October 2021 Threat Report , McAfee Enterprise ATR provides a global view of the top threats, especially those ransomware attacks that affected most countries and sectors in Q2 2021, especially in the Public Sector (Government). Threat Profile Conti Ransomware & BazarLoader to Conti Ransomware in 32hrs.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Desde aproximaciones más complejas en las leyes de privacidad, pasando por la remediación de ataques de ransomware, hasta los nuevos sistemas ciber-físicos; estas son las tendencias que según Gartner se deben contemplar en ciberseguridad para 2022. Los analistas de Gartner ….

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Argentina’s official immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, is the last victim of the Netwalker ransomware operators. The ransomware operators also exfiltrated sensitive data from the agencies as reported by local media. Recently the FBI has issued a security alert about Netwalker ransomware attacks targeting U.S.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

SHARED INTEL: The non-stop advance and diversification of ransomware extortion tactics. Cybercriminals are becoming more creative as cybersecurity analysts adapt quickly to new ransomware strategies. Ransomware has evolved from classic attacks to more innovative approaches to navigate reinforced security infrastructure.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 26, 2021

Emotet, the notorious email-based Windows malware behind several botnet-driven spam campaigns and ransomware attacks, was automatically wiped from infected computers en masse following a European law enforcement operation.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

‘Hotarus Corp’ Ransomware operators hacked Ecuador’s largest private bank, Banco Pichincha, and the country’s Ministry of Finance. ?A The group claims to have also stolen data from the Banco Pichincha bank and infected a system at Ministry of Finance using for training purposes with PHP-based ransomware.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Protection by ENS Module. For ENS, it’s important to have both Threat Protection (TP) and Adaptive Threat Protection (ATP) with GTI enabled. Protection by ENS Module. Preventing Exploit with McAfee ENS. Ryuk Ransomware Protection. MVISION Insights Campaign – Threat Profile: Ryuk Ransomware.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 30, 2023

Related: Countering Putin’s weaponizing of ransomware The fraudsters set themselves up as “affiliates” of phone companies in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam and then use bots to apply for online accounts, en masse, at a targeted business.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

BlackMatter is a new ransomware threat discovered at the end of July 2021. As with previous ransomware, the operators steal files and private information from compromised servers and request an additional ransom to not publish on the internet. After this, the ransomware will use another trick to avoid the use of debuggers.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2023

CyberNews researchers discovered that at least one of the Cl0p ransomware gang masterminds is still residing in Ukraine. As is quite common with malicious activity en masse, malicious hackers chose the Memorial Day weekend in the US (May 27th and 28th) for a “broad swath of activity.”

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

BlackMatter is a new ransomware threat discovered at the end of July 2021. As with previous ransomware, the operators steal files and private information from compromised servers and request an additional ransom to not publish on the internet. After this, the ransomware will use another trick to avoid the use of debuggers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2023

VOLVO CARS aurait été la victime du #ransomware endurance ; 200gb de données sensibles sont en vente ; pic.twitter.com/VFMdv7IBmr — Anis Haboubi |₿| (@HaboubiAnis) January 2, 2023. A member of the forum, who goes online with the moniker IntelBroker, announced on December 31, 2022, that VOLVO CARS fell victim to ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2019

M6, one of France’s biggest TV channels, hit by ransomware. The M6 Group, the largest France private multimedia group, was the victim of ransomware over the weekend. According to the French newspaper L’Express , the ransomware attack only impacted landlines and e-mail. SecurityAffairs – M6 Group, ransomware).

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Ransomware deploys remote access trojans (RATs) in your environment. Ransomware deploys remote access trojans (RATs) in your environment. La entrada Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast SVP of Cyber Strategy Tom Kellermann | 11/4 se publicó primero en CISO2CISO.COM & CYBER SECURITY GROUP. Insight #2. ". Insight #3.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2023

Iran-linked APT group MERCURY is behind destructive attacks on hybrid environments masquerading as a ransomware operation. Threat actors masqueraded the attacks as a standard ransomware operation. Once bypassed the security defenses, the attackers deployed the ransomware payload in the NETLOGON shares on several domain controllers.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Crytox is a ransomware family consisting of several stages of encrypted code that was first observed in 2020. The ransomware encrypts local disks and network drives and leaves a ransom note with a five day ultimatum, but does not exfiltrate data from the victim. Key points. The company paid Crytox 8,500 euros. Files written.

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Digital Shadows

JULY 5, 2021

Researchers initially attributed this attack to ransomware gang “REvil” (aka Sodinokibi), whose members claimed responsibility in a press release on their dark-web data-leak site, Happy Blog. At the time of writing, the number of companies affected by this ransomware supply-chain attack is still unclear. How did the campaign unfold?

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McAfee

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And, as our Advanced Threat Research team has reported, cybercriminals took full advantage of more ransomware, malware, and general bad behavior. The team and I are also extremely excited about the progress with our Endpoint portfolio across ENS , EDR and momentum behind MVISION Insights. . That didn’t always happen.?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2021

No somos mejores en tecnología que otros Bancos pero estamos trabajando para superar esta contingencia — FIDEL EGAS (@FEGASG) October 11, 2021. The public information about the attack suggests that the bank was the victim of a ransomware attack, sources in the cybersecurity industry confirmed it to BleepingComputer.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 11, 2021

En la actualidad muchos administradores de sistemas siguen gestionando sus ambientes de Active Directory y otras plataformas de Windows mediante los comandos de PowerShell. Sin embargo, esta no es la única opción disponible y ya hay soluciones que ofrecen diversas ….

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

Stay informed about the latest cyber threats, such as phishing, malware, ransomware, and social engineering attacks. By understanding the cyberse-curity landscape, educating yourself, and adopting safe online habits, you can significantly en-hance your online security and protect yourself from cyber threats.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Latest updates highlighted Conti ransomware group actively leveraging the Log4Shell exploit to gain access to internal corporate resources and lunch their malicious payloads. Use signature-based protection in ENS 10.7 On December 12, 2021, McAfee Enterprise released V3 AMCore content 4648 (ENS) and V2 DAT 10196 (VSE).

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 17, 2021

Cinq lectures dignes d’intérêt est une chronique régulière sur cinq éléments dignes d’intérêt que nous avons découverts en faisant des recherches sur des sujets tendances et intemporels. Dans cette édition, nous allons découvrir l’héritage entre le secteur des soins de ….

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As the financial threat landscape has been dramatically evolving over the past few years, with the expansion of such activities as ransomware or cryptofraud, we believe it is no longer sufficient to look at the threats to traditional financial institutions (like banks), but rather assess financial threats as a whole.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

“A successful exploit of this issue could impede a company’s ability to bill customers, forcing a disruption of services, similar to the consequences suffered by Colonial Pipeline following its 2021 ransomware attack.”. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ABB Totalflow).

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2022

A significant source of this cybersecurity debt stems from failure to protect sensitive assets and data from unauthorized access as identities are created en masse and proliferate unchecked across the entire IT environment,” the report said. 68% of non-humans or bots have access to sensitive data and assets.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 22, 2024

Il est également important de mettre en place une stratégie de cybersécurité pour sécuriser les donnéess sensibles de l’entreprise. Ce livre dresse de manière exhaustive à ceux qui sont en charge de la sécurité informatique de l’entreprise.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

According to analysts, SocGholish is being used for ransomware distribution. Once in systems, the criminals attempted to deploy the WastedLocker ransomware. In what Microsoft has described as ‘pre-ransomware behavior,’ Evil Corp has also recently used SocGholish to backdoor networks infected with the Raspberry Robin malware.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Americans’ personal information, stolen en masse by state-backed actors and online gangs alike, is being weaponized via increasingly sophisticated social engineering or disinformation campaigns. Criminals and extremists similarly can threaten unprecedented levels of disruption and coercion. Secret Service Assistant Director Jeremy Sheridan.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Gardaí and the Irish National Cyber Crime Centre recently alerted small and medium businesses of an increased threat of ransomware attacks. . Phishing and scam emails are – by some distance – the leading cause of ransomware infections, according to Statista. spyware, ransomware).”.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 28, 2022

Emotet has the capability to gathering information of the infected systems and the adversaries can evaluate the value of the asset [14, 15] Some analysis shows that Emotet can drop CobaltStrike, which then drops ransomware [11]. For example, one of the ransomware dropped by Emotet is Ryuk [9]. Another pattern related to Emotet was.*/(wp-admin/){0,1}[a-z0-9_]{3,20}$.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

For example, if a customer makes a purchase and submits a payment, the SSL will ensure that cybercriminals cannot easily read important information, such as credit card numbers, while it’s en route to its destination. During a ransomware attack , cybercriminals take over your website data and demand a ransom to return it.

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