SecureList

APRIL 17, 2023

The malware would be delivered through e-mail letters written in different languages — variations of them were coming in English, German, Italian, and French. A short look at QBot The banking Trojan QBot was detected for the first time in 2007. In 2021, we published a detailed QBot technical analysis.

Banking 124

Banking Malware Social Engineering Passwords 124

Malwarebytes

APRIL 8, 2022

The last time I can remember an all-out targeted attack on social media musicians was way back in 2007 during Ye Olde Myspace days. The people behind it didn’t promote malware links, or spam, or phishing. The people behind it didn’t promote malware links, or spam, or phishing.

Scams 113

Scams Accountability Phishing Malware 113

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. Phishing complaints were reported over 300,000 times in 2021 to IC3, the only Internet crime to crack 100,000+ complaints. since Q3 of 2007.

Social Engineering 120

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Scams 120

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 1, 2018

Reddit.com today disclosed that a data breach exposed some internal data, as well as email addresses and passwords for some Reddit users. Reddit said the exposed data included internal source code as well as email addresses and obfuscated passwords for all Reddit users who registered accounts on the site prior to May 2007.

Authentication 200

Authentication Mobile Passwords Accountability 200

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The attack chain starts with COVID19-themed spear-phishing messages that contain either a malicious Word attachment or a link to one hosted on company servers. . “Once the malicious document is opened, the malware is dropped and proceeds to the next stage of the deployment process.

Malware 94

Malware Cryptocurrency Password Management Encryption 94

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The PyInstaller module for Windows contains a script named “Guard” Interestingly, this malware was developed for both Windows and macOS operating systems. The attackers obtain initial access to a system by sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link.

Malware 101

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 101

Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

Reseachers from Fortinet observed a new variant of a remote access trojan dubbed Bandook that has been used in phishing attacks against Windows users. Bandook has been active since 2007, it has been continuously developed since then and was employed in several campaigns by different threat actors. ” concludes the report.

Malware 109

Malware Phishing Passwords Hacking 109

SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

We then ran these software names against Kaspersky Security Network (KSN)* telemetry to find out how much malware and unwanted software was distributed under the guise of these applications. They can run other malware on the system, elevate the attackers’ privileges, cause the target application to crash and so on.

Cybercrime 97

Cybercrime Phishing Banking Malware 97

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It was found in the wild in 2007 and since then it has been continually maintained and developed. logins, passwords, etc.), In some cases, the emails were delivered with Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel) or password-protected archives with the documents attached. Its main purpose is to steal banking credentials (e.g.,

Passwords 136

Passwords Encryption Banking Malware 136

Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The Absence of a Password Policy for Employees – About 81% of company data breaches happened due to poor passwords One of the main O365 security concerns is password carelessness. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, more than 70% of workers reuse passwords. How to make passwords secure: 1.

Passwords 40

Passwords Data breaches Backups Authentication 40

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135