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APT Attacks & Prevention

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

Phishing & Watering Holes. The primary attack vector for most attacks, not just APTs, is to use phishing. Some APTs cast a wide net with general phishing attacks, but others use spear phishing attacks to target specific people and specific companies. Maintain effective endpoint security ( antivirus , EDR ).

Firewall

Firewall Malware Phishing Software

5 Critical Threat Actors You Need to Know About

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For initial access, RansomHub affiliates often compromise internet-facing systems and user endpoints via phishing emails, password spraying, and exploiting high-risk remote code execution (RCE) and privilege escalation vulnerabilities. In November 2022, IntelBroker reportedly used Endurance to target the US Federal Government.

Ransomware

Ransomware Encryption Technology Government

5 Critical Threat Actors You Need to Know About

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For initial access, RansomHub affiliates often compromise internet-facing systems and user endpoints via phishing emails, password spraying, and exploiting high-risk remote code execution (RCE) and privilege escalation vulnerabilities. In November 2022, IntelBroker reportedly used Endurance to target the US Federal Government.

Ransomware

Ransomware Encryption Technology Government

Mystic Stealer

Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

As a result, this technique may bypass static antivirus signatures and complicate malware reverse engineering. These services are often used to host malware, command and control servers, phishing campaigns, and other illicit digital operations. The builder enables operators to specify up to four C2 endpoints. Trojan.Mystic.KV

Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency Password Management Malware DNS

The Hacker Mind: MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations

ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

They're the long game operations where something as small as a single phishing email could escalate into millions of IDs being exfiltrated. It has operated since 2008. But then what, what we wanted to do was then the next round to compare that against something that would be a higher bar for us to go after. Vamosi: they chose APT 29.

Government

Government Marketing Malware Technology

The Hacker Mind: MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations

ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

They're the long game operations where something as small as a single phishing email could escalate into millions of IDs being exfiltrated. It has operated since 2008. But then what, what we wanted to do was then the next round to compare that against something that would be a higher bar for us to go after. Vamosi: they chose APT 29.

Government

Government Marketing Malware Technology

Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Install an antivirus solution that includes anti-adware capabilities. Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. In 2008, the Kraken botnet with 495,000 bots infected 10% of the Fortune 500 companies. Phishing and Social Engineering.

Malware

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus

GUEST ESSAY. Everyone should grasp these facts about cyber threats that plague digital commerce

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. Computer viruses often utilize deception techniques and keep evolving to evade antivirus software. And it all started with a single employee falling prey to a phishing email. Computer worms.

Cyber threats

Cyber threats Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware

The Most Common Types of Malware in 2021

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. Computer viruses often utilize deception techniques and keep evolving to evade antivirus software. And it all started with a single employee falling prey to a phishing email. Computer Worms.

Malware

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware

Potential cybersecurity impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

AV-Comparatives quickly tested several known anti-malware and antivirus products against HermeticWiper and its variants and found that Malwarebytes, among others, detected the malware.). Current analyses of HermeticWiper reveal that the malware is being delivered in highly-targeted attacks in Ukraine, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Ransomware Government Malware

What is Malware? Definition, Purpose & Common Protections

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Since 2008, antivirus and cybersecurity software testers AV-TEST have kept track of the number of newly-developed malware worldwide, totaling at nearly 1 billion as of September 2022. Your antivirus program or other security solution is randomly disabled. An August 2022 Statista report counted 2.8 Unexpected crashes.

Malware

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus

New Cyberthreats for 2021

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Approximately 30% of phishing web pages were related to Covid-19. In April 2020, Google reported 18 million instances per day of malware and phishing email sent via its Gmail service using Covid-related topics as a lure. Phishing emails were a prevalent mode of attack, and they have been in circulation since at least the mid-1990s.

IoT

IoT Artificial Intelligence Technology Scams

Cyber Security Informer

Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

APT Attacks & Prevention

Trending Sources

5 Critical Threat Actors You Need to Know About

5 Critical Threat Actors You Need to Know About

Mystic Stealer

The Hacker Mind: MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations

The Hacker Mind: MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations

Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

GUEST ESSAY. Everyone should grasp these facts about cyber threats that plague digital commerce

The Most Common Types of Malware in 2021

Potential cybersecurity impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

What is Malware? Definition, Purpose & Common Protections

New Cyberthreats for 2021

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