Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In other attacks, hackers have compromised plugins used by e-commerce platforms in a classic supply chain attack or have injected software skimmers inside a company’s cloud hosting account that was poorly protected. Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen groups at least since 2010. .

Social Engineering 46

Social Engineering Advertising Software Firewall 46

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The first two samples had 2010/2011 as the compilation date, as shown on the graph below. SPSniffer , which we described in 2010: both families are able to intercept signals from PIN pads , but use different approaches in doing so. Warning from a PoS vendor about Prilex social engineering attacks. A link to the past.

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Malware Banking Software Encryption 96

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 11, 2022

To be more precise, 2010, 2016, and now 2022 with a whole new astronaut to recover. While there was no direct evidence of account theft from the malware file, numerous accounts caught out by this attack were indeed compromised. So yes, it’s weird…but it’s just a one off. Invisible ads for thee but not for me.

Scams 74

Scams Social Engineering Engineering Accountability 74

Spinone

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Outlook account settings contain important information essential for your inbox to operate properly. Restoring this data in case of loss might take much time especially when you have multiple accounts. This article describes several ways to backup Outlook account settings in great detail. How do I backup my Outlook rules?

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Backups Accountability Passwords Cyber Attacks 52

Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Imagine for a moment that your employee uses one password to access their social media profiles and to sign in to their Office 365 corporate account. This way, a system ensures only veritable users can get access to the account. This approach puts your data at a huge risk. At this very moment, your company data gets endangered.

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Passwords Data breaches Backups Authentication 40

SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The first accounts of its activity date back to March last year, in which archives carrying COVID-related decoy file names that contained a malicious executable were described in a tweet by MalwareHunterTeam. ReconHellcat is a little-known threat actor that was spotted publicly in 2020. This campaign affected Ethiopia, Palestine and Kuwait.

Malware 140

Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 140

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In the digital world, bad actors are using social engineering methods to hack on behalf of the Iranian government, even threatening the 2020 U.S. Traditionally, these attacks put an emphasis on social engineering, finding innovative new ways to defraud end-users. election process. aerospace and satellite sectors.

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Social Engineering Government DDOS Engineering 78

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Social engineering attacks soon found use in the digital space. Going Mobile and Going Global: 2001-2010. Stuxnet , discovered in 2010, was the first documented attempt by sovereign nations to use malware to attack other sovereign nations. One of the first instances was the Love Letter virus of 2000.

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Malware Ransomware Antivirus Internet 140

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the contact tracing scams of 2020 similarly followed social engineering scripts that have been used in taxpayer identity theft schemes since the 1990s as well. This represents an evolutionary step beyond credential stuffing (a crime where the target’s passwords are used to access other accounts).

IoT 130

IoT Artificial Intelligence Technology Scams 130

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. 2010 — Zeus Trojan Virus — An Eastern European cybercrime ring steals $70 million from U.S.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Much of this fraud exploits weak authentication methods used by states that have long sought to verify applicants using static, widely available information such as Social Security numbers and birthdays. Many states also lacked the ability to tell when multiple payments were going to the same bank accounts.

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Scams Insurance DDOS Authentication 310

Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2022

Though APTs were regularly seen from then on inside the industry, the term didn’t gain public consciousness until an attack on Google servers in 2010 , the fault of which was assigned to Chinese APTs. Social engineering training. From then on, APT became a heavily used, marketable term. Monitoring. Regular patching.

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Social Engineering Backups Malware Ransomware 70

The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2019

The Obama sanctions helped security analysts and the FBI piece together how Bogachev, around 2010, began running unusual searches on well-placed PCs he controlled, via Gameover Zeus infections. Then somewhere along the way, Bogachev commenced moonlighting as a cyber spy for the Russian government. presidential elections. That was a glitch.

IoT 171

IoT Hacking Banking Government 171