Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

Junk email campaigns touting employment or “money mule” scams cost $300 per million, and phishing emails could be blasted out through Severa’s botnet for the bargain price of $500 per million. Severa ran several affiliate programs that paid cybercriminals to trick people into installing fake antivirus software.

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Antivirus Cybercrime Identity Theft Scams 297

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2019

Sucuri spotted threat actors abusing the URL redirect function of the.htaccess file to redirect visitors of compromised websites to phishing sites, sites delivering malware, or simply to generate impressions. A warning message from endpoint antivirus software when users try to visit malicious site redirected by Joomla and WordPress sites.

Advertising 79

Advertising Malware Antivirus Software 79

Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

Even is HPE has been hacked multiple times since 2010, most of the hack occurred between 2015 and 2017. “APT10 often attacked a service provider’s system by “spear-phishing” – sending company employees emails designed to trick them into revealing their passwords or installing malware.

Identity Theft 84

Identity Theft Hacking System Administration Advertising 84

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

Computer Weekly said it had learnt that FatFace paid a £1.5m ($2 million US dollar) ransom to the Conti Ransomware gang , disclosing the gang gained access to FatFace network and their IT systems via a phishing email on 10th January 2021. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct employee phishing tests.

Energy and Utilities 122

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Banking Hacking 122

Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

This renders the attacks undetectable and able to bypass conventional security solutions such as EDR, antivirus and other traditional security lines of defense. In later rounds, the Trojan spread through spear-phishing emails with malicious Excel or Word files. Their tactics went beyond the typical DDoS attack. Industroyer.

Energy and Utilities 72

Energy and Utilities Malware DDOS Internet 72

Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Your employee’s password to Office 365 might get cracked or stolen during a phishing attack. Keep your antivirus software up to date. However, don’t forget that even an updated antivirus may not detect advanced malware strains. Even a trained employee can overwrite important files or fall for a phishing attack.

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Passwords Data breaches Backups Authentication 40

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 52

Cryptocurrency Password Management Malware DNS 52