Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

Several US universities and colleges were targeted in phishing attacks aimed at delivering malware previously used by China-linked APT groups. Hupigon is a remote access Trojan (RAT) that has been active since at least 2006, it was first detected by FireEye in 2010. SecurityAffairs – US universities, phishing).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

APT15 has been active since at least 2010, it conducted cyber espionage campaigns against targets worldwide in several industries, including defense, high tech, energy, government, aerospace, and manufacturing. “The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has disrupted the activities of a China-based hacking group that we call Nickel.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 14, 2021

Security analysts say that the American photo and video sharing platform has enhanced security of its users after witnessing a recent wave of phishing attacks, where its users were sent password reset emails via bots that looked genuine, but were actually targeted with malicious intent.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2019

. “However, when we encountered Asruex in a PDF file, we found that a variant of the malware can also act as an infector particularly through the use of old vulnerabilities CVE-2012-0158 and CVE-2010-2883 , which inject code in Word and PDF files respectively.” ” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The Fullz House group was first spotted by security experts at RiskIQ in November 2019, when it was using phishing and web skimming for its attacks. Since August-September of 2019, the group started using a hybrid technique that leverages on MiTM and phishing attacks to target sites using external payment processors.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Don't forget to enable MFA, use strong, unique passwords, and be suspicious of inbound messages about gaming that could be phishing attempts. Online gambling sites are ripe for the bad actor picking, for sure, including gambling-themed phishing sites that lure victims looking to strike it rich from their couch or home or in-office chair. "

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2020

Upon refining the analysis, experts discovered that one particular IP was associated with dozens of malicious activities such as malware and ransomware distribution, phishing and DDoS attacks. “The DCU has taken down 22 botnets since 2010. ” reads the DCU’s report.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2021

The investigation conducted by MyFreeCams revealed that data were stolen in “a security incident that occurred more than ten years ago in June 2010.” In response to the incident, MyFreeCams reset the passwords of impacted users. ” continues CyberNews. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, MyFreeCams).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2020

VPN bulletproof services are widely adopted by cybercrime organizations to carry out malicious activities, including ransomware and malware attacks, e-skimming breaches, spear-phishing campaigns, and account takeovers. ” reads the press release published by the Europol. The services were offered for prices ranging from $1.3/day

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2021

Additionally, some files are dated from 2010 so it might be that it was misconfigured (and thus accessible) since then, but there is no certain way for us to know also it might have been that only a few files were in the buckets back then and more recently more were uploaded.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Microsoft sued Thallium North Korea-linked APT for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. Microsoft sued a North Korea-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Thallium for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. 27 in the U.S.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 3, 2024

Then there's Nvidia's 2023 cyberattack, where phishing schemes tricked personnel into surrendering their credentials and exposing sensitive records. Discovered in 2010, Stuxnet mainly focused on Iran's nuclear facilities, exploiting vulnerabilities in Siemens SCADA structures. The attacker's gateway? Human blunders.

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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. The features include the redirect functionality, content password protection or image hot link prevention. ” concludes Sucuri.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

“The first database contained more than 14 million personal and tax records from 2010 to 2016, and the second included over 6 million from 2009 to 2015.” “Potential victims should also be on the lookout for targeted phishing and other scams. ” continues the experts. ” concludes the experts.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 14, 2022

The APT group was first observed in 2010 and they have been active since. Flagpro is delivered using MITRE ATT&CK T1566.001 Phishing: SpearPhishing Attachment technique. Flagpro malware was recently discovered by NTTSecurity and the malware is attributed to BlackTech [1]. What is Flagpro Trojan? Initial Access.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 13, 2018

Launched in 2010 by a Samsung consultant who saw the handwriting on the wall, Zimperium has grown to 140 employees and attracted $60 million in venture capital from Warburg Pincus, SoftBank, Samsung, Telstra and Sierra Ventures. Now I can use that device to send phishing into the traditional corporate network.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2021

Spear phishing, or even bribery of an insider, are tried-and-true ways to gain initial access; and then living-off-the-land techniques work very well for stealthily mapping network resources and escalating privileges. APT attacks have only solidified as the go-to approach for nation state-backed cyber espionage since then.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The group made use of COVID-19 themes in its spear-phishing emails, embellishing them with personal information gathered using publicly available sources. In this attack, spear phishing was used as the initial infection vector. The phishing emails claimed to have urgent updates on today’s hottest topic – COVID-19 infections.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

The attack between 2000 and early 2010, the hackers targeted company admins with spear-phishing attacks aimed at infecting their machines. The investigation revealed that the malware-based attack was powered by GCHQ and code-named Operation Socialist.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Researchers at Malwarebytes found a link between a scheme associated with the Magecart group and Dridex phishing campaigns and the activities of the Carbanak group. . Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen groups at least since 2010. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The campaign was carried out at least from January 2010 to May 2015. The cyberspies used spear phishing, watering hole attacks, and domain hijacking to deliver various malware families, including Sakula and IsSpace, to the target organization.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 6, 2021

To be honest, between scraping vulnerabilities dating back to 2010 , and the Cambridge Analytica scandal , an old data breach is still a data breach, and you’re probably still going to need to pay attention to it. One of the most profitable phishing scams, which is easier to pull off if the threat actor has more information available.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen groups at least since 2010. One email address, petersmelanie(at)protonmail.com , was used to register 23 domains, including one involved in a phishing campaign leveraging the CVE-2017-0199 flaw and other attacks against Oracle and various banks.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

Malaysia Airlines faces the daunting task of investigating over nine years’ worth of compromised data after learning of a “data security incident” at a third-party IT service provider that exposed Enrich frequent flyer program member data from March 2010 through June 2019. Airline loyalty program data is a popular target among cybercriminals.

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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.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2023

How the user first encountered the site, whether through phishing or SEO poisoning or some other method, is beyond the scope of this investigation.” “DLL sideloading, first identified in Windows products in 2010 but prevalent across multiple platforms, continues to be an effective and appealing tactic for threat actors.”

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Most of the tax-related attacks follow a few tried and true methods: A phishing email or scam call from someone purporting to be from the IRS, or an accountant offering to help you get a big refund. The first snapshot promoting an online tax filing service shows up in 2010. They want your hard-earned dollars in their pockets.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2021

According to the Message Anti-Abuse Working Group , about 88–92% of total email messages in 2010 are spam. Aside from that, phishing is also a known way of attempting to get sensitive information from users through a webpage that looks the same as a trustworthy entity.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Allegedly developed by US and Israeli operatives, Stuxnet was discovered circulating through Iranian nuclear energy facilities in 2010. They can be purchased from data theft rings or they can be directly spear phished by the attacker. The first worm of note that accomplished this was Stuxnet. Branching attacks. Fast forward to 2017.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The APT group has been active since at least 2010, the crew targeted U.S. The malware is distributed through already compromised networks instead of leveraging spear-phishing messages. defense contractors and financial services firms worldwide.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

2010 Vancouver. Phishing and bogus domains remained a strong contender for taking the scammer gold medal, with ATM carding grabbing a runner-up spot. All of a sudden we have infectious email attachments, and compromised third-party sites serving up malware. Wherever you looked, there was a threat sprinting into view.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

This can be done through a variety of attacks, such as spear phishing , and may require the attacker to steal multiple sets of credentials before they reach the information they need. Computer systems and networks that use default or factory credentials for servers and applications are more susceptible to this kind of attack.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In december 2010 I ran PasswordsCon for the first time, by invitation from the university here in Bergen, on the west coast of Norway, where I live. Malwarebytes Labs: What would, in your expert opinion, be a better alternative for abandoning passwords altogether—one that deals with brute force attacks and phishing for passwords?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

“The bad actor may have gained access via a phishing attack targeting your employees—or through a vulnerable third-party vendor attached to your company’s server.” Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen groups at least since 2010. . ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

Justice Department announces more than 70 indictments and 125 convictions or arrests for phishing, hacking, spamming and other Internet fraud as part of Operation CyberSweep. . 2010 — The Stuxnet Worm — A malicious computer virus called the world’s first digital weapon is able to target control systems used to monitor industrial facilities.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 20, 2021

In late July 2021, we identified an ongoing spear phishing campaign pushing Konni Rat to target Russia. This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi. Konni was first observed in the wild in 2014 and has been potentially linked to the North Korean APT group named APT37. Document analysis. We found two lures used by Konni APT.

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Google Security

AUGUST 8, 2023

Moreover, since 2010, security researchers have demonstrated trivial over-the-air interception and decryption of 2G traffic. Most notably, 2G networks based on the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) standard lack mutual authentication , which enables trivial Person-in-the-Middle attacks.

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