Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

This trend aimed at reducing threats from banking Trojans for PCs has been continuing in Russia since 2012. At present, only three criminal groups— Buhtrap2 , RTM , and Toplel —steal money from the accounts of legal entities in Russia. They account for 80% of all financial phishing sites.

Cyber Attacks 108

Cyber Attacks Banking Cyber threats Phishing 108

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Inova has been operating since 2012 and has handled thousands of cases since then. With some social engineering, bad actors or criminals could contact a GSM operator, masquerading as the victim, and verify all kinds of verification questions GSM operators would ask to clone a SIM card.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Insurance Identity Theft Education 124

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. banks using the Zeus Trojan virus to crack open bank accounts and divert money to Eastern Europe.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 6, 2024

The registration data we analyzed contained the registered domain name, the A record IP, and the IP address used when opening an account with the provider. It’s also been used in numerous high-profile incidents, such as the 2012 attack on Miss Teen USA. When the user installs the software, DarkComet is installed as well.

DNS 69

DNS Malware Social Engineering Phishing 69

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

Today, both outsiders with the right social engineering skills and disgruntled personnel pose risks to sensitive data when network architectures fail to implement microsegmentation and advanced network traffic analysis (NTA). Identify threats and unusual activity faster to respond and remediate vulnerabilities.

Artificial Intelligence 113

Artificial Intelligence Network Security Firewall Architecture 113

SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Here, workers prepare a presentation the day before the CeBIT 2012 technology trade fair. They know that most current technical controls and filters have a blind spot to social engineering and BEC and that sending the right message in the right context will bypass those solutions and lure engagement from the end users.”

Phishing 65

Phishing Scams Malware Social Engineering 65

Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Compare that to 2012 when the UAE ranked fifth in the Global Cybersecurity Index. It serves as a warning to regularly backup company data and train every employee on how to identify phishing and social engineering attacks. Even so, the UAE saw 166,667 victims of cybercrime who lost a combined US$746 million.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Banking Education Antivirus 52

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

While its activities have been observed since 2012, its presence was only revealed in 2015 (Kaspersky was among the first to report it) and no public activity was recorded until January 2021. Adastrea is a brand-new account and defines itself as an independent group of specialists and researchers in cybersecurity. Final thoughts.

Malware 145

Malware Ransomware Spyware Encryption 145

Security Boulevard

APRIL 13, 2022

This can be done using a low-privileged account on any Windows SCCM client. Client push installation accounts require local admin privileges to install software on systems in an SCCM site, so it is often possible to relay the credentials and execute actions in the context of a local admin on other SCCM clients in the site. Background.

Authentication 52

Authentication Accountability Penetration Testing Software 52

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. For example, an attacker could log in to a victim’s Facebook account and post a phishing link or spread spam.

Mobile 145

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 145

Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

There have been some very high profile data breaches in the last couple of years, all of which have cost thousands of dollars of damage and a severe blow to the reputation of the company involved: In late 2014, hackers stole the account information of over 500 million Yahoo email accounts.

Data breaches 40

Data breaches Passwords Backups Accountability 40

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For persistence, RansomHub affiliates create new user accounts, reactivate disabled ones, and deploy tools like Mimikatz to harvest credentials and escalate privileges. They use social engineering tactics to dig deeper into organizational structures and employee details.

Ransomware 88

Ransomware Encryption Technology Cybercrime 88

Security Boulevard

JULY 7, 2022

Specifically, they wanted to be able to automatically “harvest” tokens on a host as people connected, keeping the tokens usable for operators even after the associated account logged off. Our goal is to open a token handle linked to a logon session for a user account we want to preserve access for. Approaches.

Accountability 52

Accountability Social Engineering Authentication Engineering 52

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For persistence, RansomHub affiliates create new user accounts, reactivate disabled ones, and deploy tools like Mimikatz to harvest credentials and escalate privileges. They use social engineering tactics to dig deeper into organizational structures and employee details.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Encryption Technology Cybercrime 52

SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The stolen cookies can be used later to remotely access victims’ email accounts. Spanish-speaking activity See above, “The most remarkable findings” Middle East Dark Caracal, a highly skilled threat group operating with nation-state level capabilities, has been conducting cyber-espionage campaigns since at least 2012.

Government 141

Government Malware Manufacturing VPN 141

The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2019

Meanwhile, details of Alexsey Belan’s Russian-backed escapades came to light in March 2017 when the FBI indicted Belan and three co-conspirators in connection with hacking Yahoo to pilfer more than 500 million email addresses and gain deep access to more than 30 million Yahoo accounts. presidential elections. It’s an arms race like no other.

IoT 171

IoT Hacking Banking Government 171

Malwarebytes

JULY 21, 2021

We’ve written at length about account compromise and identity theft , and how criminals will often hijack accounts belonging to dead people. In many ways, it’s the perfect crime for anyone indulging in social engineering. Finally, Equifax list some of the methods you can deploy to keep your social media identity secure.

Identity Theft 98

Identity Theft Accountability Social Engineering Scams 98

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 7, 2025

Again well just go with Permit Everyone here to allow all authenticated ADFS users to access the application, but there are multiple options to restrict which accounts are permitted access: One additional thing we need to do is configure CORS. The next dialog determines who can access the OAuth2 resource provider.

Authentication 52

Authentication Accountability Social Engineering Phishing 52