Schneier on Security

JUNE 4, 2019

Really interesting paper calculating the worldwide cost of cybercrime: Abstract: In 2012 we presented the first systematic study of the costs of cybercrime. Our conclusions remain broadly the same as in 2012:it would be economically rational to spend less in anticipation of cybercrime (on antivirus, firewalls, etc.)

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Cybercrime Scams Cryptocurrency Antivirus 208

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 12, 2022

For organizations that still rely on signature-based next generation antivirus (NGAV) solutions to protect their endpoints from ransomware and other advanced attacks, this is terrible news. . With a year-on-year increase of over 161% , malicious usage of cracked versions of Cobalt Strike (a legitimate penetration test tool) is skyrocketing.

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Ransomware Penetration Testing Malware Antivirus 117

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A New Jersey grand jury indicted Kovalev in 2012 after an investigation by the U.S. The 2012 indictment against Kovalev relates to cybercrimes he allegedly perpetrated prior to the creation of Trickbot. A copy of the now-unsealed 2012 indictment of Kovalev is here (PDF). The prosecution of Kovalev is being handled by the U.S.

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Hacking Cybercrime Ransomware Malware 196

Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

PoC exploit code was sent to partner cybersecurity firms and antivirus on February 23, prior Redmond giant released the patches. 28, bear similarities to “proof of concept” attack code that Microsoft distributed to antivirus companies and other security partners on Feb. 23, investigators at security companies say.”

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Antivirus Cyber Attacks Hacking Cybersecurity 98

SC Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

Lebanese Cedar exploited 1-day publicly known vulnerabilities such as C VE-2012-3152 to install the JSP in vulnerable servers. The Explosive malware appears to have gone through multiple versions, usually updated to avoid antivirus detection. The file was installed in vulnerable Atlassian Jira and Oracle 10g servers.

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Cyber threats Malware Antivirus Hacking 93

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2022

Interestingly, from the year 2012 to 2021, the loss is estimated to be $60 billion in cryptocurrency, and the past 16 months fetched a loss of $44 billion on a combined note…might be true! As BianLian follows the process of dividing the encrypted content in 10 bytes of data, it easily evaded detection by antivirus products.

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Ransomware Encryption Malware Antivirus 107

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

And if you think that simply relying on antivirus software will get you through safely, there’s some more bad news. Some reports have suggested that today’s antivirus software can detect very few of the most dangerous types of malware – the stuff you really want to avoid. And the New York Times can testify to that.

Cybercrime 87

Cybercrime Malware Antivirus Small Business 87

Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2021

PKPLUG used a technique known as “ living off the land ” to bypass antivirus detection and target Microsoft Exchange servers. Aro.exe is likely part of the “ ARO 2012 advanced repair and optimization tool,” which is a freely available tool that claims to fix Windows registry errors.

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Encryption Antivirus Malware Hacking 109

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

In July 2017, Russian antivirus vendor Dr.Web published research showing that Triada had been installed by default on at least four low-cost Android models. com 2012-11-26 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com 2012-11-26 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com 2012-12-09 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO.,

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Malware Mobile Antivirus Software 246

Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

It's also why the United States has blocked the cybersecurity company Kaspersky from selling its Russian-made antivirus products to US government agencies. That's why there is so much worry about Chinese-made equipment for the new 5G wireless networks. China denied having done so , of course. The United States does it. Our allies do it.

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Surveillance Wireless Antivirus Telecommunications 212

Vipre

MAY 5, 2021

If all you’ve done so far is to rely on antivirus scans and the good sense of your users to not click on suspicious emails, you’re doing the minimum. Since 2012 when police locker ransomware variants first emerged, ransomware variants have become more sophisticated and destructive.

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Ransomware Phishing Backups Malware 122

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 26, 2022

To cite one example, a very similar case occurred in early 2012, in which two different pieces of malware were discovered using Java vulnerabilities to infect Macs. However, there’s a long history of suspected Chinese government use of malware to track oppressed groups, spanning many years.

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Malware Antivirus Government Engineering 93

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Founded in 2012, Versa Networks seeks to deploy a single software operating system, called VOS, to converge and integrate cloud and on-premises security, networking, and analytics. Who is Versa Networks? Using VOS, Versa enables customers and service providers to deploy SASE and software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solutions.

Firewall 74

Firewall Antivirus Malware Cybersecurity 74

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The hacker group has been targeting Japanese heavy industry, manufacturing and international relations at least since 2012, According to the experts, the group is linked to the People’s Republic of China and is focused on exfiltrating confidential data. According to people involved, Chinese hackers Tick may have been involved.

Cyber Attacks 106

Cyber Attacks Data breaches Hacking Antivirus 106

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

In July 2017, Russian antivirus vendor Dr.Web published research showing that Triada had been installed by default on at least four low-cost Android models. com 2012-11-26 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com 2012-11-26 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com 2012-12-09 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO.,

Malware 158

Malware Mobile Software Antivirus 158

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2020

DeathStalker is a hack-for-hire group discovered by Kaspersky, it has been targeting organizations worldwide, mainly law firms and financial entities, since 2012. The cyber mercenaries group known as DeathStalker has been using a new PowerShell backdoor in recent attacks.

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DNS Phishing Malware Encryption 85

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013. It surfaced in November 2012 and was making thousands of victims a day. David Balaban is a computer security researcher with over 17 years of experience in malware analysis and antivirus software evaluation. None of these early threats went pro. About the essayist.

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Ransomware Hacking Encryption Malware 210

Quick Heal Antivirus

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In development since 2012 and. Cyberpunk 2077 has been one of the most anticipated releases in gaming history. The post Ransomware attacks erupt via Cyberpunk 2077 appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice.

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Ransomware 128

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Any bugs or glitches in its programming leaves noticeable trails for antivirus software to track. In 2012, cybersecurity experts with Kaspersky Labs announced they had discovered another malicious rootkit used in the Middle East, called Flame. Kernel-mode rootkits generally require a high degree of technical competency to utilize.

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Malware Firmware Antivirus Firewall 104

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

The following tools provide strong options to support vulnerability scanning and other capabilities and also offer options specifically for service providers: Deployment Options Cloud-based On-Prem Appliance Service Option Carson & SAINT Yes Linux or Windows Yes Yes RapidFire VulScan Hyper-V or VMware Virtual Appliance Hyper-V or VMware Virtual (..)

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Penetration Testing Antivirus Firewall Backups 70

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Implement network segmentation , “such that all machines on your network are not accessible from every other machine” Update antivirus software on all hosts and enable real-time detection. or Windows Server (2008 R2 SP1, 2012 Gold) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests. 7 SP1, 8, 8.1)

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Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Backups 111

SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

In one case we investigated, we noticed that a signed executable qgametool.exe (MD5 f756083b62ba45dcc6a4d2d2727780e4 ), compiled in 2012, deployed WinDealer on a target machine. In 2020, we discovered a whole new distribution method for the WinDealer malware that leverages the automatic update mechanism of select legitimate applications.

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Malware Encryption DNS Antivirus 138

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

Individuals who generate that many installation packages are obviously not worried about antivirus software. Many members of these families became publicly available, serving as test subjects: for instance, their code was obfuscated to test the antivirus engine’s detection quality. Where did these come from?

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Malware Mobile Adware Ransomware 135

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

This technology is stored in the Workbook OLE stream in Excel 97-2003 format which makes it very difficult to detect and parse by antivirus (AV) engines. doc and.xlm) to evade antivirus detection and bypass spam filters as well. This leads to XLM macros not being well known to the public.

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Malware Antivirus Phishing Hacking 87

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Don Duncan, security engineer at NuData Security, told eSecurity Planet by email that POS systems are often dangerously easy to penetrate with malware , including the following (among many others): Dexter was discovered by Seculert (now Radware) researchers in 2012. vSkimmer malware, a successor to Dexter, dates back to 2013.

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Malware Encryption Retail Cyber threats 52

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

CobaltStrike, released in 2012, is a threat emulation tool designed to help red teams understand the methods an attacker can use to penetrate a network. One of these alternatives is Brute Ratel C4, a commercial attack simulation tool that is especially dangerous since it has been designed to avoid detection by antivirus and EDR protection.

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Firmware Hacking Surveillance Malware 135

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Such a scenario isn’t fantasy; something like this actually existed between 2012 and 2014. Then there came all this antivirus, antimalware products, there was a need to report which ones were better at solving the problem. They provided objective analysis of how well say Norton Antivirus worked vs Trend Micro Antivirus.

Encryption 52

Encryption Antivirus Software Artificial Intelligence 52

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Such a scenario isn’t fantasy; something like this actually existed between 2012 and 2014. Then there came all this antivirus, antimalware products, there was a need to report which ones were better at solving the problem. They provided objective analysis of how well say Norton Antivirus worked vs Trend Micro Antivirus.

Encryption 52

Encryption Antivirus Software Artificial Intelligence 52

Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The Hacker had discovered Zuckerberg’s password in a 2012 LinkedIn data breach and he had used the same password across several accounts. In June 2016, the Twitter and Pinterest accounts of Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, were vandalized. Data leak of sensitive information can be devastating for a business of any size.

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Data breaches Passwords Phishing Backups 40

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

McAfee is widely known for bringing the first antivirus software to market. At an extra cost, organizations can also add on redaction, external key management system (KMS) support, and compartment security. Also Read: Top 9 Network Access Control (NAC) Solutions for 2021. Also Read: Lack of Monitoring Weakens Database Security.

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Firewall Encryption DDOS Computers and Electronics 100

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Also read: Antivirus vs. EPP vs. EDR: How to Secure Your Endpoints. Venture Cybereason 2012 Boston, MA 1,100 $713.6 Products like EPP, EDR, MDR, and XDR solutions secure the devices spanning a remote ecosystem and will continue to be invaluable. Most Popular Headquarters for Cybersecurity Startups. Acquired by JFrog.

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Cybersecurity Threat Detection Encryption Risk 141

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Such a scenario isn’t fantasy; something like this actually existed between 2012 and 2014. Then there came all this antivirus, antimalware products, there was a need to report which ones were better at solving the problem. They provided objective analysis of how well say Norton Antivirus worked vs Trend Micro Antivirus.

Encryption 52

Encryption Antivirus Software Artificial Intelligence 52

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Mimecast Email security 2012 Nasdaq: MIME. a16z Investments. Bessemer Venture Partners. Greylock Partners.

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Cybersecurity Network Security Penetration Testing Threat Detection 116

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET. It seems at times that not much has happened after that.

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Passwords Password Management Software Encryption 52

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET. It seems at times that not much has happened after that.

Passwords 52

Passwords Password Management Software Encryption 52

Schneier on Security

MAY 10, 2018

In 2012, the focus was on Chinese-made Internet routers. In 2014, China reportedly banned antivirus products from both Kaspersky and the US company Symantec, based on similar fears. This isn't the first time the United States has taken action against foreign software suspected to contain hidden features that can be used against us.

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Government Antivirus Software Firewall 138

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

Whereas older solutions like antivirus, firewalls, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) have long focused on threats at the network perimeter, the intent of NDR is to monitor and act on malicious threats within organization networks using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) analysis.

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Network Security Cybersecurity Malware Threat Detection 100