Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2019

The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. The gang is financially-motivated and was mostly involved in cyber espionage campaigns. “In autumn 2016, TeamViewer was target of a cyber-attack. ” said company spokesman.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

MI5 said the faked LinkedIn accounts are created and operation by nation-state spy agencies, with an intent to recruit individuals or gather sensitive information. A favourite sports team accounted for 6% of passwords, while a favourite TV show accounted for 5%. Redcar Cyber-Attack: UK Government to Cover £3.68

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2019

We detected the breach two weeks ago,” Schmidt also added that exposed data included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, personal email addresses and emergency contact details, tax file numbers, payroll information, bank account details, passport details, and student academic records.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

They must be convoluted to be any good, which means they’re difficult to remember, especially since the average person has to juggle passwords to access dozens of online accounts. Credential stuffing has enabled criminal hacking rings to turbo-charge their malware spreading and account hijacking campaigns.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 21, 2024

[RELATED: Congress Demands Cyber Forensics on Ship After Deadly Bridge Strike ] So let's review some background. In light of an evolving array of cybersecurity threats, there has been effort since 1997, per GAO (Government Accountability Office) reports, to enhance cybersecurity of the critical infrastructure in the United States of America.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In its annual Data Breach Investigations Report , published at the beginning of 2013, Verizon revealed that businesses with fewer than 100 employees made up the single largest group of victims of data breaches. Early in 2013, Chinese hackers were easily able to breach the extensive defenses the Times had in place.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2019

There’s a widening security skills shortage , the complexity of company networks is going through the roof, cyber attacks continue to intensify and now regulators are breathing down their necks. I think it’s super important that organizations are being held accountable for looking after our data.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2019

US Cyber Command posted on Twitter an alert about cyber attacks exploiting the CVE-2017-11774 vulnerability in Outlook. Security experts at Chronicle link the malware samples involved in the attacks to Iran-linked APT33 group (aka Elfin ), the same threat actor that developed the dreaded Shamoon malware.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Everyone in the company and on the board should be responsible and accountable for good cybersecurity practices. Some of the more notable cybersecurity breaches you may remember are Equifax back in 2017, Adobe in 2013, and Zynga (the company that makes Words with Friends) in 2019. Everyone is responsible and accountable.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

At the start of March 2021, Microsoft rushed out patches for a critical zero-day Vulnerability in Exchange Server (2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019). UK School Cyber-Attack affects 40,000 Pupils’ Email. Birmingham College falls victim to 'Major Ransomware Attack'. Australia Cyber Attacks hit Television Channel and Parliament.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

organizations between January 2013 and July 2019. That’s the precise figure recently disclosed by the FBI — the true damage is almost certainly a lot steeper, given only a portion of cyber crimes ever get reported to law enforcement. Cyber hygiene isn’t difficult. Ransomware hacking groups extorted at least $144.35

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Experts warn of cyber attacks against these systems launched by nation-state actors. In a BMDS facility, users used single-factor authentication for up to 14 days during account creation, in another facility users were allowed to access a system t hat does not even support multifactor authentication. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

In early 2013, researchers at Rapid7 published an interesting whitepaper entitled “Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play” that evaluated the global exposure of UPnP-enabled network devices. allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. • CVE-2013-0229 , a vulnerability found MiniUPnPd before 1.4, Pierluigi Paganini.

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Spinone

MARCH 11, 2018

The most intriguing part of the Google Docs phishing attack is that a victim received the email with a phishing link from a person who was familiar to him /her. When a person opened the link and granted permissions for his /her account to this malicious application, similar phishing messages were then sent to all his /her contacts.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 27, 2022

Wallet Mixers (WM, aka CryptoMixers or CryptoTumblers) are legitimate independent services that aid cryptocurrency wallet (account) anonymity. Through these services, cryptocurrency assets touch many different wallet addresses associated with many different accounts. Bitfinex announced an official bounty for the stolen assets in 2020.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, according to the New York Times, in 2003, the United States made plans for a huge cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in Saddam Hussein’s bank accounts and cripple his government before the invasion of Iraq. However, the plan was not approved because the government feared collateral damage.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Going deep into the incident, it’s revealed that hackers infiltrated a database storing archived personal information related to National Genetic Testing Organization, now a part of DDC since 2013. DDC has notified those who were affected by the cyber incident.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. It can shut down your business – in the case of healthcare organizations that can be life-threatening for patients – damage your reputation with customers and employees, and invite further attacks as cybercriminals view your organization as an easy mark.

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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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Phosphorus successfully hacked into the email accounts of multiple high-profile individuals and security conference attendees. As always, enabling multi-factor authentication across both business and personal email accounts will successfully thwart most credential harvesting attacks like these.”

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In August 2013, Australian security firm, Gibson Security, contacted the Snapchat team to notify them of a vulnerability in their API that would allow hackers access to user data. Snapchat didn’t respond, and on December 31st 2013, Gibson Security released the source code for the API exploit publicly (a common Google practice).

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 17, 2022

While the ecosystem of cybersecurity startups is crowded with many advanced and innovative solutions, Abnormal Security earns our pick as the top startup by focusing on the universal threat vector of email communications, still the greatest source of cyber attacks. Finalists : Splunk, LogRhythm, IBM.

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

Some estimates of the damages exceed one billion dollars, taking into account data loss, service outages, disrupted operations, and recovery. This type of ransomware reached its peak popularity in the years 2013-2018. Chances are, it’s already affected you or someone you know, or will affect in the nearest future.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Most traditional tools used for investigating cyber attacks cannot assess potential impacts on these environments. Series C Bitglass 2013 Campbell, CA 170 $150.1 Series F Darktrace 2013 Cambridge, UK 1,600 $230.5 IPO: “DARK” on LSE Illumio 2013 Sunnyvale, CA 461 $557.5 Acquired by JFrog.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 18, 2018

» Related Stories Episode 124: The Twitter Accounts Pushing French Protests and Social Engineering the Software Supply Chain Before Senate Facebook, Twitter Defend Efforts to Stop Fake News Criminals, Not State Actors, Target Russian Oil Company in 3-Year Cyber Attack. Read the whole entry. »

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2018

Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . · SingHealth, largest healthcare group in Singapore, suffered a massive data breach. · Experts discovered Calisto macOS Trojan, the member of Proton RAT family. · Trump-Putin Meeting was the root cause of a spike of cyber attacks against Finland.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

The new ransomware dubbed JCry (extension used to rename encrypted files.jcry ) is part of the OpIsrael 2019 — an annual coordinated cyber attack against the Israeli government and private websites created with the stated goal of “erasing Israel from the Internet” in protest against the Israeli government’s conduct in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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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. Investigators determined that two hackers, known as Datastream Cowboy and Kuji, are behind the attack.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It could install a keylogging program, allowing the hacker to gain access to sensitive information like bank account details, passwords, and physical addresses as long as the victim typed that information into their computer at any point. It also would actively shut down antivirus processes to evade detection and removal.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Named after the infamous string of nation-state cyber attacks during the late 2000s, NightDragon was established in 2016 by former McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt. VCs are ultimately accountable to the wishes of their GPs and LPs and not afraid to make decisions to their benefit. Accel Investments. NightDragon. Redpoint Ventures.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

The new ransomware dubbed JCry (extension used to rename encrypted files.jcry ) is part of the OpIsrael 2019 — an annual coordinated cyber attack against the Israeli government and private websites created with the stated goal of “erasing Israel from the Internet” in protest against the Israeli government’s conduct in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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