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Was 2013’s Target Security Breach Really Just The Work Of A Teenager?

SiteLock

In the case of Target, it’s believed the malware was able to steal millions of credit and debit cards records during that fraction of a second between when the cards were swiped and before they were encrypted. In lots of environments, antivirus is the primary line of defense.

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

The epidemic went truly mainstream with the release of CryptoLocker back in 2013, and it has since transformed into a major dark web economy spawning the likes of Sodinokibi, Ryuk, and Maze lineages that are targeting the enterprise on a huge scale in 2020. FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013. File encryption 2013 – 2015.

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Protecting Endpoints in an Evolving Threat Landscape

Centraleyes

The Origins of EDR The term “Endpoint Detection and Response” found its roots in the need for a comprehensive solution beyond traditional antivirus measures. Gartner introduced this category in 2013, recognizing the imperative for tools that could provide visibility into the often overlooked endpoints within a network.

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Who’s Behind the RevCode WebMonitor RAT?

Krebs on Security

The software is broadly classified as malware by most antivirus companies, likely thanks to an advertised feature list that includes dumping the remote computer’s temporary memory; retrieving passwords from dozens of email programs; snarfing the target’s Wi-Fi credentials; and viewing the target’s Webcam.

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New KilllSomeOne APT group leverages DLL side-loading

Security Affairs

The technique was already employed by other Chinese APT groups since 2013, later it was also adopted by other cybercrime gangs in attacks in the wild. ’ In a first attack scenario, hackers leverage a Microsoft antivirus component to load mpsvc.dll that acts as a loader for Groza_1.dat.

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A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

Krebs on Security

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running.

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Threat spotlight: DarkSide, the ransomware used in the Colonial Pipeline attack

Malwarebytes

Since being active in 2013, Carbon Spider has targeted institutions in the Middle East, Europe, and eventually, the United States. DarkSide also has a Linux version that is capable of targeting VMWare ESXi vulnerabilities, making virtual machines (VMs) susceptible to hijacking and encryption of virtual drives.