Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Palo Alto Network experts mapped out three large clusters of the infrastructure used by the nation-state APT group used to support different phishing and malware campaigns. The Gamaredon group was first discovered by Symantec and TrendMicro in 2015, but evidence of its activities has been dated back to 2013.

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IT Security Guru

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Very few weeks go by without news of another cyber attack or data breach and a quick scan of the BBC news website shows that in most months, there is at least one story that makes the national news headlines. Department of Justice announced charges against four Chinese military-backed hackers in connection with carrying out the attack.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency Spent nearly £800,000 on Cyber Attack Response. Redcar Cyber-Attack: UK Government to Cover £3.68 Ransomware Gang Babuk claims DC’s Metropolitan Police Attack. More Critical Patches for Microsoft Exchange Server (Versions 2013, 2016, & 2019).

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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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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

Computer Weekly said it had learnt that FatFace paid a £1.5m ($2 million US dollar) ransom to the Conti Ransomware gang , disclosing the gang gained access to FatFace network and their IT systems via a phishing email on 10th January 2021. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct employee phishing tests.

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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. It was easy to buy hundreds of millions of email addresses, pack them with phishing messages, and attach a nasty malware payload.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

The Gamaredon APT was first spotted in 2013, last year researchers at LookingGlass have shared the details of a cyber espionage campaign, tracked as Operation Armageddon , targeting Ukrainian entities. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) blamed theRussia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for the cyber attacks. .

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Everyone, by now, ought to be cognizant of the fact that blithely sharing details about one’s preferences and contacts plays directly into the hands of criminal operatives: personal details fuel targeted phishing campaigns. organizations between January 2013 and July 2019. Cyber hygiene isn’t difficult. million from U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Malicious actors are continually looking for better ways to carry out successful cyber attacks. This article focuses on the top five attack vectors organizations should look out for and defend against in 2022. Some threat actors carry out phishing attacks using social media and networking platforms, such as Twitter or LinkedIn.

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NopSec

DECEMBER 7, 2016

But this obscures the fact that energy and industrial companies are attacked on a daily basis by actors as diverse as hacktivists and nation states, using digital weaponry like open source to tools that cost millions of dollars to produce or procure. A cyber attack can disrupt business functions, which has an impact on end-users.

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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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2023

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011 targeting journalists and activists in the Middle East, as well as organizations in the United States, and entities in the U.K., Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

There are several methods of delivering ransomware attacks. Whether deployed by ransomware groups or individuals via ransomware as a service (RaaS) , the most common method of ransomware deployment is a phishing email. One attack in particular thrust ransomware into the spotlight as never before, the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack.

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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. Winner : Rapid7. Finalist : Qualys.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. Ransomware. Less common types.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. Ransomware.

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Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. In past campaigns, the APT group launched spear-phishing attacks against activists and journalists focusing on the Middle East, US organizations, and entities located in Israel , the U.K.,

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

This type of ransomware reached its peak popularity in the years 2013-2018. In 2019 the game has changed: general ransomware activity has dropped, but the number of attacks targeting enterprises has increased by 12%. The main point of phishing is to make the message look trustworthy and convince a user to take the required action.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2020

For example by using: user credential leaks, social engineering toolkits, targeted phishing, and so on and so forth or is more on there to be discovered ? According to MITRE: “APT33 is a suspected Iranian threat group that has carried out operations since at least 2013. MuddyWater. CopyKittens. Jordan, and Germany.

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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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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The CryptoLocker Trojan , launched in 2013, was one of the first major instances of ransomware being used on a large scale, hitting about 250,000 victims and extorting around $27 million in Bitcoin. It later evolved to also include file encryption. NHS hospitals in the United Kingdom were among the largest organizations hit by WannaCry.

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Malware Ransomware Antivirus Internet 140

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

An industry expert estimates the attacks resulted in $1.2 2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. 2013 — Credit Card Fraud Spree — In the biggest cybercrime case filed in U.S. billion dollars in damages.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135