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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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A member of the FIN7 group was sentenced to 10 years in prison

Security Affairs

CARBANAK cybercrime gang was first uncovered in 2014 by Kaspersky Lab that dated its activity back to 2013 when the group leveraged the Anunak malware in targeted attacks on financial institutions and ATM networks. Starting from 2016 the group developed a new custom malware using Cobalt Strike, a legitimate penetration testing framework.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Through tenures at Citrix, HP, and Bugcrowd, Jason Haddix offers his expertise in the areas of penetration testing , web application testing, static analysis, and more. Street is an expert in penetration testing, detection and response, pen testing, and auditing and co-author of Dissecting the Hack: The F0rb1dd3n Network.

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How to Prevent SQL Injection Attacks

eSecurity Planet

Because many powerful SQL injection tools are available open-source , your organization must test your applications before strangers do. . Also Read: Best Penetration Testing Software for 2021. . Encryption: Keep Your Secrets Secret. Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021 . Deny Extended URLs.

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Top Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2022

eSecurity Planet

GitGuardian is a developer favorite offering a secrets detection solution that scans source code to detect certificates, passwords, API keys, encryption keys, and more. Evervault is on a mission to make encrypting sensitive data seamless with its security toolkit for developers. Series C Bitglass 2013 Campbell, CA 170 $150.1

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Beyond Identity Identity management 2020 Private Expel Managed security service 2016 Private Tigera Zero trust for K8s 2016 Private Intrinsic Application security 2016 Acquired: VMware HackerOne Penetration testing 2015 Private Virtru Data encryption 2014 Private Cloudflare Cloud infrastructure 2010 NYSE: NET.

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FIN7 sysadmin behind “billions in damage” gets 10 years

Malwarebytes

Since 2013 FIN7 have attempted to attack banks, e-payment systems, and financial institutions using pieces of malware they designed, known as Carbanak and Cobalt. Hladyr also controlled the organization’s encrypted channels of communication. The malware.