Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

The authors of the GandCrab RaaS also offers technical support and updates to its members, they also published a video tutorial that shows how the ransomware is able to avoid antivirus detection. ransom amount, individual bots and encryption masks). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Adiantum will bring encryption on Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. 620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites available for sale on the dark web. Astaroth Trojan relies on legitimate os and antivirus processes to steal data. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

Once encrypted files with the ransomware, threat actors were also infected by banking Trojans like Dridex trojan, a circumstance that suggests this malware was used as the initial attack vector. . In many cases, some machines run without standard safeguards, like security updates and cloud-delivered antivirus protection.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 31, 2023

It was first released in July 2014 as “xRAT” and renamed to “Quasar” in August 2015. This new RAT first showed up on a Twitter account, established in September 2022. Due to its relatively large size, certain antivirus may choose not to analyze it, potentially bypassing detection. They’re selling it for monthly or lifetime fee.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) attributes this campaign with high confidence to ZINC, a DPRK-affiliated and state-sponsored group, based on observed tradecraft, infrastructure, malware patterns, and account affiliations.” Attackers also employed an encrypted Chrome password-stealer hosted on ZINC domain [link]. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

The malware spreads via Trojanized applications disguised as cracked software, or applications posing as legitimate software such as video players, drivers or even antivirus software. Browsing History Stealer Payload — This payload collects Chrome’s browsing history and sends it to the C&C in an encrypted form. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

According to the experts, LOLbins are very effecting in evading antivirus software. . The C2 data are encoded in base64 format as well as custom encrypted, attackers inserted them within posts on Facebook or the profile information about user accounts on YouTube. continues the researchers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

Your IP address represents your digital identity online, hacking it not only allows attackers to access your device or your accounts, but it may cause even bigger damage. It does not allow a hacker to access your device or your accounts but it may cause even bigger damage. Secure Your Router. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2018

The campaign appears as targeted and well-planned, crooks targeted several enterprises and encrypted hundreds of PC, storage and data centers in each infected company. Experts highlighted that the encryption scheme of the Ryuk ransomware was built specifically for small-scale operations. ” continues the report. Check Point says.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

There have been some very high profile data breaches in the last couple of years, all of which have cost thousands of dollars of damage and a severe blow to the reputation of the company involved: In late 2014, hackers stole the account information of over 500 million Yahoo email accounts.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

In fact, many independent researchers pointed to a particular email attack wave probably related to the known TA505 hacking group , active since 2014 and focusing on Retail and Banking companies. As previously described, the malware’s principal purpose is to iterate through the filesystem looking for email accounts. Conclusion.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2019

Then, depending on the returned value, it runs a couple of privilege escalation exploits able to bypass the UAC (User Account Control) feature, a well known security mechanism introduced since Vista to avoid unauthorized system configuration changes. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

In fact, an October 2022 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that loss of learning following a cyberattack ranged from three days to three weeks, with recovery time taking anywhere from two to nine months. Require all accounts with credentialed logins to comply with NIST standards for password policies.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

That file was delivered via malscam campaigns around the world and its source-code is obfuscated in order to evade antivirus detection and complicate its analysis. Data includes date/hour of infection , remote IP from victim’s computer , OS version and antivirus name. Figure 16: EMOTET collects antivirus product name via WMI query.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

While the MBR infection has been known since at least 2014, details on the UEFI bootkit were publicly revealed for the first time in our private report on FinSpy. The attack is estimated to have resulted in the encryption of files belonging to around 60 Kaseya customers using the on-premises version of the platform. cents per record).

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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. Vamosi: In the fall of 2014, Shellshock was publicly disclosed. Really, never roll your own encryption. And it's a doozy program.

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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. Vamosi: In the fall of 2014, Shellshock was publicly disclosed. Really, never roll your own encryption. And it's a doozy program.

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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. billion in 2016.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

All of them were ordinary people using our free antivirus solution, seemingly unconnected with any organization of interest to a sophisticated attacker of this kind. The attackers compress stolen files into encrypted and password-protected ZIP archives. Other malware. Prilex: the pricey prickle credit card complex.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 19, 2021

There is of course a lot of security around these digital releases, for example, there's watermarks, digital certificates, and even keys at the code, the encrypted copies of the films in specific theaters for specific periods of time. Yet, somewhere in China. When digital production servers slipped through the cracks.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 10, 2018

In 2014, China reportedly banned antivirus products from both Kaspersky and the US company Symantec, based on similar fears. Even al-Qaeda was concerned; ten years ago, a sympathizer released the encryption software Mujahedeen Secrets , claimed to be free of Western influence and backdoors. I could go on.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

PagerDuty Operations performance 2014 NYSE: PD Auth0 Identity management 2014 Acquired: Okta. Company Sector Year Status Verodin Cybersecurity analytics 2018 Acquired by FireEye Kenna Security Risk management 2018 Acquired by Cisco PhishMe Incident response 2016 Acquired: P.E. Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security.

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