Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of a notable increase in the use of LokiBot malware by threat actors since July 2020. The Agency’s EINSTEIN Intrusion Detection System has detected persistent malicious activity associated with the LokiBot malware. Enforce a strong password policy.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2018

ESET researchers have spotted a new strain of malware tracked as Exaramel that links the dreaded not Petya wiper to the Industroyer ICS malware. A few months ago, researchers from ESET discovered a new piece of malware that further demonstrates the existence of a link between Industroyer and the NotPetya wiper.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by a threat actor tracked as TA542. In the middle-August, the malware was employed in fresh COVID19-themed spam campaign. Emotet is a modular malware, its operators could develop new Dynamic Link Libraries to update its capabilities.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 28, 2021

In January 2021, the FBI and other international law enforcement agencies worked together to take down one of the world's most notorious malware strains, Emotet. Change your email account password. Emotet was one of the most dangerous malwares in the world, according to Europol. How many credentials were harvested by Emotet?

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

More than 15 billion username and passwords are available on cybercrime marketplaces, including over 5 billion unique credentials, states the experts. According to the company, most of the username and password combinations are available for free, and 5 billion of the above credentials are “unique.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2019

A new variant of the HawkEye data stealer emerges in the threat landscape as part of ongoing malware distribution campaigns. New malware campaigns leveraging a new variant of the HawkEye data stealer have been observed by experts at Talos. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Security experts from Russian antivirus firm Dr.Web have discovered a new strain of Linux cryptominer tracked as Linux.BtcMine.174. Experts also discovered that the Trojan also kill antivirus software, including Avast, AVG, Dr.Web and ESET. The Linux malware also downloads another Trojan, tracked as Linux.BackDoor.Gates.9

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Researchers at Z s caler have spotted a new malware dubbed InnfiRAT that infects victims’ systems to steal cryptocurrency wallet data. . “As with just about every piece of malware, InnfiRAT is designed to access and steal personal information on a user’s computer.” ” concludes the researchers.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Initially a stealthy trojan horse program delivered via email and used to steal passwords, Trickbot evolved into “a highly modular malware suite that provides the Trickbot Group with the ability to conduct a variety of illegal cyber activities, including ransomware attacks,” the Treasury Department said. The Forbes.ru

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

To bypass antivirus systems, hackers send out malicious emails in non-working hours with delayed activation. The first half of 2019 saw a 10-fold increase in the number of password-protected objects, such as documents and archive files, being used to deliver malware. Another trend was disguising malware in emails.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Cofense researchers spotted a phishing campaign that is targeting taxpayers in the United States to infect them with the Amadey malware. Security experts at Cofense uncovered a phishing campaign that is targeting taxpayers in the United States attempting to infect them with a new piece of malware named Amadey.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 14, 2021

They fell foul to password reuse. This means criminals figuring out the passwords to other criminals’ web shells could also potentially access the compromised servers. The FBI requested a rule change for expanded access powers back in 2014 , and it was granted in 2016. However you stack it up, it’s a bit of a mess.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

New Linux coin miner kills competing malware to maximize profits. Password Checkup Chrome extension warns users about compromised logins. Experts found a way to create a super-malware implanted in SGX-enclaves. Experts spotted a new strain of Shlayer macOS Malware. Google open sourced the ClusterFuzz fuzzing platform.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Yoroi security firm uncovered a targeted attack against one of the most important companies in the Italian Naval Industry leveraging MartyMcFly Malware. How Microsoft Excel is able to decrypt such a content if no password is requested to the end user? Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

WizzAir informed customers it forced a password reset on their accounts. BlackBerry Cylance addresses AI-based antivirus engine bypass. New APT34 campaign uses LinkedIn to deliver fresh malware. Comodo Antivirus is affected by several vulnerabilities. WSJ says Equifax to Pay $700 million settlement for 2017 breach.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked. The newsmaking emergence of CTB-Locker in 2014 and the CryptoWall ransomware in 2015 fully demonstrated this multi-pronged shift.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 22, 2018

A powerful, easy-to-use password stealing program known as Agent Tesla has been infecting computers since 2014, but recently this malware strain has seen a surge in popularity — attracting more than 6,300 customers who pay monthly fees to license the software.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

In human-operated ransomware attack scenario, attackers use stolen credentials, exploit misconfiguration and vulnerabilities to access target networks, attempt to escalate privileges and move laterally, and deliver malware and exfiltrate data. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

” According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. “ “The password database was leaked shortly before the attack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2019

Cerberus, a new banking Trojan available as malware-as-a-service in the underground. Recently Cloud Atlas used a new piece of polymorphic malware. A flaw in Kaspersky Antivirus allowed tracking its users online. Mozilla addresses master password security bypass flaw in Firefox. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2019

Users that have downloaded the VSDC multimedia editing software between 2019-02-21 and 2019-03-23, may have been infected with malware. The hackers already compromised the official website of VSDC in the past, in previous attacks they hijacked the download links to deliver malware to the victims. 2, and the Trojan. ” The Win32.Bolik.2

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2018

Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have discovered a precursor of the infamous Proton macOS malware that was named Calisto. Malware researchers from Kaspersky Lab have discovered a malware, tracked as Calisto, that appears to be to the precursor of the Proton macOS malware. Use antivirus software.

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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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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

” What follows is a deep dive into the identity of that Chinese vendor, which appears to have a long and storied history of pushing the envelope on mobile malware. com — were implicated in propagating the Triada malware. net 2014-01-20 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., “Yehuo” ( ? ? ) com , buydudu[.]com

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2019

The website was used by attackers to redirect traffic to advertising sites that attempted to deliver malware. The features include the redirect functionality, content password protection or image hot link prevention. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. htaccess code injection.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 31, 2023

The malware combines several open-source projects to improve its capabilities. It was first released in July 2014 as “xRAT” and renamed to “Quasar” in August 2015. It was around that time that the malware was first observed in the wild, appearing with 0 detections on VirusTotal. in March 2023, which is the most current version.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

The intention behind hacking your identity might be to attack your connection with malware or to trace your location for some malicious activities in the future. It is essential to install firewall and antivirus software on your routers and keep them up-to-date. Use Strong Passwords. Ways of Protecting IP Address from Hackers.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

Common Types of Cyber Attacks Common techniques that criminal hackers use to penetrate systems include social engineering, password attacks, malware, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities. Password Attacks Password attacks involve guessing or cracking passwords to gain access to systems.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling. Facebook admitted to have stored millions of Instagram users passwords in plaintext. Avast, Avira, Sophos and other antivirus solutions show problems after. Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty to two counts of banking malware creation. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

Scranos is a powerful cross-platform rootkit-enabled spyware discovered while investigating malware posing as legitimate software like video players, drivers and even anti-virus products. “The dropper, which doubles as a password stealer, installs a driver that provides persistence to all other components to be installed in the future.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Several anti-malware apps developed by Trend Micro have been removed from the Mac App Store because they were harvesting users’ browser history and other info. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

The malware was named ‘Lampion’ as this is the name used as part of its internal name. In brief, when the victim clicks on the links available in the email body the malware is downloaded from the online server. dll) was sent to the VirusTotal by SI-LAB, and 12 from 71 engines classified it as malware. Lampion trojan (P-19-2.dll)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

At every turn in the infection chain, the malware uses legitimate services to evade detection. The malware abused living -off-the-land binaries (LOLbins) such as the command line interface of the Windows Management Instrumentation Console ( WMIC ) to download and install malicious payloads in the background. continues the researchers.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

” What follows is a deep dive into the identity of that Chinese vendor, which appears to have a long and storied history of pushing the envelope on mobile malware. com — were implicated in propagating the Triada malware. net 2014-01-20 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., “Yehuo” ( ? ? ) com , buydudu[.]com

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

“APT10 often attacked a service provider’s system by “spear-phishing” – sending company employees emails designed to trick them into revealing their passwords or installing malware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

Networks can also be easily breached by social engineering, password theft, or tainted USBs, as in the Stuxnet attack. . . This renders the attacks undetectable and able to bypass conventional security solutions such as EDR, antivirus and other traditional security lines of defense. The Dangers of ICS Memory-Based Attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Apple has removed one of the most popular anti-malware app called Adware Doctor:Anti Malware &Ad from the official macOS App Store. PoC: [link] #malware #virus #MacOS #Apple #MacBook #MacBookPro #CyberSecurity #privacy #GDPR #Hacking #hackers #cyberpunk #Alert. Antivirus”, and ‘Dr. Cleaner”).

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