Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2019

The American hacktivist Martin Gottesfeld (34) has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for carrying out DDoS attacks against two healthcare organizations in the US in 2014. The man used a botnet of over 40,000 network routers that were infected with a customized malware. SecurityAffairs – DDoS, Martin Gottesfeld).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

ISS reveals malware attack impacted parts of the IT environment. ObliqueRAT, a new malware employed in attacks on government targets in Southeast Asia. FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report: 500+ new Malware strains in 2019. Lampion malware v2 February 2020. Samsung leaked data of a few UK Customers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Law enforcement worldwide hunting users of DDoS-for-Hire services. Netanyahu accuses Iran of cyber attacks carried out daily. CookieMiner Mac Malware steals browser cookies and sensitive Data. Exclusive: spreading CSV Malware via Google Sheets. The return of the AdvisorsBot malware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

“We are absolutely committed to ensuring UK academia is as safe as possible from cyber threats, and will not hesitate to act when that threat evolves.”. This summer the NCSC investigated an increased number of cyber attacks on universities, schools, and colleges, most of them were hit with ransomware. ” reads the advisory.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, in late 2013 and January 2014, we observed higher-than-normal activity in Ukraine by the Turla APT group, as well as a spike in the number of BlackEnergy APT sightings. On the very first day of the conflict (February 24, 2022), a massive wave of indiscriminate pseudo-ransomware and wiper attacks hit Ukrainian entities.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

Researchers at Malwarebytes are monitoring the evolution of the ElectrumDoSMiner DDoS botnet that reached 152,000 infected hosts. MalwareBytes researchers are closely monitoring attacks against users of the popular Electrum Bitcoin wallet, in particular, the evolution of the Electrum DDoS botnet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Masad Stealer Malware exfiltrates data via Telegram. WhiteShadow downloader leverages Microsoft SQL to retrieve multiple malware. A new critical flaw in Exim exposes email servers to remote attacks. Exclusive: MalwareMustDie analyzes a new IoT malware dubbed Linux/ AirDropBot. Frequent VBA Macros used in Office Malware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2018

US ballistic missile defense systems (BMDS) open to cyber attacks. Czech cyber-security agency warns over Huawei, ZTE security threat. Malware controlled through commands hidden in memes posted on Twitter. Twitter uncovered a possible nation-state attack. Law enforcement take down 15 DDoS-for-Hire services.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2018

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

Austria’s foreign ministry was the victim of a cyber-attack that is suspected to have been conducted by a foreign state due to its level of sophistication. ” Media pointed out that the attack took place on the same day Austria’s Green party backed forming a coalition with conservatives. Major cyber ??attacks

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

BlackEnergy is a Trojan capable of distributed denial of service (DDoS), cyber espionage and information destruction attacks. A few years ago, a group of attackers used the Trojan to deploy SCADA-related plugins against victims in energy and ICS/SCADA networks in Ukraine and around the world.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Ohio Election Day cyber attack attempt traced Russian-Owned Company. China used the Great Cannon DDoS Tool against forum used by Hong Kong protestors. CyrusOne, one of the major US data center provider, hit by ransomware attack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2018

A new Mac malware combines a backdoor and a crypto-miner. Duke-Cohan sentenced to three years in prison due to false bomb threats and DDoS. A new variant of Shamoon was uploaded to Virus Total while Saipem was under attack. Cyber attack hit the Italian oil and gas services company Saipem. WordPress version 5.0.1

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. Ecuador suffered 40 Million Cyber attacks after the Julian Assange arrest. Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling. Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty to two counts of banking malware creation. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2019

A Cobalt Strike flaw exposed attackers infrastructure. · The operator of DDoS-for-hire service pleads guilty. · Annual RSA Conference Exclusive 2019 Edition of Cyber Defense Magazine is arrived. Threat actors using FrameworkPOS malware in POS attacks. Threat actors using FrameworkPOS malware in POS attacks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

New APT34 campaign uses LinkedIn to deliver fresh malware. German firms BASF, Siemens, Henkel hit by cyber attacks. Imperva blocked the largest Layer 7 DDoS attack it has ever seen. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

According to McKinsey & Company , the proportion of organizations that use IoT products has grown from 13 percent in 2014 to 25 percent today. Vulnerable devices could be used to spread malware within the enterprise, used for corporate espionage, surveillance of personnel, or plan whaling phishing campaigns.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Stolen credentials can be obtained in a myriad of ways, including social engineering and malware deployment. As you can see in the example below, during our research we identified multiple advertisements of raw logs that were stolen using the “Redline” malware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

While such an attack is relatively massive, it is no longer uncommon or unexpected. . Do the increased attacks mean the industry is becoming accustomed to IoT cyber attacks? Three avenues of attacks will continue growing rapidly over the coming year. Regulatory Efforts Will Increase. About the author: Matt Burke.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

What can we learn when we look at the news from the website security landscape of 2014? Lastly, if your business does become victim to a cyber attack, respond appropriately in a transparent manner and take full responsibility – even if the hack wasn’t your intentional doing. Now that 2015 is upon us, it’s time for reflection.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

Cloud Security Posture Management services (CSPM) began to appear in 2014 to manage cloud service configurations as cloud service providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud grew more prevalent. With these, each workload is shielded from evolving threats like malware, ransomware, and data breaches.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Massive DDoS attack brought down 25% Iranian Internet connectivity. The number of cyber attacks on Saudi Aramco is increasing. A cyber-attack on major banks could trigger a liquidity crisis, ECB President Christine Lagarde warns. billion malware installs from Third-party stores in 2019. Fix it now!

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2023

Lolek Hosted is a bulletproof hosting service provider used to facilitate the distribution of information-stealing malware, and also to launch DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks, manage fictitious online shops, manage botnet servers and distribute spam messages worldwide.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In tandem with the physical strikes against Ukraine, a piece of wiper malware first detected by researchers at Symantec and ESET had already begun targeting organizations in Ukraine. Current analyses of HermeticWiper reveal that the malware is being delivered in highly-targeted attacks in Ukraine, Latvia, and Lithuania.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Colonial shut down its pipeline, the largest of its kind in the US, after the company learned it was the victim of this cyber extortion attempt. Vamosi: Ransomware is the latest trend in malware. It’s a clever way for malware to be monetized. That’s what a criminal malware enterprise looks like today.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

SI-LAB analyzed this malware and noticed that it does not use sophisticated techniques. Criminals used UPX packer to protect malware code written in Go and a RSA public certificate is hardcoded inside malware to encrypt all user’s target files. This time, a new attack is ongoing and is targeting private websites.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

SI-LAB analyzed this malware and noticed that it does not use sophisticated techniques. Criminals used UPX packer to protect malware code written in Go and a RSA public certificate is hardcoded inside malware to encrypt all user’s target files. This time, a new attack is ongoing and is targeting private websites.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

Investigators determined that two hackers, known as Datastream Cowboy and Kuji, are behind the attack. After being released in 2003, he uses WiFi to commit attacks, program malware and steal credit card information. An industry expert estimates the attacks resulted in $1.2 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S.

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