Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2019

Security researchers at Cofense have spotted a phishing campaign aimed at commercial banking customers distributing a new remote access trojan (RAT) tracked as WSH RAT. Threat actors are using the RAT to deliver keyloggers and information stealers. Within five days, WSH RAT was observed being actively distributed via phishing.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2019

A crook involved in a spear phishing scheme and that was in Kenya is facing up to 20 years in the US federal prison for stealing thousands of dollars from US universities. Amil Hassan Raage, 48, pleaded guilty last week in a southern California court to fraudulently receiving almost $750,000 as part of a spear phishing scheme.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic , it accounted for 46 percent of the total number of fake web pages. Secure web- phishing. In the light of global pandemic and the businesses’ dive into online world, the share of this phishing category increased to remarkable 46 percent.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

A group under the Magecart umbrella adopted a new tactic that leverages on MiTM and phishing attacks to target sites using external payment processors. The name Fullz House comes from two different attack techniques, the phishing, and the web skimming. The [phishing] pages are part of a framework,” they wrote.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2019

Last week, hackers published a list of Discord credentials (email addresses/passwords) that were allegedly phished from the users of the gaming chat platform. Last week, a group of hackers published a list of Discord login credentials (email addresses and passwords) that were allegedly phished from the users of the gaming chat platform.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

Researchers at Cofense uncovered an advanced phishing campaign delivering Quasar RAT via fake resumes. Experts at security firm Cofense observed an advanced phishing campaign delivering Quasar RAT via fake resumes. The fake resumes distributed in this phishing campaign detected are password-protected Microsoft Word documents.

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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. The post U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Security experts at Proofpoint observed a new wave of phishing attacks aimed at US Utilities in an attempt to deliver the LookBack RAT. Security experts at Proofpoint have discovered a new series of phishing attacks targeting entities US utilities in an attempt to deliver the LookBack RAT. nceess [. ] Nceess [. ]

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

A vulnerability affecting the Zoom feature dubbed Vanity URL could have been exploited by hackers for phishing attacks. A vulnerability affecting the Zoom feature dubbed Vanity URLs could have been exploited by hackers for phishing attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

“According to our information, several universities in Switzerland have been affected,” explained Martina Weiss, Secretary General of the Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities. The hackers carried out spear-phishing attacks against the Swiss universities in an attempt of tricking its employees into providing their access data.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Experts have uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign targeting the United Nations and NGOs, including UNICEF and UN World Food. Security firm Lookout uncovered an ongoing spear-phishing campaign aimed at NGOs, including human rights organizations such as the Red Cross, UNICEF, the UN World Food and the UN Development programs.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Experts warn of advanced phishing attacks in certain modern Android-based phones that can trick users into accepting new malicious phone settings. “Check Point Researchers have identified a susceptibility to advanced phishing attacks in certain modern Android-based phones, including models by Samsung, Huawei, LG and Sony.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Carbanak malware has been active since at least 2014 and has been used by ransomware gangs to infiltrate financial systems. The threat actors used sophisticated phishing techniques against bank employees.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Security researcher MalwareHunterTeam has attempted, without success, to warn Ubisoft for almost a year that their employees were the victims of phishing attacks. Hey @Ubisoft , what would happen if someone from your company registers to @abuse_ch 's I Got Phished ( [link] ) service? Can you guess it? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2020

MalwareHunterTeam experts have identified a new Coronavirus phishing campaign that aims at delivering the Netwalker Ransomware. vbs ,” used in a new Coronavirus phishing campaign that was designed to deliver the Netwalker Ransomware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2020

enabling bad actors to perform spear-phishing attacks comparatively with a high success rate. An attacker could exploit the weakness to carry out spear-phishing campaigns using messages that include links to malicious files hosted on Google Drive. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Experts spotted a phishing campaign that employees overlay screens and email ‘quarantine’ policies to steal Microsoft Outlook credentials from the victims. Researchers from Cofense discovered a phishing campaign that uses overlay screens and email ‘quarantine’ policies to steal Microsoft Outlook credentials from the targets.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2020

Credential stuffing attacks are a form of brute force attack that leverages stolen login credentials usually obtained through phishing attacks and data breaches. The Cofense’s phishing defense center has uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign that uses a Cisco security advisory related to a critical vulnerability as a lure.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Researchers from FireEye’s Mandiant observed FIN11 hackers using spear-phishing messages distributing a malware downloader dubbed FRIENDSPEAK. ” The attack chain starts when the victims enable the macro embedded in an Excel spreadsheet that came with the phishing e-mails. . ” reads the analysis published by FireEye.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2023

North Korea-linked APT Kimsuky launched a spear-phishing campaign targeting US contractors working at the war simulation centre. North Korea-linked APT group Kimsuky carried out a spear-phishing campaign against US contractors involved in a joint U.S.-South South Korea military exercise.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

FortiGuard Labs researchers observed the North Korea-linked Konni APT group using a weaponized Russian-language Word document in an ongoing phishing campaign. The KONNI RAT was first spotted by Cisco Talos researchers in 2017, it has been undetected since 2014 and was employed in highly targeted attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

” The availability of sensitive documents like the ones discovered by the experts could allow threat actors to gather intelligence on potential targets and use the leaked information to carry out spear-phishing campaigns. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

GADOLINIUM abuses Microsoft cloud services as command and control infrastructure, the experts uncovered a spear-phishing campaign using messages with weaponized attachments. 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

JANUARY 6, 2022

Security researchers at Cluster25 uncovered a recent campaign carried out by the North Korea-linked Konni APT group aimed at Russian diplomatic entities that used new versions of malware implants. The APT group carried out spear-phishing attacks using New Year’s Eve festivities as a lure.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

The memo was obtained by the website SpaceRef, it warns of both phishing attacks and malware-based attacks. According to the advisory issued by NASA, the number of phishing attempts doubled in the past few days, at the same time the number of malware attacks on its systems has grown exponentially. ” reads the memo.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2020

The University of Utah Health disclosed a security breach, the research hospital has discovered unauthorized access to some employee email accounts along with the presence of malware on its systems. Attackers breached the organization with a phishing attack, the intrusion took place between January 7 and February 21, 2020.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Kaspersky experts uncovered a new wave of phishing scams that use a COVID-19 theme and impersonate shipping carriers, including FedEx, UPS, and DHL. Kaspersky observed COVID-19-themed phishing scams that impersonate popular shipping carriers such as FedEx, UPS, and DHL. SecurityAffairs – phishing, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2020

Threat actors continue to use COVID-19 lures, Google is reporting an increase in Coronavirus-themed phishing attempts in Brazil, India, and the UK. of all spam, phishing, and malware messages sent to Gmail users. “We’ve put proactive monitoring in place for COVID-19-related malware and phishing across our systems and workflows.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The threat actor that employed the Kraken technique, likely an APT group, launched a phishing attack that used messages with a.ZIP file attachment. The.ZIP archive, titled, “Compensation manual.doc,” claims to contain information relating to worker compensation rights. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2020

The increasing number of news articles circulating on the internet in the wake of COVID-19 has resulted in the rise of Phishing attacks which feed on people’s fears. Phishing emails have been driven up to 600% since the end of February as cybercriminals capitalize on people’s fears. How Phishing Attack Works?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Security researchers from Check Point discovered an Android malware, developed by an Iran-linked group dubbed Rampant Kitten, that is able to bypass 2FA. Rampant Kitten has been active at least since 2014 and was involved in ongoing surveillance operations against Iranian minorities, anti-regime organizations, and resistance movements.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2020

. “ Threat actors could use data included in the archive to launch phishing campaigns or SMS phishing attacks against some users and trick them into revealing their passwords. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2020

Hackers hijacked one of the domains of the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck and used it for spear-phishing attacks. Then the attackers used the hijacked domain to launch spear-phishing attacks against some of its customers. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

They could: XSS Phishing Bypass domain security Steal sensitive user data, cookies, etc.” ” An attacker could exploit the issue to target visitors of the website with phishing and cross-site scripting attacks. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2020

Day after day the number of Coronavirus-themed attacks increases, fraudsters have launched a phishing campaign to deliver keyloggers on users’ PC. Experts from IBM X-Force have uncovered a new Coronavirus-themed phishing campaign aimed at delivering keyloggers on users’ PC. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

For example, the startup Proteus Digital Health back in 2014 created sensor-enabled pharmaceuticals that received hundreds of millions of dollars in investments. Let’s see if there are any informational security issues with these wearables. Number of vulnerabilities found in the MQTT protocol, 2014–2021 ( download ).

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