SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Back in 2016, the primary focus of our expert was on major cybergangs that targeted financial institutions, banks in particular. This browser attack chain, popular in 2016, is no longer possible. Then and now: a comparison of how cybercrime groups looked in 2016 vs 2021. Change of targets.

Cybercrime 139

Cybercrime Banking Malware Ransomware 139

The State of Security

MAY 5, 2022

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued updated statistics on Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks which use a variety of social engineering and phishing techniques to break into accounts and trick companies into transferring large amounts of money into the hands of criminals.

Social Engineering 129

Social Engineering Engineering Phishing Internet 129

CSO Magazine

JULY 12, 2022

Security researchers from Microsoft have uncovered a large-scale phishing campaign that uses HTTPS proxying techniques to hijack Office 365 accounts. According to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), BEC attacks have led to over $43 billion in losses between June 2016 and December 2021.

Phishing 98

Phishing Accountability Authentication Internet 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2021

Cybercriminals are abusing Facebook ads in a large-scale phishing scam aimed at stealing victims’ login credentials. Threat actors are using Facebook ads to redirect users to Github accounts hosting phishing pages used to steal victims’ login credentials. The landing pages are phishing pages that impersonate legitimate companies.

Phishing 145

Phishing Scams Accountability Malware 145

Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

Crooks are using a fake Cisco “critical security advisory” in a new phishing campaign aimed at stealing victims’ Webex credentials. 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. name=CVE-2016-9223.

Phishing 135

Phishing Advertising Healthcare Cyber Attacks 135

Heimadal Security

JUNE 2, 2022

However, in 2016, the Java-based client was mostly phased out in favor of a standalone C++ […]. The post New RuneScape Phishing Scam Aimed at Stealing Accounts and In-game Item Bank PINs appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. The game was first made available in January of 2001.

Scams 90

Scams Banking Phishing Accountability 90

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Some crafty phishing email examples are those emails from your mom, your bank or your boss that require a prompt response… especially the ones from your boss (sorry mom). These phishing email examples may seem a little far-fetched, but they do happen, and happen quite often. Magnolia Health Corporation: CEO Gone Phishing.

Phishing 98

Phishing Scams Computers and Electronics Banking 98

Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The group, best known for 2016 US election interference and other attacks on Ukraine, used phishing emails offering pictures of women to lure its victim into opening a malicious attachment.

Phishing 110

Phishing 110

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Computer faults that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016 were not caused by cyber attacks, a federal investigation states. The analysis of laptops used in some Durham County precincts on Election Day in November 2016 showed inaccurate data to poll workers. On Monday, the U.S. ” reported the AP agency.

Computers and Electronics 59

Computers and Electronics Hacking Cyber Attacks Advertising 59

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This search via Urlscan reveals dozens of recent phishing attacks that have leveraged the Slinks feature. A recent phishing site that abused LinkedIn’s marketing redirect. A recent phishing site that abused LinkedIn’s marketing redirect. Urlscan also found this phishing scam from Jan. Image: Urlscan.io.

Phishing 333

Phishing Marketing Scams Accountability 333

Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2019

The malware samples shared by USCYBERCOM last week were first detected in December 2016 in attacks attributed to Iran-linked APT33. Last week the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) uploaded to VirusTotal a malware used by Iran-linked APT33 group in attacks in Dec 2016 and Jan 2017. ” reads a report published by Kaspersky.

Malware 71

Malware InfoSec Advertising Government 71

Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2021

Threat actors have devised a new trick to disable macro security warning that leverage non-malicious docs in phishing attacks. Most of the phishing attacks leverage weaponized Microsoft Office documents and social engineering techniques to trick recipients into enabling the macros. SecurityAffairs – hacking, phishing).

Phishing 96

Phishing Social Engineering Banking Engineering 96

Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2024

The threat actors used the botnet harvest credentials, collect NTLMv2 digests, proxy network traffic, and host spear-phishing landing pages and custom tools. The Moobot botnet has been active since at least 2016, it also includes other routers and virtual private servers (VPS). ” reported Trend Micro.

Phishing 91

Phishing Cryptocurrency Internet Internet 91

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. Within five days, WSH RAT was observed being actively distributed via phishing. Threat actors are using the RAT to deliver keyloggers and information stealers.

Banking 100

Banking Phishing Advertising Malware 100

Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2021

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have seized two domains used by the Russia-linked APT29 group in spear-phishing attacks that targeted government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and NGOs. com, the were employed used in recent phishing attacks impersonating the U.S. com and worldhomeoutlet[.]com,

Phishing 81

Phishing Malware Hacking Accountability 81

Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

What is Phish(ing)? But, never mind the dozens of other reports and white papers about phishing that come out every year from security industry leaders, let’s take a look at the 2021 Verizon DBIR. Going back a bit, it was also the top attack vector in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and well, hopefully, you get the picture.

Phishing 52

Phishing Accountability Social Engineering Mobile 52

Elie

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Over the course of March, 2016–March, 2017, we identify 788,000 potential victims of off-theshelf keyloggers; 12.4 million potential victims of phishing kits; and 1.9 We observe a remarkable lack of external pressure on bad actors, with phishing kit playbooks and keylogger capabilities remaining largely unchanged since the mid-2000s.

Data breaches 112

Data breaches Phishing Risk Malware 112

SecureWorld News

JUNE 5, 2020

saw China APT group targeting Biden campaign staff & Iran APT targeting Trump campaign staff with phishing. These are the two groups and the nation-states they are attached to: APT31 : Also known as Zirconium or Hurricane Panda, APT31 is a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group active since 2016. No sign of compromise. improving ?technology

Phishing 54

Phishing Telecommunications Government Engineering 54

CSO Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

The security incident was the latest to affect the service in recent times in the wake of unauthorized access to its development environment in August last year , serious vulnerabilities in 2017 , a phishing attack in 2016 , and a data breach in 2015. To read this article in full, please click here

Data breaches 110

Data breaches Password Management Passwords Encryption 110

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 7, 2022

This particular scheme had been rumbling along since “at least” 2016, and the accused individual worked in the publishing industry. These are common phishing tactics used by regular phishers, but here we can see it being deployed in a more targeted fashion. Alongside this were “more than 160 internet domains”. Nice award.

Phishing 70

Phishing Identity Theft Encryption Scams 70

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2019

Google this week announced that it is going to block login attempts from embedded browser frameworks to prevent man-in-the-middle (MiTM) phishing attacks. “However, one form of phishing, known as “ man in the middle ” (MITM), is hard to detect when an embedded browser framework (e.g., Pierluigi Paganini.

Phishing 76

Phishing Authentication Advertising Hacking 76

Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

From March 2016 to March 2017, we analyzed several black markets to see how hijackers steal passwords and other sensitive data. [.]. Our research tracked several black markets that traded third-party password breaches, as well as 25,000 blackhat tools used for phishing and keylogging. The report.

Phishing 161

Phishing Marketing Passwords Accountability 161

Threatpost

JANUARY 16, 2019

The two were able to hack into the SEC's computer systems due to phishing attacks that stole credentials and spread malware.

Hacking 57

Hacking Phishing Malware 57

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2018

” Organized cybercrime gangs that coordinate unlimited attacks typically do so by hacking or phishing their way into a bank or payment card processor. million from accounts at the National Bank of Blacksburg in two separate ATM cashouts between May 2016 and January 2017.

Banking 215

Banking Accountability Retail Phishing 215

Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 1, 2016

In 2016 ransomware, phishing, and IoT attacks pummeled business and consumers alike. What cybersecurity trends will emerge in 2017? Take our survey to share your opinion about emerging hacker trends.

Cybersecurity 147

Cybersecurity IoT Phishing Ransomware 147

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Marketplace was introduced by Facebook in 2016 and quickly became a popular platform to sell items to local buyers. Depending on the buyer of the leaked data, both the email addresses and the phone numbers could be used in phishing attacks. BleepingComputer was able to verify the some of the data.

Identity Theft 136

Identity Theft eCommerce Accountability Phishing 136

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Over the last few days, scammers have been sending out phishing mails that disguise bogus URLs with something called Slinks— shortened Linkedin URLs. For example, in February of last year Slinks were being used to send people to IRS and PayPal phishes. How to avoid phishing attacks Block known bad websites.

Phishing 96

Phishing Passwords Password Management Scams 96

Threatpost

JULY 13, 2018

Indictments are part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 elections.

Hacking 42

Hacking Phishing 42

Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2018

” The hackers sent spear-phishing messages to the candidates, the messages included links to a fake Microsoft website used by the cyberspies to trick victims into providing their credentials. ” Microsoft blamed the Russian APT28 group for the attacks. . ” Microsoft blamed the Russian APT28 group for the attacks. .

Phishing 42

Phishing Advertising Government Hacking 42

Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2019

The crooks responsible for launching phishing campaigns that netted dozens of employees and more than 100 computer systems last month at Wipro , India’s third-largest IT outsourcing firm, also appear to have targeted a number of other competing providers, including Infosys and Cognizant , new evidence suggests. Image: urlscan.io.

Retail 197

Retail Phishing Antivirus Internet 197

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

According to DoJ, from at least in or about 2016 through or about April 2021, Nasab and other co-conspirators carried out a coordinated multi-year campaign to breach computers worldwide. Nasab and other conspirators used spear phishing and other hacking techniques to infect more than 200,000 victim devices.

Hacking 95

Hacking Identity Theft Social Engineering Accountability 95

Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 9, 2016

As hackers target Olympic fans with phishing, ransomware, and other attacks, companies must ensure employees know cybersecurity best practices to avoid becoming a victim.

Scams 92

Scams Phishing Ransomware Cybersecurity 92

Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2018

Suspected hacking groups Dragonfly and Energetic Bear infiltrated their targets using common methods including spear-phishing and watering-hole attacks. elections in 2016. Russian hackers have successfully infiltrated the control system rooms of U.S. electrical utilities, the Department of Homeland Security announced earlier this week.

Government 139

Government Phishing Software Hacking 139

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Kevin Breen at Immersive Labs says it’s important to note that this vulnerability alone is not enough for an attacker to compromise a user’s workstation, and instead would likely be used in conjunction with something like a spear phishing attack that delivers a malicious file.

Engineering 231

Engineering Internet Internet Software 231

Anton on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Brief History Back in 2016 when I was a Gartner analyst, I was obsessed with the same question. False Promises Some elements from our 2016 paper still look modern, but can be done a) in a non-modern manner or b) in a manner decoupled from a SOC.

Engineering 130

Engineering Phishing 130

Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. Most of the APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks. The group operates out of military unity 26165 of the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS).

Government 106

Government Education Phishing Malware 106

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Our researchers found that the letters are dated between 2016 and 2021. Risk of plate cloning While the leaked parking permits are no longer valid, malicious actors could use the exposed data for identity theft and to craft spear phishing attacks. Researchers contacted MTC, and public access to the data was closed.

Identity Theft 96

Identity Theft Scams Risk Phishing 96