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A new variant of HawkEye stealer emerges in the threat landscape

Security Affairs

The latest variant appeared in the cybercrime underground in December 2018, it was named HawkEye Reborn v9. “The campaign starts with sending the aforementioned Excel sheets that exploit the well-known CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability, an arbitrary code execution bug in Microsoft Office.” ” continues the analysis. .”

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Combatting ransomware: a holistic approach

IT Security Guru

Although cybercrime as a whole has seen a rise during the pandemic, arguably ransomware has been one of the more successful and lucrative attack types. It’s clear then that ransomware didn’t reach its zenith with WannaCry back in 2017 but remains a disruptive and profitable threat to business operations. Consider Zero Trust.

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Fxmsp: the untold story of infamous seller of access to corporate networks who made at least USD 1.5 mln

Security Affairs

Fxmsp gained worldwide fame in May 2019, after it was reported that the networks belonging to leading antivirus software companies had been compromised. Fxmsp took his first steps in the cybercrime scene in September 2016 when he registered on an underground forum, fuckav[.]ru. Geography and victims. First steps. Proxy seller.

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Cyber Defense Magazine: Exclusive Interview with Robert Herjavec

Herjavec Group

Check out how China teleported a photon into space in 2017. History shows he’s the first person to wrap the remote management business model around firewalls, from a small office on the east coast of Canada., In 2003, he knew that firewalls were too complex for all IT staff and for understaffed companies to manage.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. The Ryuk ransomware family spawned in 2018 from a sophisticated Russia-based cybercrime group. Bitdefender : Bitdefender Antivirus Plus. Update Anti-Ransomware Software. Offline Backups.

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Meet the Brains Behind the Malware-Friendly AI Chat Service ‘WormGPT’

Krebs on Security

In contrast, WormGPT has promoted itself as a new, uncensored LLM that was created specifically for cybercrime activities. WormGPT was initially sold exclusively on HackForums , a sprawling, English-language community that has long featured a bustling marketplace for cybercrime tools and services.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017.