Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2020

For the first-ever time, the EU has imposed economical sanctions on Russia, China, and North Korea following cyber-attacks aimed at the EU and its member states. “The Council today decided to impose restrictive measures against six individuals and three entities responsible for or involved in various cyber-attacks.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 27, 2021

The audit proves what we've heard from many security leaders during our SecureWorld Remote Sessions : the pandemic and work from home have greatly increased the cyber attack surface and attack attempts. Further, improper use continued to be the top attack vector type in 2020.".

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

.” Experts explained that the type of data leaked online can be abused to target patients in a wide range of malicious activities, including scams, fraud, and phishing and other attacks. In October 2017, another incident affected plastic surgery patients.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Justice Department indicted three North Korean military intelligence officials, members of the Lazarus APT group, for their involvement in cyber-attacks, including the theft of $1.3 Cyber-Enabled ATM Cash-Out Thefts : Thefts through ATM cash-out schemes – referred to by the U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2019

This data comes not only from the analysis of underground forums and phishing websites, but also from the analysis of cybercriminals’ infrastructure (including but not limited to C&Cs) and malware disassembling. According to Group-IB’s annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2018 report, on average, from June 2017 to August 2018, the details of 1.8

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The WannaCry and NotPetya outbreaks in May and June 2017, respectively, were the most devastating in history. WannaCry and NotPetya cyber-attacks have since been attributed to state-funded threat actors. The big names that pioneered in these targeted attacks are Sodinokibi (aka REvil) and Ryuk.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2019

During our analysis we constantly run into the tricks cyber-attackers use to bypass companies security defences, sometimes advanced, others not. Many times, despite their elegance (or lack of it), these techniques are effective and actually help the cyber criminals to get into victim computers and penetrate company networks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Group-IB , an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks , has conducted high-tech cybercrimes research based on an analysis of responses to information security incidents carried out by Group-IB Incident Response team in 2018. How cyber attacks in Russia impact banks in Europe?

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Today, c yber security incidents lead to significant damage, alarming organizations of all types and sizes in different geographic locations. Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The year 2016 will be remembered for some big moments in the world of cybersecurity: the largest known distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, a phishing attack on a United States presidential candidate’s campaign, and ransomware attacks on major healthcare organizations are just a few. For a preview, read on.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2020

US Government fears a new wave of cyber attacks from Iran as retaliation for the airstrike that killed Maj. Krebs, Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned of a potential new wave of cyber attacks carried out by Iran-linked hacker groups targeting U.S. Christopher C. The post U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Here is how the NSA-developed cyber monster works, and how you should defend against it. EternalBlue is a Windows exploit created by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and used in the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack. EternalBlue gained notable attention through its involvement in prominent cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

Israel ‘s defence ministry announced to have foiled an attempted cyber attack by a foreign threat actors group targeting the country’s defence manufacturers. According to the officials, the attack was launched by “an international cyber group called ‘ Lazarus.’

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2019

The MuddyWater cyber espionage group has used an updated multi-stage PowerShell backdoor in recent cyber attacks. Security experts at Trend Micro report that the MuddyWater APT group (aka SeedWorm and TEMP.Zagros ), has used an updated multi-stage PowerShell backdoor in recent cyber espionage campaigns.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Israeli defence ministry announced on Wednesday that it had foiled a cyber attack carried out by a foreign threat actor targeting the country’s defence manufacturers. According to the officials, the attack was launched by “an international cyber group called ‘ Lazarus.’

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Norway ‘s government blames Russia for the cyber attack that targeted the email system of the country’s parliament in August. The parliament has recently been targetted in a vast cyber attack,” reads a statement from Norway’s parliament. Our analyses show that varying quantities of data have been downloaded,”.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

According to FireEye, the campaign, tracked as GhostWriter, has been ongoing since at least March 2017 and is aligned with Russian security interests. in attacks against Germany. in attacks against Germany.

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