IT Security Guru

JUNE 28, 2022

The pandemic has fuelled an increase in cybercrime that shows no signs of abating. Cybercrime operators know that going after large companies is risky and carries greater repercussions from law enforcement. To add insult to injury, WannaCry was initially spread through a phishing campaign.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

And yet, it’s become such a hot trend that scammers have taken notice and are attempting to lure current and prospective traders onto NFT-themed phishing and fraud websites. It’s also very possible that we will soon be hit with phishing campaigns built around NFT lures. “As Many people have never even heard of non-fungible tokens.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2021

TA544 is a financially motivated threat actor that is active at least since 2017, it focuses on attacks on banking users, it leverages banking malware and other payloads to target organizations worldwide, mainly in Italy and Japan. Upon enabling the macro, the infection process will start.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Security firm Group-IB has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 In December 2017, Group-IB published the first report on this group: “MoneyTaker: 1.5

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

These developments would have, over the next decade or so, steadily and materially reduced society’s general exposure to cybercrime and online privacy abuses. So as of a few months ago, the US now requires data containerization along much the same lines as Saudi Arabia and the UAE first mandated in 2017.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2018

This amazing figure is the result of 2,308 publicly disclosed data breaches, anyway, it represents a drop from 6 billion data records exposed in 2,439 breaches reported for the first half of 2017. After the wild ride of 2017, we became accustomed to seeing a lot of breaches, exposing extraordinary amounts of information.

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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. The logic of the raid mainly comes down to using unsecured RDP ports or spear-phishing to infiltrate networks and gain a foothold in them. Forward outlook Ransomware is a dynamic and increasingly hybrid segment of cybercrime.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The victims are targeted with spear-phishing emails that trick them into mounting a malicious ISO file and double-clicking an LNK, which starts the infection chain. First, the actor sends a spear-phishing email to the potential victim with a lure to download additional documents. We believe the attacks occur in several stages.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 2, 2022

Their attacks are usually low-skill and low-resource, such as using social engineering (phishing) for fraudulent redirects to malicious websites. It is easy to detect and block things like malicious cryptocurrency apps or crypto-phishing websites. This incentivizes further individuals into cybercrime.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

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.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

” According to Microsoft, ransomware attacks continue to target enterprise environments through social engineering, for this reason, the adoption of best practices is the best way to protect them. Beware of phishing emails , spams, and clicking malicious attachment. • Use Microsoft Edge to get SmartScreen protection.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) launched an investigation into the case, codenamed Cepheus, in 2017 after it received information about a “suspicious RAT” from cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks and the U.S. The Imminent Monitor RAT is a hacking tool that allows threat actors to remotely control the victim’s computers.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

We found overlaps in the infrastructure used by a tunneling tool used by the actor and several possible phishing websites set up within the above time frame. The attack targets victims with spear-phishing emails containing malicious OOXML files. Final thoughts.

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SecureList

JULY 27, 2023

Our analysis delved into BlindEagle’s most recent espionage campaign, covering the entire infection flow from the initial spear-phishing emails to the deployment of the njRAT implant. This document is downloaded via another spear-phishing document that serves as a remote template.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Security researchers from Proofpoint have tracked an APT that has targeted the aviation, aerospace, transportation, manufacturing, and defense industries dating back to 2017, and are calling it TA2541. Proofpoint has tracked this threat actor since 2017, and it has used consistent tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) in that time.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security told reporters on Wednesday the trio’s activities involved extortion, phishing, direct attacks on financial institutions and ATM networks, as well as malicious applications that masqueraded as software tools to help people manage their cryptocurrency holdings.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 21, 2023

Mitnick was known for his social engineering skills, which he used to trick employees into divulging sensitive information or passwords. Hackers started using the internet to commit cybercrimes, such as stealing credit card numbers and personal information.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Approximately 30% of phishing web pages were related to Covid-19. In April 2020, Google reported 18 million instances per day of malware and phishing email sent via its Gmail service using Covid-related topics as a lure. Phishing emails were a prevalent mode of attack, and they have been in circulation since at least the mid-1990s.

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SecureList

JULY 29, 2021

We have designated it as a new threat actor and named it “HotCousin” The attacks began with a spear-phishing email which led to an ISO file container being stored on disk and mounted. Previous activity also connected with this group relied heavily on spear-phishing and Cobalt Strike throughout 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Social engineering attacks soon found use in the digital space. 2017 saw a pirated version of Petya, called “ NotPetya ,” hit multiple European countries in a major cyber attack, most notably Ukraine and Germany. WannaCry is especially notable for both its 2017 attack on users worldwide and its method of propagation.

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