Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1970-1995 — Kevin Mitnick — Beginning in 1970, Kevin Mitnick penetrates some of the most highly-guarded networks in the world, including Nokia and Motorola, using elaborate social engineering schemes, tricking insiders into handing over codes and passwords, and using the codes to access internal computer systems.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In another, they were able to compromise a WebLogic server through an exploit for the CVE-2017-10271 vulnerability, which ultimately allowed them to run a script. The group delivers its malware using social engineering. The attackers used five different backdoors at the same time – probably for redundancy.

Malware 123

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Cryptocurrency 123

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. Mobile malicious installation packages for Android in 2017 through 2020 ( download ). This malware was first spotted in 2017.

Mobile 145

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 145

SecureList

JULY 27, 2023

Following this, we released the first of a series of additional reports describing the final payload in the infection chain: a highly sophisticated spyware implant that we dubbed “TriangleDB” Operating in memory, this implant periodically communicates with the C2 (command and control) infrastructure to receive commands.

Malware 98

Malware Government Phishing Social Engineering 98

Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

An Australian national has been charged for the creation and sale of the Imminent Monitor (IM) spyware, which was also used for criminal purposes. The 24-year-old Australian national Jacob Wayne John Keen has been charged for his alleged role in the development and sale of spyware known as Imminent Monitor (IM). Pierluigi Paganini.

Spyware 127

Spyware Malware Hacking Cybercrime 127

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2017, more than 300,000 WordPress websites were affected by a malicious plugin that allowed an attacker to place embedded hidden links on victim websites. Additional features of botnets include spam, ad and click fraud, and spyware. Phishing and Social Engineering. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets. RAM scraper.

Malware 105

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. It is not unusual to have your system or network infected with malware, such as spyware, that often lingers secretly with no apparent symptoms. NotPetya shook the entire world in June 2017.

Cyber threats 113

Cyber threats Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 113

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. It is not unusual to have your system or network infected with malware, such as spyware, that often lingers secretly with no apparent symptoms. NotPetya shook the entire world in June 2017.

Malware 107

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

ShadowPad is a highly sophisticated, modular cyberattack platform that APT groups have used since 2017. Historically, its Windows implant was represented by a single-stage spyware installer. Notably, the Quarian backdoor and Poison Ivy showed similarities with previous IceFog activity targeting users in Central Asia. Final thoughts.

Malware 145

Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 145

SecureList

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have claimed that threat actors have been using catfishing to lure Israeli soldiers into installing spyware. On September 24, the EU issued a statement regarding a disinformation campaign called “Ghostwriter”, ongoing since March 2017, intended to discredit NATO.

Mobile 145

Mobile Surveillance Ransomware Government 145

SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

Exploits for CVE-2017-11882 (4.07%), an Equation Editor vulnerability popular with cybercriminals, gave ground and dropped to fourth place. Sixth and eighth places were occupied by Noon spyware Trojans, which infect any (2.66%) or only 32-bit (2.47%) versions of Windows. TOP 10 malware families in mail traffic, Q2 2021 ( download ).

Phishing 135

Phishing Banking Scams Computers and Electronics 135

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Attackers actively used social engineering techniques in their emails, adding signatures with logos and information from specific organizations, creating a context appropriate to the company’s profile, and applying business language. In 2022, we saw an evolution of malicious emails masquerading as business correspondence.

Phishing 118

Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 118

SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In another 3.95% of cases, our products blocked attacks exploiting the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability in Microsoft Equation Editor, which remains significant for the fourth year in a row. Second place was taken by Badun Trojans (6.31%), distributed in archives and disguised as electronic documents.

Phishing 102

Phishing Scams Accountability Banking 102