Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

This APT group has conducted broad cyber campaigns in support of MOIS objectives since approximately 2018. Back it up with an effective antivirus solution , EDR and SIEM. Use multifactor authentication (MFA) wherever you can. Limit access to resources according to the principle of least privilege.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

First launched in 2004 and updated most recently in 2018, the PCI Data Security (PCI DSS) standard is continually updated to reflect the evolving challenges of the cyberthreat landscape. Identify users and authenticate access to system components. Requirement 5: It is no longer sufficient to just have standard antivirus software.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The problem: Unpatched Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances allow attackers to retrieve authentication session cookies and other information stored in buffers. allow for authentication bypass and gain root access to systems. account”) failed to verify secret tokens received for authentication before making API requests.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

The analysis of the attack revealed that approximately 80% of the observed victims were using Fortinet appliances, a circumstance that suggests the attackers may have compromised their network by exploiting the CVE-2018-13379 vulnerability.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

As of the publishing of this article, BotenaGo currently has low antivirus (AV) detection rate with only 6/62 known AVs seen in VirusTotal: (Figure 1). CVE-2018-10561, CVE-2018-10562. CVE-2018-10088. 2830690: ETPRO EXPLOIT GPON Authentication Bypass Attempt (CVE-2018-10561). NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta,

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SecureWorld News

JULY 19, 2021

As detailed in public charging documents unsealed in October 2018 and July and September 2020, hackers with a history of working for the PRC Ministry of State Security (MSS) have engaged in ransomware attacks, cyber enabled extortion, crypto-jacking, and rank theft from victims around the world, all for financial gain.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A 2018 study regarding VPN use worldwide is worth considering. Usage increased 185% from 2016 to 2017 and 165% from 2017 to 2018. A VPN is a secure tunnel for network traffic, routing it from one place to another, typically with some form of authentication. The first takeaway was that the global market for VPNs is booming.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

The threat actors are actively exploiting the following vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS: CVE-2018-13379 ; CVE-2020-12812 ; CVE-2019-5591. Use multifactor authentication where possible. Install and regularly update antivirus and anti-malware software on all hosts. hard drive, storage device, the cloud).

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

Email Authentication Protocols: SPF, DKIM, DMARC The three mutually-reinforcing email authentication protocols, Sender Policy Framework (SPF), DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), and Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) verify the authenticity of emails.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

ZDnet confirmed the authenticity for some of the data available for sale. Since March 2019, Fxmsp announced in cybercrime forums the availability of information stolen from major antivirus companies located in the U.S. ” reported ZDNet.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2021

Coined by Gartner in late 2018, SASE is gaining momentum as a generational disruptive force. Defense-in-depth meant adding on layers of intrusion detection and data loss prevention systems, while also keeping antivirus software updated and vulnerabilities patched. Security got bolted on by installing firewalls at web gateways.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2019

Attackers exploit the CVE-2018-8174 flaw, a VBScript engine vulnerability that was patched by Microsoft in May 2018. The first stage code checks for the presence of various antivirus solutions (i.e. Experts discovered two hardcoded authentication tokens into the code of malware that allows controlling the Slack channel.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

Related: ‘Cyber Pearl Harbor’ happens every day Some 15 months earlier, in March 2018, Atlanta was hit by a similar assault, and likewise refused to pay a $51,000 ransom, eating $17 million in damage. Everyone must get more proficient at inventorying and proactively managing access and authentication. Talk more soon.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2019

Malware deliveries Upon reviewing Android usage data for all of 2018, Google identified a rise in the number of “potentially harmful apps” that were preinstalled or delivered through over-the-air updates. In a nutshell: lock your device; click judiciously; use antivirus. Here are a few key developments everyone should know about.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

“The authentication for that was entirely separate, so the lateral movement [of the intruders] didn’t allow them to touch that,” Schafer said. “Emotet continues to be among the most costly and destructive malware,” reads a July 2018 alert on the malware from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. Accel Investments. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

The company acquired Bradford Networks and its Network Sentry NAC product in 2018. Founded in 2000 , Sunnyvale, California headquartered Fortinet’s flagship FortiGate provides enterprise-grade firewall solutions. Fortinet trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the stock symbol: FTNT.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 14, 2021

What to do: Employ multi-factor authentication (MFA) on password resets for sensitive business web apps. Users verify their identity with security questions, mobile verification codes, other digital identity providers such as LinkedIn or even fingerprint authentication. Enforce compliance requirements to prevent weak passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Implement network segmentation , “such that all machines on your network are not accessible from every other machine” Update antivirus software on all hosts and enable real-time detection. CVE-2015-1130 : An XPC implementation allows authentication bypass and admin privilege escalation in Apple OS X before 10.10.3.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab. Graham Cluley started as a videogame developer and antivirus programmer three decades ago before serving in senior roles at Sophos and McAfee.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

While these solutions (such as [Microsoft365]) offer a level of protection and capabilities (antivirus, anti-spam, archiving, etc.), In response, adversaries will increasingly target obtaining complex variables from the device’s environment, which they will use to bypass new authentication methods.”

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NopSec

MAY 25, 2022

By 2018, that number had risen to 812.67 For example, VMware announced on April 6th that it had found eight vulnerabilities across their products, three of which did not require authentication before exploitation and were assigned high vulnerability scores (CVSSv3 of 9.8).

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This archive is discreetly hosted on legitimate websites, cleverly disguised as firmware binaries for enigmatic devices labeled “m100” The Bitbucket repository was created on June 21, 2018, under the account of Julie Heilman, and it remains the sole repository associated with this profile. As of 2023, it is trading at around $150.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The hackers hit Hancock Regional Hospital during a severe 2018 flu season. Use multi-factor authentication where possible. Set antivirus and anti-malware solutions to automatically update; conduct regular scans. Just ask hospital CEO and president Steve Long. That was a major factor in the decision to pay. "By

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2022

Antivirus companies like McAfee jumped on the opportunity to provide anti-APT products. Social Engineering Training and Two-Factor Authentication Two-factor authentication and social engineering training are both are highly effective countermeasures to put in place. From then on, APT became a heavily used, marketable term.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

Several effective Mac-facing miners joined the crypto-rush in 2018. Unlike their Microsoft counterparts, Apple have been historically far more reticent about working with others—and that extends to third-party antivirus programs and security researchers alike. There was KeRanger ransomware in 2016. Securing themselves in the foot.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption protocols can also verify the authenticity of sources and prevent a sender from denying they were the origin of a transmission. Better antivirus (AV), endpoint detection and response (EDR), and extended detection and response (XDR) solutions can detect and block some attacks.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) found that K–12 cyberattacks more than tripled over the pandemic, from 400 reported incidents in 2018 to over 1,300 in 2021. Install, regularly update, and enable real-time detection for antivirus software. Secure and closely monitor remote desktop protocol (RDP) use.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Cloud technology is triggered whenever the antivirus databases lack data for detecting a piece of malware, but the company’s cloud already contains information about the object. This Trojan was first reported in 2018 and has not significantly changed since that time, still a toy in its creator’s hands. 11.01%) and Anubis.n

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Elie

MAY 30, 2018

Adversarial inputs include malicious documents designed to evade antivirus, and emails attempting to evade spam filters. This series of posts is modeled after the talk I gave at RSA 2018. As shown in the figure, between the end of Nov 2017 and early 2018, there were at least four malicious large-scale attempts to skew our classifier.

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Elie

MAY 30, 2018

Adversarial inputs include malicious documents designed to evade antivirus, and emails attempting to evade spam filters. This series of posts is modeled after the talk I gave at RSA 2018. As shown in the figure, between the end of Nov 2017 and early 2018, there were at least four malicious large-scale attempts to skew our classifier.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This is quite a feat as it was only first discovered in mid-august 2018. Endpoint security includes antivirus, anti-malware, and anti-ransomware solutions that scan and protect your end-user clients. In fact, according to current totals known , Ryuk has netted over 705.80

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Fox IT

MAY 4, 2021

The style of this operation differed drastically from the way in which RM3 operated between 2018 and 2019, when there was a partnership with a distributor actor called Sagrid. Around 2018/2019, Sagrid actively spread malware in Australia and New Zealand, using advanced techniques to deliver it to their victims. SEND_ID_FORM 1 - ??????

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