Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Experts at Intezer researchers have spotted a strain of the Linux mining that also scans the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep. In May, Internet scans found nearly one million systems vu lnerable to the BlueKeep flaw. ” reads a blog post published by Intezer. ” continues the analysis.

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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. In March 2021, government experts observed state sponsored hackers scanning the internet for servers vulnerable to the above flaws, the attackers were probing systems on ports 4443, 8443, and 10443.

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Passwords Government Firmware Accountability 68

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted. IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!! Screenshot example.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

That represents a 340% increase year-over-year, a 415% increase since 2018 and accounted for about 4% of the more than 6.3 Still, Todd Moore, vice president of encrypted solutions at cloud, data and software security firm Thales Group, said there are likely many different ways hackers could make use of stolen data.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It comes equipped with a built-in TOR network tunnel for communication with command servers, along with update and delivery functionality through trusted services such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, all using custom encrypted archives. In the Linux version, it also gathers OpenSSH keys stored in $HOME/.ssh 8, 10.0.0.0/8, 8, 100.64.0.0/10,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

The malware is also able to inject JavaScript adware in Internet Explorer, install Chrome/Opera extensions to inject JavaScript adware on these browsers as well, exfiltrate browsing history, silently display ads or muted YouTube videos to users via Chrome, and subscribe users to YouTube video channels.

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McAfee

MAY 26, 2020

The Brave report issued by the Brave Community, a forum where people who care about the internet and their browsing experience come to discuss with each other, typically shows that only five of Europe’s 28 national GDPR enforcers have more than 10 tech specialists. Train your employees about why privacy and security are important generally.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

That file was delivered via malscam campaigns around the world and its source-code is obfuscated in order to evade antivirus detection and complicate its analysis. The latter leverages the WinRar/Ace vulnerability ( CVE-2018-20250 ) dropping the malware itself into the Windows startup folder.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

Users attacked by adware in 2018 through 2020 ( download ). variant has been known since 2018, and we have never once had to adjust the process of detecting it in almost three years. Individuals who generate that many installation packages are obviously not worried about antivirus software. Where did these come from?

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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. Most states require strong data privacy controls, which typically include encrypting any sensitive personal information of staff and students.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The vulnerability is in MSHTML, the Internet Explorer engine. After 2018, we observed falling detection rates for FinSpy for Windows. The attack is estimated to have resulted in the encryption of files belonging to around 60 Kaseya customers using the on-premises version of the platform. In version 16.80.0

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Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 90

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

This technology is stored in the Workbook OLE stream in Excel 97-2003 format which makes it very difficult to detect and parse by antivirus (AV) engines. doc and.xlm) to evade antivirus detection and bypass spam filters as well. That malware is known as FlawedAmmyy RAT and was discovered by Proofpoint researchers in March 2018.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The software, known as stalkerware, is commercially available to everyone with access to the internet. Stalkerware is software that is commercially available to everyone with access to the internet. Read messages on any messenger, regardless of whether encryption is used. The issue of, and the story behind, stalkerware.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

If the victim organization is slow to pay up, even though its files are encrypted and some of its confidential data has been stolen, the attackers additionally threaten to carry out a DDoS attack. On average, 7.67% of Internet user computers worldwide experienced at least one Malware-class attack. Local threats.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The email antivirus was triggered most frequently by email messages containing members of the Trojan.Win32.Agentb Attacks blocked by the email antivirus in 2020 ( download ). The three largest categories had remained unchanged for several years: banks, payment systems and global Internet portals. Agentb malware family.

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Phishing Malware Scams Accountability 139

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

VCPI) provides IT consulting, Internet access, data storage and security services to some 110 nursing homes and acute-care facilities in 45 states. Milwaukee, Wisc. based Virtual Care Provider Inc. All told, VCPI is responsible for maintaining approximately 80,000 computers and servers that assist those facilities. At around 1:30 a.m.

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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. It then uses strong encryption, requiring a decryption key for which the victim must pay a ransom, most often in Bitcoin.

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Ransomware Grows Smarter As you probably know, ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts user files or files in the corporate network. Ransomcloud, the new type of ransomware, encrypts cloud emails (including Outlook emails). In 2018, there were more than 200 million ransomware attacks.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

Web antivirus recognized 675,832,360 unique URLs as malicious. Our file antivirus detected 68,294,298 unique malicious and potentially unwanted objects. Microsoft Office exploits most often tried to utilize the memory corruption vulnerability CVE-2018-0802. Countries that serve as sources of web-based attacks: Top 10.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2021

At DerbyCon in 2018 , Jose Quinones, Carlos Perez presented A Hacker's Cookbook based on their world in Puerto Rico the previous year. There’s an Antivirus Pioneers page, a Web Application Security page, and finally a Rest In Code page for those who have passed. Jack has been chronicling other people in InfoSec.

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Hacking Computers and Electronics InfoSec Technology 52

Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Whether it is synchronized files from on-premises to cloud environments or the risk of encryption of cloud email, ransomware is a real threat to your data. This is quite a feat as it was only first discovered in mid-august 2018. RobinHood is not known to leak data to the Internet if no payment is made.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

The group’s operations were exposed in 2018, showing that it was conducting surveillance attacks against individuals in the Middle East. The threat actor leverages tailor-made malicious documents with embedded macros that trigger an infection chain, opening a URL in Internet Explorer. Other interesting discoveries.

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Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 141

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

On the modern Internet, malware is a near-constant presence. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the precursor of the modern Internet we know, love, and sometimes hate. Worms and the Dawn of the Internet Age: 1987-2000. Viruses Get Their Name: 1974-1986. Want to Learn More About Malware?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Startup Est Headquarters Staff Funding Funding Type Abnormal Security 2018 San Francisco, CA 261 $74.0 Series A Confluera 2018 Palo Alto, CA 33 $29.0 Series A Perimeter 81 2018 Tel Aviv, Israel 159 $65.0 2018 Santa Clara, CA 305 $50.0 Series A Confluera 2018 Palo Alto, CA 33 $29.0 2018 Santa Clara, CA 305 $50.0

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Cybersecurity Threat Detection Artificial Intelligence Risk 142

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Each and every major advance of Internet-centric commerce – from e-tailing and email, to social media and mobile computing, and now on to the Internet of Things – has translated into an exponential expansion of the attack surface available to cybercriminals. 2018 was no exception. Shock-immune public. The wider context?

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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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Fox IT

MAY 4, 2021

Fox-IT/NCC Group has currently counted at least eight* RM3 infrastructures: 4 in Europe 2 in Oceania (that seem to be linked together based on the fact that they share the same inject configurations) 1 worldwide (using AES-encryption) 1 unknown. These variables are encrypted and used for different interactions depending on the module in use.

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Banking Malware Encryption Architecture 98

Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2022

However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put the risk and incredible rate of advancement in Russian cyberattacks front and center – with much of the internet (and the world) caught in the crossfire. Antivirus companies like McAfee jumped on the opportunity to provide anti-APT products. What Is An APT?

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