eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2023

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance is a protocol that was first proposed in January 2012 and widely adopted in 2018 by the U.S. A DMARC policy is included in a DNS record for a given domain, enabling the sender to specify if messages are protected by SPF or DKIM. How Does DMARC Work?

Technology 72

Technology Authentication DNS Phishing 72

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2021

Back in 2018, almost two-thirds of the small businesses suffered from cyber security attacks. . There are different kinds of cyber attacks that are faced by small businesses, including malware, phishing, SQL injection, DNS tunneling, and more. In fact, Phishing alone accounts for 90% of small business cyber attacks.

Small Business 145

Small Business Cyber Attacks VPN Backups 145

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

Group-IB has limited some of the data in the reports that could hinder investigations into the group’s cybercrimes. Prior to April 2018, Silence’s target interests were primarily limited to 25 post-Soviet states and neighboring countries. Like most APTs, Silence uses phishing emails to infect their victims.

Banking 55

Banking Cybercrime Cybersecurity Advertising 55

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

15, 2018, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) charged then 27-year-old Bloom, of Thornhill, Ontario, with selling stolen personal identities online through the website LeakedSource[.]com. LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts.

Hacking 192

Hacking Accountability Data breaches Marketing 192

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The attackers obtain initial access to a system by sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link. After 2018, we observed falling detection rates for FinSpy for Windows. Melcoz had been active in Brazil since at least 2018, before expanding overseas. Grandoreiro and Melcoz arrests.

Malware 86

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 86

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Netscout’s ASERT uncovered a new campaign carried out by the Cobalt cybercrime group. The attacks were detected on August 13, 2018, experts revealed that the hackers targeted also the NS Bank in Russia and Carpatica/Patria in Romania. The phishing message includes two malicious links.

Cybercrime 54

Cybercrime Banking Phishing Advertising 54

SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

Since 2018, Lazarus has persistently targeted crypto-currency-related businesses for a long time, using malicious Word documents and themes related to the crypto-currency business to lure potential targets. However, when we started hunting for more samples, we found phishing documents that ultimately dropped EarlyRat.

Malware 73

Malware Spyware Cryptocurrency Government 73

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Compared to its predecessors, the sixth “Hi-Tech Crime Trends” report is the first to contain chapters devoted to the main industries attacked and covers the period from H2 2018 to H1 2019, as compared to the period from H2 2017 to H1 2018. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace.

Banking 85

Banking Telecommunications Marketing Internet 85

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

Since 2018, we have been tracking Roaming Mantis – a threat actor that targets Android devices. The group uses various malware families, including Wroba, and attack methods that include phishing, mining, smishing and DNS poisoning. The phishing kit market. Roaming Mantis reaches Europe. Lapsus$ group hacks Okta.

Phishing 103

Phishing Spyware Firmware Malware 103

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

Security experts at Flashpoint revealed that the financially-motivated cybercrime group FIN7 (aka Anunak and Carbanak ) used new malware in a recent hacking campaign. The emails would also drop the backdoor DNSbot that primarily operates over DNS traffic. ” reads the analysis published by Flashpoint.

Malware 83

Malware Identity Theft Cybercrime Hacking 83

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. — Jack Daniel (@jack_daniel) October 10, 2018. jaysonstreet) March 3, 2018. — Kevin Mitnick (@kevinmitnick) January 20, 2018. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs.

Accountability 134

Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 134

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

We had initially analyzed this Delphi malware in April 2018. 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.

Malware 130

Malware Firmware Government Phishing 130

Veracode Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. Researchers found that TrickBot developers created a tool called anchor_dns which uses a single-byte X0R cipher to obfuscate communications and, once de-obfuscated, is discoverable in DNS request traffic. as phishing attempts often do to gain trust.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Ransomware Phishing Social Engineering 52

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.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135