Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2019

Users that have downloaded the VSDC multimedia editing software between 2019-02-21 and 2019-03-23, may have been infected with malware. Users that have downloaded the VSDC multimedia editing software between 2019-02-21 and 2019-03-23, may have been infected with a banking trojan and an information stealer.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 17, 2021

Related: How credential stuffing fuels account takeovers. In pulling off that milestone hack, Paige Thompson took advantage of CapOne’s lack of focus on cloud security as the banking giant rushed headlong into leveraging Amazon Web Services. A slew of new cloud-security frameworks have gained traction since the Capital One hack.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

These two software are currently unknown to most if not all antivirus companies.” “FUD” in the ad above refers to software and download links that are “Fully UnDetectable” as suspicious or malicious by all antivirus software. The Exe Clean service made malware look like goodware to antivirus products.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2021

One of the fathers of antivirus software, the entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in a Barcelona prison cell while he was waiting for extradition to the US. The investigators suppose that the income was directed into bank accounts and cryptocurrency exchange accounts in the names of nominees. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

GandCrab dissolved in July 2019, and is thought to have become “ REvil ,” one of the most ruthless and rapacious Russian ransomware groups of all time. was also used to register an account at the online game stalker[.]so ru, the very same account Truniger used to recruit hackers for the Snatch Ransomware group back in 2018.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2021

“A Russian national was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for operating a “crypting” service used to conceal the Kelihos malware from antivirus software, which enabled hackers to systematically infect approximately hundreds of thousands of victim computers around the world with malicious software, including ransomware.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

Russian national Oleg Koshkin was convicted for operating a “crypting” service used to obfuscate the Kelihos bot from antivirus software. ”The websites promised to render malicious software fully undetectable by nearly every major provider of antivirus software. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, Kelihos). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The ZoneAlarm suite includes antivirus software and firewall solutions to and users and small organizations, it has nearly 100 million downloads. The company sent a data breach notification mail to forum users urging them to change their forum account passwords. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach). Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

billion in 2019 to $815.4 is clearly failing to protect cardholder account details effectively in today’s environment. Protect stored account data. Requirement 3: “Account Data” instead of “Cardholder Data” indicates a potential increase of scope for PCI assets. In fact, the U.S. billion in 2020, a 43% increase.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

The term “FUD” in those names stands for “ F ully U n- D etectable,” and it refers to cybercrime resources that will evade detection by security tools like antivirus software or anti-spam appliances. In 2019, The Manipulaters failed to renew their core domain name — manipulaters[.]com

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 14, 2021

From at least last Thursday, 10th of June 2021, multiple users report on Twitter that they got hacked after being approached to create new digital art. My Metamask got hacked and now my @withFND account is compromised. Prevention : how to prevent this from happening again. Conclusion : a brief conclusion and additional thoughts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

The GandCrab was advertised in the Russian hacking community, researchers from LMNTRIX who discovered it noticed that authors was leveraging the RIG and GrandSoft exploit kits to distribute the malware. The GandCrab Ransomware-as-a-Service shut down operations in June 2019 and told affiliates to stop distributing the ransomware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2021

Upon compromising the domain administrator account, threat actors could distributee malware to other systems on the same network. “The lack of timely antivirus database updates for the security solution used on attacked systems also played a key role, preventing the solution from detecting and blocking the threat.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

billion more than in 2019. Some 34% of those who filed a report lost money, another figure up significantly since 2019. Here’s what you should do immediately: Reset your most sensitive passwords for local and online accounts. Run a complete antivirus/anti-malware scan and update software. million fraud complaints in 2020.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. To bypass antivirus systems, hackers send out malicious emails in non-working hours with delayed activation. Links account for 29%, while attachments—for 71%. rar archive files.

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Ransomware Antivirus Malware Banking 72

Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. New #Mespinoza #Ransomware [link] Ext: locked R/n: Readme.README Affected users, contact the support forum of @BleepinComputer pic.twitter.com/SbKxVEIXUd — Amigo-A (@Amigo_A_) October 25, 2019.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2023

” The Lockbit gang has been active since at least 2019 and today it is one of the most active ransomware groups offering a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model. ransomware include remote desktop protocol (RDP) exploitation, drive-by compromise, phishing campaigns, abuse of valid accounts, and exploitation of public-facing applications.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2020

Fxmsp gained worldwide fame in May 2019, after it was reported that the networks belonging to leading antivirus software companies had been compromised. Fxmsp included one of his Jabber accounts, in his contact information on the forum which helped Group-IB researchers to establish his presumed identity. Geography and victims.

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Antivirus Advertising Hacking Banking 90

Identity IQ

AUGUST 20, 2021

According to BlueVoyant’s Cybersecurity in Higher Education 2021 report , ransomware attacks on colleges increased twofold between 2019 and 2020. Those behind the attack published online screenshots of personal information onto a website called Clop, which ranged from Social Security numbers to bank account information. It goes deeper.

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Identity Theft Passwords Education Banking 98

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

The malware was first spotted in 2019 by security experts at Kaspersky, the name BRAT comes from ‘Brazilian RAT Android,’ because at the time it was used to spy on Brazilian users. These two permissions allows the operators to receive and read the victim’s sms while performing a phishing attack and takeover the victims’ account.

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Malware Banking Antivirus Phishing 104

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Attackers hacked support agent to access Microsoft Outlook email accounts. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 8 security breaches available for sale. Million email accounts without permission.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. According to the report issued by the CERT-FR, operators behind the Pysa ransomware launched brute-force attacks against management consoles and Active Directory accounts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. The joint alert also states that attackers scanning also enumerated devices for the CVE-2020-12812 and CVE-2019-5591 flaws. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Fortinet FortiOS).

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Passwords Government Firmware Accountability 69

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

” According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. According to the report issued by the CERT-FR, operators behind the Pysa ransomware launched brute-force attacks against management consoles and Active Directory accounts.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

How not to disclosure a Hack. UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack. PA Unit 42 found that the average ransom paid by organisations nearly tripled over the past year, from $115,123 in 2019 to $312,493. High-end ransoms have gone up significantly too.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2020

The virus avoided detection by antivirus solutions through regular updates from an attacker-controlled command-and-control (C2) infrastructure, and spread through the company’s systems, causing network outages and shutting down essential services for nearly a week.”

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Antivirus Malware Phishing Advertising 120

Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2019

Boffins hacked Siemens Simatic S7, most secure controllers in the industry. Watch out, your StockX account details may be available in crime forums. Adobe Patch Tuesday for August 2019 fixed 119 flaws in 8 products. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2019 patch 93 bugs, including 2 dangerous wormable issues.

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Banking Password Management Advertising Antivirus 55

Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

The service, which accepts PayPal, Bitcoin and all major credit cards, is aimed primarily at enterprises engaged in repetitive, automated activity that often results in an IP address being temporarily blocked — such as data scraping, or mass-creating new accounts at some service online. Which hints at a possible BOTNET.

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Advertising Software Computers and Electronics Internet 212

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

link] pic.twitter.com/Tn5SoXht2A — 360 Threat Intelligence Center (@360TIC) March 18, 2019. This way to identify infected machines represents a novelty in the threat landscape, victims must register the Gmail account provided by the ransomware in order to receive the decryption keys. a ransomware , hacking ).

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SecureList

JULY 1, 2021

This year’s report looked at the period from December 2019 to May 2021, which shows that not only were work computers connected to Steam, but they also remained connected. Based on the statistics from our web antivirus, cybercriminals are still mainly placing their bets on exploiting Minecraft as a decoy. Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Upatre.vwi.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

The source code of the Xerxes malware was leaked online around May 2019. ” The malicious code supports multiple commands, it could launch overlay attacks, log keystrokes, send spam the victims’ contact lists with SMS messages, and prevent victims from using antivirus software. SecurityAffairs – hacking, BlackRock malware).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites available for sale on the dark web. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for February 2019 fixes IE Zero-Day. Astaroth Trojan relies on legitimate os and antivirus processes to steal data. MetaMask app on Google Play was a Clipboard Hijacker. Malicious PDF Analysis.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 12, 2021

But do you know that a good deal of the danger accounts for insiders? This case exposed a vast list of Microsoft support records at the end of 2019. The information contained reservation info, guests’ contact details, and account data. These accounts, compromised in July 2020, included both private and corporate users.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Since end-December 2019 lampion malware has been noted as the most prominent malware targeting Portuguese organizations. According to legitimate sources, Portuguese banking teams have detected irregular accesses to banking portals usually carried out through compromised accounts via the Lampion infections. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malware Banking Antivirus Advertising 79

Spinone

OCTOBER 10, 2019

DarkReading Twitter account has more than 200k followers, a very solid number for the cybersecurity industry. Hacking Vision Hacking Vision is a cybersecurity blog with a vision to bring a community of white hat security experts together to learn and gain knowledge.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

The first document named “Urgent.docx” is dated back November 2019. . OS, disk serial numbers, the antivirus, and more). . ” According to the experts, the campaign is still ongoing, even if the Twitter account is suspended, attackers can easily create new accounts and use them in the same way.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

We met at Black Hat 2019. Once they were inside, they would turn off your antivirus software and the software responsible for online backups. Nuanced hacks Another ring honing automated, active techniques is the Baldr password stealing gang. Sophos Senior Security Advisor John Shier broke it down for me.

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