Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2019

“In January 2019 the NCSC published an alert to highlight a large-scale global campaign to hijack Domain Name Systems (DNS).” In the first half of 2019, hackers have modified the DNS settings of over 180,000 Brazilian routers with even more complex attacks. ” reads the security advisory.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Data Security & Recovery Measures Reliable CSPs provide high-level security and backup services; in the event of data loss, recovery is possible. Users have direct control over data security but are also responsible for backup procedures and permanently lost data in the event of device damage or loss.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Clop was first seen in February 2019 as a new variant in the Cryptomix family, but it has followed its own path of development since then. Let us have a quick look at some of these innovations ranging from technical tricks to advanced social engineering. What is Clop ransomware? Targeted attacks. Data exfiltration.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2021

Google noted a more than 600% spike in phishing attacks in 2020 compared to 2019 with a total of 2,145,013 phishing sites registered as of January 17, 2021, up from 1,690,000 on Jan 19, 2020. The most imitated brands of 2020 clearly illustrate the social engineering effort that goes into cybercrime.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

In November 2019, the criminals behind a ransomware species called Maze started a new trend that is currently gaining momentum on the dark web. In the meanwhile, both businesses and individuals should be proactive in terms of their defenses and maintain data backups to minimize the impact of a potential ransomware attack.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 19, 2022

These variants of Vidar malware fetch the C2 configuration from attacker-controlled social media channels hosted on Telegram and Mastodon network. The URL marker instructs Vdiar to parse the second stage URL from the social media profiles located at the dead drop resolver URL. Vidar Samples. dat:*wallet*.*:*2fa*.*:*backup*.*:*code*.*:*password*.*:*auth*.*:*google*.*:*utc*.*:*UTC*.*:*crypt*.*:*key*.*;50;true;movies:music:mp3;

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 23, 2021

LockBit ransomware was initially discovered in September 2019. lafand wbadmin to delete any backups . Perform frequent backups and recovery tasks based on system criticality (daily, weekly, or monthly), and keep backups offline and encrypted. Malware analysis researchers have also discovered that LockBit 2.0 References.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The main focus here is the social side of data loss. This blog educates about social engineering attacks and ways to prevent them. Antivirus Software 2019 The primary focus of this blog is antivirus software. Spinbackup is a San Francisco based cybersecurity and cloud-to-cloud backup solutions provider for SaaS data.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

” ― Stephane Nappo The amount of compromised data in August 2019 composed 114,686,290 breached records. Here are only seven out of 26 topics: Insider threats Passwords Security of mobile devices Social engineering Viruses Email security Human error To start the course, you need to register and choose the type of account you need.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Many of these attacks prey upon human nature by using social engineering tactics to trick a user into inadvertently allowing ransomware onto their system, under the guise of something legitimate. 5 Main Sources in 2019 first appeared on SpinOne. How Do You Get Ransomware: Key Points So, where do you get ransomware from?

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

This article describes several ways to backup Outlook account settings in great detail. How do I backup my Outlook rules? Overview of the Ways to Back up Outlook Account Settings The legend has it that early versions of Outlook contained special functionality that enabled you to backup your account settings. Neither do we.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Sodinokibi Ransomware Analysis Sodinokibi, also referred to as Sodin or REvil, is a ransomware strain that appeared in April of 2019 and became the 4th most distributed ransomware in the world since then. Making things worse, Sodin may infect on-site backups as well. PerCSoft attack , August 2019.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In a roughly four month span in the middle of 2019, one defendant “laundered more than $2 million in Ryuk ransom proceeds” Another laundered more than $600 in March of that same year. This should include restoring from backups, client outreach, and reporting to law enforcement among others. Backup your files.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The Most Dangerous Ransomware in 2019 Even though the year is not over yet, several notable ransomware attacks had already happened. Let’s take a closer look at the most dangerous ransomware in 2019. In the second quarter of 2019, Ryuk became the prevalent ransomware, hitting a 23.9% billion in 2019.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2019

RobinHood was the ransomware behind the Baltimore attack in May 2019. This ransomware is the suspect behind the Texas ransomware attack in August 2019, where more than 20 local governments were infected. Ryuk is one of the most common ransomware of 2018-2019. billion in 2019 and $8 billion in 2018. Seems suspicious?

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Spinone

AUGUST 12, 2020

He dubbed the new variant of ransomware, “ Ransomcloud ” In the initial demonstration of the attack , it was shown how with a simple social engineering email received by an unsuspecting user, a hacker could take control of a cloud email account and encrypt all the emails in their account. How Does Ransomware 2.0

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Hackers apply more sophisticated smart social engineering tactics. Сompared to the previous year, the average ransom demand has almost doubled in 2019 , from $6,733 to $12,762. Recovery from Backup Native OneDrive ransomware protection and recovery tools are not convenient if you need to restore many files.

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Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

Below are figures from the IBM 2019 Cost of a Data Breach Report : The average time to identify a breach in 2019 was 206 days The average time to contain a breach was 73 days , for a total of 279 days The potential damage, stealing of data, and widespread compromise that can happen in the meantime can be enormous and catastrophic to your business.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

During the 2019 holiday season, the Barracuda research team analyzed 4,200 Android apps related to shopping, Santa, and games. Phishing and Social Engineering. Because phishing relies on social engineering — tricking users into doing something — employee training is one of the best defenses against these attacks.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The unknown intruders gained access to internal Mailchimp tools and customer data by social engineering employees at the company, and then started sending targeted phishing attacks to owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

In November 2021, an unauthorized third party called a Robinhood customer support employee and, through social engineering , gained access to the company’s customer support systems. Partnering with SentinelOne , N-able launched its endpoint detection and response (EDR) and password management solutions in 2019.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

Prevent Rely solely on offline backups Disallow unnecessary file sharing. Significant gateway vulnerabilities include MS Exchange’s ProxyLogon, SonicWall’s Pulse VPN flaw in 2019, and an SQL injection vulnerability in early 2021. Old way New way. Detect Focus on encryption Assume exfiltration. Malicious Cloud Applications.

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Veracode Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The FBI first began tracking TrickBot modules in early 2019 as it was used by cyberattackers to go after large corporations. Once Ryuk has infiltrated a system it uses AES-256 to encrypt files as well an RSA public key to encrypt the AES key, and it also drops a.bat file to delete backup files and prevent recovery.

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

That is why hackers use social engineering tricks to pressure victims into paying a ransom. In 2019 the game has changed: general ransomware activity has dropped, but the number of attacks targeting enterprises has increased by 12%. In fact, only 25% of home users have automatic weekly backups.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Rise of data leak site: many cyber extortion groups may pivot to solely conducting data exfiltration One of the biggest trends from 2021—which continued in 2022—was an expansion of the numbers of double extortion attacks, which originally started in 2019.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2022

In late 2021, we encountered a malicious DXE driver incorporated into several UEFI firmware images that were flagged by our firmware scanner (integrated into Kaspersky products at the start of 2019). Final thoughts.

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