Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

The LockBit Locker group is known for using a combination of advanced techniques, even phishing, and also social engineering, to gain initial access to a company’s network. One of the most concerning aspects of these recent attacks is the way in which they are being conducted.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 16, 2022

CafePress waited seven months to publicly disclose a 2019 breach, and only did so after it had been reported in the news. In February 2019, a threat actor was able to access millions of email addresses and passwords. The passwords are said to have been protected by “weak encryption”, an absolute security no-no.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2021

The emails pose as company updates and are often socially engineered to look like they have been personally tailored to the recipient. A short period of time is plenty to get access to sensitive data, exfiltrate it, cover tracks, delete or encrypt valuable data, and potentially increase persistence in the environment for future usage.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Although most people think of ransomware as a dodgy application that encrypts data and holds it for ransom, the concept is much more heterogeneous than that. File encryption 2013 – 2015. It emerged in September 2013 and paved the way for hundreds of file-encrypting menaces that have splashed onto the scene ever since.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

According to Unitrends’ 2019 cloud storage research, 62% of respondents had successfully recovered data from the cloud. Anyone with sensitive data stored in the cloud is vulnerable in the event of data breach, so enforce strong encryption, authentication, and patching measures.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

That’s why email-validation services are an attractive target for cybercriminals looking for a fresh batch of email addresses for their next wave of social engineering attacks. and River City Media data breaches. In short, Verifications.io

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Hacker Combat

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The crypto-currency scams, which started in 2019, saw hackers recruit their targets on one Russian-speaking platform. Some of the samples used different anti-sandboxing methods, including download IP cloaking, encrypted files and enlarged files. The malware that was most observed was able to steal both the cookies and passwords.

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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. When we first came across file-encrypting ransomware, we were astounded and horrified at the same time. Encrypting Virtual Hard Disks. What is Clop ransomware? Copycat tactics.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

The template itself is much more simplified and appears to be in development with a fake Firefox update that contains a couple of scripts that pull down an encrypted payload. The malvertising infrastructure is essentially the same one that was used in numerous drive-by campaigns with exploit kits since late 2019. MakeMoney connection.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

. “Between October 16 and November 12, 2019, Proofpoint researchers observed the actor sending malicious email messages to organizations in Germany, Italy, and the United States, targeting no particular vertical but with recipients that were heavily weighted towards business and IT services, manufacturing, and healthcare.”

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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. The first half of 2019 saw a 10-fold increase in the number of password-protected objects, such as documents and archive files, being used to deliver malware. Financial departments at high risk.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In addition, telemedicine has generated a larger pool for potential phishing scams as well as other socially-engineered, and technically based, attacks (e.g., These tools include smart technology-oriented solutions like encryption and tokenization. The survey data revealed that encryption and tokenization rates remain low.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since at least 2019, the Mustang Panda threat actor group has targeted government and public sector organizations across Asia and Europe [3] with long-term cyberespionage campaigns in line with strategic interests of the Chinese government. Figure 8 – Decompiled PlugX loader contains decryption function.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

For ransomware attacks where network data gets encrypted , backups are the definitive method for restoring network infrastructure. Coveware reported earlier this year the average downtime for ransomware victims jumped from 15 days in 2019 to 21 days in 2020. Beyond Encryption: Exfiltration and Extortion. Data Exfiltration.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

In May 2017, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) rolled out its Cyber Security Framework mandating detailed data security rules, including a requirement to encrypt and containerize business data in all computing formats. organizations between January 2013 and July 2019. Ransomware hacking groups extorted at least $144.35

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 23, 2021

LockBit ransomware was initially discovered in September 2019. This is the act of exfiltrating sensitive data from the victim network before the encryption stage of the attack[1]. Begin the encryption process and drop the ransom note in each folder after it encrypts the folder’s contents (T1486: Data Encrypted for Impact). .

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In fact, the PIN is encrypted in the device upon entry using a variety of encryption schemes and symmetric keys. Sometimes the traffic is not even encrypted. SPSniffer: serial port sniffer allowing capture of not-encrypted traffic. Warning from a PoS vendor about Prilex social engineering attacks.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. Number of attacks on mobile users in 2019 and 2020 ( download ). Whereas it was 12.85% in 2019, it reached 14.62% in 2020.

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Security Through Education

MAY 31, 2021

For the first 9 months of 2019, there were more than 11.2 A 2019 report showed that teens (13 years old and up) use their phone for an average of 7 hours and 22 minutes per day. Pay particular attention to apps and sites that feature end-to-end encryption, direct messaging (DM), video chats, file uploads, or keeps its users anonymous.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

In September 2019, ProPublica revealed millions of medical images were being exposed online through unsecured Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS). The combination of data could readily enable social engineering attacks, fraud, full-fledged identity theft attacks, and other cybercrimes, he warned. But the U.S.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

KeyPlug is a modular backdoor with the capability of communicating to its server via several network communication protocols set in its XOR-encrypted embedded configuration block. In 2019, SoleDragon was also deployed through Skype. SoleDragon is complex malware used by the SilentBreak threat group. Final thoughts.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Data from the Brazilian Federation of Banks registered a considerable increase in crime (such as explosions at bank branches to steal money) and cybercrime (increased phishing and social-engineering attacks) against banking customers and banking infrastructure. Of course, this is the result of economic problems caused by the pandemic.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 22, 2021

In 2019, US authorities filed charges against EvilCorp’s alleged leaders, Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev, accusing them of using malware to steal millions of dollars from groups, including schools and religious organizations, in over 40 countries. Links to EvilCorp. EvilCorp is the name of a vast, international cybercrime network.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 1, 2021

The data that has been stolen or encrypted is essential to operations and without it, even for a short time, the organization could fail. Research has highlighted that both human (social engineering) and technical vulnerabilities are exploited in ransomware attacks, and that this creates difficulties in establishing effective countermeasures.

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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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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2020

One of the last occurrences was last December 2019, where the Lampion trojan operated in a very similar way, changing only the way the malware was distributed (via AWS S3 buckets and with the first stage encoded in a highly obfuscated VBS file). This is a mechanism that makes C2 persistence and dynamics.

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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. By using lateral movement, ransomware can silently spread across the public cloud and encrypt files of the whole organization.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Source: Verizon DBIR [1] In last year’s DBIR report [2], Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all cybersecurity data breach events, with Denial of Service being the number one cybersecurity incident covering almost 50% of all events. For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

Such was related to a worldwide malware operation known as NullMixer, a controversial and widespread malware delivery maneuver based on SEO poisoning and social engineering technique to lure tech-savvy users, including IT personnel. Bots “public-key” and “private-key” are randomly generated at process startup time.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Source: Verizon DBIR [1] In last year’s DBIR report [2], Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all cybersecurity data breach events, with Denial of Service being the number one cybersecurity incident covering almost 50% of all events. For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

Communication with the server can take place either over raw TCP sockets encrypted with RC4, or via HTTPS. This malware was discovered in 2019, and since then different variants have gained notoriety under various names such as Nemty, Nefilim, Offwhite and others. Black Kingdom ransomware. We Are Back ?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

lazydocker : A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose : [link] pic.twitter.com/HsK17rzg8m — Binni Shah (@binitamshah) July 1, 2019. Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp [link] — Schneier Blog (@schneierblog) August 1, 2019. — Jason Haddix (@Jhaddix) July 27, 2019. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs.

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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. ” SEPTEMBER.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Crypto ransomware encrypts the data on your computer or in the cloud. However, you can not use encrypted data. Encrypting ransomware is much harder to deal with, as you can not get access to your data simply by switching devices or finding a way to pass a screen lock. Ryuk is one of the most common ransomware of 2018-2019.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

In a direct message exchange on OGUsers from November 2019, lol is asked for help from another OGUser member whose Twitter account had been suspended for abuse. Twitter added that it is working with law enforcement and is rolling out additional company-wide training to guard against social engineering tactics.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Ransomware has a public/private key encryption to make your data unreadable. In theory, ransomware may encrypt a file of any type. However, some files on your computer are encrypted more often than others. Ransomcloud is a special ransom malware, designed to encrypt cloud emails and attachments. How Does Ransomware Work?

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