SecureList

MARCH 3, 2022

It is also worth noting that in 2021 the vectors of monthly fluctuations (increases and decreases) are the same as those in 2019 and, particularly, in 2018 more often than in 2020. However, compared to 2018 and 2019, the summer decrease in the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked was less pronounced in 2021.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2019 we discussed several times about the abuse of surveillance software, in October WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of using a flaw in its messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists and activists. “There is no consensus among member states on the need or value of drafting a new treaty.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2019

However, the three apps in question — Pro Selfie Beauty Camera, Selfie Beauty Camera Pro, and Pretty Beauty Camera 2019 — were really tools to spread adware and spyware. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. Talk more soon.

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SecureList

MARCH 25, 2021

Starting with the second half (H2) of 2019, we observed a decline in the percentages of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked. In comparison, this trend was observed in 7% of countries in 2019, and the same was seen in H1 2020 compared to H2 2019. in H2 compared to H1, 2019 vs 2020 (download 1 , 2 ).

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

Adobe Patch Tuesday updates for July 2019 address only 5 minor flaws. Microsoft released Patch Tuesday security updates for July 2019. Parents Guide for Safe YouTube and Internet Streaming for Kids. New FinFisher spyware used to spy on iOS and Android users in 20 countries. Kali Linux is now available for Raspberry Pi 4.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Researchers at Trend Micro have disclosed details about a new watering hole campaign, dubbed Operation Earth Kitsune , targeting the Korean diaspora that exploits flaws in web browsers such as Google Chrome and Internet Explorer to deploy backdoors. The attacks were spotted by the researchers during the months of March, May, and September.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

pic.twitter.com/VdiKoqAwkr — Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) November 2, 2019. The vulnerability , tracked as CVE-2019-0708, impacts the Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and was addressed by Microsoft with May 2019 Patch Tuesday updates. huh, the EternalPot RDP honeypots have all started BSOD'ing recently.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The Morris Worm, ostensibly created to map the internet, ultimately brought down roughly 6000 systems. Early Internet. As the ARPANET evolved into the internet, connecting exponentially more computers throughout the world, malicious code likewise made advances. Trojans/Spyware. Ransomware. Logic bombs.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Experts found Joker Spyware in 24 apps in the Google Play store. Adobe September 2019 Patch Tuesday updates fix 2 code execution flaws in Flash Player. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for September 2019 fix 2 privilege escalation flaws exploited in attacks. Once again thank you! WordPress 5.2.3

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss the SMB security landscape at length with Gill. In 2018, attackers shifted their focus to refining and deploying banking trojans, which essentially act as spyware. So far in 2019, we’re seeing another shift back to ransomware, Gill told me. Talk more soon.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

Based on compilation times, infrastructure, and public distribution of samples – we assess the campaign operated from the second half of 2018 into today (July 2019).” ” The new malware samples analyzed in July 2019 appear to have been rebuild by the group in response to public reporting on the group’s activities.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2020

An estimated 75% of Americans used mobile banking in 2019. This rise in use comes with a warning now, from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) which is housed within the U.S. The coronavirus made visiting the bank impossible for a time, and now reliance on banking apps has soared. Department of Justice (DOJ).

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

The word “covid” in various combinations was typically used in the names of packages hiding spyware and banking Trojans, adware or Trojan droppers. If you look at the dynamics of attacks on mobile users in 2020, you will see that the average monthly number of attacks decreased by 865,000 compared to 2019. Country*. %**.

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SecureList

JUNE 7, 2021

In 2019, Gootkit stopped operating after it experienced a data leak , but has been active again since November 2020. The main body is a modular framework, containing registration, spyware, VMX detection and other modules. Internet Explorer. Main body (same since 2019). Browser name. 0xC84F40F0. 0x662D9D39. 0x2993125A.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 19, 2021

Until the year 2019, it was offering the spying software only to government organizations that were indulging in espionage related tactics on criminals. Till then the iPhone owners are requested to avoid using unknown Wi-Fi networks for accessing internet on their devices. software that led to iPhone hacks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

An Australian national has been charged for the creation and sale of the Imminent Monitor (IM) spyware, which was also used for criminal purposes. The 24-year-old Australian national Jacob Wayne John Keen has been charged for his alleged role in the development and sale of spyware known as Imminent Monitor (IM).

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In most cases, scammers, as before, claimed to have used spyware to film the blackmail victim watching adult videos. as compared to the year 2019, remaining fifth with 5.97%, while Brazil lost 1.76 That is 32,289,484 fewer attempts than in 2019. Figures of the year. Most spam (21.27%) originated in Russia. France gained 2.97

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Additional features of botnets include spam, ad and click fraud, and spyware. with no internet. Cybersecurity vendors like Panda Security suggest the best way to defend against crimeware is using a combination of antivirus, anti-spyware, firewalls, and threat detection technology. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For example, the reputable Kaspersky anti-malware company might offer legitimate anti-ransomware tools suitable for many organizations, but their Russian headquarters may cause hesitation over concerns related to the invasion of Ukraine or concerns of spyware. For-pay ransomware recovery tool.

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SecureList

MARCH 8, 2023

Stalkerware can be downloaded and easily installed by anyone with an Internet connection and physical access to a smartphone. Other types of monitoring or spyware apps that fall outside of the Coalition’s definition are not included in the report statistics. Figure 2, below, shows the new warning in the blue box.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

In January 2019, Group-IB specialists obtained information about previously unknown malware sample used in this attack, dubbed by Group-IB RATv3.ps Cybercriminals steal user accounts’ data using special spyware aimed at obtaining users’ authentication data. ps (RAT – remote administration tool).

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit. Nowadays, such pages are necessary to build a brand, generate new business, and resolve customer issues.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, observed the growth of the lifespan of phishing attacks in the second half of 2019. It should be noted that some of the tech companies provide a wide range of Internet-related services and some of them, like cloud storages and email services, form separate categories.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The internet was the main source of threats causing these increases. The internet, removable media and email continue to be the main sources of threats to computers in ICS environments. Threats from the internet were blocked on 18.2% which continued a downward trend that began in H2 2019. in Hong Kong (20.8%); 6 p.p.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

It is not unusual to have your system or network infected with malware, such as spyware, that often lingers secretly with no apparent symptoms. Malware can be categorized based on how it behaves (adware, spyware and ransomware), and how it propagates from one victim to another (viruses, worms and trojans). Don’t worry though.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

It is not unusual to have your system or network infected with malware, such as spyware, that often lingers secretly with no apparent symptoms. Malware can be categorized based on how it behaves (adware, spyware and ransomware), and how it propagates from one victim to another (viruses, worms and trojans). Don’t worry though.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Hundreds of vulnerabilities in common Wi-Fi routers affect millions of users German BSI agency warns of ransomware attacks over Christmas holidays Cuba ransomware gang hacked 49 US critical infrastructure organizations CISA warns of vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy products NSO Group spyware used to compromise iPhones of 9 US State Dept officials (..)

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Google Security

JULY 27, 2023

Maddie Stone, Security Researcher, Threat Analysis Group (TAG) This is Google’s fourth annual year-in-review of 0-days exploited in-the-wild [ 2021 , 2020 , 2019 ] and builds off of the mid-year 2022 review. In the past we have sometimes counted them as 0-days: CVE-2019-2215 and CVE-2021-1048.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2020

gun exchange site on hacking forum Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2020 Emotet malware employed in fresh COVID19-themed spam campaign PoC exploit code for two Apache Struts 2 flaws available online XCSSET Mac spyware spreads via Xcode Projects. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Germany and the Netherlands agreded to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. Germany and the Netherlands agreed to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. ViceLeaker Android spyware targets users in the Middle East. Cyber Defense Magazine – July 2019 has arrived. Is Your Browser Secure?

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

During routine monitoring of detections for FinFisher spyware tools, we discovered traces that point to recent FinFly Web deployments. One of the suspected FinFly Web servers was active for more than a year between October 2019 and December 2020. This server was disabled a day after our discovery last December.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 15, 2019

I've been involved with a bunch of really poorly implemented "Internet of Things" things in the past that presented serious privacy risks to those who used them. Not to mention the various spyware apps often installed on kids' phones to track them which then subsequently leak their data all over the internet. mSpy leaked data.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Today is Safer Internet Day which marks the annual occurrence of parents thinking about their kids' online presence (before we go back to thinking very little about it tomorrow!) What say you, internet? I know of other parents who adamantly don't want any trace of their kids on the internet whatsoever. So proud ??

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SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We discovered another set of TTPs targeting aerospace and defense research establishments in India between 2019 and the end of June 2021, featuring two previously unknown backdoors: LGuarian and HTTP_NEWS. Historically, its Windows implant was represented by a single-stage spyware installer. Other interesting discoveries.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1988 — The Morris Worm — Robert Morris creates what would be known as the first worm on the Internet. 2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. 2019 – Alibaba – A telemarketing employee privately obtained 1.1

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

NullMixer is a dropper that includes more than just specific malware families; it drops a wide variety of malicious binaries to infect the machine with, such as backdoors, bankers, downloaders, spyware and many others. Racoon is also known to have evolved over the years since it was discovered in 2019. NullMixer execution chain.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 6, 2021

While this observed behavior is similar to a 2019 campaign targeting employees of U.S. The actors have even repurposed publicly available photos of random women on the internet to perpetrate such ruses, and have reportedly sent generic voice messages of women’s voices saying quick phrases like “yes” and “no” in Hebrew.

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