Webroot

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The respected technology blog TechRadar has even referred to 2021 as “the year of the Chromebook.”. Many third-party security solutions are designed to account for exactly this type of behavior. In 2020, phishing scams spiked by 510 percent between January and February alone.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

ViperSoftX is a JavaScript-based Remote Access Trojan (RAT) and cryptocurrency stealer that was first analyzed by Fortinet in February 2020. ViperSoftX also checks for active antivirus products running on the machine. .” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

In mid-2020, ZINC hackers created Twitter profiles for fake security researchers that were used to retweet security content and posting about vulnerability research. Attackers used Twitter profiles for sharing links to a blog under their control ( br0vvnn[.]io

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) attributes this campaign with high confidence to ZINC, a DPRK-affiliated and state-sponsored group, based on observed tradecraft, infrastructure, malware patterns, and account affiliations.” Attackers used Twitter profiles for sharing links to a blog under their control ( br0vvnn[.]io

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Webroot

AUGUST 27, 2021

Already in 2020, according to the report: 2,4000 governmental agencies, healthcare facilities and schools had been hit with ransomware $350 million had been paid out ransomware actors, a 311% increase over 2019 It was taking 287 days on average for a business to fully recover from a ransomware attack.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Business impersonation is increasing exponentially with hackers gaining access to company email accounts. The hackers then send a legitimate-looking, well-crafted, error-free email with a link that wires the money to a separate bank account. The real estate industry is currently battling an influx of these cyberattacks.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

In a blog post on Monday, researchers from Trend Micro reported that they uncovered 70 email addresses that have been targeted with the so-called “Office 365 V4 phishing kit” since May 2020, 40 of which belong to “CEOs, directors, owners and founders, among other enterprise employee[s].”.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home. Keep that politeness in check, he added, especially when someone is asking you for account details.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 6, 2022

REvil (aka Sodinokibi) first appeared in May 2020 and has been responsible for numerous high-profile ransomware attacks, including arguably the biggest ransomware attack of all time—a supply-chain attack on Kaseya VSA in July 2021 that is thought to have affected over 1,000 businesses. Ensure routine auditing is conducted for all accounts.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. In 2020 groups were demanding as much as $30 million to unlock a victim’s files and systems. Microsoft Antivirus Now Automatically Mitigates Exchange Server Vulnerability.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Krebs wrote for The Washington Post between 1995 and 2009 before launching his current blog KrebsOnSecurity.com. — Dave Kennedy (@HackingDave) July 15, 2020.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2020

released between March 2020 and June 2020.” A blog post by Microsoft says the attackers were able to add malicious code to software updates provided by SolarWinds for Orion users. accounting firms. HF 5 through 2020.2.1, SolarWinds says it has over 300,000 customers including: -more than 425 of the U.S. Fortune 500.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

of polled executives report that their organizations' accounting and financial data were targeted by cyber adversaries.” ” And, “Nearly half (48.8%) of C-suite and other executives expect the number and size of cyber events targeting their organizations’ accounting and financial data to increase in the year ahead.”

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 2, 2021

This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi and the Threat Intelligence Team. In this blog post we are providing additional details about SideCopy that have not been published before. We’ve identified two variants of the Office publisher documents: Report to NSA Mohib – Meeting with FR, GE, UK – 12 Nov 2020.docx.pub

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Cisco Security

JANUARY 28, 2021

In the Cisco 2020 Security Outcomes Study report , 4,800 respondents were asked for their views about these questions. The information in the Cisco 2020 Security Outcomes Study report indicate that there is more involved with success than just slapping together a disparate group of products that are not well integrated.

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Fox IT

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

During the period March to June 2020 , Fox-IT didn’t spot as many campaigns in which TA505 distributed their proven first stage malware. In early June 2020 however, TA505 continued to push their flavored GetandGo-SDBbot campaigns thereby slightly adjusting their chain of infection, now leveraging HTML redirects. TA505 Packer.

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SecureList

JANUARY 11, 2021

On December 13, 2020, FireEye published a blog post detailing a supply chain attack leveraging Orion IT, an infrastructure monitoring and management platform by SolarWinds. For the Kazuar binaries used in 2020, a modified 64-bit FNV-1a appeared in the code: Kazuar. MD5 804785B5ED71AADF9878E7FC4BA4295C (Dec 2020).

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Webroot

MAY 3, 2022

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 5, 2021

It first acquired cloud security posture management (CSPM) company DivvyCloud in 2020. Arctic Wolf raised $200 million in Series E funding in 2020, raising its valuation to a total of $1.3 The vendor acquired Respond Software, an XDR platform, in 2020 for $186 million. for $50 million. Full access to Rapid7 InsightIDR.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

The first mention of this malware appears to be in early 2020 , when multiple phishing campaigns cast a wide net over thousands of users, offering RedLine en masse. The original advertisement to hopeful customers, retrieved from one of these forums and translated from Russian: Collects from browsers: Login and passwords. The Compromises.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 4, 2022

Then User Account Control (UAC) is disabled, specific antivirus initiations are blocked, and information about security tools on the affected system are gathered and sent to a hardcoded command and control (C2) address. It downloads and executes more files, which get deleted after they have done their work. Files: Telegram Desktop.exe.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

Web antivirus recognized 675,832,360 unique URLs as malicious. Attempts to run malware for stealing money from online bank accounts were stopped on the computers of 119,252 unique users. Our file antivirus detected 68,294,298 unique malicious and potentially unwanted objects. Number of new ransomware modifications.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

AV-Comparatives quickly tested several known anti-malware and antivirus products against HermeticWiper and its variants and found that Malwarebytes, among others, detected the malware.). Current analyses of HermeticWiper reveal that the malware is being delivered in highly-targeted attacks in Ukraine, Latvia, and Lithuania. The risk of scams.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2021

13, 2020, someone uploaded a suspected malicious file to VirusTotal , a service that scans submitted files against more than five dozen antivirus and security products. Both Microsoft and FireEye published blog posts on Mar. “In August 2020, a U.S.-based Image: VirusTotal.com.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2021

Cybersecurity experts at both Microsoft and SecureWorks said that the hacker group – called Nobelium by Microsoft but which also is known as APT29 – accessed the Constant Contact email marketing account used by the U.S. Microsoft officials said the attack targeted 3,000 email accounts at 150 organizations.

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Fox IT

MAY 4, 2021

But if you would like to understand the rather tortured history of this particular malware a little better, the research and blog posts on the subject by Check Point are a good starting point. This golden age came to a sudden end with a sharp decline in 2020. Q3 2019 – Q2 2020, Classic fraud era.

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