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Cybercriminal greeners from Iran attack companies worldwide for financial gain

Security Affairs

Its source code popped up for sale in March 2020 making it available to a wider audience. Interestingly, the threat actors likely didn’t have a clear plan on what to do with the compromised networks. For instance, to disable built-in antivirus software, the attackers used Defender Control and Your Uninstaller.

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Phishing scheme shows CEOs may be ‘most valuable asset,’ and ‘greatest vulnerability’

SC Magazine

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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IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. Mobile statistics

SecureList

Number of attacks targeting users of Kaspersky mobile solutions, Q3 2020 — Q3 2021 ( download ). In Q3 2021, Kaspersky detected 676,190 malicious installation packages — 209,915 less than in the previous quarter and 445,128 less than in Q3 2020. Number of detected malicious installation packages, Q3 2020 — Q3 2021 ( download ).

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IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. Mobile statistics

SecureList

The most common threat to mobile devices was adware: 25.28% of all threats detected. 405,684 malicious installation packages were detected, of which: 55,614 packages were related to mobile banking Trojans; 3,821 packages were mobile ransomware Trojans. Distribution of detected mobile malware by type. 96,55%).

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Fxmsp: the untold story of infamous seller of access to corporate networks who made at least USD 1.5 mln

Security Affairs

Fxmsp gained worldwide fame in May 2019, after it was reported that the networks belonging to leading antivirus software companies had been compromised. Group-IB’s attribution-based Threat Intelligence system makes it possible to monitor all posts on underground forums in real-time and gain access to both original posts and all edit history.

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IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. Mobile statistics

SecureList

Droppers (Trojan-Dropper), accounting for 26.28% of detections, were the most common threat to mobile devices. 438,035 malicious installation packages were detected, of which: 35,060 packages were related to mobile banking Trojans, 2,310 packages were mobile ransomware Trojans. Quarterly figures. percentage points.

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Top MDR Services for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Despite the similarity in name to endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology, MDR providers are more like general managed security service providers (MSSPs) , operating on all layers of an organization’s infrastructure, including the network, endpoints, applications and other IT resources. Secureworks. for $50 million.