Krebs on Security

MARCH 19, 2025

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is the latest exhibit in the Trump administration’s continued disregard for basic cybersecurity protections. As cybersecurity journalist Shane Harris noted in The Atlantic , even those fragments of information could be useful to foreign spies. government employees.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 24, 2025

That trust could have an adverse effect, in that iPhone users do not feel the need to change their behavior when making online purchases, and they have less interest in (or may simply not know about) using additional cybersecurity measures, like antivirus. Whatever the reasons, there is room for improvement.

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Adam Levin

JULY 10, 2020

2020 is on the path to becoming a record-breaking year for data breaches and compromised personal data. A recent article released by cybersecurity and antivirus firm Bitdefender shows that 8.4 billion records have already been exposed, and that’s only accounting for the first quarter of 2020.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2020

released between March 2020 and June 2020.” Malicious code added to an Orion software update may have gone undetected by antivirus software and other security tools on host systems thanks in part to guidance from SolarWinds itself. HF 5 through 2020.2.1, ”

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) said in the directive that it expected imminent exploitation of the flaw — CVE-2020-1472 and dubbed “ZeroLogon” — because exploit code which can be used to take advantage of it was circulating online. 21 at the latest.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2022

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Zloader had a special relationship with Ryuk/Conti, acting as a preferred distribution platform for deploying Ryuk/Conti ransomware. alone by October 2020. But according to Microsoft and an advisory from the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2022

The Agency warns the cybersecurity firm could be implicated in hacking attacks during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to §7 BSI law, the BSI warns against the use of Kaspersky Antivirus and recommends replacing it asap with defense solutions from other vendors. ” reads the BSI announcement. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 27, 2021

“It picked up steam in mid-2020, growing the average ransom to $65,000 last year, up from $18,800 in 2019.” The NetWalker ransomware affiliate program kicked off in March 2020, when the administrator of the crimeware project began recruiting people on the dark web. ” Image: Chainalysis. Powershell build.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

What’s the best antivirus software? With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. Top 4 antivirus software. ESET is another consumer antivirus vendor boasting strong enterprise security test scores.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 16, 2020

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected–and do the best we can in a rapidly changing world. That’s always the case when it comes to cybersecurity. Keep your antivirus up to date: Any decent antivirus program needs to be updated regularly to keep ahead of new viruses and malware.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The state of stalkerware in 2020 (PDF). Kaspersky’s data shows that the scale of the stalkerware issue has not improved much in 2020 compared to the last year: The number of people affected is still high. In total, 53,870 of our mobile users were affected globally by stalkerware in 2020. between 2015 and 2020.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Along with Richard Stiennon , I belong to a small circle of journalists and tech industry analysts who’ve been paying close attention to cybersecurity since Bill Gates curtailed commercial work on Windows to rivet Microsoft’s attention on defending its software code. Much has changed; much has remained the same. This is my 16 th RSA.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2021

H2 2020 – Kaspersky observed an increase in ransomware attacks on industrial control system (ICS) systems in developed countries. T he percentage of ICS computers hit by a cyber attack in the second half of the year on a global scale was 33.4%, (+0.85% than H1 2020). Which are most secure countries in H2 2020?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Threat Report Portugal Q3 2020: Data related to Phishing and malware attacks based on the Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d. The Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2020 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to August, Q3, of 2020. Phishing and Malware Q3 2020. Malware by Numbers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2021

Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro revealed that a threat actor is actively exploiting a flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-24557, in its antivirus solutions to gain admin rights on Windows systems. The CVE-2020-24557 vulnerability affects the Apex One and OfficeScan XG enterprise security products.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

US FTC charged cyber security firm Avast with harvesting consumer web browsing data through its browser extension and antivirus and sold it. The antivirus firm is accused of selling the data to advertising companies without user consent. The antivirus firm is accused of selling the data to advertising companies without user consent.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Achieving funding is no simple task, and cybersecurity entrepreneurs have a difficult path competing in a complex and competitive landscape. Luckily for cybersecurity startups, there’s no shortage of interest in tomorrow’s next big security vendors. Investments in cybersecurity more than doubled from $12 billion to $29.5

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

As the demand for robust security defense grows by the day, the market for cybersecurity technology has exploded, as well as the number of available solutions. Here are our picks for the top 20 cybersecurity vendors plus 10 honorable mentions – with the caveat that three of those 30 companies could soon become one. Syxsense Secure.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cybersecurity vaccines are emerging as a new tool to defend against threats like ransomware and zero-day vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity firms have released “vaccines” in recent days to protect against the widely used STOP ransomware strain and the new Apache Log4Shell vulnerability. Many Versions of STOP Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2021

“While the Windows system is in safe mode antivirus software doesn’t work. The researchers started investigating the threat after they became aware that the malware was disabling and uninstalling its antivirus from infected devices. “It also uses WQL to query all antivirus software installed SELECT * FROM AntiVirusProduct.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a security alert related to the discovery of 13 malware samples on compromised Pulse Secure devices, many of which were undetected by antivirus products. ” Reads the CISA’s alert. Keep operating system patches up-to-date.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Organisations, and increasingly regulators, must now live with the implications of this for cybersecurity. June 2020: Ripple20 TCP/IP vulnerabilities affect more industrial devices. July 2020: NSA and CISA warn of the OT/ICS “Perfect Storm”. OT devices don’t run antivirus. January 2021: Westrock core OT systems attacked.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A spam email from 2020 containing a Trickbot-infected attachment. “During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Trickbot targeted hospitals and healthcare centers, launching a wave of ransomware attacks against hospitals across the United States,” the sanctions notice continued. Image: Microsoft. This is not the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2022

Trying to accurately gauge the size of the Conti organization is problematic, in part because cybersecurity experts have long held that Conti is merely a rebrand of another ransomware strain and affiliate program known as Ryuk. .” Both Hof and Reverse appear to have direct access to the Emotet crimeware platform. ” ATTRITION. .

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 23, 2023

The results of our latest survey on mobile cybersecurity in K-12 and hospitals are in—and it’s not all peaches and roses. In 2020 alone , almost 50% of organizations had at least one employee download a malicious mobile application that threatened their organization’s network and data. Here’s some key takeaways.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert to warn of a surge of Emotet attacks that have targeted multiple state and local governments in the U.S. The alert published by CISA was based on data provided by the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) and the CISA itself since July 2020.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

DirtyMoe is a Windows botnet that is rapidly growing, it passed from 10,000 infected systems in 2020 to more than 100,000 in the first half of 2021. Experts pointed out that the number of infected systems could be far greater because data provided by AVAST are only related to systems running their antivirus solution.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

It is essential to recognize that there is no one-size-fits-all solution in cybersecurity. For instance, Cisco's Annual Cybersecurity Report revealed that organizations using advanced firewalls, alongside other security technologies, experienced a 99.7% decrease in successful breaches.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2022

The unification revolution of cybersecurity solutions has started – and managed security service providers are leading the way. The current unification in the cybersecurity market is driving a massive movement towards fewer vendors, which at the same time means more polarization of either using MSS/MSSP or doing the security work internally.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administratio n (CISA), Snatch was originally named Team Truniger , based on the nickname of the group’s founder and organizer — Truniger. According to a September 20, 2023 joint advisory from the FBI and the U.S. ru using the email address tretyakov-files@yandex.ru.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 18, 2021

The Blackbaud data breach was the largest health care-related incident of 2020, impacting an estimated two dozen providers and well over 10 million patients. In February 2020, threat actors hacked into its self-hosted environment, stealing data as they proliferated across the network. Photo captured from Alina Lodge website ).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

By Tyler Reguly, senior manager, security R&D at cybersecurity software and services provider Fortra. billion in 2020, a 43% increase. billion in 2020, a 43% increase. billion in payment card-related losses occurred in 2020 (over one-third of them in the U.S.). In fact, the U.S. billion in 2019 to $815.4

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Security Boulevard

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. Last month, Microsoft and FireEye identified that file as a newly-discovered fourth malware backdoor used in the sprawling SolarWinds supply chain hack.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

Please give me your vote for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link]. The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Are Maze operators behind the attack on the IT services giant Cognizant? Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The 2023 vendor surveys arriving this quarter paint a picture of a cybersecurity landscape under attack, with priority issues affecting deployment, alert response, and exposed vulnerabilities. This article details two major findings from the report: five major cybersecurity threats and prioritization problems.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2021

In April, the security firm revealed that attackers were actively exploiting a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-24557, in its antivirus solutions to gain admin rights on Windows systems. The CVE-2020-24557 vulnerability affects the Apex One and OfficeScan XG enterprise security products. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 13, 2021

McAfee released an ‘MVISION’ Cloud User Report on Tuesday stating that the year 2020 witnessed over 3.1 While the ransomware attacks grew by 69 percent from Q3 2020 to Q4 2020, REvil, Thanos, RYUK, Maze and RansomeXX occupied a large share in such attacks. million cyber attacks on cloud user accounts. The post Over 3.1

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