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. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication.

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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. Main findings.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The cybersecurity industry faced a challenging combination of new and familiar challenges in 2020. In 2020, hackers actively exploited the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the resulting unemployment. 2020 saw a record number of ransomware attacks, and we can expect more of the same in 2021. At the beginning of 2020, U.S.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 14, 2022

The Zloader at hand is a botnet made up of computing devices in businesses, hospitals, schools, and homes around the world which is run by a global internet-based organized crime gang operating malware as a service that is designed to steal and extort money. Legal action. We also saw this method recently used against the Strontium group.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

And like everything else in 2020, these next few weeks promise to be a disaster. Make sure your smartphone, tablet and laptop are password-protected, particularly if you’re in the habit of carrying them around wherever you go. Leverage antivirus software. Create long and strong passwords. Change passwords repeatedly.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running. 63 , which is in Yekaterinburg, RU.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

On the modern Internet, malware is a near-constant presence. A 2020 study of pentesting projects from Positive Technologies revealed that external attackers could breach 93% of company networks , with 71% being vulnerable even to novice-level hackers. Worms and the Dawn of the Internet Age: 1987-2000.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In 2020, phishing scams spiked by 510 percent between January and February alone. The internet is littered with unsafe websites that host viruses, malware, ransomware and other online threats. Protecting vulnerable users from internet threats. Web-borne malware remains widespread. Check out Webroot® Security for Chromebook here.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Endpoint security – mobile device management (MDM) policies, antivirus (AV) solutions, URL filtering and blocking are all considered good cyber hygiene to block the most basic cyber threats. Use of a VPN – virtual private networks (VPN) create a secure connection to other networks over the internet.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 14, 2021

After scouring the internet for a while, I was unable to discover any of the files mentioned by the artists that reported the attack, that is until I stumbled upon Cloudy Night's tweet - their screenshot included a link to a website "skylumpro.com". . . . . . . I'll circle back to that in the next section, Analysis.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of a notable increase in the use of LokiBot malware by threat actors since July 2020. “CISA has observed a notable increase in the use of LokiBot malware by malicious cyber actors since July 2020. See Supplementing Passwords for more information.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

million Windows systems between 2018 and 2020. Most of the stolen files (50%+) were text files, some of them containing software logs, passwords, personal notes, and other sensitive information. million entries) Opera (2 million entries) Internet Explorer/Microsoft Edge (1.3 terabyte of stolen data. The database includes 6.6

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

The threat actors are actively exploiting the following vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS: CVE-2018-13379 ; CVE-2020-12812 ; CVE-2019-5591. In March 2021, government experts observed state sponsored hackers scanning the internet for servers vulnerable to the above flaws, the attackers were probing systems on ports 4443, 8443, and 10443.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 14, 2021

Most security threats faced by regular users arrive via the Internet, whether it’s a malicious app or a rigged website , a scam delivered through the user’s social media channels, or a phishing scheme carried out via email or SMS. Furthermore, most consumer-oriented threats focus on stealing data (passwords, credit card information, etc).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NSCS @cse_cst @CISAgov @FBI [link] — @U.S.CyberCommand (@US_CYBERCOM) August 3, 2020. The CISA agency provides recommendations for system administrators and owners to enhance the level of security of their organizations: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Keep operating system patches up-to-date.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

#HappyValentines @CISAgov @DHS @US_CYBERCOM — USCYBERCOM Malware Alert (@CNMF_VirusAlert) February 14, 2020. CISA reports provide the following recommendations to users and administrators to strengthen the security posture of their organization’s systems: • Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Install an antivirus solution that includes anti-adware capabilities. Organizations can help prevent their computers from becoming part of a botnet by installing anti-malware software, using firewalls , keeping software up-to-date, and forcing users to use strong passwords. with no internet. How to Defend Against Adware.

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SC Magazine

JULY 7, 2021

CISA assigned CVE-2020-1938 to the flaw, which stems from the use of Apache JServ (AJP). Further, the Redis server operates on a remote host but is not protected by password authentication. The vulnerability is caused when the Apache Tomcat protocol treats AJC connections as having higher trust than similar HTTP connections.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

How can a hospital protect an MRI machine with an unchangeable password and still connect it to the network? Industries with very expensive operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as healthcare or industrial manufacturing, can be especially vulnerable. These are not uncommon risks.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

But while consenting adults can and increasingly do agree to share passwords, locations, and devices with their romantic partners, another statistic deserves scrutiny: 41 percent of the people who admitted to monitoring their partners said they did so without permission. Across June, July, and August of 2020, on average, 0.7

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Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Because relying on one solution like antivirus won’t get you far in case of a full-blown ransomware attack. Device Security: Patch Manager and Antivirus Software Another must-have desktop protection is having an antivirus. How does antivirus help against ransomware, you may ask?

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

This week, cybersecurity firm Akamai said they have observed more than 246 million web application attacks levied against the gaming industry between 2019 and 2020. That represents a 340% increase year-over-year, a 415% increase since 2018 and accounted for about 4% of the more than 6.3 The post Attacks against game companies are up.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The epidemic went truly mainstream with the release of CryptoLocker back in 2013, and it has since transformed into a major dark web economy spawning the likes of Sodinokibi, Ryuk, and Maze lineages that are targeting the enterprise on a huge scale in 2020. In early 2020, several cybercriminals groups followed suit. About the essayist.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2021

If the pace continues, fileless malware detections will double in volume between 2020 and this year. The report covered a range of cybersecurity issues, including network attacks – which rose by 22 percent over the previous quarter, to almost 5.1

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 22, 2021

When millions of people around the world were sent home to work at the onset of the global COVD-19 pandemic, they left behind not only empty offices but also a host of Internet of Things (IoT) devices – from smartwatches to networked printers – that were still connected to corporate networks and cranking away.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

review Active Directory password policy. In 2020 groups were demanding as much as $30 million to unlock a victim’s files and systems. He was quoted as saying that he and his co-conspirators would steal the data and if Tesla refused to pay the ransom the company's secrets would be placed on the internet.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2021

There was no need for a password or login credentials to access the information, and the data was not encrypted. In a sampling of the player profile data, the WizCase security team found that users could spend as much as $907 on the game via in-app microtransactions in the 10,000-player sample from 2019-2020 our team observed.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

Microsoft states that multiple news reports have linked the company to the Subzero malware toolset used to hack a broad range of devices, phones, computers, and network and internet-connected devices. Confirm that Microsoft Defender Antivirus is updated to security intelligence update 1.371.503.0

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Ransomware frequently contains extraction capabilities that can steal critical information like usernames and passwords, so stopping ransomware is serious business. Zero Trust. Offline Backups.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2020

All the affected organizations had hosts with Internet-facing RDP and weak credentials. Its source code popped up for sale in March 2020 making it available to a wider audience. It was revealed that the operators scanned ranges of IPs for hosts with Internet-facing RDP and weak credentials in Russia , Japan , China , and India.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Accel Investments. a16z Investments. ForgePoint Capital. ForgePoint Investments. Insight Partners.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

By January 2023, education had claimed over 80 percent of all global malware incidents —a staggering lead that has held since 2020. In fact, 57 percent of all ransomware incidents disclosed to the FBI involved K–12 districts at the start of the 2020/2021 school year, compared to just 28 percent the year prior.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

BotenaGo was written in Golang (Go) and at the time of the report published by the experts, it had a low antivirus (AV) detection rate (6/62). The experts noticed that the Lillin scanner, unlike the BotenaGo malware, contains 11 pairs of user-password credentials in its code. When the server response contains the string HTTP/1.1

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

billion in funding in 2020. In September 2020, Axis Security raised $32 million in Series B funding, for a total of $49 million over three rounds. Cado Security is a young startup, founded in 2020, yet it’s already received $1.5 In November 2020, Cato closed on a $130 million round of funding. Cato Networks.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 10, 2020

A survey conducted in April 2020, as things were changing rapidly, revealed that around half (46%) of respondents had never worked from home before and therefore, were not entirely ready for such changes. Applications used as lures, January – November 2020 ( download ). Most common shadow IT in use. Kaspersky detected 1.66

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

For example, before making the first internet connection to its C2s, the Sunburst malware lies dormant for up to two weeks, preventing easy detection of this behaviour in sandboxes. We believe this is a continuation of a campaign last summer, reported by Avast , in which the malware masqueraded as the Malwarebytes antivirus installer.

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