Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

The attackers mostly used Cisco vulnerabilities CVE-2020-3259 and CVE-2023-20269. “ Akira operators have been observed deploying two distinct ransomware variants against different system architectures within the same attack. It was this first time that the operators adopted this tactic.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The Taiwanese vendor QNAP has published an advisory to warn customers that certain versions of the operating system for its network-attached storage (NAS) devices, also known as of QTS, are affected by the Zerologon vulnerability ( CVE-2020-1472 ). The CVE-2020-1472 flaw is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2020

In the meantime, if you have any further questions please drop us a direct message, call us on 01329 750 630, or visit our FAQs webpage [link] — Aerial Direct (@Aerial_Direct) March 13, 2020. SecurityAffairs – Aerial Direct , cybercrime). Aerial Direct reported the incident to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

of organizations reported more than 20 supply chain disruptions during 2020, up from just 4.8% According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) , coronavirus-related loss estimates for 2020 total $137.7 billion—with total industry losses in 2020-2022 expected to reach $201 billion. What Organizations Need to Know.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Below is the list of exploit payloads added to the bot: D-Link: CVE-2015-1187 , CVE-2016-20017 , CVE-2020-25506 , and CVE-2021-45382. Upon executing the script, it deletes logs and downloads and executes various bot clients to target specific Linux architectures. ” reads the analysis published by Fortinet.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

includes several new flaws, including: Vulnerability Affected software CVE-2017-17105 Zivif PR115-204-P-RS CVE-2019-10655 Grandstream CVE-2020-25223 WebAdmin of Sophos SG UTM CVE-2021-42013 Apache CVE-2022-31137 Roxy-WI CVE-2022-33891 Apache Spark ZSL-2022-5717 MiniDVBLinux. “Since the release of Zerobot 1.1,

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McAfee

DECEMBER 29, 2020

2020 has been one of the most unexpected years in our history. 2020 has also seen the rapid acceleration of cloud adoption. In fact, a recent McAfee report estimates global cybercrime losses will exceed $1 Trillion.?? We were able to add a long list of awards and accolades to our portfolio in 2020. . . .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

government taking a more active role in the battle against cybercrime, more needs to be done defensively to protect the private companies that make?up Here’s why: Total global losses from cybercrime in 2021 are estimated to top $6 trillion , with the U.S. A second example is the SolarWinds breach in 2020. Despite the U.S.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

With 2020 being the worst year on record in terms of files exposed in data breaches , a thorough security approach is necessary to combat modern dangers. Fortunately, emerging trends in the financial technology sector may have the potential to turn the tide of cybercrime and keep our financial data safe. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

In 2020, the SolarWinds supply chain attack opened backdoors into thousands of organizations (including government agencies) that used its services, while late last year, the far-reaching Log4J exploit exploded onto the scene. This reactive approach simply isn’t sufficient.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

The botnet has been active since at least the end of 2020, but its activity was documented in April 2021 by multiple security researchers. “Sysrv-hello is a multi-architecture Cryptojacking ( T1496 ) botnet that first emerged in late 2020, and employs Golang malware compiled into both Linux and Windows payloads.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 11, 2022

Follow best practices for identity and access management, protective controls and architecture, and vulnerability and configuration management.". CVE-2020-0688 Microsoft Exchange. CVE-2020-4006 VMWare (note: this was a zero-day at time.). CVE-2020-5902 F5 Big-IP. CVE-2020-14882 Oracle WebLogic.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 19, 2021

Although cybercrime as a whole has seen a rise during the pandemic, arguably ransomware has been one of the more successful and lucrative attack types. Our own research report, the State of Encrypted Attacks Report 2020 , found that there had been a 500 per cent rise in ransomware compared to 2019.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

losses from cybercrime topped $4.1 billion in 2020. Master the provider’s security offerings and their best practices in terms of access control, architecture, and design. This information will help build this security “compartmentalization architecture.” FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks to a group in Washington, D.C.

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SecureList

JULY 5, 2021

According to an interview with the REvil operator, the gang earned over $100 million from its operations in 2020. More details about that gang can be found in our articles Ransomware world in 2021: who, how and why and Sodin ransomware exploits Windows vulnerability and processor architecture.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The catalyst behind mobile banking malware distribution was uncovered by Resecurity’s HUNTER unit, who investigate cybercrime activities by hunting the actors behind it in close collaboration with international law enforcement agencies and industry partners.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Last year, we foresaw the APT and cybercrime worlds becoming more porous on an operational level. In 2020, we predicted that governments would adopt a “name and shame” strategy to draw attention to the activities of hostile APT groups, a trend that has evolved even more in the last year.

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SC Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

29, 2020, in Houston. Allowlisting is not protection against other forms of cybercrime, such as business email compromise where company secrets can be stolen, or fraudulent communications.”. Medical staff members work in the COVID-19 ward nursing station at the United Memorial Medical Center on Dec. Photo: Go Nakamura/Getty Images).

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

And the cost of damage directly related to cybercrime is adding up, expected to reach $6 trillion by 2021. It requires a massive architecture overhaul. billion connected things are expected to be in use by 2020. More than 230,000 new malware samples are launched every day. Related article: SIEMs strive for a comeback.

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Herjavec Group

APRIL 26, 2021

Before 2020, the general enterprise attitude toward Identity Governance was “we have time to figure it out.” It’s a planning process of defining roles and endpoints, tactically rolling out tools and processes, and building the architecture to maintain and improve moving forward. Cybercrime is the biggest threat to businesses today.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2021

MSR registers in processor architecture are used to toggle certain CPU features and computer performance monitoring. The worm scans and exploits existing server based vulnerabilities like CVE-2020-14882 and CVE-2017-11610 from the victim machine. By manipulating the MSR registers, hardware prefetchers can be disabled.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 27, 2022

A broad range of options and obfuscation architectures are available to significantly inhibit tracking and analysis of stolen funds. Not all obfuscation architectures are discussed here. While the estimated cryptocurrency launder rate in 2021 rose 30% over 2020, this still represents only 0.05% of all transactions ( 2 ).

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SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In late 2021, we first documented “Owowa”, a malicious IIS backdoor module that had been deployed primarily in Asia since 2020. The artefacts we collected in this investigation indicate that the operation may have been active for several years, dating back to at least 2020 or earlier.

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SecureList

JULY 27, 2023

GoldenJackal, an APT group we discovered in 2020, primarily targets high-profile entities in the Middle East and South Asia. This sophisticated malware, completely rewritten from scratch, exhibits an advanced and complex architecture that makes use of loadable and embedded modules and plugins. We also discovered a new variant, MATAv5.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Just in 2020, the SolarWinds hack could’ve been prevented for organizations that promptly patch software. The next three actions: prioritize assets and evaluate traffic, microsegmentation, and adaptive monitoring are central steps of the zero trust architecture and greatly reduce your risks of an attack. Zero Trust. Statistics.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

Black Kingdom first appeared in 2019; in 2020 the group was observed exploiting vulnerabilities (such as CVE-2019-11510) in its attacks. In 2019, Gootkit stopped operating after it experienced a data leak , but has been active again since November 2020. Black Kingdom ransomware. Bizarro banking Trojan expands into Europe.

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SC Magazine

MAY 19, 2021

As highlighted in the 2020 Debate Security Report, there’s a huge imbalance in knowledge between vendors and buyers which has caused a breakdown in the success of the cybersecurity market. Is it feasible for the organization, based on its IT architecture, personnel or other factors? And does that meet the needs of the organization?

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The threat actor used news about the Russo-Ukrainian conflict to trick targets into opening harmful emails that exploited the vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-35730, CVE-2020-12641 and CVE-2021-44026). These classical attack methods were prevalent during an earlier era characterized by a multitude of rootkit variants.

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2022

Watching and assessing these tendencies not only provides us with threat intelligence to fight cybercrime today, but also helps us deduce what trends may see in the months to come and prepare for them better. This means that their ransomware should be able to run on different combinations of architectures and operation systems.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Group-IB, has analyzed key recent changes to the global cyberthreat landscape in the “Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020” report. The new “ Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020 ” report describes attacks on various industries and critical infrastructure facilities, as well as campaigns aimed at destabilization of the Internet in certain countries.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

While we were unable to obtain the same results by analyzing the CERT-UA samples, we subsequently identified a different WhiteBlackCrypt sample matching the WhisperKill architecture and sharing similar code. ToddyCat, a relatively new APT actor, is responsible for multiple attacks detected since December 2020. in June 2021.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

They found that the average cost of recovery and ransom associated with a ransomware attack has been 2 times more than the 2020 average global ransom demand ! This makes simple but essential information security protocols like proper monitoring, network segmentation, and working toward a zero-trust architecture challenging.

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Fox IT

JUNE 23, 2020

WastedLocker is a new ransomware locker we’ve detected being used since May 2020. We believe it has been in development for a number of months prior to this and was started in conjunction with a number of other changes we have seen originate from the Evil Corp group in 2020. Actor Tracking. WastedLocker.

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