Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, Babam has set up numerous auctions on the Russian-language cybercrime forum Exploit , mainly selling virtual private networking (VPN) credentials stolen from various companies. Gmail’s password recovery function says the backup email address for devrian27@gmail.com is bo3 *@gmail.com.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2021

Google noted a more than 600% spike in phishing attacks in 2020 compared to 2019 with a total of 2,145,013 phishing sites registered as of January 17, 2021, up from 1,690,000 on Jan 19, 2020. So did the 2020 Twitter hack. Two in five small and medium businesses were impacted by ransomware in 2020. Spear Phishing.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The pros behind Carbonite + Webroot joined forces with industry leading researchers at IDC to develop an easy-to-understand framework for fighting back against cybercrime. IDC researchers make an iron-clad case for cyber resilience by looking at the current state of cybercrime. Making the case. The results? Download the IDC report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2021

Group-IB published a report titled “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021 ”. analyzes ransomware landscape in 2020 and TTPs of major threat actors. Group-IB , a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, has presented its new report “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021 ”. The gold rush of 2020.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

SFile ransomware (aka Escal), has been active since 2020 , it was observed targeting only Windows systems. The principle is simple, according to the authors of the malware, recent files may be more important for some victims and typically they are not included in recent backups. as the suffix name. ” reported The Record.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Cybercriminal behind the most prominent carding marketplace on the dark web Joker’s Stash retires, he will shut down its servers and destroy the backups. The administrator announced the decision via messages posted on various cybercrime forums. ” reads the article published by Forbes. Image source FlashPoint.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

The University of Utah admitted having paid a $457,059 ransom after the ransomware attack that took place on July 19, 2020, that infected systems on the network of the university’s College of Social and Behavioral Science [CSBS]). The university did not reveal the ransomware family involved in the attack.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

Ahead of the 2020 municipal elections in Marseille that will take place on 15 and March 22, a ‘massive and widespread’ cyber attack hit the city of Marseille as well as the metropolis Aix -Marseille-Provence. The backup and recovery systems should help limit the damage and recover most of the data,” Vassal added.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 12, 2021

billion in revenue during its fiscal year 2020, has declined to comment on whether it saw the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) attack as an insider job or how many of their systems were impacted. Cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock wrote on Twitter that the attack compromised 2,500 computers belonging to Accenture and its partners.

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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). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 22, 2024

Microsoft disclosed that it recently fell victim to a cyberattack by Nobelium, the Russian state-sponsored hacking group infamously responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds supply chain attack. The breach, detected on January 12th, allowed the hackers to access email accounts belonging to members of Microsoft's senior leadership team.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With vulnerabilities rooted in unsuspecting users, the task of preventing these attacks means both staff training and a robust email and network security system that includes a strong backup program so you have a recent copy of your data that you can roll back to. Offline Backups. Screenshot example. Zero Trust. Statistics.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Indian authorities blamed malware for a two-hour long power outage also in Mumbai in October 2020, and later indicated they believed the incident to be the result of deliberate action, according to press reports. Finally, it should encourage victims of cybercrimes to continue to come forward and report thefts to the proper authorities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

“In the summer of 2020, Google determined that Glupteba malware was being disseminated on numerous third-party software download sites, online movie streaming sites, and video downloader sites, often advertised as “free downloads.” We believe this action will have a significant impact on Glupteba’s operations.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 9, 2021

While Mandiant opted to forgo using the program, it was only because working from backups was quicker. needled the company for paying a ransom if it was working from backups. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images). Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., Blount answered Watson Coleman elsewhere in his testimony.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

2020 saw a record number of cyberattacks—and threats for school, university, and other educational institutes are growing each day. This is also true for victims of cybercrimes, too. They followed the FBI’s advice to not pay the hackers and restored their system from backups they had kept for such an emergency.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 11, 2021

Both the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued warnings about an ongoing cybercrime campaign that is using Avaddon ransomware. It has been around since 2019 and in June of 2020 it got some real traction due to a malspam campaign. Avaddon ransomware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The gang has been active since at least 2020, threat actors hit organizations from various industries. Below are the recommended mitigations included in the alert: Implement regular backups of all data to be stored as air gapped, password protected copies offline.

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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. The botnet also supports scanning capabilities for WordPress configuration files and their backups, the feature allows operators to access sensitive data, including database credentials.

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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. Time will tell.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Backup and recovery – according to FEMA , 40% of small businesses never reopen after a disaster. For a smaller business with limited IT capabilities, conducting regular and all-encompassing backups of all systems will provide a simple but very effective defense against a variety of threats and risks.

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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

JUNE 17, 2020

“On May 24, 2020, we discovered a security incident affecting some of our systems. “Our investigation to-date has identified evidence of unauthorized access to our systems from approximately April 15, 2020 until May 24, 2020. .” The company already sent a data breach notification to the impacted individuals.

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SiteLock

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It’s actively promoted on cybercrime forums as the best choice for attacking business networks (which is a highly lucrative option for cybercriminals). In 2020, IBM researchers estimated REvil’s annual profits were nearly $81 million. It also deletes Windows copies of files and other backups to prevent file recovery.

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

According to the independent institute AV-TEST , the number of total new malware in 2020 increased by 13% compared to the last year, and malware for macOS by 1200% for the same period. Backup and Recovery Tools. By 2021, the annual monetary damages from cybercrime will be more than the monetary damages due to natural disasters.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

implement offline storage and tape-based backup. In 2020 groups were demanding as much as $30 million to unlock a victim’s files and systems. Cybercrime to cost over $10 Trillion by 2025. FBI Internet Crime Report 2020: Cybercrime Skyrocketed, with Email Compromise Accounting for 43% of Losses.

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SiteLock

OCTOBER 20, 2021

It’s distributed by a cybercrime group called Indrik Spider, which has been in operation since 2014. According to the FBI , DoppelPaymer attacks escalated in late 2020, with a hospital in Germany, a U.S. If possible, store at least one backup in a different physical location than your device. So, what is DoppelPaymer ransomware?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

“As part of this attack, the operators behind the Sodinokibi ransomware told BleepingComputer that they had encrypted the company’s entire network, deleted backup files, and copied more than 5GB of personal data. This data allegedly contained “DOB SSN CC and other” ” reported BleepingComputer.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2021

In order to facilitate file encryption, the ransomware look for processes associated with backups, anti-virus/anti-spyware, and file copying and terminates them. The Hive ransomware adds the.hive extension to the filename of encrypted files. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The company is not saying but they know who it was and evaluated that cybercrime group's track record before paying. Number one, we're going to want to think about the viability of the backups? Not only do we have backups but also have we tested them? Can we restore from these backups? How old are they?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

A few days ago the group released a press release in which they warned the companies to not try to recover their files from their backup, it also announced the forthcoming LG Electronics data leak. Another screenshot demonstrated that the ransomware operators were in the Xerox network till June 25th, 2020. The company declared over $1.8

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2020

pic.twitter.com/vJ1qXBPTAO — Under the Breach (@underthebreach) April 21, 2020. The gang also claims to have erased the City’s local backups and to have stolen over 200 GB of files. The group posted files from the breach as proof.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2020

Learn how @INTERPOL_Cyber is helping #police and organizations deal with this threat: [link] — INTERPOL (@INTERPOL_HQ) April 4, 2020. The INTERPOL recommends hospitals and healthcare organizations keep their systems and software up to date, and to implement an efficient backup policy.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

An impersonation attack recently made headlines with the 2020 Twitter/Bitcoin scam , in which 130 high-profile Twitter accounts were compromised by outside parties to steal bitcoin. To learn more about hacker personas and strategies to protect against their various attacks, check out our eBook, Hacker Personas: A Deeper Look Into Cybercrime.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

A 2020 LokiBot variant was disguised as a launcher for the Fortnite multiplayer video game. In 2020, cyber criminals used TrickBot to target the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector and then launch ransomware attacks, exfiltrate data, or disrupt healthcare services. physically disconnected) backups of data. Enforce MFA.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. billion in reported losses, up from 2020’s 791,790 complaints and $4.2 In 2020 alone, 79 ransomware attacks were conducted against government entities in the U.S., In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9 billion in reported losses.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

In March 2020, CERT France cyber-security agency warned about a new wave of ransomware attack that was targeting the networks of local government authorities. ” Since March 2020, the PYSA ransomware was involved in attacks against US and foreign government entities, educational institutions, private companies, and the healthcare sector.

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