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Sysrv-K, a new variant of the Sysrv botnet includes new exploits

Security Affairs

Microsoft Security Intelligence team Microsoft reported that a new variant of the Sysrv botnet, tracked as Sysrv-K, now includes exploits for vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework and WordPress. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 13, 2022. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Vietnam-linked Bismuth APT leverages coin miners to stay under the radar

Security Affairs

New blog: The threat actor BISMUTH, which has been running increasingly complex targeted attacks, deployed coin miners in campaigns from July to August 2020. Learn how the group tried to stay under the radar using threats perceived to be less alarming: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 30, 2020.

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Microsoft warns of a large-scale BEC campaign to make gift card scam

Security Affairs

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks represent a serious threat for organizations worldwide, according to the annual report released by FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center , the 2020 Internet Crime Report , in 2020, the IC3 received 19,369 Business Email Compromise (BEC)/Email Account Compromise (EAC) complaints.

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Microsoft partnered with other security firms to takedown TrickBot botnet

Security Affairs

In this blog, we detail the evolution of Trickbot, associated tactics, recent campaigns, and dive into the anatomy of a specific attack. link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 12, 2020. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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GUEST ESSAY: How SIEMS, UEBAs fall short in today’s turbulent threat landscape

The Last Watchdog

And the cost of damage directly related to cybercrime is adding up, expected to reach $6 trillion by 2021. billion connected things are expected to be in use by 2020. More devices connected to your network makes security scalability a critical capability for enterprises as they plan today for tomorrow’s challenges.

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2022: The threat landscape is paved with faster and more complex attacks with no signs of stopping

Webroot

2020 may have been the year of establishing remote connectivity and addressing the cybersecurity skills gap, but 2021 presented security experts, government officials and businesses with a series of unpresented challenges. Ultimately, this means more critical vulnerabilities will impact individuals and businesses.

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What a difference a year makes, or does it?

Webroot

2020 was a year of immense change. In our 2020 Webroot Threat Report , our security experts made a series of predictions related to the threat landscape. Cybercrime is no longer a punishment-free crime.”. appeared first on Webroot Blog. We began even more to rely on the internet as a conduit to the world.