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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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Ransomware, BEC and Phishing Still Top Concerns, per 2021 Threat Report

Webroot

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. By September 2020, the average ransom payment peaked at $233,817. “In

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5 Components of the Kubernetes Control Plane that Demand Special Attention in Your Security Strategy

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Organizations and security incidents in Kubernetes environments, these are 5 key components of the control plane that demand special attention. Organizations are no strangers to security incidents in their Kubernetes environments. For information on how to secure that part of a Kubernetes cluster, click here.

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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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Remote Work is Here to Stay, and Other Cybersecurity Predictions for 2021

Webroot

Read on for more details from leading engineers, security analysts and product specialists from around our organization for complete cybersecurity predictions for 2021. Take heart because, whatever happens, 2020 won’t be easily outdone (knock on wood). Grayson Milbourne, security intelligence director, Carbonite + Webroot.