CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 3, 2021

After admitting that its source code related to its windows operating system could have been stolen in SolarWind hack of 2020, tech giant Microsoft has issued a fresh warning that a cyber attack apparently originating from China could have taken down some of its Exchange Server software using customers across the world.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In Q4 2020, Citrix ADC (application delivery controller) devices became one such tool, when perpetrators abused their DTLS interface. Overall, Q4 remained within the parameters of 2020 trends. Extortionists’ activity regularly made the news throughout 2020. This trend continued in the last months of 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Coming to the news about the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, reports are in that the ombudsman received over 791,678 complaints related to internet crimes in North America for the year 2020 and the loss gained from cyber crime to businesses is estimated to be at $4.1

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 21, 2021

Note: Our findings in this blog stem from analysis of all Q4 2020 cyber threat activity by our in-house research. The post Threats to Asset and Wealth Management in 2020-2021 first appeared on Digital Shadows.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2022

But security analysts say that such kind of knee-jerk reactions could spell trouble for the organizations as employees leaving the firm could turn into insider cyber threat out of frustration or anger. Remember, the year 2020 was left unaccounted as the whole of the world was suffering from lockdowns and immense business losses.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

The Agency identified 1,785 cyber incidents in 2020, including brute-force attacks, email-related attacks, impersonation attacks, improper usage of the systems, loss/theft of equipment, and web-based attacks. In 2020, most of the incidents were improper usage issues, followed by loss/theft of equipment and web-based attacks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

“Given the scale of that hostility, my message to members today is clear: no-one should underestimate the Russian cyber threat to NATO. The threat is real,” he will tell representatives of the NATO countries. These operations include espionage, sabotage, and reputational damage.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

GreyNoise Intelligence firm warns of a mysterious phenomenon observed since January 2020, massive waves of spoofed traffic called Noise Storms. GreyNoise Intelligence has been tracking a mysterious phenomenon since January 2020 consisting of massive waves of spoofed traffic, tracked by the experts as ‘Noise Storms.’

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Every holiday season, malicious threat actors ramp up their activities as consumers spend their days at home cuddled up on the couch, surfing for gifts for their loved ones. Those experts provide analysis of threat trends for this upcoming holiday season, while taking a look back at other historical trends.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 5, 2021

Bitdefender this week has published its annual Consumer Threat Landscape Report for 2020 underscoring some of the most prevalent cyber threats targeting regular users today. A key stat: cybercrime in 2020 was marked by a visible and aggressive targeting of the human layer. Aligned efforts to capitalize on COVID-19.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 26, 2021

NOTE- Lindy Cameron took over the office of NCSC as a CEO from Ciaran Martin on September 1st,2020. She will oversee the response of the country to cyber incidents and strive in improving the cyber resilience of the critical infrastructure by evaluating risks beforehand with emerging technologies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 12, 2022

Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) task force has conducted “its first offensive cyber effect operation against real-life cyber threats.” Since USCYBERCOM revealed no details of its “offensive cyber effect operation,” it isn’t publicly known whether the mission was in any way related to those attacks. The post U.S.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The operation, which took place on January 29, 2025, comes after years of illicit activity dating back to at least 2020, during which victimsprimarily in the United Statessuffered losses exceeding $3 million.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

According to the list of Most Common Passwords used in 2020, a majority of them either used their name or 123456 as a password that the hackers can crack in a matter of seconds to gain entry into an account or network. The post Cyber Threat by using own name as Password appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Misleading information – comprised of the three horseman of cyber risks: misinformation, disinformation, and fake news — also affects something we rarely stop to consider: business. For instance, during the lockdown period of 2020, there was a huge surge in fake news and illegal activity related to the financial and other markets.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 2, 2023

Only a minority of infrastructural attack chains are the kind of “pure” OT compromises we famously saw in 2010 with Stuxnet, the 2018 Shamoon attacks on Saudi Aramco and more recently with 2020 EKANS ransomware attacks against Honda and Enel. As always, the best response is to double down on prevention.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Note- According to a report compiled by Emsisoft, the year 2020, America witnessed over 100 ransomware attacks on federal institutions, 500 on healthcare sector, 1680 on educational institutes and over 3679 businesses across the entire United States.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

According to the FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report , FireEye analyzed 1.1 ” Mandiant experts named the China-linked APT41 threat actor as one of the most prolific cyber threat group. The post FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report: 500+ new Malware strains in 2019 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 10, 2021

BitDam offers Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) solution that enables customers to protect their IT infrastructure against malware, phishing and ransomware. In November 2020, SolarWinds, an IT software company was hit by a data breach where hackers infiltrated its database through vulnerability in Orion Software.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

Last month’s passage of the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 means all IoT devices used by government agencies will soon have to comply with strict NIST standards. In May 2020, NIST released two foundational documents that serve as a foundation for the newly created guidelines. Guidance for Manufacturers.

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CompTIA on Cybersecurity

JANUARY 12, 2021

Shoering Up Security, CompTIA’s cyber-focused YouTube series, sheds light on the latest cyber threats and trends, including how we could all do more of to protect customers. Read show host MJ Shoer’s highlights and takeaways from each episode.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Like the Solarwinds attack in 2020, Kaseya MSP attack was a supply chain attack and delivered using Kaseya VSA Agent Hot-fix. 8] Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team and Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC), “Guidance for preventing, detecting, and hunting for exploitation of the Log4j 2 vulnerability,” 12-Dec-2021.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 9, 2020

retailers have vulnerabilities which pose an “imminent” cyber-threat, including Amazon, Costco, Kroger and Walmart. As just one symptom, 83 percent of the Top 30 U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2025

This ransomware deployment, not observed in the team’s pre-2020 attacks, began with their use of Cuba ransomware in January 2020.” Subsequently, to provide coverage for this data theft, they deploy ransomware onto the machine, encrypting all the data and demanding a ransom (T1486 – Data Encrypted for Impact).

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The aim is to help organizations secure systems and strengthen defenses against today's persistent and complex cyber threats. International cooperation to address cybersecurity threats This advisory marks a significant collaborative effort among leading cybersecurity organizations worldwide.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 16, 2021

A leaked internal document of Google that was accessed & disclosed by Vice.com, a tech subsidiary of Motherboard Tech, states that the internet juggernaut fired 36 employees in 2020 for fraudulently accessing Google user or employee data.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2020

The NFCA alert noted that the dates of the files in the leak actually span nearly 24 years — from August 1996 through June 19, 2020 — and that the documents include names, email addresses, phone numbers, PDF documents, images, and a large number of text, video, CSV and ZIP files.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Cyber threats continue to gain momentum and there are still not enough ways to counter it. Related: Why the ‘Golden Age’ of cyber espionage is upon us. The global threat intelligence market size was estimated at $10.9 billion in 2020 and will grow to $16.1 billion by 2025.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In today's digital landscape, cyber threats are more advanced than ever, and traditional security models are no longer sufficient. To gain support, highlight how Zero Trust mitigates current threats like the SolarWinds supply chain attack in 2020, which exposed vulnerabilities in traditional defenses.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

This CSA provides an overview of Russian state-sponsored cyber operations; commonly observed tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs); detection actions; incident response guidance; and mitigations.” “This overview is intended to help the cybersecurity community reduce the risk presented by these threats.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

A report published by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, titled “ National Cyber Threat Assessment 2020 ,” warns of risks associated with state-sponsored operations from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Working together, we can increase Canada’s resilience against cyber threats.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 24, 2021

Ransomware attacks are taking center stage as Cyber-threats. There is ample evidence that ransomware has become a preferred method of cyber-attack choice by hackers in 2021. As of May 2021, there has been a 102% surge in ransomware attacks compared to the beginning of 2020, according to a report from Check Point Research.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 1, 2021

The training will help in better preparing the staff in mitigating the cyber threats that might target the 2022 midterm elections. Dubbed as Cybersecurity for State leaders, the initiative will help the staff and the law-makers inculcate themselves about the threats lurking in the cyber landscape, especially those from adversaries.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 15, 2021

” Cyber threat intelligence firm Flashpoint obtained a copy of the data leaked by pompompurin, and said it includes partial credit card data, email addresses, full names, IP addresses, browser user agent string data, physical addresses, phone numbers, and amount paid. 2020, the U.K.’s

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 22, 2021

As most teachers and students are failing to understand the underlying threats in the cyber landscape, they are falling as easy prey to hackers, who are then seen exploiting the entire school or university network through PCs of students & teaching staff.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It is actually an external device that scans for malicious content and alerts a computer admin about the lurking cyber threat. According to Honeywell, cyber threats from USB borne devices doubled in IT environments from 2019 to 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In a separate statement released last week by Microsoft, the American technology giant said that Russia accounted for a majority of 58% cyber threats sent to Americans in 2020; out of which APT29 aka Cozy Bear generated the vast amount (92%) of cyber threat notifications the most.

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