Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials. The vulnerability exploited by the intruders was patched back in 2020, but the employee never updated his Plex software. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With the ongoing disruption to life and livelihood wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 has been a fairly horrid year by most accounts. In almost every category — from epic breaches and ransomware to cybercrime justice and increasingly aggressive phishing and social engineering scams — 2020 was a year that truly went to eleven.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

The so-called “mastermind” behind the 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of several celebrities and public figures—including President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk—pleaded guilty to several charges on Tuesday in a Florida court. He will also earn credit for the 229 days that he has already spent in jail.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

In Episode 135, Chris Hadnagy and Maxie Reynolds are joined by social engineering and insider threats expert : Lisa Forte. Learn how Lisa went f rom fighting terrorists and real-life sea pirates to be ing an expert on cybercrime and social engine ering. – Nov 09, 2020. . Enjoy the Outtro Music?

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SecureWorld News

MAY 11, 2023

RELATED: Famous Twitter Accounts Hacked: Insider Threat or Social Engineering Attack? ] Lastly, the DOJ says that O'Connor stalked and threatened a minor victim in June and July 2020, orchestrating a series of swatting attacks on this third victim. Now, the U.S.

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SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

billion USD in 2021, which is slightly less than the total revenue in 2020 but still significantly above the pre-pandemic figures. This rapid growth owes a lot to the surge in mobile gaming and focus on social interaction during the pandemic. Pandemic-related statistics cover the period of January 2020 through June 2021.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 19, 2021

According to the report , in 2020 the IC3 received 19,369 business email compromise (BEC) / email account compromise (EAC) complaints “with adjusted losses of over $1.8 million in 2020. Losses registered in 2020 totaled $4.2 On the ransomware front, the IC3 received 2,474 complaints with adjusted losses of over $29.1

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 19, 2022

A new advisory issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the US Treasury Department (Treasury), highlights the cyberthreats associated with cryptocurrency thefts and tactics used by a North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) group since at least 2020.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 20, 2020

The 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has the answers. 2020 DBIR cybercrime report and key statistics. If you want to know more about the enterprise business model of cybercrime, listen to this podcast episode: And what about the 30% of data breaches being linked to internal actors?

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2023

Shedding the light of the law on cybercrime methods Today’s cybercrime landscape involves criminals operating across borders as business-like syndicates, says Europol. The agency’s ninth Internet Organised Crime Assessment (IOCTA) 2023 report gives a law enforcement perspective on current cybercrime techniques.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

And an official confirmation says that the attack was launched by notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group that is known for its social engineering attacks such as the Wannacry 2017. Note- Lazarus group aka Guardians of Peace is a Cybercrime group that is being funded by North Korean intelligence- as per US Intelligence.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In this report, we walk through a real-world case study of how a socially engineered phishing attack worked on a popular company, and show you some steps on how it could have been prevented. This report guides you through some big questions and answers about phishing, including: What is social engineering?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

INTERPOL published the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021, a report that analyzes evolution of cybercrime in Africa. A new report published by INTERPOL, titled the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021 , sheds the light on cybercrime in Africa.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2024

The funding will be used for core research and development to build new AI technology and products to protect against generative AI threats, such as deepfake social engineering and autonomous fraud. While billions have been spent on security products, the impact of cybercrime has actually been getting worse.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The FBI recently published a warning stating that ransomware gang OnePercent Group has been attacking companies in the US since November 2020. This gang of cybercriminals targets individuals within an organization with social engineering tactics designed to fool them into opening a document from a ZIP file attached to an email.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

In a report published today, the company said since late March 2020 it has observed several crooks complaining about COVID-19 interfering with the daily activities of their various money mules (people hired to help launder the proceeds of cybercrime). ” Alex Holden , founder and CTO of Hold Security , agreed. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2021

According to the 2020 Insider Threat Report , contractors, service providers, and temporary workers pose the greatest risk to 50% of organizations. The cleaner’s insider access takes care of the physical access challenge, while detachment to the organization makes the individual more susceptible to social engineering.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

First of all, we are going to analyze the forecasts we made at the end of 2020 and see how accurate they were. The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a massive wave of poverty, and that invariably translates into more people resorting to crime, including cybercrime. Cracking down hard on the cybercrime world. Definitely yes.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

CEO Colin Bastable at RSA 2020. This can make them particularly susceptible to social engineering trickery, the trigger for online extortion and fraud campaigns, Bastable told me. BEC campaigns accounted for an estimated $26 billion in cybercrime-related losses reported to the FBI over a three year period.

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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., Social Tactics. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9 costing an estimated $18.88

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 28, 2021

2020 was a wake-up call for more than healthcare pandemic preparedness. It also exposed some huge security and privacy vulnerabilities, which many cybercrooks have exploited thousands of times throughout 2020 for remote workers. Training must be more frequent and go beyond covering phishing and passwords.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2022

BazarCall attack, aka call back phishing, is an attack vector that utilizes targeted phishing methodology and was first used by the Ryuk ransomware gang in 2020/2021. The initial operator remains on the line with the victim, pretending to assist them with the remote desktop access by continuing to utilize social engineering tactics.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud, using social engineering over the telephone system to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2021

The emails pose as company updates and are often socially engineered to look like they have been personally tailored to the recipient. According to the FBI, phishing was the most common type of cybercrime last year—nearly doubling in frequency between 2019 and 2020.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We can therefore expect that cybercrime groups from either block will feel safe to attack companies from the opposing side. We expect cyberthreats to rise in 2023, as unrest in the world contributes to an increase in cybercrimes. I believe cybercrime is the biggest threat to end-users, but mainly in an indirect fashion.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 15, 2022

Maybe they dredged up specific background information on the affected employee via social networking, LinkedIn, or even the company website. The lurking menace of social engineering. There’s also another issue: data stolen in breaches like this can be used for future social engineering attacks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

A cyberattack crippled the IT infrastructure of the City of Saint John Hundreds of female sports stars and celebrities have their naked photos and videos leaked online Romanians arrested for running underground malware services Threat actor shared a list of 49,577 IPs vulnerable Fortinet VPNs Computer Security and Data Privacy, the perfect alliance (..)

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Many of our attendees have shared some laugh-out-loud jokes on our social wall within our conferences throughout the year. Top cyber jokes of 2020. Why doesn't Superman fight cybercrime? Social engineers! Here are some of the best ones. There's a band called 1023MB. Ever heard of them? They haven't had a gig yet.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2022

This campaign is highlighted by Segurança Informática in 2020 , and the high-level diagram of this new campaign can be observed below. Figure 1: High-level diagram of the ANUBIS phishing network and its components (2020). Figure 2 presents an example of an SMS sent to Internet end-users during the ANUBIS social engineering wave.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 31, 2022

Maybe they fell for a social engineering scheme or just accidentally clicked on a malicious link while scrolling through emails. From July through December of 2020, Apple received 1,162 emergency requests from 29 countries, providing data in 93% of those requests. You would think it would be a little more difficult.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 16, 2021

A phishing campaign that Microsoft security researchers have been tracking for about a year highlights not only the ongoing success of social engineering efforts by hackers to compromise systems, but also the extent to which the bad actors will go to cover their tracks while stealing user credentials. Invoice-Themed Lures.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home. (Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons).

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIIS) 2020/21 State of the Profession report, job stress keeps 51% of cybersecurity professionals up at night. In fact, cybercrime was reported as “thriving during the pandemic,” especially driven by a surge in phishing attacks and ransomware. The Security Impact of Burnout.

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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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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.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

When the pandemic struck, online bad actors took it as an opportunity to double-down on their attacks through ransomware, malware, and social engineering. 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.

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