Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic , it accounted for 46 percent of the total number of fake web pages. Secure web- phishing. In the first six months of 2020, CERT-GIB blocked a total of 9 304 phishing web resources, which is an increase of 9 percent compared to the previous year.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In this study, we analyzed how long phishing pages survive as well as the signs they show when they become inactive. In addition to the general data, we provided a number of options for classifying phishing pages according to formal criteria and analyzed the results for each of them. Life cycle of phishing pages. Introduction.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

government threat report , released this morning and titled "Rise in Mobile Phishing Credential Theft Targeting Public Sector," includes these key findings: Nearly 50% of state and local government employees are running outdated Android operating systems, exposing them to hundreds of device vulnerabilities.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2020

TOPIC: In this episode, Daniel takes a look at the 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. 45% of breaches involved Hacking. 22% involved phishing. Phishing is usually going after credentials, but stealing money is continues to rise in popularity. Hacking, social, and malware have fallen the most.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2020

This post includes the details of the COVID-19 themed attacks launched from December 6 – December 19, 2020. Russia-link cyberespionage APT28 leverages COVID19 as phishing lures to deliver the Go version of their Zebrocy (or Zekapab) malware. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Coronavirus). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2023

Russia-linked APT28 group hacked into Roundcube email servers belonging to multiple Ukrainian organizations. Most of the APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks. One of the scripts, the “c.js”, was containing an exploit for the CVE-2020-12641 vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Microsoft uncovered an extensive series of credential phishing campaigns that employed a custom phishing kit tracked as TodayZoo. Microsoft researchers uncovered a custom phishing kit, dubbed TodayZoo, that was used in an extensive series of credential phishing campaigns. com domain to send the phishing messages.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Phishing attacks are nothing new, but scammers are getting savvier with their tactics. Related: The threat of ‘business logic’ hacks. Other Iranian-based cyberattacks have included hackers targeting Albanian government systems and spear phishing scams. Spear phishing. Phishing via texting.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report , which includes data from 791,790 complaints of suspected cybercrimes. Data that emerged from the report are worrisome, in 2020 the reported losses exceeded $4.2 ” reads 2020 Internet Crime Report. billion in losses.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Google revealed to have sent roughly 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or hacking attempts to customers since January. Google announced to have sent roughly 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or hacking attempts to customers during 2021. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cyber security). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Microsoft is tracking an ongoing Office 365 phishing campaign aimed at enterprises that is able to detect sandbox solutions and evade detection. Microsoft is tracking an ongoing Office 365 phishing campaign that is targeting enterprises, the attacks are able to detect sandbox solutions and evade detection.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from April 05 to April 11, 2020. April 09 – Phishers prefer Tesla, top 3 malware strains in COVID19 phishing campaigns. April 09 – Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is hacking crooks behind COVID19-themed attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Twitch, the American online streaming platform, was reportedly hacked by an anonymous hacker last month who now claims to leak over 100GB data online to disrupt the future business plans of the victimized company further. The post Twitch hacked, and 100GB data stolen appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The CERT of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of a spear-phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian armed forces personnel. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of an ongoing spear-phishing campaign targeting private email accounts belonging to Ukrainian armed forces personnel. reads a translation of the message.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 5, 2021

Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant has observed that a new malware campaign is on the prowl that started on December 2nd, 2020 targeting over 50 organizations so far. Researchers say that the campaign was launched by a hacking group named UNC2529 that might be connected to the state funded intelligence belonging to an Asian country.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2021

The Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for computers in the ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. In H2 2020, 39.3%

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2022

SideWinder, an aggressive APT group, is believed to have carried out over 1,000 attacks since April 2020, Kaspersky reported. The group stands out for the high frequency and persistence of its attacks, researchers believe that the APT group has carried out over 1,000 attacks since April 2020. SecurityAffairs – hacking, SideWinder).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from March 22 to March 28, 2020. MalwareHunterTeam experts have identified a new Coronavirus phishing campaign that aims at delivering the Netwalker Ransomware. Coronavirus-themed attacks March 15 – March 21, 2020. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2021

Microsoft warns of a long-running spear-phishing campaign that has targeted Office 365 customers in multiple attacks since July 2020. Microsoft revealed that a year-long spear-phishing campaign has targeted Office 365 customers in multiple attacks starting with July 2020. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bad ops of operators of a phishing campaign exposed credentials stolen in attacks and made them publicly available through Google queries. . Check Point Research along with experts from cybersecurity firm Otorio shared details on their investigation into a large-scale phishing campaign that targeted thousands of global organizations.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2021

Phishing is today’s most dangerous cyberattack. 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. Phishing doesn’t discriminate. So did the 2020 Twitter hack.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Security researchers uncovered a large phishing campaign targeting multiple government departments in APAC and EMEA countries. . Researchers from cybersecurity firm Cyjax uncovered a large phishing campaign targeting multiple government departments in APAC and EMEA countries. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, phishing).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2022

German police arrested one individual suspected of having stolen €4 million from users via large-scale phishing campaigns. Germany’s Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) arrested an individual (24) suspected of having stolen €4,000,000 from internet users via phishing attacks along with a two accomplices who are suspected. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Microsoft uncovered a large-scale phishing-as-a-service operation, dubbed BulletProofLink, that enabled threat actors to easily carry out malicious campaigns. BulletProofLink service was very cheap and allowed threat actors to arrange phishing campaigns without specific technical capabilities. ” concludes Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from April 12 to April 18, 2020. PaloAlto Networks experts warn of malicious Coronavirus themed phishing campaigns targeting government and medical organizations. Coronavirus-themed attacks April 05 – April 11, 2020. adrotate banner=”9″].

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2020

This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from May 10 to May 16, 2020. Microsoft discovered a new phishing campaign using COVID-19 lures to target businesses with the infamous LokiBot information-stealer. Coronavirus-themed attacks April 26 – May 02, 2020. SecurityAffairs – COVID-19, hacking).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from March 29 to April 04, 2020. March 30, 2020 – Your colleague was infected with COVID19, this is the latest phishing lure. Coronavirus-themed attacks March 15 – March 21, 2020. Below a list of attacks detected this week.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from March 15 to March 21, 2020. March 21, 2020 – New Coronavirus-themed attack uses fake WHO chief emails. Day after day the number of COVID19-themed attacks increases, fraudsters have launched a phishing campaign to deliver on users’ PC.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. At the beginning of that year, we still observed phishing attacks that used the themes of infection and prevention as the bait.

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SecureBlitz

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In 2020, cyberattacks witnessed an unprecedented increase, targeting many industries, from phishing scams to system hacks exploiting vulnerable endpoints and weak network security.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) revealed that the number of phishing websites peaked at record levels in the first quarter of 2021. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has published its new Phishing Activity Trends Report related to the first quarter of 2021. Reported Phishing Websites for Q1 2021.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2020

This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from April 26 to May 02, 2020. Kaspersky experts uncovered a new wave of phishing scams that use a COVID-19 theme and impersonate shipping carriers, including FedEx, UPS, and DHL. SecurityAffairs – COVID-19, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2021

Currently, the Atomic Energy Research Institute is investigating the subject of the hacking and the amount of damage, etc. ? At the end of October 2020, the US-CERT published a report on Kimusky’s recent activities that provided information of their TTPs and infrastructure. SecurityAffairs – hacking, North Korea).

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Our Anti-Phishing system blocked 253 365 212 phishing links. Safe Messaging blocked 341 954 attempts to follow phishing links in messengers. Hurry up and lose your account: phishing in the corporate sector. Another noticeable phishing trend targeting the corporate sector was to exploit popular cloud services as bait.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2020

Security experts uncovered a new Coronavirus-themed phishing campaign, the messages inform recipients that they have been exposed to the virus. The phishing messages tell the victims that one of their colleagues, friends, or family members has tested positive for the virus, then it urges them to print the attached “EmergencyContact.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, according to McAfee the cybercrime gang has earned more than $25 million since March 2020. McAfee researchers believe that the NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, the gang is believed to have earned more than $25 million since March 2020. reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Cuba ransomware has been active since at least January 2020. The Hancitor malware is distributed through phishing emails, or using compromised credentials, exploiting Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities, or legitimate Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) tools to gain initial access to a victim’s network. Pierluigi Paganini.

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