Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

CISA warns that the Akira Ransomware gang is exploiting the Cisco ASA/FTD vulnerability CVE-2020-3259 (CVSS score: 7.5) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Cisco ASA and FTD bug, tracked as CVE-2020-3259 (CVSS score: 7.5), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. in attacks in the wild.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2020

Nineteen of the weaknesses fixed on this Patch Tuesday were assigned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning malware or miscreants could exploit them to gain complete, remote control over vulnerable computers without any help from users. Further reading: Qualys breakdown on April 2020 Patch Tuesday.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 12, 2020

At least 16 of the bugs are labeled “Critical,” meaning ne’er-do-wells can exploit them to install malware or seize remote control over vulnerable systems with little or no help from users. BleepingComputer on May 2020 Patch Tuesday. Further reading: SANS Internet Storm Center breakdown by vulnerability and severity.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

None of the flaws are known to be currently under active exploitation, but 23 of them could be exploited by malware or malcontents to seize complete control of Windows computers with little or no help from users. “We have seen the previously patched Exchange bug CVE-2020-0688 used in the wild, and that requires authentication. .

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 30, 2022

Wired is reporting on a new remote-access Trojan that is able to infect at least eighty different targets: So far, researchers from Lumen Technologies’ Black Lotus Labs say they’ve identified at least 80 targets infected by the stealthy malware, including routers made by Cisco, Netgear, Asus, and DrayTek.

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SecureBlitz

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In 2020, the digital landscape witnessed a cunning maneuver by the infamous Astaroth malware. Cisco Talos researchers first uncovered this devious strategy, revealing that Astaroth embedded encrypted and […] The post Astaroth malware uses YouTube channel descriptions for hacks appeared first on SecureBlitz Cybersecurity.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 22, 2024

The Russia-linked nation-state threat actor tracked as APT28 weaponized a security flaw in the Microsoft Windows Print Spooler component to deliver a previously unknown custom malware called GooseEgg.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 10, 2020

Twenty-six of those earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning malware or miscreants could exploit them to gain complete, remote control over vulnerable computers without any help from users. CVE-2020-0852 is one just four remote execution flaws Microsoft patched this month in versions of Word.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Our thanks to BSides Calgary and Conference Speakers for publishing their outstanding presentations; which originally appeared at the group's BSides Calgary 2020 Conference , and on the Organization's YouTube Channel.

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SecureList

MARCH 31, 2021

2020 was challenging for everyone: companies, regulators, individuals. As a result, 2020 was extremely eventful in terms of digital threats, in particular those faced by financial institutions. In 2020, the group tried its hand at the big extortion game with the VHD ransomware family. Methodology. Methodology.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 9, 2021

I've had a couple of cases to date where email addresses compromised by malware then discovered in the course of investigations have been provided to Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). NordLocker has written about the nameless malware that stole 1.2 For guidance on how protecting against malware, read NordLocker's report on the incident.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Since end-December 2019 lampion malware has been noted as the most prominent malware targeting Portuguese organizations. Figure 1: Lampion malware email templates. 2020-02-13] #Lampion v2 #portugal #malware #ATA 0998f6473004e0ba54ead5784ba62db8 h}//vrau-x.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.[com/0.zip zip h//oiurx14x.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.}com/P-14-7.dll

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Computer Emergency Response Team in Ukraine (CERT-UA) reported that a PurpleFox malware campaign had already infected at least 2,000 computers in the country. Experts defined DirtyMoe as a complex malware that has been designed as a modular system. ” reads the alert published by CERT-UA.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Microsoft today issued its final batch of security updates for Windows PCs in 2020, ending the year with a relatively light patch load.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 14, 2020

As first reported Monday by KrebsOnSecurity, Microsoft addressed a severe bug ( CVE-2020-0601 ) in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016/19 reported by the NSA that allows an attacker to spoof the digital signature tied to a specific piece of software.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 13, 2020

14, the first Patch Tuesday of 2020. Such a weakness could be exploited by attackers to make malware appear to be a benign program that was produced and signed by a legitimate software company. Those sources say Microsoft has quietly shipped a patch for the bug to branches of the U.S. Equally concerning, a flaw in crypt32.dll

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

A new malware developed by Sandworm hacking group has targeted appliances that are fire walled and reports are in that the military intelligence of the Russian Federation developed the malicious software. Now some statistic facts about malware. In the first half of 2020 alone, SonicWall registered over 3.2

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The Incident response analyst report provides insights into incident investigation services conducted by Kaspersky in 2020. We deliver a range of services to help organizations when they are in need: incident response, digital forensics and malware analysis. Geography of incident responses by region, 2020.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

The updated Grandoreiro Malware equipped with latenbot-C2 features in Q2 2020 now extended to Portuguese banks. During April and May 2020, a new Grandoreiro variant was identified. This piece of malware includes improvements in the way it is operating. Figure 1: Grandoreiro email template Q2 2020 (Portugal).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from February 1 to March 15, 2020. February 1, 2020 – Crooks start exploiting Coronavirus as bait to spread malware. February 25, 2020 – South Korea suffers from the spread of people infected with Corona 19. ‘

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

What’s the best way for a company to test its malware defenses in real-life scenarios? In fact, a 2017 report predicted that by 2020 businesses will be hit by a threat actor every eleven seconds. The post Safely Test Your Malware, Ransomware and Virus Defenses appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In 2020: The share of spam in email traffic amounted to 50.37%, down by 6.14 Agentb malware family. In 2020, Bitcoin blackmailers stuck to their old scheme, demanding that their victims transfer money to a certain account and threatening adversity for failure to meet their demands. Figures of the year. Statistics: spam.

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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. We examined malware and unwanted software disguised as popular PC and mobile games. We also looked in greater detail at some of the strains of malware being distributed and the dangers they pose for users.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 11, 2022

Cloud-delivered malware is now more prevalent than web-delivered malware. In 2021, malware downloads originating from cloud apps increased to 66% of all malware downloads when compared to traditional websites, up from 46% at the beginning of 2020.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Our thanks to BSides Calgary and Conference Speakers for publishing their outstanding presentations; which originally appeared at the group's BSides Calgary 2020 Conference , and on the Organization's YouTube Channel.

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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. ” states Kaspersky.

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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. Android malware. Exploits and coin miners.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Trickbot Malware that started just as a banking malware has now emerged into a sophisticated data stealing tool capable of injecting malware like ransomware or serve as an Emotet downloader. Note- In September 2020, many of the hospitals and healthcare firms operating in United States were infected by RYUK ransomware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2023

pic.twitter.com/YJavUu53v3 — vx-underground (@vxunderground) October 7, 2023 BleepingComputer was able to verify with the help of the popular malware researcher Michael Gillespie that that source code is legitimate and is related to the first version of the ransomware that was employed in 2020.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Threat actors are using the Agent Raccoon malware in attacks against organizations in the Middle East, Africa and the U.S. The malware was used in attacks against multiple industries, including education, real estate, retail, non-profit organizations, telecom companies, and governments.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Researchers discovered a new Android malware dubbed Xamalicious that can take full control of the device and perform fraudulent actions. The malware has been implemented with Xamarin, an open-source framework that allows building Android and iOS apps with.NET and C#. Google promptly removed the malware-laced apps from Google Play.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

FireEye’s report revealed that the incident response division Mandiant observed more than 500 new malware families in 2019. According to the FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report , FireEye analyzed 1.1 million malware samples per day in 2019 and identified 1,268 malware families. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In short, in 2020, cyberthreats evolved. Today, we are showing readers just what that evolution looked like, in our State of Malware 2021 report. This report provides our most comprehensive analysis of last year’s malware trends, with breakdowns by malware category, malware type, operating system, region, industry, and more.

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Bleeping Computer

MAY 29, 2022

Kaspersky's quarterly report on mobile malware distribution records a downward trend that started at the end of 2020, detecting one-third of the malicious installations reported in Q1 2021, and about 85% of those counted in Q4 2021. [.].

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability CVE-2020-14882 in Oracle WebLogic is actively exploited by operators behind the DarkIRC botnet. Experts reported that the DarkIRC botnet is actively targeting thousands of exposed Oracle WebLogic servers in the attempt of exploiting the CVE-2020-14882. c25e6559668942[.]xyz.

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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. March 26 – WordPress WP-VCD malware delivered via pirated Coronavirus plugins. March 26 – Hackers hijack D-Link and Linksys routers to point users to COVID1 9 -themed sites serving malware.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Researchers discovered a free download manager site that has been compromised to serve Linux malware to users for more than three years. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered a free download manager site that has been compromised to serve Linux malware. org domain and they were not containing any malware. org subdomain. .”

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