Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

Initial access brokers play an essential role in the cybercrime ecosystem, they provide access to previously compromised organizations to threat actors. Exotic Lily was first spotted on September 2021, at the time it was observed spreading human-operated Conti and Diavol ransomware. ” reads the post published by Google TAG.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

That leaves 78 percent that only require usernames and passwords to authenticate account users. For example, from January to December 2021, Microsoft detected a jaw-dropping 25.6 billion account hijacking attempts using brute-forced stolen passwords. In July 2021, Twitter disclosed in its transparency report that only 2.5

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SecureList

MAY 25, 2022

” Social engineering became an overwhelming problem this past year, highlighting the surge in repeated cybercrime tactics — 1. However, that same year the rise of hacktivism (particularly leaks) accounted for many attacks. “Actor Motives: Financial (89%), Espionage (11%).”

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Social Engineering Cybercrime Ransomware IoT 84

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2021

“Historically, ransomware has been delivered via email attachments or, more recently, using direct network access obtained through things like unsecure VPN accounts for software vulnerabilities,” Crane Hassold, director of threat intelligence at Abnormal Security, wrote in a blog post. There were 304.7 Threat Traced to Nigeria.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Antivirus software—or more correctly, its modern descendents endpoint security and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)—are essential tools in the battle against cybercrime. EDR can detect an intruder's suspicious activity in advance of them running ransomware, as well as being able to identify the ransomware itself.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Then we will go through the key events of 2021 relating to attacks on financial organizations. Analysis of forecasts for 2021. 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.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As the year comes to an end, the total number of breaches is set to completely overshadow the previous annual high set in 2021. This signals a new era of cybercrime where private data becomes prized currency, putting every email address and credit card number at risk. But the ramifications extend far beyond individual suffering.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 18, 2022

Because Exotic Lily’s methods involved a lot of detail, they are believed to require a level of human interaction that is rather unusual for cybercrime groups focused on large scale operations. Social engineering. Among these interested parties TAG found the Conti and Diavol ransomware groups. Initial access broker.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The phishing message was sent from a legitimate individual’s compromised email account. uk” domain, which was updated in April 2021. Using compromised email address: The email was sent from an individual’s compromised email account belonging to a French fire rescue department. The sender’s domain (sdis34[.]fr)

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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. The fraudulent requests began circulating in early 2021, and are thought to be sent via hacked email domains belonging to law enforcement agencies in multiple countries.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 15, 2022

It’s not every day you manage to compromise an account with access to so much data. This included resetting the employee’s password for the email account where unauthorized activity was detected. Maybe they dredged up specific background information on the affected employee via social networking, LinkedIn, or even the company website.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Needless to say, in 2021 cybersecurity was front and center for individuals, enterprises, and governments alike. While this was a big task to take on, I have to admit – I’m leaving 2021 behind feeling encouraged and hopeful for cybersecurity in the New Year. The Rise of Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The malware has been active at least since late October 2021, it targeting the mobile users of banks in Italy, the UK, and the US. The trojan allows to hijack users’ mobile devices and steal funds from online banking and cryptocurrency accounts. The name comes after one of the domains used for its command and control servers.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2022

The company has more than 5,000 employees in 17 countries, and its revenues in 2021 are US$2.84 “On August 4, 2022, Twilio became aware of unauthorized access to information related to a limited number of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Almost three-quarters of breaches (74 per cent) involve the human element through error, social engineering, stolen credentials or misusing privileges. Half of all social engineering attacks involve ‘pretexting’, where criminals fabricate a story to trick the victim. When is a cybersecurity incident a GDPR data breach?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2022

Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered multiple spyware campaigns that target industrial firms to steal email account credentials and carry out fraudulent activities. Threat actors sent spear-phishing messages from compromised corporate accounts to their contacts, the email carry malicious attachments.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Business Email Compromise/Email Account Compromise (BEC/EAC) is a sophisticated scam that targets both entities and individuals who perform legitimate transfer-of-funds requests. Use secondary channels or two-factor authentication to verify requests for changes in account information. ” reads the FBI’s PSA.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

One of the most outstanding examples involves $2 million ‘s worth of CS:GO skins stolen from a user’s account , which means that losses can get truly grave. Such an engaged, solvent and eager-to-win audience becomes a tidbit for cybercriminals, who always find ways to fool their victims.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In 2013, Yahoo suffered one of the worst data breaches in history, exposing over 3 billion user accounts. This allowed hackers to breach many user accounts. In February 2021, several U.S. Here are three of the worst data breaches that could have been avoided: Yahoo. SolarWinds attack on U.S. government agencies.

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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. Phishing attacks account for more than 80% of reported security incidents. Brand impersonation accounts for 81% of all spear phishing attacks.

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SecureList

JANUARY 19, 2022

Overall, we have identified over 2,000 corporate email accounts belonging to industrial companies stolen and abused as next-attack C2. In 2021, Kaspersky ICS CERT experts noticed a curious anomaly in statistics on spyware threats blocked on ICS computers. Compromised RDP accounts sold in marketplaces by types ( download ).

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

With trillions of dollars of digital payments made every year, it is no wonder that attackers target electronic wallets, online shopping accounts and other financial assets, inventing new techniques and reusing good old ones. Online shopping brands were the most popular lure, accounting for 41.65% of financial phishing attempts.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

According to the post created on September 4, the database also contains profiles of users who don’t have Clubhouse accounts, whose phone numbers might have been acquired by threat actors due to the company’s past insistence that users share their full contact lists with Clubhouse to use the social media platform. Spamming 3.8

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 291 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

Microsoft and Okta disclosed breaches this week involving Lapsus$, a cybercrime group that has made headlines multiple times in recent months for attacks against corporations including NVIDIA, Ubisoft, Samsung, and Vodafone. The first known extortion attempt by Lapsus$ included the Brazil Health Ministry in December of 2021.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

What started as notes from Nigerian princes that needed large sums of money to help them get home has evolved into bad actors that use refined social engineering tactics to convince the receiver to unknowingly share important information. In 2022, email phishing attacks made up 24% of all spam emails — up from 11% in 2021.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Earlier this year, we covered the threats related to gaming , and looked at the changes from 2020 and the first half of 2021 in mobile and PC games as well as various phishing schemes that capitalize on video games. Logs are credentials that are needed for accessing an account. They are the key for accessing victims’ accounts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Experts pointed out that in the period between January and August 2021, the number of observed Ursnif campaigns impacting Italian organizations was treated that the total number of Ursnif campaigns targeting Italy in all of 2020. ” reads the analysis published by Proofpoint. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Malware Banking Social Engineering Retail 85

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Microsoft, for instance, just released the 2021 Digital Defense Report pointing a finger at Russia as making up 58% of all nation-state cyberattack incidents observed by the corporation. In addition to the cybercrimes APT35 have already committed, this group's telltale approach comes through using Telegram Messenger, an online messaging app.

Phishing 76

Phishing Social Engineering Authentication Government 76

SC Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

Online fraud and phishing company Bolster recently reported that criminals are starting to stand up fraudulent, imitation NFT websites that impersonate actual digital marketplaces such as Opensea and Rarible, then are using fake tweets and other social engineering tactics to lure victims to these phishing pages. billion in 2020. “We

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Let’s start by looking at the predictions we made for 2021. Last year, we foresaw the APT and cybercrime worlds becoming more porous on an operational level. A very interesting campaign orchestrated by APT31 surfaced in 2021. One of the most iconic cyber-events of 2021 was the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline.

Mobile 130

Mobile Surveillance Ransomware Government 130

Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Supply chain attacks grew 300% in 2021. Targeted attacks like these, plus social engineering, specifically phishing – where attackers pose as a trusted source, prey on human vulnerability, and use email or malicious websites to gain the information they want – are effective but they aren’t the only problem.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We can confirm a Maui ransomware incident in 2022, but we would expand their “first seen” date from the reported May 2021 to April 15, 2021, and the geolocation of the target to Japan and India. At the beginning of 2021, Kaspersky published a private report about the A41APT campaign. Russian-speaking activity.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Our telemetry shows an exponential growth in infostealers in 2021. Unlike common stealers, this malware gathered data that can be used to identify the victims, such as browsing histories, social networking account IDs and Wi-Fi networks. These are attractive aspects that cybercrime groups will be unable to resist.

Cryptocurrency 88

Cryptocurrency Mobile Ransomware Banking 88

SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

Common users are not the only ones who have recognized the messaging app’s handy features — cybercrooks have already made it a branch of the dark web, their Telegram activity soaring since late 2021. Unlike the free data mentioned above, these have been checked, and even the account balances have been extracted.

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Phishing Marketing Scams Accountability 115

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. A lack of security features to upgrade or downgrade a user may result in mismanagement of user accounts.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 10, 2019

DarkReading Twitter account has more than 200k followers, a very solid number for the cybersecurity industry. Their main focus is on cybercrime investigations. This blog educates about social engineering attacks and ways to prevent them. According to Forbes, the IoT market may double by 2021, reaching $520 billion.

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