The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2022

Having spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, threats such as malware, ransomware, and DDoS attacks continue to accelerate. A10’s security research team recorded a significant spike in the number of potential DDoS weapons available for exploitation in 2021 and early 2022. Related: Apple tools abuse widespread. Zero-trust factors in.

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DDOS Artificial Intelligence Cyber Attacks Malware 214

Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2022

” In May 2021, threat actors infected the servers of the medical center in the District of Kansas. In April 2022, the FBI observed an approximately $120,000 Bitcoin payment into one of the seized cryptocurrency accounts that were identified thanks to the cooperation of the Kansas hospital. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Ransomware Healthcare Cryptocurrency Encryption 126

Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2021

Kaseya obtained a universal decryptor for REvil ransomware attack Over 80 US Municipalities Sensitive Information, Including Residents Personal Data, Left Vulnerable in Massive Data Breach Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2021 What Is An Identity and Access Management So-lution and How Can Businesses Benefit From It?

Spyware 110

Spyware Data breaches Government Threat Reports 110

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. Top game titles by number of related threats.

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Mobile Passwords Software Accountability 103

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

This should be a focus area for organizations to improve their defensive tactics, such as ensuring secure credentials and removing unnecessary privileged accounts. In August 2021, a ransomware attack on Scripps Health in California resulted in over $113 million in losses. Attacks against the food sector. Healthcare sector.

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Healthcare Ransomware Authentication Threat Reports 126

Webroot

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Kia Motors, Accenture, Acer, JBS…these companies were some of the largest to be compromised by ransomware in 2021. In our 2021 Webroot BrightCloud ® Threat Report , we found overall infection rates to be rising fastest in the healthcare, non-profit and arts/entertainment/recreation industries.

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Ransomware Small Business Backups Threat Reports 106

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Fraud and cybercrime account for over 40% of all estimated crimes in England and Wales and affects more people more often than any other crime. In 2021/22, 61% of fraud incidents were cyber-related, as the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) reported. billion annually.

Financial Services 105

Financial Services Encryption Cybercrime Threat Reports 105

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2020

Cybercrime will cost as much as $6 trillion annually by 2021. According to the Cybersecurity Ventures’ cybercrime statistics 2017 cybercrime damages will amount to a staggering $6 trillion annually starting in 2021. Experts fear that the cost of cybercrime should exceed annual costs for natural disasters by 2021.

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Cybercrime Small Business Data breaches Mobile 122

SC Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

While this raises some concerns, the Thales 2021 Data Threat Report , based on a study by 451 Research, pointed to some improvement in regulated industries. Today, it’s incredibly easy for adversaries to abuse user credentials and take over cloud accounts, he said.

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Encryption Data breaches Accountability Threat Detection 103

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 341 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Banking Small Business Data breaches Firmware 65

McAfee

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In the October 2021 Threat Report , McAfee Enterprise ATR provides a global view of the top threats, especially those ransomware attacks that affected most countries and sectors in Q2 2021, especially in the Public Sector (Government). Threat Profile Conti Ransomware & BazarLoader to Conti Ransomware in 32hrs.

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Ransomware Government Threat Reports Architecture 77

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The malware seems to leverage the infamous Pwnkit vulnerability (CVE-2021-4034), one of the easiest exploits imaginable, and OverlayFS ( CVE-2021-3493 ), a kernel exploit that pentesters , capture-the-flag (CTF) players, and hackers know all too well. Two of them regard the current user and the rest are for the root account.

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Malware Social Engineering System Administration Antivirus 114

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

BlueNoroff developed an elaborate phishing campaign that targeted startups and distributed malware for stealing all crypto in the account tied to the device. The NaiveCopy campaign, another example of an advanced threat, targeted stock and cryptocurrency investors in South Korea. Now we see that APT actors have also switched to crypto.

Banking 76

Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Mobile 76

Webroot

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

According to our 2021 Webroot BrightCloud Threat Report , on average, 18.8% Antivirus software offers threat protection by securing all of your music files, photo galleries and important documents from being destroyed by malicious programs. Do I really need antivirus? In a word, yes. Benefits of antivirus.

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Antivirus Identity Theft Adware Internet 125

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

“Although FBI and CISA do not currently have any specific threat reporting indicating a cyberattack will occur over the upcoming Labor Day holiday, malicious cyber actors have launched serious ransomware attacks during other holidays and weekends in 2021.” .” reads the advisory published by CISA.

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Ransomware Risk Encryption Passwords 101

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Gartner estimates that $172 billion will be spent this year, up from $155 billion in 2021. This report states that 59% of organizations fail to maintain strict user account lifecycle management, leaving credentials that are no longer needed in the environment that can be compromised.

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Phishing Mobile Technology Manufacturing 134

SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2023

While the distractions and the substantial bandwidth strains associated with following the annual NCAA Tournament can damage organizations, mobile security threats have proven to be a more dangerous issue that organizations of all sizes should be particularly wary about. By 2021, 75% of phishing sites were specifically targeting mobile users.

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Phishing Mobile Passwords Accountability 92

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 12, 2022

Poor cyber hygiene on a professional or personal account or device can leave your entire digital identity vulnerable,” says Lisa Plaggemier, Interim Executive Director of the National Cybersecurity Alliance. The IBM 2021 Cost of Data Breach report also indicates that 61% of all breaches were a result of stolen credentials.

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Authentication Digital transformation Data breaches Phishing 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Tue, 12/14/2021 - 05:11. Organizations moved from using accounting ledgers, address books and filing cabinets to store their data, to embracing digital systems to capture and analyze every bit of data they could collect. 2021 Thales Data Threat Report. A Data Security Nightmare Before Christmas. Data security.

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Digital transformation Government Threat Reports Marketing 71

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.

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Malware Ransomware Spyware Encryption 142

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 10, 2021

Tue, 08/10/2021 - 07:21. In the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Advanced Authentication for Identity Security 2021 Vendor Assessment (doc # US46178720, July 2021), Thales is named as a Leader. and “…prioritize identification of the unclassified data considered to be the most sensitive and under the greatest threat”.

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Authentication Marketing Encryption Passwords 71

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2021

At first glance, the report this week from cybersecurity software vendor McAfee showing that the incidence of ransomware dropped by half in the first quarter seems like good news to a world that continues to feel the repercussions of the seemingly ubiquitous malware. T1078 – Valid Accounts. Initial Access. Command and Control.

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Ransomware Backups Encryption Malware 124

Hot for Security

APRIL 5, 2021

Devices with proprietary operating systems account for 34% of what consumers own and 96% of all detected vulnerabilities. Coin miner reports throughout the first half of 2020 were also higher that in the second half, clocking in at 70% of all global reports. Download full report. Spam – quality over quantity.

Cybercrime 116

Cybercrime Ransomware Cyber threats Surveillance 116

Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

According to statistics on insider threats, these threats may originate from employees, business contractors, or other reliable partners with simple access to your network. However, insider threat reports and recent developments have shown a sharp rise in the frequency of insider attacks.

Social Engineering 81

Social Engineering Risk Technology Cybersecurity 81

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

Tue, 01/26/2021 - 09:17. For example, compromised card details are used to make unauthorized purchases online and personal details are used to take over an account or apply for a credit card in someone else’s name. Then the cardholder authorises that same retailer to bill the cardholder’s stored card account. Online skimming.

Retail 144

Retail Banking Big data Computers and Electronics 144

Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

The following statistics on data breaches and enterprise security provide important context to the importance of managing user access to corporate resources: The Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report found that in 61 percent of instances of data breaches, stolen credentials were involved.

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Data breaches Authentication Passwords Threat Reports 103

Webroot

MAY 25, 2021

Yet, faced with modern cyber threats, that seems like a pretty impossible goal, particularly as many attacks are designed to operate under the radar, evading detection for weeks or months at a time. But the tools aren’t everything. Train your end users to avoid security risks.

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Phishing DNS Backups Cyber threats 143

Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Supply chain attacks grew 300% in 2021. In 2021, VMware’s 2021 Global Incident Response Threat Report found that 51% of surveyed security professionals experienced extreme stress or burnout over the past 12 months with 65% considering leaving the profession. But it’s not the only attack vector that’s popular.

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CISO Mobile Technology Risk 130

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The directive relied heavily on the discretion of individual member states, and lacked the accountability required. What prompted the EU to act is the rapidly expanding threat landscape that places increasing pressure on enterprises to develop the capacity to effectively prepare for and manage a cyber crisis.

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Encryption Risk Cybersecurity Marketing 71

McAfee

MAY 10, 2021

These are a few of the top-line findings from our 2021 Consumer Security Mindset Report: Travel Edition , which garnered responses from more than 11,000 people aged 18 to 75 in eleven countries across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific. People are m ore c onnected and m ore p rotected in 2021 .

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Internet Internet Banking VPN 108

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 billion malware attacks were identified by the report. Also read: Best Antivirus Software of 2022. Cyberattack Statistics. Types of Cyberattacks.

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Backups Ransomware Firewall Malware 145

McAfee

JULY 29, 2021

The distributed workforce has expanded the threat landscape at an alarming rate. According to the latest McAfee Labs Threats Reports, the volume of malware threats observed by McAfee Labs averaged 688 threats per minute, an increase of 40 threats per minute (3%) in the first quarter of 2021.

Firewall 72

Firewall Malware Threat Detection Engineering 72

SecureList

MARCH 31, 2021

Of course, the known financial threats have remained, too. Thus, the year 2020 saw a surge in the use of Emotet, described by Interpol as “the world’s most dangerous malware” In the beginning of 2021, law enforcement agencies all over the world joined their forces to disrupt the botnet’s infrastructure.

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Banking Phishing Malware Mobile 123