SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The year 2021 was eventful in terms of digital threats for organizations and individuals, and financial institutions were no exception. share in 2020 to the second most common in 2021 with 12.2%. The mass change in cybercriminals’ objectives and methods seen in 2020 continued in 2021. Phishing: In 2021, 8.2%

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

USCYBERCOM is urging organizations to patch a critical CVE-2021-26084 flaw in Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center, ahead of the Labor Day weekend. . US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has issued an alert to warn US organizations to address Atlassian Confluence CVE-2021-26084 vulnerability immediately, ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2023

Several domain names tied to Genesis Market , a bustling cybercrime store that sold access to passwords and other data stolen from millions of computers infected with malicious software, were seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today. ” a cybercrime forum ad for Genesis enthused. Image: KrebsOnSecurity.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Threat actors are actively exploiting the recently disclosed CVE-2021-26084 RCE vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence deployments. At the end of August, Atlassian released security patches to address the critical CVE-2021-26084 flaw that affects the Confluence enterprise collaboration product. ActionRequired patch immediately!

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2024

AT&T confirmed that a data breach impacted 73 million current and former customers after its data were leaked on a cybercrime forum. The seller, who goes online with the moniker MajorNelson, claims that the data was obtained from an unnamed AT&T division by @ ShinyHunters in 2021. The archive contains 73.481.539 records. “It

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Trick or Treat: The Choice is Yours with Multifactor Authentication. Fri, 10/29/2021 - 05:29. Whether you want the ‘trick’ of a malevolent threat actor infiltrating your network by exploiting a compromised password or the ‘treat’ from the peace of mind associated with multifactor authentication, the choice is yours.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Twitter confirmed that the recent leak of members’ profile information resulted from the 2021 data breach disclosed in August 2022. Twitter confirmed that the recent data leak of millions of profiles resulted from the 2021 data breach that the company disclosed in August 2022. At the end of July, a threat actor leaked data of 5.4

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Herjavec Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Turn on 2 Factor Authentication (2FA / MFA). Turn on 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) in your Email App. this is also commonly referred to as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Cybercrime damages will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. Here’s how to do it in Gmail.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

Roughly nine years ago, KrebsOnSecurity profiled a Pakistan-based cybercrime group called “ The Manipulaters ,” a sprawling web hosting network of phishing and spam delivery platforms. 2021 piece, when one of Saim Raza’s known email addresses — bluebtcus@gmail.com — pleaded to have the story taken down.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships with the private sector, this week saw its database of contact information on more than 80,000 members go up for sale on an English-language cybercrime forum. “Because I used the person[‘s] phone that I’m impersonating.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

“Unknown cyber criminals using Ranzy Locker ransomware had compromised more than 30 US businesses as of July 2021. Use double authentication when logging into accounts or services. The post Ranzy Locker ransomware hit tens of US companies in 2021 appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads the flash alert.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Digital takeup drives accelerated cybercrime activity: IOCTA. Growing use of digital technologies, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, has led to a sharp increase in cybercrime. IOCTA also warned of evolving mobile malware that’s allowing criminals to try to get around additional security measures such as two-factor authentication.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

Cybercrime is predicted to cost the world $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, up from $3 trillion a decade ago and $6 trillion in 2021. [2] And yet, the CDC reports that only 10% of American adults eat enough veggies — even though they likely know they should. [1] 1] Companies are the same when it comes to security.

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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. billion to $120 billion of the revenue in 2021, which is more than half of the estimated gaming industry value. billion in the first half of 2021. billion in the first half of 2021.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

It appears much of this database has been kicking around the cybercrime underground in one form or another since last summer at least. A cybercrime forum ad from June 2020 selling a database of 533 Million Facebook users. Usually, this is a mobile app like Authy or Google Authenticator that generates a one-time code.

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BH Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

The 2021 SANS Security Awareness Report offers an interesting look back over the past year. FBI finds cybercrime losses reached . Polish up those PowerPoint presentations, here come some heavy-duty cybercrime figures. Reported financial losses due to cybercrime exceeded $4.2 Have you signed up to our monthly newsletter?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2021

On March 2nd, Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported MS Exchange versions that are actively exploited in the wild. 2/5 — ESET research (@ESETresearch) March 2, 2021.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 22, 2021

NEW YORK–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Veridium , a leading developer of frictionless, passwordless authentication solutions, is proud to announce that it’s won the 2021 Global InfoSec Award in the category of Next-Gen in Passwordless Authentication. “We Veridium is absolutely worthy of this coveted award,” said Gary S.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2021

Group-IB discovered a database allegedly belonging to a bulletproof hosting provider DDoS-Guard posted for sale on a cybercrime forum. It is not possible to verify the authenticity of the alleged stolen data, as the threat actor didn’t provide the sample. The seller registered this account on exploit[.]in About Group-IB.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A proof of concept exploit for two authentication bypass vulnerabilities in Dahua cameras is available online, users are recommended to immediately apply updates. “The identity authentication bypass vulnerability found in some Dahua products during the login process.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

In 2021, remote working is still very much considered the norm as the world continues to combat the coronavirus pandemic. One of the major issues surrounds keeping remote workers protected against cybercrime. It is important that your VPN should use multi-factor authentication (MFA) rather than just usernames and passwords.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Cybercrime is a big business. In some cases, they find vulnerable third parties that provide ways into larger targets, which is how hackers infiltrated the Red Cross in 2021. Ransomware is already the fastest-growing type of cybercrime , and IABs make it more accessible to novice criminals. Related: IABs fuel ransomware surge.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Frank Abagnale, one of the world's most respected authorities on forgery, embezzlement, secure documents, cybercrime, and scams—and subject of the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can — kicked off Vision 2023: Looking Ahead at Cyber Threats , a half-day educational event held live and recorded on December 13th.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 2, 2024

” The data came to light a few weeks ago when it was put up for sale on an online cybercrime forum, but the seller, a hacker calling themselves “MajorNelson”, claimed it had been stolen from AT&T three years prior. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA). Better yet, let a password manager choose one for you.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been around for many years now, but few enterprises have fully embraced it. In fact, according to Microsoft’s inaugural “ Cyber Signals ” report, only 22 percent of all its Azure Active Directory (AD) enterprise clients have adopted two-factor authentication (2FA), a form of MFA.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

The seller, who goes online with the moniker MajorNelson, claimed that the data was obtained from an unnamed AT&T division by @ ShinyHunters in 2021. It should be noted before anyone hits us with an “aktschually” – the data was stolen in 2021. The archive contains 73.481.539 records. “It It was leaked online today.”

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Customers can access a Salesforce Community website in two ways: Authenticated access (requiring login), and guest user access (no login required). That data later wound up for sale on a top cybercrime forum. The guest access feature allows unauthenticated users to view specific content and resources without needing to log in.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2022

million in 2021, according to IBM. Seeing the flaws continue year after year, the industry began linking authentication of valid software components to the underlying hardware, or the “root of trust”. This approach allows for compromised software to be identified during the authentication process. million to $4.24

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2021-39341) in The OptinMonster plugin can allow unauthorized API access and sensitive information disclosure on roughly a million WordPress sites. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). The OptinMonster WordPress plugin allows creating opt-in forms to convert visitors to subscribers/customers.

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Veracode Security

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Enable Multi-Factor Authentication “With the continued rise in cybercrime, there are a few simple steps every person should take to protect themselves, if they aren’t already. CISA’s first recommended step to stay 'cyber-safe' is to implement multi-factor authentication. Enabling multi-factor…

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

That was in March 2021, but there are similar fake EDR services on offer today. 30, Bug posted a sales thread to the cybercrime forum Breached[.]co In July 2021, Sen. And it tracked the activities of a teenage hacker from the United Kingdom who was reportedly arrested multiple times for sending fake EDRs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2021

Experts found critical authentication bypass flaw in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

Users should turn on two-factor authentication for their service providers.”. The post CopperStealer malware infected up to 5,000 hosts per day over first three months of 2021 appeared first on SC Media. These are commodities that can be sold or leveraged.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2021

Threat actors are targeting Pulse Connect Secure VPN devices exploiting multiple flaws, including CVE-2021-22893 and CVE-2021-22937. CVE-2021-22893 is a buffer overflow issue in Pulse Connect Secure Collaboration Suite prior b9.1R11.4 One file is designed to intercept certificate-based multi-factor authentication.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

Nevertheless, Cyberthreat reported that Devilscream was arrested by Indonesian police in late 2021 as part of a collaboration between INTERPOL and the U.S. 16Shop documentation instructing operators on how to deploy the kit. Image: ZeroFox. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2022

.” These upgrades prove that Hive is one of the fastest evolving ransomware families in the cybercrime ecosystem. The Hive ransomware operation has been active since June 2021, it provides Ransomware-as-a-Service Hive and adopts a double-extortion model threatening to publish data stolen from the victims on their leak site (HiveLeaks).

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This represents a significant jump from the 58% attack rate in 2021 and 43% in 2022. This confidence comes even as only 20-34% reported following best practices such as multi-factor authentication, strong passwords, and role-based access controls for sensitive data. One in three dealt with higher employee turnover after an incident.

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