Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Since then, cybercrime group specialists from the North Rhine-Westphalia State Criminal Police Office (LKA NRW), together with the Cybercrime Central and Contact Point (ZAC NRW), carried out another targeted strike against people associated with the criminal network. Create offsite, offline backups.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 19, 2023

The exclusive webcast covers: • What's happening in the ransomware realm right now • Three tips from the cybercriminals themselves • Conti cybercrime group insights Register to view the webcast on-demand at your convenience and earn 1 CPE credit in the process. Some scary statistics: Ransomware attacks increased 13% from 2020 to 2021.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing details on the top malware strains of 2021. The top malware strains in 2021 included remote access Trojans (RATs), banking Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

.” While CLOP as a money making collective is a fairly young organization, security experts say CLOP members hail from a group of Threat Actors (TA) known as “TA505,” which MITRE’s ATT&CK database says is a financially motivated cybercrime group that has been active since at least 2014. ” . ”

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Fox IT

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

TA505 is a known cybercrime threat actor, who is known for extortion attacks using the Cl0p ransomware. The vulnerability being exploited is known as CVE-2021-35211 [1]. SolarWinds published a security advisory [2] detailing the vulnerability in the Serv-U software on July 9, 2021. Vulnerability Landscape.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The pros behind Carbonite + Webroot joined forces with industry leading researchers at IDC to develop an easy-to-understand framework for fighting back against cybercrime. IDC researchers make an iron-clad case for cyber resilience by looking at the current state of cybercrime. Making the case. The results? Download the IDC report.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

.” New York City-based cyber intelligence firm Flashpoint said the Snatch ransomware group was created in 2018, based on Truniger’s recruitment both on Russian language cybercrime forums and public Russian programming boards. “Experience in backup, increase privileges, mikicatz, network.

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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. The phone number associated with my late Facebook account (which I deleted in Jan. billion active monthly users.

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

Here are 5 common security tools that you must have in 2021 to protect your digital world. Backup and Recovery Tools. In this day and age of digital communication where the most common method of recording and storing information is digital, backup and recovery tools are indispensable if you want to protect your digital data.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Cisco addressed several high-severity flaws in its products LockBit ransomware gang claims the hack of Continental automotive group 250+ U.S. Cisco addressed several high-severity flaws in its products LockBit ransomware gang claims the hack of Continental automotive group 250+ U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Cybercriminal behind the most prominent carding marketplace on the dark web Joker’s Stash retires, he will shut down its servers and destroy the backups. ” One month ago, Joker’s Stash announced that its operations will shut down on February 15, 2021. ” reads the article published by Forbes. Image source FlashPoint.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Unfortunately, cybercrime has nonrepudiation and threat actors can deny all knowledge and get away with it. Cybercrime will always be an issue and we need to be more aware of what threat actors are doing and what they’re after. In May 2021 for example, the U.S. Prevention. Techniques & Tactics. MVISION Insights Preview.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

re abruptly announced it was permanently closing after a cybersecurity breach allowed unknown intruders to trash its servers and delete customer data and backups. 1, 2021: 15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark. Last week, a seven-year-old proxy service called 911[.]re The disruption at 911[.]re ” Super-socks[.]biz

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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. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. Don’t get attacked twice.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

and Australia have published a joint advisory warning of an increased globalised threat of ransomware worldwide in 2021. “Ransomware tactics and techniques continued to evolve in 2021, which demonstrates ransomware threat actors’ growing technological sophistication and an increased ransomware threat to organizations globally.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The attacks spotted by Cisco Talos were carried out by a Babuk ransomware affiliate tracked as Tortilla that has been active since at least July 2021. 229 @58_158_177_102 @sugimu_sec pic.twitter.com/LcuNw88fOo — TG Soft (@VirITeXplorer) October 14, 2021. The ransomware maybe born from the leaked #Babuk code.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Alarming Reality of Fraud Fraud and cybercrime are pressing challenges for all sectors, including financial services. 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. billion annually.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

It encrypts files with the following file extensions @cherepanov74 1/3 pic.twitter.com/miyIlH1IdI — ESET research (@ESETresearch) December 21, 2021. The principle is simple, according to the authors of the malware, recent files may be more important for some victims and typically they are not included in recent backups.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 22, 2023

The individuals affected will need very specific support to ensure they're not subjects of highly targeted cybercrime." Heath Renfrow, Cofounder of Fenix24, said: "Extortion tactics in ransomware increased dramatically from 2021 to 2022; by late 2022, data theft was involved in nearly 90% of the ransomware cases we remediate in our practice.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Bug bounty hacker earned $5,000 reporting a Stored XSS flaw in iCloud.com Experts warn of threat actors abusing Google Alerts to deliver unwanted programs FBI warns of the consequences of telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks An attacker was able to siphon audio feeds from multiple Clubhouse rooms Georgetown County has yet to recover from a sophisticated (..)

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Recorded Future in February 2021 published a report highlighting intrusion activity against India’s power grid, which it blamed on Chinese actors using a modular backdoor called ShadowPad, which it claimed it increasingly used by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). ( 12 , 13 , 15 ). 12 , 13 , 15 ).

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, Babam has set up numerous auctions on the Russian-language cybercrime forum Exploit , mainly selling virtual private networking (VPN) credentials stolen from various companies. Gmail’s password recovery function says the backup email address for devrian27@gmail.com is bo3 *@gmail.com.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The malware uses TOR exit nodes as a backup C2 infrastructure. The malware was first spotted in September 2021, the experts observed it targeting organizations in the technology and manufacturing industries. The malicious code uses Windows Installer to reach out to QNAP-associated domains and download a malicious DLL.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2021

IT and consulting giant Accenture confirmed a data breach after the ransomware attack conducted by LockBit operators in August 2021. Global IT consultancy giant Accenture discloses a data breach after the LockBit ransomware attack that hit the company in August 2021.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 27, 2022

You’ve likely only seen cybercrime insurance primarily mentioned in relation to attacks on businesses. Premiums are based on how much you have to lose, and tailoring types of cybercrime to your package needs. So many examples of cyber insurance only ever focus on the technical aspects of online crime, or ransomware backups.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 18, 2023

This has projected costs associated with cybercrimes to hit the tens of trillions by 2025, highlighting the vital need for web hosts to implement staunch security. consumers, ages 18 and over, was conducted by Propeller Insights on behalf of HostingAdvice in June of 2021. Gainesville, Fla.,

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2021

The company’s backup servers were not affected, and it is actively working with an Incident Response firm to restore its systems as soon as possible.” The White House said Tuesday that the cyberattack was likely originating from a cybercrime organization based in Russia. reads the press release published by the company.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2021

NYSE: NABL), the purpose-built technology partner for managed services providers (MSPs), is celebrating strong growth of the Technology Alliance Program (TAP) throughout 2021, adding more than 25 partners this year, more than half of which are focused on security. © 2021 N-able Solutions ULC and N-able Technologies Ltd. n-able.com.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In fact, the World Economic Forum (WEF) projects that by 2021: Global cybercrime costs could total approximately $6 trillion in the US. If cybercrime were a country, it would have the third largest economy in the world. Clearly, cybercrime is big business, and it operates like one. How big is the impact of cybercrime?

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Freedom Hosting operator gets 27 years for hosting dark web abuse sites Microsoft makes a bold move towards a password-less future New Mac malware masquerades as iTerm2, remote desktop and other apps Internet safety tips for kids and teens: a comprehensive guide for the modern parent Google, geofence warrants, and you No, Colonel Gaddafi’s daughter (..)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2021

— Cyble (@AuCyble) August 11, 2021. Accenture attempted to downplay the incident and revealed that impacted systems had been recovered using its backups. ransomware attacks against Australian organizations starting July 2021. The threatactors have alleged to gain databases of over 6TB and demanding $50M as a ransom.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The group of threat actors has been observed exploiting known vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS and Microsoft Exchange servers since early 2021 to gain access to a wide range of targeted entities. The mitigation techniques include the following: Implement and Enforce Backup and Restoration Policies and Procedures. police department.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 9, 2021

The company said all along that its backups worked. Why did JBS pay a ransom to cybercrime group? Here is the company's June 10, 2021, statement. JBS USA's ability to quickly resolve the issues resulting from the attack was due to its cybersecurity protocols, redundant systems and encrypted backup servers.

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Herjavec Group

MARCH 20, 2021

Our Founder and CEO, Robert Herjavec sat down with Small Business Journal’s Chloe Caldwell to discuss his insights on cybersecurity in 2021 and how the most recent Herjavec Group Cybersecurity Conversations Report explores the past year and how to best prepare for the year ahead. This is a great step in the right direction.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2021

The PrintNightmare flaws (tracked as ( CVE-2021-1675 , CVE-2021-34527 , and CVE-2021-36958 ) reside in the Windows Print Spooler service, print drivers, and the Windows Point and Print feature. The targeting of backups to prevent recovery following ransomware deployment.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In October 2022, the malware was used in post-compromise activity attributed to another actor, DEV-0950 (which overlaps with FIN11 / TA505 cybercrime gang). The malware uses TOR exit nodes as a backup C2 infrastructure. The DEV-0950 attacks led to the deployment of the Cobalt Strike beacon.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

. — Shane Huntley (@ShaneHuntley) December 7, 2021. Google researchers believe that the operators of Glupteba botnet will likely attempt to regain control of the malicious infrastructure by using the C2 backup mechanism that leverages the Bitcoin blockchain. ” reads the post published by Google.

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