eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. It can shut down your business – in the case of healthcare organizations that can be life-threatening for patients – damage your reputation with customers and employees, and invite further attacks as cybercriminals view your organization as an easy mark.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

Cybersecurity firm Qualys is the latest victim of a cyber attack, the company was likely hacked by threat actors that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in their Accellion FTA server. In response to the wave of attacks, the vendor has released multiple security patches to address the vulnerabilities exploited by the hackers.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2022

It is quite easy today for cybercrime groups to launch a cyber attack benefitting from the Ransomware-as-a-Service model causing damages of any size. The findings are worrisome. of all the stolen data contains GDPR personal data based on this analysis; In 95.3%

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2021

According to a data breach notification published by the company on its website, the cyber attack did not affect its network, but it only impacted an Accellion FTA server. ” Since the disclosure of the vulnerabilities in Accellion FTA multiple cybercrime groups targeted organizations worldwide. billion in 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 23, 2022

And reports are in that Ragnar Locker Gang is demanding $12 million to free up data from encryption. DESFA released a press statement that it became a victim of a ransomware attack on Saturday last week and assured that its business continuity plan will surely bail them out of the present situation, without paying a penny.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2021

“On May 20, 2021, Morgan Stanley was notified by Guidehouse, a vendor that provides account maintenance services to Morgan Stanley’s StockPlan Connect business, that it had suffered an information security incident. . The company pointed out that exposed files did not contain passwords that could be used to access financial accounts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2022

On October 14, Tata Power, India’s largest power generation company, announced that was hit by a cyber attack. The Tata Power Company Limited had a cyber attack on its IT infrastructure impacting some of its IT systems. The most important change in the latest Hive variant is the encryption mechanism it adopts.

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

Cyber-attacks are on the rise and are becoming more potent with each day. Whether you use your computer for personal or professional purposes, cyber-attacks are an imminent threat to your privacy and personal or professional information. Identity Theft Protection Tools. Ad Blockers.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

’ This firewall even goes as far as to block the latest versions of the encryption service TLS (v1.3) ” Only 4 percent of respondents to an FCC poll said their organization received a new J-1 visa in 2021, and 46 percent said their bureaus were understaffed because of a lack of visas.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9 of cyber attacks IBM handled.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Related: It’s all about ‘ attack surface management ‘ However, today’s perpetrator isn’t standing in front of you brandishing a weapon. They could be on the other side of the globe, part of a cybercrime regime that will never be discovered, much less brought to justice. But the situation isn’t hopeless. Prevalence.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Multiple supply chains potentially impacted Bulgaria hit by a cyber attack originating from Russia Interpol arrested 75 members of the cybercrime ring Black Axe 45,654 VMware ESXi servers reached End of Life on Oct.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It is not possible to collect or return the products due to the cyber attack. Update November 8, 2021. The Hive gang has been active since June 2021, it implements a Ransomware-as-a-Service model and employs a wide variety of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). ” reported the local outlet RTLNieuws.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The attackers are attempting to exploit the CVE-2021–21974 vulnerability. According to the ACN, most of the attacks targeted systems in France, followed by Finland, North America, Canada, and the United States. x earlier than ESXi650-202102101-SG The virtualization giant addressed the CVE-2021-21974 bug in February 2021.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2021

Conti ransomware also breached the network of Ireland’s Department of Health (DoH) but the ransomware failed to encrypt the systems. Last week, Conti ransomware gang targeted the Ireland’s Health Service Executive that was forced to shut down its IT systems on Friday after being targeted with a significant ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Expert found Backdoor credentials in ZyXEL LTE3301 M209 Raspberry Robin malware used in attacks against Telecom and Governments TikTok parent company ByteDance revealed the use of TikTok data to track journalists BetMGM discloses security breach impacting 1.5 Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper ISC fixed high-severity flaws in DNS software suite BIND Patch management is crucial to protect Exchange servers, Microsoft warns Hacker accused of having stolen personal data of all Austrians and more CVE-2023-23560 flaw exposes 100 (..)

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Dean Webb, a cybersecurity solutions engineer at Merlin Cyber, provided insight into Lockbit's history, noting that the group has grown in sophistication and operational capacity over the years: "The Russia-based Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) group LockBit has been around since 2019, but started making big headlines when their LockBit 2.0

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

Kroll researchers discovered that the Clop ransomware gang was looking for a zero-day exploit in the MOVEit software since 2021. As a result of the cyber attack on the payroll provider Zellis, the personal data of employees at the BBC and British Airways has been compromised and exposed. PROVIDE LITTLE TRUTH IN A BIG LIE.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

The company Encevo, which owns the majority of Creos, published a security advisory to announce that the gas pipeline form has suffered a cyber attack that took place between July 22 and 23. During this attack, a number of data were exfiltrated from computer systems or made inaccessible by hackers.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Expert found Backdoor credentials in ZyXEL LTE3301 M209 Raspberry Robin malware used in attacks against Telecom and Governments TikTok parent company ByteDance revealed the use of TikTok data to track journalists BetMGM discloses security breach impacting 1.5 Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 30, 2023

1 ) Cybercriminals also seem to see the potential in ChatGPT; some security researchers reported seeing evidence that cybercriminals are abusing the tool to create or improve malware or create offensive tools to support cybercrime. ( In other fields, ChatGPT is being met with some concern.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

worth of NFTs from tens of OpenSea users Trickbot operation is now controlled by Conti ransomware.

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Herjavec Group

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The SalesForce Shopping Index reports an 11% increase in global online shopping in Q3 of 2021. With an increase in online activity comes an increase in the risk of cyber threats. My gift to you this holiday season is a list of tips that will help you as a customer avoid adding cybercrime to that long list of stressors.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

How email-based cyber attacks work. Email-based attacks are not a new problem. For example, some of the most notorious email-related cyber attacks of the 1990s came through the propagation of the Melissa virus. Recent email-based attacks. Understanding email cyber attack strategies.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Their operations are based on the human operator ransomware practice where most of the intrusion is handled by hands-on keyboard criminals, even in the encryption stage. Makop ransomware gang is classified as a tier-B ransomware actor, but despite this, they keep hitting companies in Europe and Italy.

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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. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Cytelligence

JANUARY 27, 2020

Cybercriminals or threat actors release a kind of malware which enters a computer system or network through fraudulent means and locks down files from access by encrypting them until a demanded ransom is paid to hackers in return for a decryption key. The need for cyber insurance for companies will increase significantly in 2020.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Looking back at 2021 it looks a lot like 2020: A lot of ransomware attacks. So, when I was asked to write about the three most significant cyber-attacks of 2021, it was no real surprise that my thoughts turned to ransomware attacks. The human cost of a ransomware attack. Have a safe 2022, everyone!

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2023

Then, in January of 2021, after Gallo had resigned from Company A, he allegedly accessed the facility’s computer system remotely and transmitted a command to uninstall software that was the main hub of the facility’s computer network and that protected the entire water treatment system, including water pressure, filtration, and chemical levels.”

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Security Boulevard

MAY 27, 2022

A 2021 report by Europol found laundering was the “main criminal activity associated with the illicit use of cryptocurrencies.” ( 1 ) Threat actors use intermediate transfer services that assist in obfuscating transactions between initial wallets and the wallets eventually used to ‘cash out’. Background. Conclusion.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

Overall cybercrime costs are expected to reach $10.5 In this article, we’ll cover the top cybersecurity startups to watch in 2021. Top Cybersecurity startups to watch in 2021. Most traditional tools used for investigating cyber-attacks cannot assess potential impacts on these environments. Cato Networks.

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SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

In May 2021, the DeathNote cluster was used to compromise a European IT company providing solutions for monitoring network devices and servers, possibly because Lazarus had an interest in this company’s widely-used software or its supply-chain. The attribution of tools used in a cyber-attack can sometimes be a very tricky issue.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

The threat actor abused Bitly shortener and an ad hoc BlogSpot account to protect the malicious code, lastly stored in an encrypted zip archive hosted on Mega.nz. The shared secret is used to encrypt the GZipped memory stream using a xor-based algorithm in a compress-then-encrypt fashion.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A recent Positive Technologies report found that 69% of all malware attacks now involve ransomware, and with the sums involved, it’s easy to see why malicious actors would eschew less lucrative cyber attack methods. The most important factor to ransomware attackers is the value of an organization’s data.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Vamosi: In the summer of 2021, the Colonial Pipeline in the US. The Biden administration said it is working with a Colonial Pipeline Company to deal with the cyber hack and its effects. Colonial shut down its pipeline, the largest of its kind in the US, after the company learned it was the victim of this cyber extortion attempt.

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