Security Boulevard

JUNE 6, 2023

The Babuk ransomware group emerged into the world of illicit activities relatively recently in 2021. Since then, they have conducted a series of high-profile ransomware attacks across various industries. The post Babuk Ransomware Group: What You Need to Know appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Wi-Fi security- Samsung Secure Wi-Fi feature encrypts all the O/G and I/C traffic and disables tracking websites and applications and alerts a use if any permission is required for access. Gift yourself a Samsung device from this Thanksgiving 2021 or Black Friday 2021 deals. So, why think much about security?

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Webroot

APRIL 21, 2021

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. Get the full story on these details and more in the 2021 Webroot BrightCloud® Threat Report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 27, 2021

A statement released by the company states that the Gyrodata servers were hit by a file-encrypting malware spread by REvil ransomware group and a portion of data was accessed and stolen by the hacker/s. . Gyrodata that offers technology services to mining companies was hit by a ransomware cyberattack early this year.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2021

Costs of Cybercrime Global cybercrime costs are on the rise, increasing 15 per cent year over year, according to a 2021 cyberwarfare report by CyberSecurity Ventures. It’s estimated that global ransomware damage costs will reach $20 billion in 2021, 57 times the amount in 2015. Encrypt where possible. trillion annually.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2021

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its Phishing Activity Trends Report, 1st Quarter 2021 , which dives into phishing attacks and other identity theft techniques. Phishing activity doubled in 2020, largely due to the pandemic and remote work, and continued to climb in the first month of 2021. BEC attacks on the rise.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2022

France-based Dordogne Groupements Hospitaliers de Territoire (Dordogne GHT) has stopped RYUK Ransomware attack on its servers by using the AI propelled DarkTrace Threat monitoring and detection solution. DarkTrace offers Antigena, an autonomous response technology against cyber threats such as ransomware attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The education sector is increasingly vulnerable to simple and sophisticated cyber threats, and higher learning is especially vulnerable. Here are a few prime examples of cyber-attacks in the education sector. Freshly on the heels of this cyber security nightmare, the Albuquerque school system was breached.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 27, 2021

And with only few days left for events such as Trick and Treat and Halloween night, Candy maker Brachs is making all arrangements that the malware attack doesn’t affect its production as the peak of the Christmas 2021 season on its way.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 21, 2022

As planting and harvesting season is rampant across the states that generate green produce, cyber crooks might target cooperatives as they will be ready to pay a ransom in large amounts to keep their play active in agriculture productions. It’s seen mostly targeting cloud databases and demands Bitcoins or Monero as ransom. .

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2021

The cyber threat landscape change continuously, recently two new ransomware-as-service (RaaS) operations named BlackMatter and Haron made the headlines. “Haron ransomware was first discovered in July 2021. When infected with this ransomware, the extension of the encrypted file is changed to the victim’s name.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The cyberattack on FNF highlights the growing vulnerability of the real estate industry to cyber threats. The group is linked to the Colonial Pipeline hack that caused gas prices to spike in 2021 and the hack of MGM Resorts earlier this year. The investigation remains ongoing at this time."

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

Whether you use your computer for personal or professional purposes, cyber-attacks are an imminent threat to your privacy and personal or professional information. Protecting your computer from cyber-attacks by keeping cybercriminals at bay is the need of the hour. Ad Blockers.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 1, 2022

The Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team continues to track and analyze this data dump as well as other cyber threats related to the war in Ukraine. tgz c4c5b77cceb82cd9b5f5e839136313e2fbfc97db731b162bc2e250d10fd62c1a 2020 chat logs Screenshot from 2021-12-15 21-26-28.png Indicators of Compromise.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Cyber security team at retail giant Walmart dissected a new ransomware family dubbed Sugar, which implements a ransomware-as-a-service model. The cyber threat team at retail giant Walmart has analyzed a new ransomware family dubbed Sugar, which is offered through a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

A cyberattack is any action taken by a cyber criminal in an attempt to illegally gain control of a computer, device, network, or system with malicious intent. Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Also read: Mobile Malware: Threats and Solutions.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 10, 2021

In May of 2021, a series of events forced the Health Service Executive of Ireland’s healthcare and social care services to take its IT Systems offline, affecting their entire Healthcare system. The bad actors immediately encrypted servers and downloaded sensitive information. Starting from who sees it first: Email.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The incident, which unfolded on November 8, 2023, has sent ripples through the global financial community, emphasizing the escalating cyber threats faced by even the most robust institutions. was released in 2021. ICBC confirmed the attack in an official statement, revealing that its U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The increase in connected devices and the data they generate creates a larger attack surface for cyber threats. To ensure data integrity and network security, businesses must adopt more sophisticated security protocols, including advanced encryption methods and AI-driven threat detection systems.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2021

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its Phishing Activity Trends Report, 1st Quarter 2021 , which dives into phishing attacks and other identity theft techniques. Phishing activity doubled in 2020, largely due to the pandemic and remote work, and continued to climb in the first month of 2021. BEC attacks on the rise.

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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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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

From sharing emerging threat intelligence to developing new solutions and best practices to prevent and overcome attacks, it’s possible to reduce the impact of ransomware when it happens. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 3,729 ransomware complaints in 2021, representing $49.2 Prevalence.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 15, 2021

Tenable’s Security Response Team says that in the past 2 months over 56 breaches were disclosed by the end of Feb’2021. Apart from the file encrypting malware, the other incidents that resulted in breaches were related to email phishing/compromise, insider threat and unsecured databases. percent of attacks.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

But while lowering cyber threat dwell times always help, until you lower them to under a few hours or days, many cyber-attacks will still succeed. Often, successful cyber-attacks happen in minutes or hours. According to Mandiant’s M-Trends report for 2022 , median dwell time for cyber threats was down to 21 days in 2021.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

February 24, 2021 – Netwrix, a cybersecurity vendor that makes data security easy , today announced findings for the healthcare sector from its global 2021 Netwrix Cloud Data Security Report. . As a result, new avenues for cyber threats opened up. IRVINE, Calif.,

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

A 2021 Cynerio report revealed a staggering 123% increase in ransomware attacks on healthcare facilities, resulting in more than 500 incidents and costs exceeding $21 billion. This involves a commitment to continuous monitoring and updating of security measures, ensuring the device remains safe and secure against evolving cyber threats.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2021

pic.twitter.com/Iv87v9yewy — ACCEIS (@acceis) March 10, 2021. — Rust (@playrust) March 10, 2021. One such company, Acceis , met the situation with an admirable sense of humour, while providing a dramatic view of the fire. Data and servers in the cloud.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The average cost of a data breach reached an all-time high in 2021, and the attack vector grows larger by the minute. With quantum computing looming in the not-so-distant future, the way that we think about encryption will need to evolve. With 128-bit key encryption, it could take trillions of years to find a matching key.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

Tue, 01/26/2021 - 09:17. There are two ways to protect customers’ PAN, encryption and tokenization. Using payment Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) the retail and banking industry can encrypt card-on-file information and protect the subsequent processing of payment transactions. Encryption. The Future of Payments Security.

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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. The incident highlights the increasing sophistication and diversity of cyber threats, pushing the boundaries of existing security systems. But the numbers alone tell only part of the story.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The attack had little impact on end customers, but it does serve to remind the cybersecurity community of the potential for threat actors to continue attacks against critical infrastructure globally. Key takeaways: The ransomware BlackCat is coded in Rust and was created in November 2021. Background.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

While security pros consider bcrypt a strong encryption technique relative to older methods such as MD5 and SHA1, it is still vulnerable to brute-force attacks depending on the password strength. The information leaked was prime for exploitation by other threat actors, especially for insurance scams, the researchers said.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This raises the risk of their misuse against journalists, activists, and dissidents," said Callie Guenther, Senior Manager, Cyber Threat Research at Critical Start. What they can potentially do, however, is determine who communicated the encrypted data, who received it, and how much traffic there was within a targeted group." "One

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2021

Group-IB published a report titled “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021 ”. analyzes ransomware landscape in 2020 and TTPs of major threat actors. Group-IB , a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, has presented its new report “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021 ”. The gold rush of 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

And the threat is growing. Estimates vary, but a recent FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report found an almost 10-fold increase in ransomware attacks between mid-2020 and mid-2021. The focus is on recovering deleted and encrypted files as quickly as possible. Detection to stop sophisticated cyber threats.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

For example, although the Thales Data Threat Report 2022 recorded a 44% global increase in the volume and severity of attacks against critical infrastructures, Deloitte demonstrates a staggering 220% growth across the EU Member States between 2020 and 2021. The use of cryptography and encryption. Why Cryptography and Encryption?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Telegram channels are becoming a sort of marketplaces, threat actors and wannabe hackers use them to buy and sell malware, exploits and hacking tools. “We We have recently been witnessing a 100 per cent-plus rise in Telegram usage by cybercriminals,” explained Tal Samra, cyber threat analyst at Cyberint.

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