SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

There is, of course, a documented porosity between the ransomware ecosystem and other cybercrime domains such as carding or point-of-sale (PoS) hacking. But it is worth pointing out that not all members of this ecosystem originate from the cybercrime underworld. REvil operators have demanded the highest ransoms in 2021.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from January to March, Q1, of 2021. Threat Report Portugal Q1 2021: Phishing and malware by numbers. Phishing and Malware Q1 2021. In terms of malware, the Javali trojan banker was spotlighted in Q1 2021.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The Threat Report Portugal: Q4 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to September, Q4, of 2021. 0xSI_f33d is part of the official VirusTotal ingestors since July 2021 allowing the community to verify threats worldwide provided by this feed. Phishing and Malware Q4 2021.

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

For 2021, the judges took on a record number of submissions, identifying which products, people and companies stood out during a tumultuous year. Click here to see the full list of 2021 SC Award finalists. The post Meet the 2021 SC Awards judges appeared first on SC Media.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Disconnects in perception between security operations center (SOC) leadership and staff in terms of organizational effectiveness and capability are hampering organizational efforts to combat cybercrime and other issues, according to a report.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

In December 2021, experts at Check Point Research observed the resurgence of the Phorpiex botnet. All associated emails were blocked or quarantined.”

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Related: Enlisting ‘human sensors’ Unfortunately, with crime-as-a-service, the same is true for people interested in trying their hand at cybercrime. What makes CaaS especially problematic is that it brings cybercrime to the masses. Aquilai was acquired by Egress in 2021. Mounting a strong defense.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The global cost of cybercrime attacks is rising and reached an estimated €5.5 trillion in 2021. Despite increased awareness and growing. Ransomware attacks alone hit organizations somewhere in the world every 11 seconds.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 19, 2023

That is how James McQuiggan, CISSP, Security Awareness Advocate for KnowBe4, kicked off the recent SecureWorld Remote Sessions webcast titled, "Ransomware, Ransom-war, and Ran-some-where: What We Can Learn When the Hackers Get Hacked." Some scary statistics: Ransomware attacks increased 13% from 2020 to 2021. He ran-some-where.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 23, 2023

Cybercrime will cost companies $10.5 The estimated cost of cybercrime in 2021 was $6.1 Cyberattacks have become one of the top concerns for technology executives and business owners. billion annually by 2025. trillion, which is expected to grow 15% each year. The number of online.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 31, 2022

However, it has now been well established that over the period of the pandemic there has been an enormous rise in cybercrime. Some studies suggest that between 2020 and 2021 there was a 50% increase in overall attacks on corporate networks, and a 40% increase in cyber attacks globally. But what has driven this rise in cybercrime?

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Part of our predictions last year were based on the assumption that in 2021, the pandemic will continue for at least a few months and, because this assumption turned out to be accurate, so did many of our predictions. The medical theme will forever be a popular one for use as bait in cybercrime schemes.

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BH Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

Strengthening security awareness stops scapegoating staff for shortcomings. A time of upheaval in the way we work has meant employees to follow the right security behaviours in vastly different circumstances. The 2021 SANS Security Awareness Report offers an interesting look back over the past year.

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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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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Cybercrime is a growing threat to corporations, governmental agencies and individuals throughout the world. In 2021 alone we’ve seen data breaches impact many Fortune 500 companies. Chief executive officers and chief technology officers know this is a potentially existential threat both for their companies and for them professionally.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2021

If these things are true, how do we share information with others in a way that is proven to work and create a culture of security? Security awareness and how you talk about cybersecurity. Liebes points out that annual cybercrime losses, including unreported crimes, could total $380 billion. The reasons for that may vary.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, businesses should assess how they're fostering a culture of online security. Cybercrime moves quickly, and as digital technologies play an increasingly central role in business, it will only grow. Make security awareness training relevant.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With analysis from over 3,500 companies spread across the world, the almanac details key trends in 2021 and how they can shape the outlook for 2022. In what was a record year for cybercrime, we also saw a record year for investments and mergers and acquisitions. A total of $29.3

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SecureList

JULY 5, 2021

More details about that gang can be found in our articles Ransomware world in 2021: who, how and why and Sodin ransomware exploits Windows vulnerability and processor architecture. Dedicated training courses can help, such as those provided in the Kaspersky Automated Security Awareness Platform.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

In a report from Cybersecurity Ventures, it's estimated that by 2021, global cybercrime damages will cost $6 trillion annually, compared to $3 trillion in 2015. Now CISOs and Security Awareness Managers have additional metrics that reveal if their programs are effective and help categorize actual threats.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

“This type of poor security practice should be avoided at all costs, as it exposes the company to easily become a victim of cybercrime.” ” For more, see Designing Employee Security Awareness Training That Works. The post Point-of-Sale (POS) Security Measures for 2021 appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The Prometheus effort was originally identified by the Russian entity Group-IB in August 2021. The post Russian Threat Actors Targeting Infrastructure appeared first on Security Boulevard. In January 2022, BlackBerry’s researchers published findings about the Prometheus traffic direction system (TDS) efforts to target U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

The AvosLocker ransomware-as-a-service emerged in the threat landscape in September 2021, since January the group expanded its targets by implementing the support for encrypting Linux systems, specifically VMware ESXi servers. Only use secure networks and avoid using public Wi-Fi networks. Consider installing and using a VPN.

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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.

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SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

Geography of the Yanluowang attacks, December 4th, 2021 – April 8th, 2022 ( download ). Dedicated training courses can help, such as the ones provided on Kaspersky Automated Security Awareness Platform. Make sure you can quickly access your backups in an emergency.

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SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

Geography of the Yanluowang attacks, December 4th, 2021 – April 8th, 2022 ( download ). Dedicated training courses can help, such as the ones provided on Kaspersky Automated Security Awareness Platform. Make sure you can quickly access your backups in an emergency.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Catastrophising cyber threats “All use similar techniques to catastrophise cyber threats to make being a victim of cybercrime look and feel like being the worst thing in the world. Stop saying ‘user’ Dr Jess Barker of Cygenta is a longstanding commentator on security awareness. Ask: who is it for? What is it for?

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2022

0xSI_f33d has been part of the official VirusTotal ingestors since July 2021 allowing the community to verify threats worldwide provided by this feed. Regarding Q1 2022, the phishing campaigns increased in reference to 2021 as a result of the research focused on the online stores’ scams that hits users worldwide. in Q1 2022.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

GreatHorn told SC Media this particular tactic was only previously seen in small “one-off scams,” until a sudden surge in this technique that began in October 2020 and escalated further in January 2021.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 13, 2023

"While many of these attack trends are troubling, there are a number of things organizations can do to reduce their risk, such as investing in security awareness programs, updating security protocols, working with trusted partners to address vulnerabilities, and partnering with an MDR vendor."

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

0xSI_f33d has been part of the official VirusTotal ingestors since July 2021 allowing the community to verify threats worldwide provided by this feed. Regarding Q1 2022, the phishing campaigns increased in reference to 2021 as a result of the research focused on the online stores’ scams that hit users worldwide. in Q2 2022.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

According to Coveware, a company that offers incident response services to organizations impacted by ransomware attacks, Conti is the second most common ransomware family that victim organizations have reported in the first quarter of 2021. Focus on cyber security awareness and training. Adversary profile: Wizard Spider.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2022

Many professionals agree multi-factor authentication (MFA) can improve security, but a recent discovery showed that it’s no panacea either. The ongoing campaign has targeted more than 10,000 Office 365 organisations since September 2021, using ‘adversary in the middle’ (AiTM) sites to steal passwords and hijack login sessions.

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 1, 2021

” His statement couldn’t be truer and as I chaired the European Security Forum 2021 in London this week, I was amazed at how the theme of unlearning what we know glued together (figuratively speaking) all the other speakers’ presentations. How to communicate to a whole new set of stakeholders? Whatever it is, one thing is clear.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 19, 2021

It's the all ransomware edition featuring huge breaches at Toshiba & the VA plus a special report on the state of phishing security in 2021. The post The Week in Breach News: 05/12/21 – 05/18/21 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 29, 2023

If season 4 was a nod to 2021’s Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, season 5 takes a stab at the more political side of cybercrime. The season’s antagonist, Cyrus, sums the season – and his intentions – up perfectly: ‘Money? You think this is about money? However, it pays off; the show has real, dedicated fans.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Morse code cloaking dubious materials In a clever move first spotted in February 2021, malicious actors used meaningful combinations of dots and dashes (known as Morse code) to obfuscate harmful URLs in a file attached to an email.

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