Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

technology companies during the summer of 2022. stole at least $800,000 from at least five victims between August 2022 and March 2023. 2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Ransomware activity decreased in the third quarter of 2022 (Q3 2022), as actors regrouped and refocused after a busy start to the year. The aftermath of key developments in the second quarter of 2022 was felt in Q3 2022. KEY TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS Q3 2022 saw ransomware activity slow, with overall activity declining 10.5%

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 18, 2023

Ransomware activity stayed at steady levels throughout 2022’s fourth quarter (Q4 2022). One major development was the use of ransomware in hacktivism’s resurgence during 2022. This blog focuses on ransomware activity in Q4 2022, based on primary and secondary source reporting. increase from Q3 2022.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Campaigns to-date have focused on taking over Facebook Business accounts, both to manipulate pages and to access financial information. This blog will show the attack chain, decipher and explain the stages of execution, and provide technical analysis of the PHP code of Ducktail Infostealer. Targets Facebook Business accounts.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In other words, 2022 has been an eventful year in the threat landscape, with malware continuing to take center stage. The 6 Nastiest Malware of 2022. 2022 was no different. 2022 was no different. With that, here are the 6 Nastiest Malware of 2022. Here are this year’s wicked winners.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

One of the encryptors developed by Lockbit, named ‘locker_Apple_M1_64’, can encrypt files of Mac systems running on the Apple silicon M1. The MacOS variant has been available since November 11th, 2022. The MacOS variant has been available since November 11th, 2022. It appears we are late to the game.

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Anton on Security

APRIL 13, 2023

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our sixth Threat Horizons Report ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blogs for #2 , #3 , #4 and #5 ). a useful reminder to, well, not do that!] “One

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q3 2022. We can confirm a Maui ransomware incident in 2022, but we would expand their “first seen” date from the reported May 2021 to April 15, 2021, and the geolocation of the target to Japan and India. The most remarkable findings.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2022

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q2 2022. We identified a Windows variant of this sample using the same string encryption algorithm, internal modules, and functionalities. As part of this process, the actor abused a legitimate blog service to host a malicious script with an encoded format.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 15, 2022

Meta Digs in Heels on Encryption. Fri, 04/15/2022 - 17:15. Government Encryption Fight. The fight for encryption can be summarized by the arguments of two sides: government and business. Both agree that encryption is useful - the question at hand is, what is the cost of using encryption? brooke.crothers.

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. While fileless malware is nothing new, the way the encrypted shellcode containing the malicious payload is embedded into Windows event logs is. Yanluowang ransomware: how to recover encrypted files. Mobile statistics.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2022

OpenSSL Patches New Bug Targeting Encryption [Lessons from Heartbleed]. Thu, 05/05/2022 - 12:26. C VE-2022-0778 is described as an infinite loop DoS attack discovered by Google vulnerability researcher Tavis Ormandy. Encryption must be encrypted. Schrems II: Modernized Contractual Clauses and End-to-End Encryption.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2022

Microsoft’s extensive blog has more details. Ars Technica’s writeup includes this important caveat: “Nothing in Microsoft’s account should be taken to say that deploying MFA isn’t one of the most effective measures to prevent account takeovers. It’s now accepting applications to start in September 2022.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

The encryptor uses a combination of ECDH on Curve25519 (asymmetric encryption) and Chacha20 (symmetric encryption) to encrypt files. The affiliates are obliged to remain active, or their account will be removed after 10 days without notifying them upfront. The group threatens to ban every affiliate who does leak samples.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 26, 2021

What cyber security threats should enterprises look out for in 2022? Skilled engineers and security architects from McAfee Enterprise and FireEye offer a preview of how the threatscape might look in 2022 and how these new or evolving threats could potentially impact the security of enterprises, countries, and civilians.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2022

Data security is a C-suite imperative for 2022 and beyond. Seven Cloud Security Predictions CISOs Can Use in 2022. To address this growing business need, we offer seven cybersecurity predictions for 2022. In 2022, cloud security will capture $12.73 This compendium blog lists 70 , but the answer is surely higher now.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 4, 2022

Elon Musk Wants End-to-End Encryption for Twitter Direct Messages: Too soon or Too Late? Wed, 05/04/2022 - 14:51. Twitter DMs should have end to end encryption like Signal, so no one can spy on or hack your messages,” Musk said in a tweet. E2EE encrypts data between a sender and receiver so that no third party can access it.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 31, 2021

McAfee Enterprise and FireEye recently released its 2022 Threat Predictions. In this blog, we take a deeper dive into the continuingly aggressive role Nation States will play in 2022. Equally, direct messages have been used by groups to take control over influencer accounts to promote messaging of their own.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

Fast forward to 2022, and the headache has become a migraine—not just for IT teams but business owners, employees, and customers as well. LockBit was the most widely-distributed ransomware in March, April, and May 2022, and its total of 263 spring attacks was more than double the number of Conti, the variant in second place.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

Trigona is a malware strain that was discovered in October 2022, and Palo Alto Unit 42 researchers reported similarities between Trigona and the CryLock ransomware. Trigona is written in Delphi language, it encrypts files without distinguishing their extensions and appends the “._locked” ” reads the report published by AhnLab.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

. “MyBB admin logs show the account of a trusted but currently inactive member of the forum admin team was used to access the web-based MyBB admin console twice: on 16 February and again on 21 February. The account was used to create database backups which were then downloaded and deleted.

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NetSpi Technical

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As we were preparing our slides and tools for our DEF CON Cloud Village Talk ( What the Function: A Deep Dive into Azure Function App Security ), Thomas Elling and I stumbled onto an extension of some existing research that we disclosed on the NetSPI blog in March of 2023.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Campaigns to-date have focused on taking over Facebook Business accounts, both to manipulate pages and to access financial information. This blog will show the attack chain, decipher and explain the stages of execution, and provide technical analysis of the PHP code of Ducktail Infostealer. Targets Facebook Business accounts.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

3CX hired incident response firm Mandiant , which released a report on Wednesday that said the compromise began in 2022 when a 3CX employee installed a malware-laced software package distributed via an earlier software supply chain compromise that began with a tampered installer for X_TRADER , a software package provided by Trading Technologies.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2022

In late January 2022, ThreatLabz identified an updated version of Conti ransomware as part of the global ransomware tracking efforts. This update was released prior to the massive leak of Conti source code and chat logs on Februrary 27, 2022. Start encryption using the specified path as the root directory. Technical Analysis.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In a security blog about Octo Tempest Microsoft states: “Octo Tempest monetized their intrusions in 2022 by selling SIM swaps to other criminals and performing account takeovers of high-net-worth individuals to steal their cryptocurrency.” Stop malicious encryption.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2023

FortiGuard Labs researchers observed an ongoing hacking campaign targeting Cacti ( CVE-2022-46169 ) and Realtek ( CVE-2021-35394 ) vulnerabilities to spread ShellBot and Moobot malware. Since September 2022, Moobot botnet was spotted targeting vulnerable D-Link routers. “The script file to further download Moobot is shown below.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2022

Experts discovered a feature in Microsoft 365 suite that could be abused to encrypt files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive and target cloud infrastructure. Researchers from Proofpoint reported that a feature in the in Microsoft 365 suite could be abused to encrypt files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

NodeStealer is a new information-stealing malware distributed on Meta that allows stealing browser cookies to hijack accounts on multiple platforms, including Facebook, Gmail, and Outlook. The social network giant took action to disrupt the malware campaign and support victims in recovering their accounts. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars. FBI and CISA believe this variant, which uses its own custom-made file encryption program, evolved from earlier iterations that used “Zeon” as a loader.” reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

billion rubles. Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter newsletter) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 414 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” Since September 2022, Moobot botnet was spotted targeting vulnerable D-Link routers. ” reads the joint report. ” continues the report.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2022

While modern Microsoft Windows operating systems by default will ask users whether they want to run a downloaded executable file, many systems set up for remote administration by MSPs disable that user account control feature for this particular application. The timing of our advisory and Mr. Pyle’s blog were coincidental.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 13, 2023

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our sixth Threat Horizons Report ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blogs for #2 , #3 , #4 and #5 ). a useful reminder to, well, not do that!] “One

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2023

Unlike most ransom campaigns, CheckMate, discovered in 2022, has been quiet throughout its operations. After gaining access to SMB shares, threat actors encrypt all files and leave a ransom note demanding payment in exchange for the decryption key. To the best of our knowledge, it doesn’t operate a data leak site.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

UPnP is an insecure protocol, it uses network UDP multicasts, and doesn’t support encryption and authentication. Only use encrypted HTTPS or other types of secure connections (SSH, etc.). Set up a new administrator account, and disable the default admin account. For example, change 8080 to 9527.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

According to the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report – Financial Services Edition , 52% of U.S. was released on March 31, 2022, and before we know it, businesses will face the compliance deadline of March 31, 2024. Secure data storage is closely related to encryption and key management. The new version of the standard, PCI DSS 4.0,

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