Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

The DEV-0569 group carries out malvertising campaigns to spread links to a signed malware downloader posing as software installers or fake updates embedded in spam messages, fake forum pages, and blog comments. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DEV-0569). ” reads the report published by Microsoft. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

CACTUS essentially encrypts itself, making it harder to detect and helping it evade antivirus and network monitoring tools,” Laurie Iacono, Associate Managing Director for Cyber Risk at Kroll, told Bleeping Computer. The binary is deployed using a specific flag that allows its execution, while the ZIP archive is removed.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2022

The alert includes indicators of compromise (IoCs) associated with BlackCat/ALPHV, as of mid-February 2022. Review antivirus logs for indications they were unexpectedly turned off. Install and regularly update antivirus and anti-malware software on all hosts. SecurityAffairs – hacking, BlackCat ransomware).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

“ZLoader has remained relevant as attackers’ tool of choice by including defense evasion capabilities, like disabling security and antivirus tools, and selling access-as-a-service to other affiliate groups, such as ransomware operators.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, ZLoader malware). To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

In November 2022, Avast researchers discovered a malicious extension for Chromium-based web browsers that was spreading via ViperSoftX. ViperSoftX also checks for active antivirus products running on the machine. .” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. “Antivirus software trusts signed programs more.

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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. After gaining access to victims’ networks, Royal actors disable antivirus software and exfiltrate large amounts of data before ultimately deploying the ransomware and encrypting the systems.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

The vulnerability was reported by researchers Jan Vojtěšek, Milánek, and Luigino Camastra from Avast Antivirus firm, a circumstance that suggests it was used as part of an exploit chain to deliver malware. This vulnerability is actively exploited in attacks. The flaw can be chained with a code execution bug to spread malware.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2022

Please vote for Security Affairs as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog” and others of your choice.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2022

. “Network telemetry can be used to detect anomalous DNS requests, and security tools such as antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) should be statically linked to ensure they are not “infected” by userland rootkits.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Symbiote backdoor). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Quick Heal Antivirus

JUNE 13, 2022

Goodwill Ransomware, identified by CloudSEK researchers in March 2022, is known to promote social justice on the internet. The post Robin Hood Ransomware ‘GOODWILL’ Forces Victim for Charity appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

A China-linked APT group, tracked as Moshen Dragon, is exploiting antivirus products to target the telecom sector in Asia. SecurityAffairs – hacking, APT). A China-linked APT group, tracked as Moshen Dragon, has been observed targeting the telecommunication sector in Central Asia with ShadowPad and PlugX malware, SentinelOne warns.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 11, 2023

” Microsoft’s advisory on CVE-2023-36884 is pretty sparse, but it does include a Windows registry hack that should help mitigate attacks on this vulnerability. Microsoft has also published a blog post about phishing campaigns tied to Storm-0978 and to the exploitation of this flaw.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

The first campaigns of malware were distributed through fake antivirus or other common apps, while during the campaigns the malware is taking the turn of an APT attack against the customer of a specific Italian bank.” sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”).

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR 2022: Cyberattacks Reported At High Frequency. 3 ] The emails redirected victims to a website delivering fake antivirus updates that eventually downloaded Cobalt Strike beacons, or two custom Go malware variants named GraphSteel and GrimPlant. The UA-Cert attributes the activity to UAC-0056.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2022

According to a report by IDC , by the end of 2022, nearly 65% of the global GDP will be digitized — reliant on a digital system of some kind. For example, the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers reported in March 2022 an average premium increase of 34.3% SecurityAffairs – hacking, cyber insurance). Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Related: The threat of ‘business logic’ hacks. According to a new study, phishing attacks rose 61 percent in 2022, with cryptocurrency fraud increasing 257 percent year-over-year. To prevent malicious scams, companies should do the following: •Install high-quality antivirus software and spam filters.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2022

Researchers from antivirus firm Avast spotted a new Linux rootkit, dubbed ‘Syslogk,’ that uses specially crafted “magic packets” to activate a dormant backdoor on the device. ” Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

CVE-2022-4886 (Path Sanitization Bypass): This 8.8-level The problem: VMware Carbon Black researchers detailed the findings in a blog post. If account credentials are hacked, adding multi-factor authentication can prevent unwanted access. See the Best Container & Kubernetes Security Solutions & Tools Oct.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2023

In March 2018, security researchers at Antivirus firm Dr. Web discovered that 42 models of low-cost Android smartphones are shipped with the Android.Triada.231 The researchers first uncovered the operation of the Lemon Group in February 2022. Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog. 231 banking malware.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2022

A new variant of a Brazilian trojan has impacted Internet end users in Portugal since last month (February 2022). At this moment, the infection chain is able to bypass the antivirus detection, with the latter EXE ( WpfApp14.exe SecurityAffairs – hacking, Brazilian Trojan). Introduction. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2022

A report in February 2022 from Sophos found Conti orchestrated a cyberattack against a Canadian healthcare provider in late 2021. Conti shames victims who refuse to pay a ransom by posting their internal data on their darkweb blog. I asked the source. It’s more like one a day,” the source confided.

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2023

In 2022, Kaspersky solutions detected over 74.2M On the eve of the global Anti-Ransomware Day, Kaspersky looks back on the events that shaped the ransomware landscape in 2022, reviews the trends that were predicted last year, discusses emerging trends, and makes a forecast for the immediate future. We named it RedAlert/N13V.

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Fox IT

AUGUST 11, 2022

This blog documents the development of a Saitama server-side implementation, as well as several approaches taken by Fox-IT / NCC Group’s Research and Intelligence Fusion Team (RIFT) to be able to detect DNS-tunnelling implants such as Saitama. This can be used to control the implant in a lab environment. Reconstructing the Saitama traffic.

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Hackology

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Additionally, implementing strong security measures, such as regularly updating software and using reliable antivirus software, can help detect and prevent the infiltration of Kamran spyware. In the second half of 2022, the official app was taken down from the Google Play store, making it unavailable for download.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

BotenaGo was written in Golang (Go) and at the time of the report published by the experts, it had a low antivirus (AV) detection rate (6/62). All these samples have been uploaded to VirusTotal at the beginning of March 2022. SecurityAffairs – hacking, BotenaGo botnet). In the next stage of the attack, the wget.sh

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

Microsoft blocked an attack activity aimed at Israeli organizations attributed to a previously unknown Lebanon-based hacking group tracked as POLONIUM. Microsoft announced to have blocked a series of attacks targeting Israeli organizations that have been conducted by a previously unknown Lebanon-based hacking group tracked as POLONIUM.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

antivirus products), deleting shadow copies, and finally encrypting the files on the targeted systems. The bleeds of the new software will be made for some time by several of our experienced negotiators. We apologize for the inconvenience!” reads the screenshot. ” continues the report.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Unbeknownst to Ika at the time, his Pustota forum also had been completely hacked that week, and a copy of its database shared with this author. ru a year earlier saw this user requesting help from other members who had access to large numbers of hacked social media accounts. “Good afternoon,” r-fac1 wrote on Dec.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2022

A more recent Go-based variant was introduced around February 2022. In this blog, for brevity, the Go-based BlackByte variant 1 will be referred to as BlackByte v1 and the second variant will be referred to as BlackByte v2. Avast Antivirus. Avast Antivirus. fs56 Your HACKED by BlackByte team.par. klvssbridge64.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the current state of the art, however, their performance is quite limited: in our experience, they tend to hallucinate quite a lot when questions and tasks go beyond a very basic level, and most of the hacking guidance they give can be found more efficiently using a search engine. Since the debut of GPT-3.5

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SecureList

JANUARY 17, 2024

To be more specific, in 2023, the volume of malware log files containing compromised user data and posted for free on the dark web surged by almost 30% compared to 2022. In 2022, these blogs, found on both public platforms and the dark web, averaged 386 posts per month. They typically emerge when a new ransomware group appears.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2022

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 discovered that a sample uploaded to the VirusTotal database on May 19, 2022 and considered benign by almost all the antivirus, was containing a payload associated with Brute Ratel C4 (BRc4), a new red-teaming and adversarial attack simulation tool. SecurityAffairs – hacking, BRc4).

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2022

27, a Ukrainian cybersecurity researcher who is currently in Ukraine leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat records from Conti, which had just posted a press release to its victim shaming blog saying it fully supported Russia’s invasion of his country. You can see your page in the our blog here [dark web link].

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

But first, let’s examine how they fared with the predictions for 2022. What we predicted in 2022. Although 2022 did not feature any mobile intrusion story on the scale of the Pegasus scandal, a number of 0-days have still been exploited in the wild by threat actors. Mobile devices exposed to wide attacks. Source: Meta.

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