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SecurityAffairs Top 10 cybersecurity posts of 2022

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These are the most-read cybersecurity articles that have been published by SecurtiyAffairs in 2022. In mere seconds, a hacker remotely accessed a computer belonging to a regional Russian Ministry of Health, taking advantage of sloppy cybersecurity practices to expose its entire network. Pierluigi Paganini.

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State of the Industry: Where Is Cybersecurity Headed in 2022?

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Cybersecurity continues to be one of the hottest industries to be in, and that's not just because of ransomware and crypto hacks. Momentum Cyber has released its Cybersecurity Almanac 2022 , a comprehensive report providing strategic insights into the industry. Outlook on cybersecurity in 2022. A total of $29.3

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Cybercrime gang FIN7 returned and was spotted delivering Clop ransomware

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FIN7 is a Russian criminal group (aka Carbanak ) that has been active since mid-2015, it focuses on restaurants, gambling, and hospitality industries in the US to harvest financial information that was used in attacks or sold in cybercrime marketplaces. They then use OpenSSH and Impacket to move laterally and deploy Clop ransomware.

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FBI: Compromised US academic credentials available on various cybercrime forums

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The FBI warns organizations in the higher education sector of credentials sold on cybercrime forums that can allow threat actors to access their networks. The FBI has observed incidents of stolen higher education credential information posted on publically accessible online forums or listed for sale on criminal marketplaces. “If

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Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have hacked cybersecurity giant Mandiant

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LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the cybersecurity firm Mandiant, which is investigating the alleged security breach. Today the LockBit ransomware gang has added the cybersecurity firm Mandiant to the list of victims published on its darkweb leak site. ’ At this time, the domain mandiantyellowpress[.]com

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Experts link Raspberry Robin Malware to Evil Corp cybercrime gang

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Researchers attribute the Raspberry Robin malware to the Russian cybercrime group known as Evil Corp group. IBM Security X-Force researchers discovered similarities between a component used in the Raspberry Robin malware and a Dridex malware loader, which was part of the malicious operations of the cybercrime gang Evil Corp.

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Cybercrime group exploits Windows zero-day in ransomware attacks

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The experts pointed out that while the majority of zero-days they have discovered in the past were used by APT groups, this zero-day was exploited by a sophisticated cybercrime group. This group is known to have used similar CLFS driver exploits in the past that were likely developed by the same author.