CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Here are five steps to preserve health care data security in 2022. Encrypt Data at All Points. Another crucial step in securing health care data is encrypting it. HIPAA doesn’t necessarily require encryption, but it is a helpful step in maintaining privacy, as it renders information virtually useless to anyone who intercepts it.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2023

GoTo is notifying customers that its development environment was breached in November 2022, attackers stole customers’ backups and encryption key. The security breach was disclosed in November 2022, but at the time the company was not able to determine the impact on its customers’ data. ” continues the notice.

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SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

Kaspersky experts have found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang encryption algorithm and created a free decryptor to help victims of this ransomware with recovering their files. Geography of the Yanluowang attacks, December 4th, 2021 – April 8th, 2022 ( download ). The encryption code for big files. Yanluowang description.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2022

Ransomware gangs are actively exploiting CVE-2022-26134 remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center. Multiple ransomware groups are actively exploiting the recently disclosed remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-26134 , affecting Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

McAfee Enterprise and FireEye recently released its 2022 Threat Predictions. In this blog, we take a deeper dive into a Game of Thrones power struggle among Ransomware-as-a-Service bad actors in 2022. Prediction: Self-reliant cybercrime groups will shift the balance of power within the RaaS eco-kingdom. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

xyz pic.twitter.com/VLhISark8Y — Goldwave (@OGoldwave) March 13, 2023 The variant employed in the campaign supports a more sophisticated encryption method of byte remapping and a monthly rotation of the C2 server. #ViperSoftX is back, doesn't look like much has changed. c2 arrowlchat[.]com ” concludes the report.

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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. By John Fokker.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

A new ransomware strain named Rorschach ransomware supports the fastest file-encrypting routine observed to date. The researchers conducted five separate encryption speed tests in a controlled environment (with 6 CPUs, 8192MB RAM, SSD, and 220000 files to be encrypted), limited to local drive encryption only.

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Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 9, 2022

According to published reports, immediately after discovering the unauthorized encryption of data by ransomware on some district computers, technology personnel shut down the districtwide computer system, and commenced an investigation along with outside cybersecurity experts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2022

The SOVA Android banking trojan was improved, it has a new ransomware feature that encrypts files on Android devices, Cleafy researchers report. In March 2022, SOVA authors released version 3.0 The malware encrypts the files inside the infected devices using an AES algorithm and renaming them with the extension “.enc”.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Governments in many countries push for easier identification of Internet users to fight cybercrime, as well as “traditional” crime coordinated online. While we hope 2022 will be the last pandemic year, we do not think the privacy trends will reverse. What will be the consequences of these processes?

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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. Unfortunately, cybercrime has nonrepudiation and threat actors can deny all knowledge and get away with it. By Raj Samani. Prevention.

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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

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Finally, we will make some forecasts about financial attacks in 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a massive wave of poverty, and that invariably translates into more people resorting to crime, including cybercrime. Cracking down hard on the cybercrime world. Analysis of forecasts for 2021.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2022

“In certain investigations, we saw them trying to access companies – but as soon as they would hit two-factor authentication in this process, they would immediately drop this victim and go to the next,” Marijn Schuurbiers, head of operations at Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), told ZDNet. Links we liked. Sign up here.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Cuba ransomware gang received more than $60 million in ransom payments related to attacks against 100 entities worldwide as of August 2022. Dollars (USD) and received more than $60 million in ransom payments from over 100 victims worldwide as of August 2022, the US government states. ” reads the report. ” reads the report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2023

million Zacks Investment Research users was leaked on a cybercrime forum. The company attempted to downplay the security breach by telling Have I Been Pwned that threat actors only had access to encrypted passwords. “In December 2022, the investment research company Zacks announced a data breach. .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Black Basta ransomware group has been active since April 2022 , like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack model. A joint research by Elliptic and Corvus Insurance revealed that the group accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Cryptocurrency prices were dropping from the end of 2021 and throughout the first half of 2022. Cybercriminals pay neither for equipment, nor for electricity, which is rather expensive in 2022. In this report we analyze cryptojacking activity in the first three quarters of 2022, and provide some relevant statistics and insights.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Kondratyev is also charged (PDF) with three criminal counts arising from his alleged use of the Sodinokibi (aka “ REvil “) ransomware variant to encrypt data, exfiltrate victim information, and extort a ransom payment from a corporate victim based in Alameda County, California. Matveev remains at large, presumably still in Russia.

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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 Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

in March 2022. “Ransomware is malicious software designed to encrypt data on victim computers, allowing bad actors the ability to demand a ransom payment in exchange for the decryption key.” victims, and we are disrupting the broader cybercrime ecosystem.” Vasinskyi was extradited to the U.S.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Big game attacks extort vast ransoms from organizations by holding their data hostage—either with encryption, the threat of damaging data leaks, or both. And like broader, law-abiding “Business” at large, cybercrime has settled on a collection of tools that work.

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Webroot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Cybercrime is on the rise. The number of ransomware attacks has increased by 18% , while the worldwide volume of phishing attacks doubled to 500 million in 2022. In 2022, American businesses lost $10.3 billion to data breaches and cybercrime. In 2022, American businesses lost $10.3

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SecureWorld News

JULY 3, 2023

According to PurpleSec, 98% of cybercrime relies on social engineering to accomplish it. Ransomware attacks grew by 41% in 2022, and identification and remediation for a breach took 49 days longer than the average breach. Ransomware is malware that encrypts the victim's data and demands a ransom for its decryption.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Phobos variants are usually distributed by the SmokeLoader , but in 8Base campaigns, it has the ransomware component embedded in its encrypted payloads. The group has been active since March 2022, it focused on small and medium-size businesses in multiple industries, including finance, manufacturing, business services, and IT.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2023

Once encrypted the victims files RA Group, the gang drops customized ransom notes (“How To Restore Your Files.txt.”), which include the victim’s name and a unique link to download the exfiltration proofs. The ransomware supports intermittent encryption to speed up the encryption process. ” continues the report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 3, 2023

Royal Ransomware gang has been active since September 2022 and demands a sum ranging between $1m to $11 million that needs to be paid in Bitcoins. To avoid these attacks, it is best to use protective security measures and keep data secure with encryption. Third is the news related to cybercrime and might interest the male folks!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

First is the news related to Southampton County of Virginia, as information is out that personal information of many county populaces was stolen in a ransomware attack that occurred in September 2022. Lorenz Ransomware spreading gang focused more on public sector companies from February 2021 to October 2022.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The United States and United Kingdom recently sanctioned Russia-based individuals associated with the cybercrime group known as Trickbot, marking a significant escalation in the fight against cybercrime. Trickbot is one of the most notorious and successful cybercrime organizations in the world.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Researchers at Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42 have linked the relatively new Ransom Cartel ransomware operation with the notorious REvil cybercrime gang. The Ransom Cartel operation was launched in December 2022, and security experts at MalawareHunterTeam were among the first research teams to speculate a possible link with Revil.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 5, 2022

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– One Source , a leading provider of managed information technology services, today announced key cybersecurity trends the company expects to have a major impact on North Carolina businesses in 2022. One Source’s approach empowers businesses to focus on customers and revenue-generating activities.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory with information about "Daixin Team," a cybercrime group actively targeting U.S. businesses with ransomware and data extortion operations. The biggest target is the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector, according to the advisory. "As

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2024

According to the UK agency, data retrieved from the systems belonging to the ransomware gang revealed that from June 2022 to February 2024, the criminals gave orchestrated over 7,000 attacks. Its European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) has disseminated some 3 500 intelligence packages containing information about Lockbit victims to 33 countries.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2022

The analysis of encryption techniques employed in the attack allowed the government experts to associate the campaign with the cybercrime group Trickbot. The alert published by the Ukraine CERT-UA includes Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for this campaign and recommendations.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 updates existing Irish law, on foot of recent EU case law. Shane Curran of Evervault, an encryption company, explains ‘day zero’ security. The self-taught “misfits” fighting cybercrime and ransomware. The Guardian has the full story. GDPR for IoT? Sign up here.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2022

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