SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

A stepping stone to impactful cybercrime This tactic has tangible real-world implications. In November 2022, cybercriminals somehow acquired the right to run ads on Google for the popular open-source graphics editor GIMP. Here's some evidence for those who consider the risk far-fetched.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Phishing scams continue to top the list of cybercrimes. Unfortunately, it’s likely 2022 will continue this trend as these types of social engineering attacks become more sophisticated. The statistics are alarming. Phishing attacks account for more than 80% of reported security incidents.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

These scams often start innocently on dating sites or social media but quickly escalate to requests for money or sensitive information. According to the FBI’s recent report , romance scam complaints rose to 19,000 in 2022, with losses exceeding $739 million. Follow SecureWorld News for more stories related to cybersecurity.

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Anton on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

The famous Mandiant 2023 M-Trends (NOT G-Trends, mind you…) report is out, and here are some of the things that I found to be surprising and NOT surprising :-) Mandiant M-Trends 2023 Detection by Source SURPRISING “Mandiant experts note a decrease in the percentage of global intrusions involving ransomware between 2021 and 2022. Good news?!]

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

However, another team that security researchers call APT43, Kimsuky, or Thallium has been carrying out cyberespionage and cybercrime operations at the behest of the North Korean government since at least 2018.

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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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Security Boulevard

APRIL 14, 2022

In April 2022, hackers targeted the customers of eight Malaysian banks by urging them to download malicious apps. Bad actors love social engineering, and even distribute the spoofed websites via Facebook ads. This is just one of the cybercrimes reported in 2022, […].

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Here are five steps to preserve health care data security in 2022. Social engineering avoidance should be part of all workers’ onboarding processes. Health Care Data Security Is Essential in 2022. Data security in the sector must improve in light of rising cybercrime and these vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Data allegedly stolen from the American gaming giant Activision in December security breach were leaked on a cybercrime forum. A threat actor leaked on the Breached hacking forum the data allegedly stolen from the gaming giant Activision in December 2022. Activision was breached December 4th, 2022.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Known ransomware attacks July 2022 – December 2023 Big Game ransomware is just one part of a thriving and highly organized cybercrime business—a multi-billion-dollar mirror to the legitimate economy it feeds off. And like broader, law-abiding “Business” at large, cybercrime has settled on a collection of tools that work.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

The economic impact of cybercrime on business across the globe continues to reach new levels, with the cost predicted to reach US$10.5 Companies with an annual revenue of US$250,000 to US$999,999 report feeling less prepared to deal with cyber risks in 2023 (76%) than they did in 2022 (70%). About Beazley. Beazley plc (BEZ.L)

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Cybersecurity conferences aren’t usually places where you expect to feel better about the world, but IRISSCON 2022 struck a surprisingly hopeful tone. Detective Inspector Gerard Doyle of the Garda Siochana National Cybercrime Bureau urged victims not to pay the ransom. I think we are living in the golden age of cybersecurity.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Last year, we foresaw the APT and cybercrime worlds becoming more porous on an operational level. Here are the developments we think we could be seeing in 2022. In 2022, we will see more sophisticated attacks against mobile devices getting exposed and closed, accompanied by the inevitable denial from the perpetrators.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This is the 11th edition of the annual report and analyzes events that took place between July 2022 and July 2023. In the latter part of 2022 and the first half of 2023, the cybersecurity landscape witnessed a significant increase in both the variety and quantity of cyberattacks and their consequences.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 25, 2022

The post What We’re Reading This Month: August 2022 first appeared on Digital Shadows. Blimey, August already? This year has absolutely flown by and shows no signs of slowing down. This month has been.

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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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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. Cybercrime is a highly profitable business. million by 2022. trillion annually by 2025.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 28, 2023

Kurtaj's arrest was not a straightforward affair, as he was apprehended twice in 2022—first in January and then again in March—in connection with the group's hacking activities. RELATED: Lapsus$ Returns One Week After 7 Teenage Hackers Arrested ] The extent of Kurtaj's involvement in cybercrimes is staggering. and Brazil.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The threat statistics we use come from Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), a system for processing anonymized cyberthreat-related data shared voluntarily by Kaspersky users, for the period from January through October 2022. Over the first ten months of 2022, Kaspersky prevented 38,596,555 financial phishing attacks. Key findings.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Cyber risks top worldwide business concerns in 2022. Targeted attacks like these, plus social engineering, specifically phishing – where attackers pose as a trusted source, prey on human vulnerability, and use email or malicious websites to gain the information they want – are effective but they aren’t the only problem.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2023

Shedding the light of the law on cybercrime methods Today’s cybercrime landscape involves criminals operating across borders as business-like syndicates, says Europol. The agency’s ninth Internet Organised Crime Assessment (IOCTA) 2023 report gives a law enforcement perspective on current cybercrime techniques.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The gaming industry went into full gear during the pandemic, as many people took up online gaming as their new hobby to escape the socially-distanced reality. According to the analytical agency Newzoo, in 2022, the global gaming market will exceed $ 200 billion , with 3 billion players globally.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

Other cyber incidents are common, including phishing attacks , business email compromise, exploitation of cloud and software vulnerabilities , social engineering , third-party exposures, and more. It hosts Cybercrime Spotlight webinars on emerging cyber threats and the most effective controls to prevent them.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Reptile Rootkit employed in attacks against Linux systems in South Korea New PaperCut flaw in print management software exposes servers to RCE attacks A cyberattack impacted operations of multiple hospitals in several US states Married couple pleaded guilty to laundering billions in cryptocurrency stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 Malicious packages in (..)

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Let’s focus attention on three key areas that have seen significant changes: state-sponsored activity, cybercrime, and hacktivism. Russian-government–backed APT groups have waged a range of cyber attacks against Ukrainian targets since the beginning of 2022. The war continues, and so do its effects on cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2022

When operators receive a call, they use a variety of social engineering tactics, to convince victims to give remote desktop control , to help them cancel their subscription service. The three groups are tracked as Silent Ransom, Quantum, and Roy/Zeon, they emerged after the Conti gang opted to shut down its operation in May 2022.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

As for KSB 2022, we invited notable experts to share their insights and unbiased opinions on what we should expect from cybersecurity in the following year. We can therefore expect that cybercrime groups from either block will feel safe to attack companies from the opposing side. Some may even perceive this as their patriotic duty.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 30, 2023

If you hadn't heard already, ChatGPT, launched in November 2022 by OpenAI, is a chatbot that uses what's known as generative artificial intelligence (AI). The problem isn't that people may use this tool to make their lives easier, it's that people may use it to commit cybercrime, and do it way more efficiently and effectively.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2022

Cybercrime gang FIN7’s badUSB attacks serve as a reminder of two key vulnerabilities present among all organizations. Social engineering is a prerequisite to almost all cyberattacks. As FIN7 demonstrated, it was because of social engineering that the attacks were successful.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The company warns impacted customers of phishing or social engineering attacks that rely on the compromised data. In early September, Okta warned customers of social engineering attacks carried out in recent weeks by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions. ” continues the update.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. of the wealth in the United States as of Q1 2022, compared to 6.5% Read More At: Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions for 2022. Then, we’ll go over the basic, foundational techniques most scammers find themselves using, such as social engineering and phishing.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2023

The banking malware is believed to be operated by the cybercrime gang known as Evil Corp. The earliest sample analyzed by Trend Micro was submitted to VirusTotal in April 2019, while the most recent one is dated December 2022. ” concludes the report.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

From Q1 2021 to Q1 2022, the team discovered 399,200 exposed databases due to those efforts. According to Group-IB, the likelihood of the database systems being used in cybercrime and security breaches is high. The average time decreased gradually throughout 2021, but it returned to the original count of 170 at the start of 2022.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Clasiopa group targets materials research in Asia CERT of Ukraine says Russia-linked APT backdoored multiple govt sites UK won the Military Cyberwarfare exercise Defence Cyber Marvel 2 (DCM2) CISA warns of disruptive attacks amid the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Highly evasive cryptocurrency miner targets macOS Hackers are actively exploiting (..)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

Xplain hack impacted the Swiss cantonal police and Fedpol Zyxel published guidance for protecting devices from ongoing attacks Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware CISA adds Progress MOVEit Transfer zero-day to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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