Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 2024

It looks like Atomic Stealer was updated around mid to late December 2023, where its developers introduced payload encryption in an effort to bypass detection rules. From today until December 31, 2023, the price for a subscription to Atomic MacOs Stealer is only $2000. Happy New Year! gotrackier[.]com net Decoy site slack[.]trialap[.]com

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 17, 2023

The malware was not detected by our antivirus software. In this case, the session cookie was an authentication token, described in the report as a "2FA-backed SSO session" cookie. In this case, the session cookie was an authentication token, described in the report as a "2FA-backed SSO session" cookie.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Failure to enforce security regulations and implement appropriate encryption may result in accidental data exposure. 8 Common Cloud Storage Security Risks & Mitigations Cloud storage risks include misconfiguration, data breaches, insecure interfaces, DDoS attacks, malware, insider threats, encryption issues, and patching issues.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The 2023 vendor surveys arriving this quarter paint a picture of a cybersecurity landscape under attack, with priority issues affecting deployment, alert response, and exposed vulnerabilities. Sophos: Noted that 43% of all 2023 malware signature updates are for stealers, spyware, and keyloggers often used to steal credentials from devices.

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SecureList

MAY 28, 2024

In 2023, trusted relationship cyberattacks ranked among the top three most frequently used attack vectors. According to 2023 statistics , only one in four affected organizations identified an incident as a result of detecting suspicious activity (launch of hacker tools, malware, network scanners, etc.)

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

Just to illustrate the scope of the issue, the Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team spotted more than 800 malvertising campaigns in only the first six months of 2023, noting that the number of attacks that flew under researchers' radar was likely much higher. Double-check the URLs of landing pages that load after you click advertisements.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 20, 2024

In 2023, an astonishing 50 per cent of companies in the UK reported experiencing some form of cybersecurity breach or attack. Implement Multi-Factor Authentication Multi-factor authentication (MFA) requires multiple verification methods to access an account online, significantly enhancing protection.

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SecureList

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2023, for instance, there was a significant rise in posts offering login credentials and passwords for various personal and work accounts. 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.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

President Biden’s 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy tasked the Treasury and Homeland Security Departments with investigating possible ways of implementing something similar for large cyberattacks. government has been looking into the issue for a while, though, even before the 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy was released.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Data Protection Users must employ encryption for data in transit and at rest. Users are required to ensure encryption of sensitive data within applications and during transmission. Providers handle the encryption of data within the application, with users typically overseeing access to their data. What Is IaaS Security?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

Email Authentication Protocols: SPF, DKIM, DMARC The three mutually-reinforcing email authentication protocols, Sender Policy Framework (SPF), DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), and Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) verify the authenticity of emails.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

DNS communicates in plain text and, without modification, DNS assumes that all information it receives is accurate, authentic, and authoritative. To protect the protocol, best practices will add additional protocols to the process that encrypt the DNS communication and authenticate the results.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In order to emphasize its enhanced functionalities, like establishing device trust, Duo has made the decision to rebrand it as Duo Desktop, effective November 2023. Furthermore, Duo Desktop employs anti-spoof measures that sign all payloads originating from the application to ensure authenticity.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I will also continue to post on LinkedIn about new stories in 2023. You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. ” SEPTEMBER.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

In this simple environment network security followed a simple protocol: Authenticate the user : using a computer login (username + password) Check the user’s permissions: using Active Directory or a similar Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Enable communication with authorized network resources (servers, printers, etc.)

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

Enter Mystic Stealer, a fresh stealer lurking in the cyber sphere, noted for its data theft capabilities, obfuscation, and an encrypted binary protocol to enable it to stay under the radar and evade defenses. Example Mystic Stealer constant obfuscation technique Encrypted binary custom protocol. Polymorphic string obfuscation.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 1, 2023

But ransomware attacks have been ramping up in 2023 and reinfections are occurring all over the globe, forcing lean IT teams to prepare. One day later, their company’s systems and data were encrypted with ransomware. By December 2022, they were encrypted with ransomware again. the majority of security incidents.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

According to Verizon's 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), a whopping 74% of breaches involve a human element, which is exactly what phishing aims to exploit. Speaking of which, security analysts from KnowBe4 have recently shared their findings regarding the top phishing schemes of Q2 2023.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It comes equipped with a built-in TOR network tunnel for communication with command servers, along with update and delivery functionality through trusted services such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, all using custom encrypted archives. However, as of September 2023, the number had dropped to 60,000 since the last update in April 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

Cymulate ran 3,107 assessments across 340 organizations recently to see if security controls were adequate against the Clop (sometimes called “Cl0p” with a zero) ransomware group’s exploitation of a MOVEit software vulnerability ( CVE-2023-34362 ). Endpoint Security: Install and update antivirus software on all hosts.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

In a perfect storm of lightning-quick edtech adoption with limited IT support, cybercriminals have seized on the opportunity to launch an unprecedented number of strikes against schools—21 ransomware attacks in January 2023 alone—straining resources and impacting the delivery of critical education services across the US.

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SecureList

JUNE 5, 2023

The malicious payload that’s injected into the ‘explorer.exe’ process uses the RC4 encryption implementation to decrypt its configuration data, communication strings and data for the other dropped binaries on the victim’s machine. The encrypted data is stored inside the malicious payload.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

She’ll also be presenting again at RSAC 2023 in April. I’m Robert Vamosi, and in this episode we’re talking about ways in which bad actors can manipulate legitimate tools to gain persistence on a site so they can steal data or encrypt it for ransom. So this is an attack for multi-factor authentication.

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