Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Formed around 2016 to defend Ukraine’s cyberspace against Russian interference, the UCA used a public exploit for CVE-2023-22515 to gain access to Trigona infrastructure. Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs. Create offsite, offline backups.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

. “So, the attacker receives the invitation to fill out the form – and when they complete it, they enter their intended victim’s email address into the form, not their own,” Cluely wrote in a December 2023 post. ” The fake Google representative was polite, patient, professional and reassuring. .”

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SecureList

MAY 15, 2025

Since Q2 2023, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked has been lower than the indicator of the same quarter of the previous year. The percentage of ICS computers on which denylisted internet resources were blocked continues to decrease. The internet is the primary source of threats to ICS computers.

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SecureList

JANUARY 17, 2025

This setup allowed us to establish communication over DoIP (Diagnostic Over Internet Protocol): Communication between diagnostic software and hardware The TCP communication between the diagnostic tool and the diagnostic hardware device is performed over Ethernet using custom protocols (Protocol Data Unit, PDU). to or from a USB storage.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Compared to 2023, healthcare providers are facing a higher frequency of ransomware incidents, impacting their ability to deliver essential services and protect sensitive patient data. As of the first three quarters of 2024, there were already 264 ransomware incidents affecting healthcare providers—nearly matching all of 2023's figures.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

Profile of participants and applications We collected the data from a sample of the application security assessment projects our team completed in 2021–2023. Mitigation: do not store files containing sensitive data, such as passwords or backups, in web application publish directories.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In 2023, the CL0P ransomware gang broke the scalability barrier and shook the security world with a series of short, automated campaigns, hitting hundreds of unsuspecting targets simultaneously with attacks based on zero-day exploits. There were about 4,500 known ransomware attacks in 2023, although the true figure is probably twice that.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q3 2023: Kaspersky solutions blocked 694,400,301 attacks from online resources across the globe. Financial threats Financial threat statistics In Q3 2023, Kaspersky solutions blocked the launch of at least one piece of banking malware on the computers of 76,551 unique users.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

According to a September 20, 2023 joint advisory from the FBI and the U.S. “Experience in backup, increase privileges, mikicatz, network. Semen-7907 registered at Tunngle from the Internet address 31.192.175[.]63 “The command requires Windows system administrators,” Truniger’s ads explained.

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NetSpi Executives

DECEMBER 21, 2023

NetSPI has updated Attack Surface Management (ASM) coverage for CVE-2023-42793 and released a Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) Playbook that allows you to quickly test if you have detection coverage for the TTPS used in a recent campaign by Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Actors also known as APT 29. Let’s talk.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2023

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for January 2023 fixed 97 flaws and an actively exploited zero-day. One of the flaws addressed this month, tracked as CVE-2023-21674 (CVSS score 8.8), is listed as being in the wild at the time of release. Another issue fixed by Microsoft is the CVE-2023-21549 (CVSS Score 8.8)

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Malwarebytes

MAY 8, 2023

Known ransomware attacks by gang, April 2023 Known ransomware attacks by country, April 2023 Known ransomware attacks by industry sector, April 2023 Cl0p ransomware, which gained prominence in March by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in GoAnywhere MFT, went comparatively silent with just four attacks in April.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 10, 2023

July saw one of the highest number of ransomware attacks in 2023 at 441, second only to a record-breaking 556 attacks in May. Known ransomware attacks by gang, July 2023 The LockBit gang is experiencing a steady four-month decline in the number of attacks it has carried out. From March 2023 to July 2023, we recorded a total of 2,130.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 8, 2023

It seems like LockBit wasn’t content with having us merely crown them as one of the five most serious cyberthreats facing businesses in 2023. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) even released a detailed report on Royal and ALPHV in mid-January 2023 outlining the dual threat to the US health sector.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 9, 2023

Known ransomware attacks by gang, May 2023 This isn't the first time this year a gang has overhauled LockBit and climbed to the top spot on our monthly charts. Let's jump right in with MalasLocker, who burst onto the scene last month with 171 total victims—beating out LockBit (76) by almost 100 known attacks. A new norm?

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SecureList

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked, by quarter, 20222024 Compared to the third quarter of 2023, the percentage decreased by 1.7 Main threat sources The internet, email clients and removable storage devices remain the primary sources of threats to computers in an organization’s technology infrastructure.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It can often be found on internet-facing servers. The exploited vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-26360 , which affects Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018 Update 15 (and earlier) and 2021 Update 5 (and earlier). A patch for this vulnerability has been available since March 14, 2023. Create offsite, offline backups.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

In 2023, famous YouTube tech personality Linus Sebastian suffered a hack of three different YouTube channels associated with his company, Linus Media Group. Patch known vulnerabilities in internet-facing software and disable or harden the login credentials for remote work tools like RDP ports and VPNs. Create offsite, offline backups.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 13, 2023

In a surprising turn of events for the ransomware landscape, Cl0p has emerged as the most used ransomware in March 2023, dethroning the usual frontrunner, LockBit. Known ransomware attacks by Cl0p, March 2023 Cl0p's ability to exploit a zero-day to such effect is akin only in recent memory to the Kaseya VSA ransomware incident in July 2022.

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Fox IT

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

During a recent incident response case, we found traces of an adversary leveraging ConnectWise R1Soft Server Backup Manager software (hereinafter: R1Soft server software). The adversary used it as an initial point of access and as a platform to control downstream systems connected via the R1Soft Backup Agent.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As the holidays put people closer to family and friends (and ransomware gangs closer to attacking— seriously, watch out for that ), Malwarebytes Labs is sharing some of the brighter moments of 2023 in which ransomware gangs didn’t get what they wanted. Here are four times ransomware gangs failed in 2023. Prevent intrusions.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 13, 2023

Between April 2022 and March 2023, France was one of the most attacked countries by ransomware gangs. France is a prime target In the 12 months from April 2022 to March 2023, France was a globally significant target for ransomware, and the fifth most attacked country by known attacks.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 5, 2023

Between June 2022 and May 2023, there were 190 known ransomware attacks against educational institutions, and many more that went unreported and unrecorded. Top ten ransomware used in attacks against education, June 2022-May 2023 In total, 26 separate ransomware-as-a-service gangs contributed to the onslaught on education.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Known ransomware attacks by ransomware group, October 2023 Mandiant states it is currently tracking four distinct uncategorized groups involved in exploiting this vulnerability. The CVE for the vulnerability known as Citrix Bleed is CVE-2023-4966 ( CVSS score 9.4 Create offsite, offline backups. out of 10). NetScaler ADC 13.1-FIPS

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 12, 2023

Between April 2022 and March 2023, the UK was a prime target for ransomware gangs. In January 2023, Britain's multinational postal service, Royal Mail, was attacked by LockBit , arguably the world's most dangerous ransomware, which demanded the biggest ransom we have ever seen anywhere, in any country: $80 million.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 17, 2023

Between April 2022 and March 2023, Germany was a globally significant target for ransomware gangs. The attackers leaked files including backup archives, financial documents, research papers, and student spreadsheets. In this report, "known attacks" are attacks where the victim opted not to pay a ransom.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

On Monday, August 14, 2023, Clorox disclosed it had identified unauthorized activity on some of its IT systems. Despite a business continuity plan, the incident resulted in wide-scale disruptions to the company’s operations throughout the quarter, which ended September 30, 2023. Create offsite, offline backups.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The exposed data exposed a disk backup of two employees’ workstations containing secrets, private keys, passwords, and over 30,000 internal Microsoft Teams messages. “The researchers shared their files using an Azure feature called SAS tokens, which allows you to share data from Azure Storage accounts.” 5, 2021 Oct. 6, 2051 Jun.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Leaked credentials could have been used for credential stuffing attacks, which try to log into companies’ internet-connected tools such as VPN portals, HR management platforms, or corporate emails. Among the accessible files, researchers also discovered a backup of a database storing user emails and hashed passwords.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This means that Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies need to remediate this vulnerability by November 11, 2023 in order to protect their devices against active threats. Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs. Prevent intrusions.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In March of 2023, we reported how the German Regional Police and the Ukrainian National Police, with support from Europol, the Dutch Police, and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), apprehended two suspects and seized computer equipment. Create offsite, offline backups. Don’t get attacked twice.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

Notably, they target CVE-2024-1709 (ScreenConnect authentication bypass) and CVE-2023-48788 (Fortinet EMS SQL injection) to infiltrate systems. The researchers report that the ransomware rely on Ligolo for reverse tunneling and Cloudflared to expose systems securely without direct internet exposure.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 20, 2023

On October 19, 2023, the group’s leak site was seized by an international group of law enforcement agencies. It also used the double extortion method of encryption and data theft pretty much from the start The questionable honor of being the last victim posted on the leak site was IP international presence on October 6, 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Recognizing the evolution in both cybersecurity and customer needs, Barracuda began to develop new capabilities as well as acquire complementary companies to deliver technology solutions for application security, cloud backups, firewalls, and more. Subscribe The post Barracuda SecureEdge SASE Review 2023 appeared first on eSecurity Planet.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The ransomware group claim to have had access since September 8, 2023. Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. Prevent intrusions.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 11, 2023

In early June, we reported on the discovery of a critical vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer —known as CVE-2023-34362. The gang either found or bought the CVE-2023-34362 vulnerability and reportedly started testing it against victims as far back as 2021. Create offsite, offline backups. Don’t get attacked twice.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The trends the FBI says it's noticed since July 2023 are: Multiple ransomware attacks on the same victim in close date proximity. A complaint can be filed to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) here. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. Prevent intrusions.

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