Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2023

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 28, 2023

The past three years have seen an onslaught of cybercrime and acceleration in advanced technology across industries around the world. A Deep Dive into Privacy Legislation in 2023 Read More » The post What’s Now, What’s Next? A Deep Dive into Privacy Legislation in 2023 Read More » The post What’s Now, What’s Next?

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Graham Cluley

MAY 11, 2023

Akira is a new family of ransomware, first used in cybercrime attacks in March 2023. Read more about the threat in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2023

DRM Dashboard Ransomware Monitor released the first quarterly report for the year 2023 about the activities of ransomware groups globally. DRM Dashboard Ransomware Monitor, an independent platform of cybersecurity monitoring, is pleased to release the quarterly the DRM-Report for the first quarter of 2023.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

The truth is technology has grown at an exponential rate and so has cybercrime. Cybercrime doesn’t just affect big businesses and national governments. What are some personal cybersecurity concerns for 2023? Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have been predicted to soar in 2023 according to Forbes Advisor.

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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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Cisco Security

JANUARY 10, 2023

Using this information, last year I wrote a blog summing up the nine top of mind issues I believed will most impact CISOs as we headed into 2022. Here are the topics that I think will be top of mind in 2023, and what CISOs can do to prepare. For more on how executives can prepare for ransomware attacks, read this blog from Cisco Talos.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 22, 2023

Cybersecurity activity around business email compromise (BEC) spiked between April 2022 and April 2023, with over 150,000 daily attempts, on average, detected by the Microsoft Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU). Successful BEC attacks cost organizations hundreds of millions of dollars annually.”

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2023

First advertised in the cybercrime underground in 2014, RSOCKS was the web-based storefront for hacked computers that were sold as “proxies” to cybercriminals looking for ways to route their Web traffic through someone else’s device. Kloster’s blog enthused. “We A copy of the passport for Denis Emelyantsev, a.k.a.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

From the off, 2023 struck a more downbeat tone than last year’s edition. Rising attacks against critical infrastructure Data Breach Today reported that cyberattacks against Ukrainian critical infrastructure have intensified during 2023. “In Stuxnet in 2010 was the first the most recent was CosmicEnergy in 2023.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Throughout 2023, we’ve witnessed numerous significant cyber incidents. Dark Web presence Another source that law enforcement agencies monitor is the Dark Web, which has become a haven for illegal activities, allowing cybercrime enterprises to operate on underground forums and websites. million individuals.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Target the human, swipe the cash: Verizon DBIR 2023 highlights crime trends Manage the human risk and mind your money: those are two key takeaways from Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report. MORE SANS Institute lists the top five most dangerous attacks in 2023.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

EvilExtractor is a new “all-in-one” info stealer for Windows that is being advertised for sale on dark web cybercrime forums. com, malicious activity increased significantly in March 2023. EvilExtractor is a modular info-stealer, it exfiltrates data via an FTP service. . ” reads the report published by Fortinet.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 24, 2023

Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of March 24, 2023. Breached Hacking Forum Goes Down Along with Founder With last week’s arrest of Breached hacking forum’s founder Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (who goes by the alias Pompompurin), the cybercrime meeting ground was the next domino to fall.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

ViperSoftX uses more sophisticated encryption and anti-analysis techniques Atomic macOS Stealer is advertised on Telegram for $1,000 per month CISA warns of a critical flaw affecting Illumina medical devices OpenAI reinstates ChatGPT service in Italy after meeting Garante Privacy’s demands Cisco discloses a bug in the Prime Collaboration Deployment (..)

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

Recently, VIPRE Security Group published their Email Security in 2023 report , where they shared insights on the development of email-based threats and how they can impact organizations. What Can We Expect in 2023? It’s not likely to stop there. Bad actors use the domain until it starts getting blocked, and then move onto the next one.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

stole at least $800,000 from at least five victims between August 2022 and March 2023. 12 blog post , the attackers used their access to Mailchimp employee accounts to steal data from 214 customers involved in cryptocurrency and finance. A graphic depicting how 0ktapus leveraged one victim to attack another. According to an Aug.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2023

A companion to Europol’s IOCTA 2023 report , it digs deeper into malware – ransomware in particular – and DDoS attacks. The report also sheds light on the growing professionalism of cybercrime groups, with many organising through affiliate programmes. MORE Have you signed up to our monthly newsletter?

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The online retail industry is one of the prime targets for cybercrime, as detailed in our annual analysis of the cybersecurity threats targeting eCommerce websites and applications. Below […] The post Five Takeaways from Black Friday & Cyber Monday Cyber Attacks appeared first on Blog.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

while cybercrime incidents increase More than seven out of 10 Irish companies experienced at least one cybersecurity incident in the past 12 months. Sign up here The post Security Roundup November 2023 appeared first on BH Consulting. The report also notes an increase in the closure rate for cyber crime cases last year.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In a 2,200-page report, Finnish authorities laid out how they connected the extortion spree to Kivimäki, a notorious hacker who was convicted in 2015 of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, including data breaches, payment fraud, operating a botnet and calling in bomb threats.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 7, 2023

Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of April 7, 2023. Emerging Threats and Research Dozens Arrested as FBI Targets Genesis Market Cybercrime Forum The U.S. To stay updated on the latest cybersecurity threats and advisories, look for weekly updates on the (ISC)² blog.

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BH Consulting

MAY 23, 2023

Repetition can lead people to over-disclose information, that could then put them at risk of identity theft and cybercrime. Sign up here The post Security Roundup May 2023 appeared first on BH Consulting. Now, a new study from the University of East Anglia has uncovered a fresh twist: ask them twice.

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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. ” New York City-based cyber intelligence firm Flashpoint said the Snatch ransomware group was created in 2018, based on Truniger’s recruitment both on Russian language cybercrime forums and public Russian programming boards.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 31, 2023

Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of March 31, 2023. The fears of the remaining Breached hacking forum admin, who shut down the notorious cybercrime meeting ground last week, have come true. To stay updated on the latest cybersecurity threats and advisories, look for weekly updates on the (ISC)² blog.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In this blog, the key insights from our research. In the third quarter of this year, ReliaQuest observed numerous high-profile ransomware campaigns, large-scale extortion attempts using innovative techniques, and several new groups that quickly made their presence known.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

While investigating the malware distribution, the researchers noticed the use of an infrastructure known to belong to cybercrime group TA505. Earlier 2023, Elastic Security Labs observed multiple infections with an interesting attach chain that lead to the execution of the LOBSHOT malware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

Microsoft is attributing the recently reported attacks exploiting the CVE-2023-27350 and CVE-2023-27351 vulnerabilities in print management software PaperCut to deliver Clop ransomware to the threat actor tracked as Lace Tempest (overlaps with FIN11 and TA505).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

patrickwardle cc @cyb3rops pic.twitter.com/SMuN3Rmodl — MalwareHunterTeam (@malwrhunterteam) April 15, 2023 The discovery is disconcerting and demonstrates the effort of the group to expand its operation targeting also Apple systems. Anyway, the archive in which this sample was included shown bundled date as March 20.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

Please vote for Security Affairs ( [link] ) as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections where is reported Securityaffairs or my name Pierluigi Paganini Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

The security breach was detected on March 17, 2003 and according to the company the intrusion begun on or about March 6, 2023. “On March 17, 2023, the ABA observed unusual activity on its network. The attackers may have gained access to the members’ credentials for a legacy member system that was decommissioned in 2018.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

The STYX marketplace was launched at the beginning of 2023. The discovery of STYX also highlights the need for international cooperation in combating cybercrime. As cybercrime continues to proliferate and evolve, it is essential for FIs and consumers to take proactive measures to protect their sensitive financial information.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2023

Cisco Talos researchers recently discovered a new ransomware operation called RA Group that has been active since at least April 22, 2023. A sample of the ransomware analyzed by Talos is written in C++ and was compiled on April 23, 2023. The group has already compromised three organizations in the U.S. and one in South Korea.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

For example, this account at Medium has authored more than a dozen blog posts in the past year singing the praises of Tornote as a secure, self-destructing messaging service. Throughout 2023, Tornote was hosted with the Russian provider DDoS-Guard , at the Internet address 186.2.163[.]216. io seem like a legitimate website.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

On March 29, 2023, The Lock Bit ransomware gang announced the hack of the South Korean National Tax Service. The group added the South Korean agency to its Tor leak site and announced the release of stolen data by April 1st, 2023 in case the ransom was not paid.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

Those days are behind us, however, as cybercrime is establishing itself as a business in and of itself. The backbone of this planning is the JCDC’s 2023 Planning Agenda. Systemic Risk Cybercrime is a broad-reaching threat relevant to both individuals and organizations.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2023

On January 13, 2023, Yum! experienced a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to certain of our systems on or around January 13, 2023. Brands, the company that owns the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands, disclosed a data breach after the January ransomware attack. “As we announced publicly in mid-January, Yum!

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