BH Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2023

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Shedding the light of the law on cybercrime methods Today’s cybercrime landscape involves criminals operating across borders as business-like syndicates, says Europol.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Throughout 2023, we’ve witnessed numerous significant cyber incidents. Cybersecurity experts determine the required support level when a cyberattack is reported to a local law enforcement agency. Embedded cybercrime units within law enforcement closely track criminal and cyber gangs by tracing their actions on the dark web.

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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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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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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This overconfidence is cause for concern for many cybersecurity professionals as humans are the number one reason for breaches (how many of your passwords are qwerty or 1234five?). Bad actors are not going away anytime soon, and we can predict that in 2023, we’ll see even more threats and attacks than in years past. Confidence gap.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In front of its largest ever attendance, the annual Irish cybersecurity conference IRISSCON tackled some big themes. From the off, 2023 struck a more downbeat tone than last year’s edition. Stuxnet in 2010 was the first the most recent was CosmicEnergy in 2023.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. 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.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 24, 2023

Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of March 24, 2023. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) #StopRansomware campaign continued last week, this time with an advisory for today’s most notorious ransomware gang: LockBit. according to a new report by cybersecurity company Jumpsec.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. A companion to Europol’s IOCTA 2023 report , it digs deeper into malware – ransomware in particular – and DDoS attacks. MORE What’s new in NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework 2.0. MORE Are companies paying hackers to go away?

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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

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. while cybercrime incidents increase More than seven out of 10 Irish companies experienced at least one cybersecurity incident in the past 12 months. It’s enhanced security by hiding location during calls.

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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

For over a decade, email has been a common source of cybersecurity threats. 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.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 7, 2023

Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of April 7, 2023. Rorschach Ransomware: One of the Fastest and Most Sophisticated Strains Yet Cybersecurity researchers have found a new ransomware strain called Rorschach that is extraordinarily sophisticated and faster at encrypting data than any other documented strain.

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BH Consulting

MAY 23, 2023

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Repetition can lead people to over-disclose information, that could then put them at risk of identity theft and cybercrime. MORE Are women better able to handle stressful situations in cybersecurity?

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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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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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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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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

According to a September 20, 2023 joint advisory from the FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administratio n (CISA), Snatch was originally named Team Truniger , based on the nickname of the group’s founder and organizer — Truniger. . ru account was used without his permission.

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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. ” The company investigated the security breach with the help of third-party cybersecurity experts, to identify the scope of the incident. . At this time, Yum!

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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 organization on Thursday began notifying members. million members impacted appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

The STYX marketplace was launched at the beginning of 2023. The discovery of STYX is significant because it highlights the importance of cybersecurity for the financial sector. This includes implementing robust security measures, regularly monitoring network activity, and investing in cybersecurity training for employees.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2023

Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos revealed that a ransomware group attempted to breach its infrastructure and extort it. Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos revealed that on May 8, 2023, a known ransomware group attempted and failed to breach the company systems. We are in the final!

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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. We are in the final !

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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

APRIL 5, 2023

Those days are behind us, however, as cybercrime is establishing itself as a business in and of itself. This effort began with the 2018 establishment of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) , a Department of Homeland Security division. The backbone of this planning is the JCDC’s 2023 Planning Agenda.

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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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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In this blog, I’ll be exploring some of the main cracks in current cybersecurity defence approaches specifically around Secure Operation Centres (SOCs) and the value that CISOs and ITDMs are currently getting from their internal teams and third-party providers. In the USA alone, 36 states enacted new cybersecurity legislation !

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

The cyber attack was discovered on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, it is investigating the incident with the help of cybersecurity experts. “On April 11, 2023, Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH) identified a network issue, which an investigation has revealed to be a cyber incident.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 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. We are in the final !

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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 23, 2023

Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog At least 2 critical infrastructure orgs breached by North Korea-linked hackers behind 3CX attack American Bar Association (ABA) suffered a data breach,1.4

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2024

Traditionally, cybersecurity has been a reactive game: We respond to cyber threats as they arise, analyze the incidents, add pertinent information to “deny lists”, and update stakeholders on “what happened.” I firmly believe that the future of cybersecurity is a proactive approach to cybersecurity.

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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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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2023

” reads the status page of the company on April 2, 2023. “On March 26, 2023, Western Digital identified a network security incident involving Western Digital’s systems. “We are working to restore service. We apologize for any inconvenience. Next update will be posted on Monday, April 3.

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BH Consulting

MAY 15, 2024

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Microsoft followed this with a blog detailing six actions the company will take as part of its Secure Future Initiative. The European Data Protection Board (EPDB) has launched its annual report , reviewing its work during 2023.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2023

1/4 pic.twitter.com/7JjOSbYEBx — ESET Research (@ESETresearch) April 17, 2023 The RedLine is an info stealing malware written in.NET that is active since at least early 2020. While this doesn’t affect the actual back-end servers, it will force the RedLine operators to distribute new panels to their customers.

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