Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

It begins: Statement on MGM Resorts International: Setting the record straight 9/14/2023, 7:46:49 PM We have made multiple attempts to reach out to MGM Resorts International, "MGM". Due to their network engineers' lack of understanding of how the network functions, network access was problematic on Saturday. Stop malicious encryption.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

In late March 2023, 3CX disclosed that its desktop applications for both Windows and macOS were compromised with malicious code that gave attackers the ability to download and run code on all machines where the app was installed. Microsoft Corp.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 8, 2024

AT-2 (3) (Social Engineering and Mining): This control now requires literacy training on social engineering and social mining at least annually.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 4, 2023

madhav Tue, 04/04/2023 - 07:04 During WWII, the US Office of War Information created posters encouraging people to avoid careless talk. Fast forward to 2023, and this adage finds new meaning in the context of generative AI tools, like OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Microsoft Copilot. The message was, “Loose lips sink ships."

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SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

In this blog post, we provide excerpts from the recent reports that focus on uncommon infection methods and describe the associated malware. Has encrypted communication with the C2. Despite the malware being advertised already in September 2022, we started to detect the first samples at the beginning of 2023. Evades EDR/AV.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But in cybersecurity, dwell time is the time between bad actors’ initial break in and the attack itself, when target data is encrypted. Even bad actors abide by ROI Ransomware began purely from an encryption perspective. First, the modus operandi was to encrypt and hold data for ransom. It’s also a privacy issue.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 12, 2023

After a few seconds, you should receive an SMB connection on the relay server that is forwarded to the site database server to establish a SOCKS connection: ntlmrelayx> [2023-01-04 16:03:28] [*] SMBD-Thread-9: Connection from APERTURE/ATLAS$@192.168.57.50 2023-01-04 16:03:28] [*] SMBD-Thread-10: Connection from APERTURE/ATLAS$@192.168.57.50

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As we move towards the end of 2022, now is the time to take a look back at the major trends from the last eleven months and identify what might happen from a cyber threat perspective in 2023. It is realistically possible that any attempts at undermining the 2022 midterm elections could also have an impact on US policy making in 2023.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

Original post at [link] While organizations must still account for flashy vulnerability exploitations, denial-of-service campaigns, or movie-themed cyber-heists, phishing-based social engineering attacks remain a perennial choice of cybercriminals when it comes to hacking their victims.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

While the “prediction season” gains momentum, it's pivotal to reflect on the high impact of the 2023 cybersecurity landscape. This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 4, 2023

ENISA 2023 Threat Landscape Report: Key Findings and Recommendations madhav Tue, 12/05/2023 - 05:36 The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) recently released its annual Threat Landscape Report for 2023. Ensure you maintain offline, encrypted data backups that are regularly tested, following your backup procedures.

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

If you want even more, you can look at at the original blog posts, as well as watch some talks about it: BackTrack Reborn – Kali Linux Kali Linux 1.0 You can read more about it in the release notes of Kali 2023.1 , Kali Purple’s documentation , as well as watch the following talk from Adversary Village at RSAC 2023.

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