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The evolution of ransomware in 2019: attackers think bigger, go deeper and grow more advanced

Security Affairs

The findings come as highlights of Group-IB whitepaper titled “ Ransomware Uncovered: Attackers’ Latest Methods ,” closely examining the evolution of the ransomware operators’ strategies over the past year, issued today. More recommendations can be found in the relevant section of the whitepaper. . Big Game Hunting.

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Cannabis investment scam JuicyFields ends in 9 arrests

Malwarebytes

As we often see with these kinds of changes in regulatory frameworks, cybercriminals are the first to spot a window of opportunity and advertise with investment opportunities, promising a high return on low-risk investments. But that doesn’t mean the scammers forget to pocket the largest part themselves. Million in total.

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ETERNALSILENCE – 270K+ devices vulnerable to UPnProxy Botnet build using NSA hacking tools

Security Affairs

In early 2013, researchers at Rapid7 published an interesting whitepaper entitled “Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play” that evaluated the global exposure of UPnP-enabled network devices. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues Akamai. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Too much UPnP-enabled connected devices still vulnerable to cyber attacks

Security Affairs

In early 2013, researchers at Rapid7 published an interesting whitepaper entitled “Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play” that evaluated the global exposure of UPnP-enabled network devices. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Information Stealing Malware on the Rise, Uptycs Study Shows

SecureWorld News

According to the new Uptycs whitepaper, Detecting the Silent Threat: 'Stealers are Organization Killers' (gated link), a variety of new info stealers have emerged this year, preying on Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. They are often spread by malicious advertising, spam, and compromised accounts.

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How Groove Gang is Shaking up the Ransomware-as-a-Service Market to Empower Affiliates

McAfee

Ransomware developers would advertise their RaaS program on forums and gracefully open up slots for affiliates to join their team to commit crime. Recently, security researcher Fabian Wosar opened a dedicated Jabber account for disgruntled cybercriminals to reach out anonymously and he stated that there was a high level of response.

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Koh: The Token Stealer

Security Boulevard

Specifically, they wanted to be able to automatically “harvest” tokens on a host as people connected, keeping the tokens usable for operators even after the associated account logged off. Our goal is to open a token handle linked to a logon session for a user account we want to preserve access for. Approaches.