Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Security Antivirus – software that scans a device or a network to detect security threats, alert you, and neutralize malicious code. Hacking and Social Engineering Attack vector – a specific method used by a hacker to accomplish his malicious goal. Some of the bots are malicious, while others can be beneficial.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. It stole credentials for various financial systems including online banking applications and cryptocurrency wallets in Brazil.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

RedLine is a malware service available for purchase on underground forums that specifically targets the theft of sensitive information: passwords, credit cards, execution environment data, computer name, installed software, and more recently, cryptocurrency wallets and related files. The Compromises.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Install an antivirus solution that includes anti-adware capabilities. If your antivirus software fails to notice a new strain, you can reinstall the browser. By obtaining sensitive authentication access, attackers can break into the vendor network or user account. Phishing and Social Engineering.

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SecureList

APRIL 10, 2023

It is especially important to analyze how this threat originates, because many cybercriminals work in teams, buying and selling Google Play accounts, malware, advertising services, and more. Malware and unwanted software is frequently injected into cryptocurrency trackers, financial apps, QR-code scanners and even dating apps.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Ransomware, a definition Ransomware is a set of malware technologies, hacking techniques, and social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use to cause harm, breach data, and render data unusable. Victims pay ransomware adversaries for decryption keys through cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin. Unpatched exploits.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

All of them were ordinary people using our free antivirus solution, seemingly unconnected with any organization of interest to a sophisticated attacker of this kind. VileRAT is a Python implant, part of an evasive and highly intricate attack campaign against foreign exchange and cryptocurrency trading companies.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Since 2008, antivirus and cybersecurity software testers AV-TEST have kept track of the number of newly-developed malware worldwide, totaling at nearly 1 billion as of September 2022. This note will provide instructions on how to pay the ransom, usually through difficult-to-trace means like cryptocurrency.

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

Some estimates of the damages exceed one billion dollars, taking into account data loss, service outages, disrupted operations, and recovery. The most preferred method of ransom payment is cryptocurrency because it is hard to track. That is why hackers use social engineering tricks to pressure victims into paying a ransom.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Though polite, the Creeper was still an annoyance to some, and in 1971, Ray Tomlinson developed the first antivirus software , called Reaper. One of the first pieces of antivirus software , McAfee’s VirusScan, was released in 1987. Social engineering attacks soon found use in the digital space.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the contact tracing scams of 2020 similarly followed social engineering scripts that have been used in taxpayer identity theft schemes since the 1990s as well. This represents an evolutionary step beyond credential stuffing (a crime where the target’s passwords are used to access other accounts).

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

For example, Malwarebytes asked ChatGPT to write the opening paragraph of a novel about an antiquated antivirus program that relies on signature-based detection to stop new and emerging threats. Here's what the program came back with: “The antivirus program blinked to life, its archaic interface flickering on the outdated CRT monitor.

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