Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2025

The malware is delivered via social engineering, attackers attempt to trick victims into tapping cards on infected phones. Calls enable social engineering in a Telephone-Oriented Attack Delivery (TOAD) scenario. Analysis of the SuperCard X campaign in Italy revealed custom malware builds tailored for regional use.

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Hacker Combat

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Google has reported that it disrupted the phishing attacks where threat actors had tried to hijack various YouTube accounts using cookie theft malware. The hijacker’s intent was to use those accounts to promote different crypto-currency scams. . Such accounts have a buying price ranging from $3 to $4,000. . and email.cz.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Cybercriminals employ social engineering techniques to trick you into believing you must resolve fictitious technical issues. The hallmark of ClickFix campaigns is their clever use of social engineering. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA): Implementing MFA adds layer of security to your accounts.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Researchers at Cybereason’s Nocturnus team have uncovered a new Astaroth Trojan campaign that is currently exploiting the Avast antivirus and security software developed by GAS Tecnologia to steal information and drop malicious modules. According to the experts, LOLbins are very effecting in evading antivirus software.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. Way back in 1990, Symantec acquired Norton Utilities and made Norton the heart of its antivirus subscription offering. Also, one of the top ways attackers can target individuals is via social engineering or phishing.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Emerging from traditional antivirus and endpoint protection platforms, EDR rose to the fore in the mid-2010s to improve upon the continuous monitoring of servers, desktops, laptops and mobile devices and put security teams in a better position to mitigate advanced threats, such as APTs and zero-day vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

Using this social engineering trick, threats like stealers, RATs, Trojans, and crypto miners can persist undetected. A Telegram channel and a popular YouTube account with 340,000 subscribers also spread the malware. It uses Pastebin to store its configuration, with multiple accounts distributing the malicious files.”

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 1, 2025

You may also like to read: Instagram Hacked: Top 5 Ways to Protect Your Account Ways to Secure Your Twitter Account Set a Strong Password - Setting a strong password is the very first step to secure your Twitter account. It enables us to make our accounts more secure. Be cautious with public Wi-Fi.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. “Antivirus software trusts signed programs more.

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Zero Day

JUNE 6, 2025

Collectively, they could easily put affected customers at risk for account takeovers and identity theft. million former account holders. This leak reportedly included full names, dates of birth email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, and AT&T account numbers.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2018

No one in cybersecurity refers to “antivirus” protection any more. since the nascent days of the antivirus market, I find in fascinating that the top dozen or so antivirus players have all managed to remain in the game. Related video: New York holds companies accountable for data security. keep intensifying.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Latin American Javali trojan weaponizing Avira antivirus legitimate injector to implant malware. After that, the following files are extracted, namely: Avira.exe : Legitimate injector from Avira Antivirus. In the last few years, many banking trojans developed by Latin American criminals have increased in volume and sophistication.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

New research has uncovered a significant increase in QuickBooks file data theft using social engineering tricks to deliver malware and exploit the accounting software. "A

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 10, 2025

The victims of those scams—be they people who accidentally clicked on a link, filled out their information on a malicious webpage, or simply believed the person on the other side of a social media account—also suffered serious harms to their finances, emotions, and reputations.

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SecureList

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction Since mid-2024, we’ve observed a malicious Android campaign leveraging wedding invitations as a lure to social-engineer victims into installing a malicious Android app (APK), which we have named “Tria Stealer” after unique strings found in campaign samples.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

He is also looking for opportunities to collect additional access parameters (usernames and passwords), elevate privileges, or use already existing compromised accounts for unauthorized access to systems, applications, and data. Social engineering. Once approved, the user's request will be approved for their account.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

For instance, phishing, one of the most common, is a social engineering attack used to steal user data. Since many people use the same passwords across social media platforms and for sites for banks or credit cards, a criminal needs access to just one account to gain access to every account. Security tools and services.

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Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

What is Account Takeover? Account takeover, also known as ATO, is a form of identity theft in which a malicious third party gains access to or “takes over” an online account. One of the primary reasons behind this massive rise in account takeover is the relative ease with which it can be done. Account Takeover Prevention.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 8, 2020

Use a password manager to make and store good passwords that are different for every account/device. Most peoples’ highest risk systems are their primary email account and their mobile phone account. Next come your social media accounts, and then any accounts that control IoT systems in your house.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This may involve identifying compromised servers, web applications, databases, or user accounts. Disable compromised accounts or restrict their permissions immediately, update passwords for authorized users to prevent further unauthorized access. Introduce MFA for all corporate accounts.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

For instance, included in the Pastebin files from Orvis were plaintext usernames and passwords for just about every kind of online service or security product the company has used, including: -Antivirus engines. Microsoft Active Directory accounts and passwords. Based in Sunderland, VT. Data backup services. Linux servers.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) expands upon a basic Network Access Control (NAC) concept to include modules for network device control and integrated security options. With backing from the most dominant brand in network infrastructure, many larger organizations will need to seriously consider ISE as a NAC solution.

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Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Financial services industry: Banks, insurance companies and other financial organizations offer a wealth of opportunity for hackers who can use stolen bank account and credit card information for their own financial gain. They can open accounts in your name, apply for loans, and even file false tax returns.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 24, 2025

They can then focus on finding and targeting victims with social engineering attacks, which Cleafy says they’ve been doing in Italy. The telephone number connects the victim to the attacker, who then persuades them to give up their PIN and log into their bank account.

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Webroot

JUNE 2, 2022

A huge economy has developed within the gaming community: People buy and sell in-game objects, character modifications, and even accounts. Account takeovers. Bad actors are always on the lookout for easy-to-breach gaming accounts. Once stolen, they can resell an account or its contents to interested buyers.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2025

Here are some potential impacts: Credential stuffing attacks : Cybercriminals can use the stolen credentials to gain unauthorized access to other accounts where users have reused passwords. Account takeovers (ATOs) : With access to login details, attackers can hijack accounts, leading to identity theft or financial fraud.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

The Latvian expert Ruslans Bondars (37), who developed and run the counter antivirus service Scan4You has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Scan4you is a VirusTotal like online multi-engine antivirus scanning service that could be used by vxers to test evasion abilities of their malware against the major antiviruses.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The trojan allows to hijack users’ mobile devices and steal funds from online banking and cryptocurrency accounts. At the time of writing, SharkBot appears to have a very low detection rate by antivirus solutions since. login credentials, personal information, current balance, etc.). ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

Russian national Oleg Koshkin was convicted for operating a “crypting” service used to obfuscate the Kelihos bot from antivirus software. ”The websites promised to render malicious software fully undetectable by nearly every major provider of antivirus software. . ” reads the press release published by DoJ.”The

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2018

A review of his account showed that there were indeed two fraudulent charges on his account from earlier that day totaling $3,400, but neither charge was from Ohio. After the unauthorized charges, he had just $300 remaining in his account. ” Sure enough, that was correct. But something still seemed off.

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Hot for Security

MAY 4, 2021

fixes a critical memory corruption issue in the Safari WebKit engine where “processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution,” according to the advisory. Malicious actors who exploited the flaw could run unapproved software via compromised websites or poisoned search engine results. How to patch now.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Phishing and Social Engineering : Phishing remains a popular attack method, leveraging emails, fake websites, and social media to deceive users into providing sensitive information. This significantly reduces the risk of unauthorized access to accounts and systems.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Why and how to protect ourselves Once the credentials are stolen, hackers can use them to access various online accounts, including banking, e-mail, and social media accounts. Use complex and unique passwords: Avoid reusing the same passwords for multiple accounts and use password managers to generate and store secure passwords.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

The service, which accepts PayPal, Bitcoin and all major credit cards, is aimed primarily at enterprises engaged in repetitive, automated activity that often results in an IP address being temporarily blocked — such as data scraping, or mass-creating new accounts at some service online. Which hints at a possible BOTNET.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

“The actors customized previous ransomware binaries for the intended victim through the use of confidential information such as leaked accounts and unique company IDs as the appended file extension. .” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hacker's King

MAY 24, 2025

Phishing is now done through text messages (smishing), social media (social engineering), and even voice phone calls (vishing). Accounts with easily guessable passwords fall victim to this and suffer unimaginable damage. Some common ones are loose database security, excessive user account control, and accessible APIs.

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