eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Incident Response is a systematic method for addressing and managing security incidents in organizations, focused on minimizing and investigating the impact of events and restoring normal operations. MiTM attacks allow attackers to eavesdrop, modify, or steal sensitive information, such as financial account information or login credentials.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2021

Colonial eventually paid almost $5 million (75 Bitcoins) to the attackers for the decryption key, which turned out to decrypt so slowly that the company had to rely on its own backups to restore service. T1078 – Valid Accounts. Tuning will be required to lower the quantity of events due to solutions that leverage PowerShell.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Ransom payments are generally demanded in the form of untraceable cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. As is often the case, the cost of restoring files from backups can amount to more than paying the ransom. Backups aren’t working. Ransomware today can actually look for backup files along with user data.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Moreover, according to Netscout, Dvinis accounts for 75% of all attacks attributed to M?ris. Those affected were mostly small companies that provide secure and private e-mail accounts by subscription or invitation: Runbox, Posteo, Fastmail, TheXYZ, Guerrilla Mail, Mailfence, Kolab Now and RiseUp. ris last quarter. fold increase.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. One particularly potent emergent technology for scammers is blockchain and the related cryptocurrency and NFTs. Social Tactics.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

For access to the decryption key, the victim must make prompt payment, often in cryptocurrency shielding the attacker’s identity. In the event of a successful breach, your team must be ready to restore systems and data recovery. Offline Backups. Without external backups or rollback technology, recovery is impossible.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2022

They are designed to highlight the significant events and findings that we feel people should be aware of. We discovered a highly active campaign, starting in March 2022, targeting stock and cryptocurrency investors in South Korea. The actor used cryptocurrency-related contents or complaints from law enforcement as lure themes.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The Opportunist – Hackers that exploit public events and socio-political crises for disruption or personal gain. An impersonation attack recently made headlines with the 2020 Twitter/Bitcoin scam , in which 130 high-profile Twitter accounts were compromised by outside parties to steal bitcoin. Let’s look at a few primary examples.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 24, 2022

LAPSUS$ doesn’t appear to be using overtly sophisticated intrusion methods but instead relying on social engineering and purchased accounts. Encrypt and protect their most critical data (and their data backups) through zero-trust policies. Verify that “Give Access to Okta Support” is disabled.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 11, 2021

Even the most critical damages caused by ransomware are repairable as long as you have a solid backup strategy. Subject to the malware class and timeframes for decryption set by the attackers, too many victims end up transferring funds to the hacker’s accounts. The rule of thumb says that no demands set by ransomware must be satisfied.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Now that some companies have managed to avoid paying ransom by restoring from backup, the gangs have upped their game. This last point about lawyers and cryptocurrency hits home and bothers me the most. I certainly agree that the largely unregulated flow of cryptocurrency is unworkable and ultimately brings more harm than good.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The vulnerability is triggered when an attacker sends an Outlook object (task, message or calendar event) within an extended MAPI property that contains a UNC path to an SMB share on a server controlled by the threat actor, resulting in a Net-NTLMv2 hash leak. Otherwise, the reverse shell is created by the crond backdoor itself.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Cable: This was then when I was in high school as a sophomore, was working on building an integration for a cryptocurrency website.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Cable: This was then when I was in high school as a sophomore, was working on building an integration for a cryptocurrency website.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Best network security practices are essential, including using anti-malware, firewalls, intrusion prevention and detection (IPDS), network and log monitoring, data protection, security information and event management (SIEM), and threat intelligence. Often organizations can mitigate ransomware attacks by having up-to-date backups.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

However, the rank and file of Conti were in Ukraine, had a different opinion, and decided to speak up against Conti in and in favor of Ukraine in a Twitter account named Conti Leaks. The account owner wrote: “My comments are coming from the bottom of my heart which is breaking over my dear Ukraine and my people.

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