Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

The smash-and-grab attacks by LAPSUS$ obscure some of the group’s less public activities, which according to Microsoft include targeting individual user accounts at cryptocurrency exchanges to drain crypto holdings. The group of teenagers who hacked Twitter hailed from a community that traded in hacked social media accounts.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Through the first two months of 2023 alone, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch reported more than 19,000 phishing reports with estimated financial losses of more than $5.2 What is phishing? This is part of what makes phishing attacks so dangerous.

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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. 2021 saw a massive increase in phishing attacks , and that trend has continued into 2022. With the rise in social media, criminals have more platforms with which to target potential phishing victims.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a notification warning of ongoing vishing attacks attempting to steal corporate accounts. ” Once gained access to the network, crooks expand their network access, for example, escalating privileges of the compromised employees’ accounts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Phishing Attacks: Phishing is the top cyber attack, causing 90% of data breaches. Generative AI Impact : Generative AI will have a big role in cyber security, especially in areas like email protection and fighting social engineering attacks. Shockingly, 96% of these attacks come through email.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

“According to this actor, he had originally intended to send his targets—all senior-level executives—phishing emails to compromise their accounts, but after that was unsuccessful, he pivoted to this ransomware pretext,” Hassold wrote. Open our letter at your email. Launch the provided virus on any computer in your company.

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SecureList

MAY 28, 2024

However, the customer company often gives the service provider quite a lot of access to its systems, including: allocating various systems for conducting operations; issuing accesses for connecting to the infrastructure; creating domain accounts. Rounding out the top three is targeted phishing.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

This means companies have to be proactive and instill the right habits, which often means resisting the bad habits that lead to millions of successful cyberattacks every year – from the use of generic and easy-to-crack account credentials to the willingness to click on suspicious links and attachments in emails from untrusted sources.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

A little more than a week later, cybersecurity firm Armorblox outlined an account takeover attack that leveraged malicious phishing and social engineering. Secure Access for Remote Workers: RDP, VPN & VDI. Hackers attacking the flaw could target Zoom accounts through connections with Zoom Contacts.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2022

Theft of valid accounts is often combined with remote corporate services like VPNs or other access mechanisms. A mainstay of business-centric attacks, everything from spear phishing to CEO fraud and Business Email Compromise (BEC) lies in wait for unwary admins. Valid accounts. External remote services.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud, using social engineering over the telephone system to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward. . Restrict VPN access hours, where applicable, to mitigate access outside of allowed times.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 31, 2022

This exposure of sensitive credential and network access information, especially privileged user accounts, could lead to subsequent cyber attacks against individual users or affiliated organizations. Phishing, social engineering, and credential stuffing are often the end result. Data for sale is not unusual.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. Last year, we witnessed the fast-evolving nature of social engineering attacks, and this evolution poses greater challenges for detection and defense.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

Stay informed about the latest cyber threats, such as phishing, malware, ransomware, and social engineering attacks. Avoid sharing sensitive information on public Wi-Fi networks and use a virtual private network (VPN) when connecting to public networks.

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Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Connect to a secure network and use a company-issued Virtual Private Network (VPN). Social-Engineer, LLC saw an almost 350% increase in recognition of phishing emails when using a similar training platform in 2020. It is to these carefully crafted campaigns that Social-Engineer, LLC can attribute their success.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2021

“Historically, ransomware has been delivered via email attachments or, more recently, using direct network access obtained through things like unsecure VPN accounts for software vulnerabilities,” Crane Hassold, director of threat intelligence at Abnormal Security, wrote in a blog post. Threat Traced to Nigeria.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

Social media accounts associated only with personal, non-business usage. The information can then be used to access other accounts associated with the individual, install malware, initiate a ransomware infection, or conduct identity theft impacting the business. SMishing is social engineering in the form of SMS text messages.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Strong Password Practices It is crucial to use complex and unique passwords for all accounts, military and personal. This can be used for online accounts and systems. Military personnel should consider enabling two-factor authentication for their email, banking, and social media accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

“Kerberoasting” and “Golden Ticket” attacks were both introduced in 2014 and yet enterprises continue to have hundreds of accounts configured with unconstrained delegation. Most recently the FCC adopted new rules for wireless carriers aimed at enhancing security measures for cell phone accounts. In 2024 we’ll see more of the same.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A group of teenagers used social engineering to breach Twitter's network and take over the accounts of a whole bunch of A-listers. The teens also took over Twitter accounts of several cryptocurrency companies regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). You could lose your data.'.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 20, 2021

The notification from the FBI points out that cybercriminals have changed strategies when it comes to compromising employee accounts or credentials. They have been targeting large companies around the world using social engineering techniques, primarily vishing. Vishing mitigations and expert advice.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 15, 2021

They’ve evolved into a data storage device, a video and sound recorder, as well as an easy way to access our bank accounts. Avoid smishing and phishing attacks. Like phishing, SMS-based attacks, also known as smishing, seek to trick recipients into accessing a malicious link via text. Dodge unsecured public WiFi networks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 9, 2020

With the high amount of cybercriminal activity including hacking attempts and phishing scams, the information in this report is quite timely. billion, are due to BEC (Business Email Compromise) frauds, also known as EAC (Email Account Compromise) crimes. Overall, 23,775 BEC victims accounted for $1.77

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Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

You probably don’t recall creating an account on the Verifications.io Email verifiers are online services that allow marketers and salespeople to verify that the email address you used to create an account, sign up for a newsletter or make an order on their website is real and valid. platform or River City Media.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2022

Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered multiple spyware campaigns that target industrial firms to steal email account credentials and carry out fraudulent activities. Threat actors sent spear-phishing messages from compromised corporate accounts to their contacts, the email carry malicious attachments.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 17, 2022

These attackers will use a variety of lures to pull people in, but a lot of the phishing has been centered around updating the VPN for a client or employee, or redirecting users to phishing sites that look a lot like their collaborative platform login page. And you know, that can cause a potential loss for that organization.".

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In other news, both LockBit and the Akira ransomware gang, the latter of which has tallied 125 victims since we first began tracking them in April 2023, were confirmed last month to be exploiting a specific zero-day flaw ( CVE-2023-20269 ) in Cisco VPN appliances.

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SecureList

JANUARY 19, 2022

Overall, we have identified over 2,000 corporate email accounts belonging to industrial companies stolen and abused as next-attack C2. Overall, we have identified over 2,000 corporate email accounts belonging to industrial companies abused as next-attack C2 servers as a result of malicious operations of this type. Marketplaces.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Do you feel confident that everyone in your organization could identify a phishing email that contained ransomware? In today’s post, we share information with the goal that it will help everyone in your organization protect themselves from phishing attacks.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The following vectors represent some of the most common ways a criminal could gain access to your accounts and is also known as an account takeover : Social Engineering. A common example is phishing. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). VPNs are encrypted connections that link your device to a remote server.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its #StopRansomware guide to account for the fact that ransomware actors have accelerated their tactics and techniques since the original guide was released in September of 2020. Anomalous VPN device logins or other suspicious logins. Drive-by-downloads.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Phishing and Social Engineering Campaigns Are a Leading Concern Attackers can easily access email lists and profiles from the dark web and stage a phishing attack to your retail company. CSOonline.com reports that 94% of malware is delivered via email, and phishing attacks account for more than 80% of security incidents.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2022

Reduce identity theft from phishing and other social engineering schemes. Resistant to phishing. Phishing accounts for roughly a quarter of all data breaches, according to Verizon’s 2021 DBIR. Strong authentication solutions with FIDO2 can both authenticate securely and prevent attacks.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Businesses faced constant threats with phishing scams , malware , and other tactics. Major Breaches of 2023 Casino operator attacks: Casino giants MGM and Caesars were hit by disruptive cyberattacks in September involving concerning tactics such as social engineering. But the numbers alone tell only part of the story.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

If someone obtains the thing that you know then it's (probably) game over and they have access to your account. That's not to say that this model is "bad" and by any reasonable definition, it's a massive improvement over 1FA that would prevent the vast majority of account takeover attacks I see today.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

One of the most outstanding examples involves $2 million ‘s worth of CS:GO skins stolen from a user’s account , which means that losses can get truly grave. Game over: cybercriminals targeting gamers’ accounts and money. Trojan-PSW.Win32.Convagent Convagent and Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2021

Sometimes, it’s used even if an attack being discussed is a basic phish, or maybe some very generic malware. Money mules and spear phishing are thrown into the mix alongside social engineering and international theft of money, personal, and confidential information. However, TrickBot is a pretty formidable opponent.

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