Malwarebytes

JANUARY 3, 2024

The social engineering techniques used by fraudsters are growing in complexity. This conclusion matches that of the 2022 Internet Crime Report produced by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), which attributed almost $84 million dollars to BEC and over $75 million to investment fraud.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. Everlynn advertising a warrant/subpoena service based on fake EDRs. ” The price: $100 to $250 per request.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

Review the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Tips on Avoiding Social Engineering & Phishing Scams at: [link]. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 4, 2021

Online scammers have been doing their homework since the dawn of the internet, improving old ruses and sharpening their social engineering skills for maximum results. As you book your summer vacation, beware of fraudulent emails, phone calls, fake websites and posts on social media advertising special deals and search engines.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

” According to Microsoft, ransomware attacks continue to target enterprise environments through social engineering, for this reason, the adoption of best practices is the best way to protect them. Use a safe and password-protected internet connection. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2020

There are two primary techniques to target Exchange servers; the most common scenario sees attackers launching social engineering or drive-by download attacks targeting endpoints to steal credentials and move laterally until they gain access to an Exchange server. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2020

Twitter issued a statement saying it detected “a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools. Cached copies of @Shinji’s tweets prior to Wednesday’s attack on Twitter are available here and here from the Internet Archive.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Each advertises their claimed access to T-Mobile systems in a similar way. The prices advertised for a SIM-swap against T-Mobile customers in the latter half of 2022 ranged between USD $1,000 and $1,500, while SIM-swaps offered against AT&T and Verizon customers often cost well more than twice that amount.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 18, 2022

As with so many internet scams, it begins with fake online adverts. These take the form of both fake websites and bogus ads placed on genuine advertising platforms. Fake documentation and identification is often the stomping ground for 419 and social engineering scams, so it makes sense it would put in an appearance here.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Another campaign observed by ProofPoint aimed at German users impersonating the German internet service provider 1&1 Internet AG. “These spoofs are notable for using convincing stolen branding and lookalike domains of European taxation agencies and other public-facing entities such as Internet service providers.

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Government Malware Social Engineering Banking 75

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

. “Of the 2,300 archive systems worldwide that were analyzed, 590 of them have been identified as accessible on the internet; together they contain over 24 million data records from patients from across 52 countries.” million images freely accessible on the internet.” ” reads the report published Greenbone.

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Identity Theft Social Engineering Healthcare Internet 89

Hot for Security

MAY 24, 2021

Threat actors are relentless when it comes to recycling old ruses to fool internet users and steal their money. Bitdefender Antispam Lab has taken notice of spammers’ interest in the topic this month, as threat actors send tens of thousands of malicious and fraudulent Tesla-related emails to internet users.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

And, as my guest will say later in this podcast, these virtual SOCs are like pen testing the internet. We can't just, you know, bust things up into small parts and say this is my world because again, internet is a pen test and we're all in this together. GRAY: The Internet is a penetration test. That's an example of AI.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2019

” “Personal data and documents belonging to hundreds of politicians and public figures were published on the internet,” government spokeswoman Martina Fietz told reporters. It’s a very elaborately done social engineering attack,” he said Friday by phone. It’s a lot of data that’s been dumped.”.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address.

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Identity Theft Computers and Electronics Hacking Accountability 339

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

The threat actors targets servers that have Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) exposed to the internet, then use brute force attacks for lateral movements. The second human-operated ransomware family is Doppelpaymer that in recent months targeted enterprise environments through social engineering. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2019

Without APIs there would be no cloud computing, no social media, no Internet of Things. APIs are all about connecting and collaborating to share information, but care needs to be taken to ensure that sensitive data is not left naked on the internet. But APIs also comprise a vast and continually-expanding attack surface.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Internet balkanization will lead to more diverse (and localized) behavior tracking market and checks on cross-border data transfer. As we know, most web pages are crawling with invisible trackers , collecting behavioral data that is further aggregated and used primarily for targeted advertising.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

At its core, malware exploits existing network, device, or user vulnerabilities , posing as little a risk as annoying advertisements to the much more damaging demand for millions of dollars in ransom. Adware, also known as malvertising , is a type of malware that downloads or displays advertisements to the user interface.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

According to the Australian police, the RAT cost about AUD$35 (US$25) and was allegedly advertised on a cybercrime forum. Imminent Monitor RAT was very popular because it is easy to use, and it is very cheap, it was offered for as little as $25 with lifetime access.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2019

Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, and ensure that they are not accessible from the Internet. Employ training and awareness programs to educate users on the warning signs of a phishing or social engineering attack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 2, 2021

Internet scams are everywhere, inflicting billions of dollars in reported losses from victims each year. Coronavirus-themed emails may also include advertisements for food or food supplements that help cure or prevent infections, a trend that has been around since the beginning of the pandemic.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2019

It can be achieved using a malicious code that modifies the computer’s TCP/IP configuration to point at a rogue DNS server under the control of an attacker, or t hrough mo difying the behaviour of a trusted DNS server so that it does not comply with internet standards. gov ) to prevent DNS hijacking attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

“To move the user to the ransom payment stage, the shortcut could automatically access the Internet, browsing to a URL that contains payment information via cryptocurrency wallets, and demand that the user pay-up or see their data deleted, or exposed on the Internet,” continues the post. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Consumers The main types of fraud targeting consumers were: Authorized push payment (APP) scams, which use social engineering that tricks victims into authorizing payments to accounts belonging to the scammer. This includes fraudulent advertising on search engines, fake websites and posts on social media.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Today, malware is a common threat to the devices and data of anyone who uses the Internet. Ransomware is one of the most virulent forms of malware on the modern Internet. This isn’t quite the same as a legitimate piece of software, such as a mobile game from a reputable developer, coming packed with online ads.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

link] issue is a common vulnerability with so many scripts on the internet… my script only changes to “wp-content” path “. In other systems, other types of scripts were found, namely webshells, and also SMTP senders to leverage social engineering campaigns (Figure 6). Exploit-code – GitHub. Figure 2: PoC – CVE-2020-25213.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

It could be hidden in a malicious advertisement, fake email or illegitimate software installation. Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. Trojans cannot self-replicate and are often propagated through email attachments and internet downloads.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2018

Major Internet service providers (ISPs) in Canada were impacted by a local file disclosure flaw in the SOLEO IP Relay service that was recently addressed. Almost all major Internet service providers (ISPs) in Canada were impacted by a local file disclosure vulnerability in the SOLEO IP Relay service that was recently addressed.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Technical scams abuse legitimate aspects of modern internet infrastructure to lead users to illegitimate or compromised sites. Wooflocker does not rely on malicious advertising (also known as malvertising). In 2023, the public primarily confronted two varieties of online scams: the technical and the topical.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

What social networks do is monetize user data. This is then sold to advertisers. Some of the data that is stolen feeds social engineering attacks, where hackers use the stolen data to attack people and steal even more. They trade user data—which is their currency. This creates a cycle of cyber breaches.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 3, 2022

Internet protocol address, aka an IP address, is a unique number assigned to every computer and device that connects to the web so they can communicate with each other and share information. You can think of your IP address as a unique identifying label for your computer or device on the internet. IdentityIQ.

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VPN Identity Theft Internet Internet 52

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Another attack scenario sees hackers targeting the administrators of the platform with social engineering attacks in an attempt to obtain his credentials and use them to plant the malicious code in the e-store. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit. 100% NOT a pyramid scheme Social media pages are not the only concern when it comes to brand and logo theft.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

It could be hidden in a malicious advertisement, fake email or illegitimate software installation. Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. Trojan Horse. Once activated, it can harm the victim’s computer in several ways, including keylogging.

Malware 107

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

The person who registered the tankska account on OGUsers did so with the email address jperry94526@gmail.com , and from an Internet address tied to the San Ramon Unified School District in Danville, Calif. Ever So Anxious told Kirk his OGU nickname was “ Chaewon ,” which corresponds to a user in the United Kingdom.

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SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

MotW is a Windows security measure — the system displays a warning message when someone tries to open a file downloaded from the internet. The threat actor uses social engineering to infect a PoS terminal. The threat actor also seems to be experimenting with new file types to deliver its malware.

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