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SharkBot, a new Android Trojan targets banks in Europe

Security Affairs

The trojan allows to hijack users’ mobile devices and steal funds from online banking and cryptocurrency accounts. Once the banking Trojan is installed on the victim’s device, threat actors can steal sensitive banking information through the abuse of Accessibility Services (i.e. ” concludes the report.

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BlueNoroff introduces new methods bypassing MoTW

SecureList

BlueNoroff group is a financially motivated threat actor eager to profit from its cyberattack capabilities. We have published technical details of how this notorious group steals cryptocurrency before. At the time of analysis, this.vhd sample wasn’t detected by any antivirus. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.

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Attackers Use Bots to Circumvent Some Two-Factor Authentication Systems

eSecurity Planet

“Over the past few months, we’ve seen actors provide access to services that call victims, appear as a legitimate call from a specific bank and deceive victims into typing an OTP or other verification code into a mobile phone in order to capture and deliver the codes to the operator,” the Intel 471 researchers wrote.

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

Also read: Best Antivirus Software of 2022. Restoration is offered in exchange for a ransom, usually in cryptocurrencies. With the rise of the digital economy, e-wallets, cryptocurrencies, and digital assets, the way the world does business has transformed. Cyberattack Statistics. See the Top Rootkit Scanners. Other methods.

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Slack Launched Encryption Key Addon For Businesses

Security Affairs

Make sure that your system is up to date and have necessary security tools installed in your system, such as virtual private network , antivirus and others. She is a small business owner, traveler and investor of cryptocurrencies. She is a small business owner, traveler and investor of cryptocurrencies.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

For access to the decryption key, the victim must make prompt payment, often in cryptocurrency shielding the attacker’s identity. This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. Healthcare and financial services are the most attacked industries.

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Ransomware Prevention, Detection, and Simulation

NetSpi Executives

Victims pay ransomware adversaries for decryption keys through cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin. Do antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools stop ransomware? Ransomware adversaries hold the data hostage until a victim pays the ransom. Increasingly, they also threaten to leak stolen data.