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CrowdStrike 2025 Global Threat Report: 51-Second Breaches Shake Cybercrime

eSecurity Planet

Notably, 79% of detections were malware-free a reminder that modern adversaries often bypass traditional antivirus defenses by leveraging innovative, non-malware techniques. The business of cybercrime Cybercriminals are no longer disorganized hackers. Evolving tactics in a digital world: should you care?

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An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker

Krebs on Security

That investigation detailed how the 38-year-old Shefel adopted the nickname Rescator while working as vice president of payments at ChronoPay , a Russian financial company that paid spammers to advertise fake antivirus scams, male enhancement drugs and knockoff pharmaceuticals. “I’m also godfather of his second son.”

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Social engineering: Cybercrime meets human hacking

Webroot

According to the latest ISACA State of Security 2021 report , social engineering is the leading cause of compromises experienced by organizations. Findings from the Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report also point to social engineering as the most common data breach attack method. What does social engineering look like?

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Silent Ransom Group targeting law firms, the FBI warns

Security Affairs

law firms for 2 years using callback phishing and social engineering extortion tactics. law firms using phishing and social engineering. The group campaigns leave minimal traces and often evade antivirus detection by using legitimate remote access tools. FBI warns Silent Ransom Group has targeted U.S.

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The Mad Liberator ransomware group uses social-engineering techniques

Security Affairs

New cybercrime group Mad Liberator is targeting AnyDesk users and runs a fake Microsoft Windows update screen to conceal data exfiltrating. Mad Liberator employs social engineering techniques to gain access to the victim’s environment, specifically targeting organizations using remote access tools like Anydesk.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum. “Antivirus software trusts signed programs more. That protracted and public conflict formed the backdrop of my 2014 book — “ Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime, from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door. Image: Ke-la.com.

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National Consumer Protection Week: Keeping your personal data safe in a digitally connected world

Webroot

March is a time for leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, and as luck would have it, its also a time to learn how to protect your private data from cybercrime. Social engineering attacks Social engineering attacks occur when someone uses a fake persona to gain your trust.