Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

State-sponsored hacking is a growing concern, with governments using cyberattacks to gather intelligence, disrupt infrastructure, or compromise national security. Hacktivism and Ideological Motives Hacktivism refers to hacking activities undertaken for ideological or political reasons.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As the technology becomes more common, people are dealing with more security and privacy issues, making it impossible to isolate generative AI from the cybersecurity field. In this report, we take a close look at how generative AI affects cybersecurity, considering the perspectives of cybercriminals and those defending against them.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2022

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 discovered that a sample uploaded to the VirusTotal database on May 19, 2022 and considered benign by almost all the antivirus, was containing a payload associated with Brute Ratel C4 (BRc4), a new red-teaming and adversarial attack simulation tool. SecurityAffairs – hacking, BRc4).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2023

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint advisory that provides indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with the notorious LockBit 3.0

Ransomware 79

Ransomware Penetration Testing Encryption Accountability 79

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Threat hunting is the practice of actively seeking out dangers to cyber security by detecting and eliminating new and emerging threats that are able to evade preventative controls such as firewalls and antivirus software. Patience, persistence required. About the essayist: Mike James is a Brighton, UK.-based

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 19, 2023

The open source security tool, Nmap, originally focused on port scanning, but a robust community continues to add features and capabilities to make Nmap a formidable penetration testing tool. Almost all cybersecurity professionals have familiarity with Nmap and most use it frequently — it is the hammer of the pentesting toolbox.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2019

The file looks like a common XLS file within low Antivirus detection rate as shown in the following image (6/63). Antivirus Detection Rate. It looks like a romantic Emotet according to many Antivirus so I wont invest timing into this well-known Malware. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background.

Computers and Electronics 87

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Operators behind the Pysa malware, also employed a version of the PowerShell Empire penetration-testing tool, they were able to stop antivirus products. SecurityAffairs – hacking, PYSA). Once compromised the target network, attackers attempt to exfiltrate the company’s accounts and passwords database.

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Ransomware Penetration Testing Healthcare Government 96

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing details on the top malware strains of 2021. FormBook FormBook is an information stealer advertised in hacking forums. Qakbot can also be used to form botnets.

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Malware Banking Healthcare Penetration Testing 82

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Often auditing will be performed through the review of networking logs, but penetration testing and vulnerability scanning can also be used to check for proper implementation and configuration. Endpoint security : protects endpoints with antivirus, endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools, etc. or network traffic.

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Network Security Firewall Penetration Testing Encryption 98

Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2022

Most of these new hires, Stern says, will join the penetration testing/hacking teams headed by Conti leaders “ Hof ” and “ Reverse.” ” Both Hof and Reverse appear to have direct access to the Emotet crimeware platform. “You need to work for 8 hours before 20-21 Moscow time.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

How not to disclosure a Hack. UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct penetration testing. review Active Directory password policy. better protect the internal network and isolate critical systems.

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware Banking Hacking 122

Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2022

27, a Ukrainian cybersecurity researcher who is currently in Ukraine leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat records from Conti, which had just posted a press release to its victim shaming blog saying it fully supported Russia’s invasion of his country. “We are Conti Group.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

It is a common feeling in the cybersecurity community that CISOs do not sleep well at night. CISOs worry about the latest incident, end of life technology in their environment, breaches in the news, insecure users and vendors, penetration testing results, budget and resources, and the latest vulnerability report (to name a few).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Using an encrypted payload is quite a common way to evade Antivirus, since the encrypted payload changes depending on the used key. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. I do have experience on security testing since I have been performing penetration testing on several US electronic voting systems.

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Malware Computers and Electronics Encryption Penetration Testing 86

NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Ransomware, a definition Ransomware is a set of malware technologies, hacking techniques, and social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use to cause harm, breach data, and render data unusable. Do antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools stop ransomware? Have an incident response plan in place.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2022

A joint multi-national cybersecurity advisory has revealed the top ten attack vectors most exploited by cybercriminals in order to gain access to organisation networks, as well as the techniques they use to gain access. Penetration testing can expose misconfigurations with services listed above such as cloud, VPNs, and more.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Compromised Cloud Compute Instances Used in Botnets Botnets are networks of hacked computers or devices that are controlled by a hostile actor. Using hacked cloud computing instances in a botnet can boost the attacker’s computational capacity, making their operations more powerful.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Featured Partners: Cybersecurity Software Learn more Learn more Learn more 3 General DNS Attack Prevention Best Practices Although DNS servers make all connections to the internet, they also resolve hostnames and IP addresses for all local devices (Ex: printers) on the local network. Everything You Need to Know.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Once only known to cybersecurity specialists, Silence is an example of a mobile, small, and young group that has been progressing rapidly. He has experience in penetration testing, which means he can easily find his way around banking infrastructure. The confirmed damage from Silence activity is estimated at 800 000 USD.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

It's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. I won't pick on any here, but think about it name your first cybersecurity company. Why don't I use the trusted ones that I'll get by antivirus. And that's what makes this hack. I'll talk to somebody which shows us how it can be done.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. And at the end, a cybersecurity architect specialist expert, and someone who basically enjoys what I do. And right now we have a team that's almost 50 and we deal with cybersecurity services. So basically, we deliver custom penetration tests.

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