Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

When I first began writing about Vrublevsky in 2009 as a reporter for The Washington Post , ChronoPay and its sister firm Red & Partners (RNP) were earning millions setting up payment infrastructure for fake antivirus peddlers and spammers pimping male enhancement drugs. In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups. As part of double extortion attacks, tactics often include the threat of DDoS attacks. What is Double Extortion Ransomware?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. Avast, Avira, Sophos and other antivirus solutions show problems after. Hacker broke into super secure French Governments Messaging App Tchap hours after release. Romanian duo convicted of fraud Scheme infecting 400,000 computers.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The email antivirus was triggered most frequently by email messages containing members of the Trojan.Win32.Agentb A company was told to transfer a certain amount to a Bitcoin wallet to prevent a DDoS attack that the cybercriminals threatened to unleash upon it. Interestingly, the cybercriminals did not limit their threats to DDoS.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. “Installing SpyEYE, ZeuS, any DDoS and spam admin panels,” NeroWolfe wrote.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Downtime limits incident response, increases the risk of data breaches, and can be used as leverage for DDoS attacks. Implement strong data governance policies, conduct regular compliance audits, and employ cloud services that offer features matched with industry standards.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Targets include high-profile organizations: namely, government entities located both within those countries and abroad. We found multiple archives like this with file names of government entities linked to Myanmar. Most of the early sightings were in Myanmar, but it seems the threat actor is now much more active in the Philippines.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Examples of threatening traffic that IDPS solutions can combat include network intrusions, DDoS attacks, malware, and socially engineered attacks. DDoS protection services are offered by third-party vendors to combat these types of attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

This article will explore the nature of MSSPs and how they can help businesses, nonprofits, governments, and other organizations have better security with less effort. Managed endpoint security installs, configures, and maintains endpoint protection tools ( antivirus , endpoint detection and response (EDR), etc.)

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

If the victim organization is slow to pay up, even though its files are encrypted and some of its confidential data has been stolen, the attackers additionally threaten to carry out a DDoS attack. In addition to DDoS attacks, it has added spam and calls to clients and partners of the victim company to its toolbox.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Twitter will allow using the SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) only to its Blue subscribers GoDaddy discloses a new data breach Fortinet fixes critical vulnerabilities in FortiNAC and FortiWeb German airport websites hit by DDos attacks once again Cisco fixed critical RCE bug in ClamAV Open-Source Antivirus engine CISA adds Cacti, Office, Windows (..)

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Install an antivirus solution that includes anti-adware capabilities. Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. If your antivirus software fails to notice a new strain, you can reinstall the browser. How to Defend Against Adware.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2022

EU and US agencies warn that Russia could attack satellite communications networks Avoslocker ransomware gang targets US critical infrastructure Crooks claims to have stolen 4TB of data from TransUnion South Africa Exotic Lily initial access broker works with Conti gang Emsisoft releases free decryptor for the victims of the Diavol ransomware China-linked (..)

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

The security controls include: Antivirus (AV): Scans for malware based on a database of known-malicious file signatures to provide basic defense against common attacks. These include: Distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection: Detects and controls DDoS attacks on networks designed to overload systems and deny access to resources.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

Those behind such COVID-related campaigns target government organizations and private companies. To trick antivirus software, threat actors include the passwords for accessing the content in the email subject line, in the archive name, or in subsequent correspondence with the victim. Most of the emails detected were in English.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 5, 2021

That would make this denial of service attack roughly twice as powerful as any similar previously recorded DDoS attack at the time. That said, there would not be any DDoS attack, and the targets, say, on the other hand, if you lock the traffic from the c&c server, you might not be infected. terabits per second.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Most of us already know the importance of using antivirus , anti-malware, and VPNs to secure our computers, phones, and other devices against potential attacks. From legal firms to banks to government departments, office printers are used by organizations of all types and sizes to print sensitive, confidential, and classified data.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

And if you’re here looking for antivirus software, see our list of the best antivirus software for 2021. Its advanced endpoint protection combines EDR with next-generation antivirus and a 24/7 managed hunting service. It offers excellent malware and antivirus protection, as well as phishing detection. CrowdStrike.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

AV-Comparatives quickly tested several known anti-malware and antivirus products against HermeticWiper and its variants and found that Malwarebytes, among others, detected the malware.). Videos from the Russian government — including speeches from Vladimir Putin — on YouTube received dollars from Western advertisers.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

More recently, some threat groups have begun to add data destruction to their arsenal to raise the stakes even further, and DDoS attacks have also been threatened as a means of getting organizations to pay ransoms. Black Basta uses a double-extortion RaaS model with the added threat of DDoS attacks. What is Ransomware as a Service?

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2022

If you’re here looking for antivirus software, see our list of the best antivirus software for 2021. It also comes with next-generation antivirus (NGAV) and device control. Firepower NGFWs provide advanced malware protection, security intelligence, sandboxing, DDoS mitigation, and a next-generation intrusion prevention system.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Vendor reports note huge volume of attacks on local and public infrastructure, such as: CrowdStrike: Monitored hacktivist and nation-state distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks related to the Israli-Palestinian conflict, including against a US airport. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Available as an on-premises or cloud solution, Cloudera’s platform is secured by an integrated set of security and governance features dubbed Shared Data Experience (SDX). Database security features.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

Web antivirus recognized 675,832,360 unique URLs as malicious. Our file antivirus detected 68,294,298 unique malicious and potentially unwanted objects. The results of the investigation, which involved the FBI and several other US government agencies, was reported to US President Joe Biden. Attacks via web resources.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

LookingGlass Cyber Solutions is an open source-based threat intelligence platform that delivers unified threat protection against sophisticated cyberattacks to global enterprises and government agencies by operationalizing threat intelligence. It’s augmented by a worldwide team of security analysts who enrich the data feeds.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Though polite, the Creeper was still an annoyance to some, and in 1971, Ray Tomlinson developed the first antivirus software , called Reaper. One of the first pieces of antivirus software , McAfee’s VirusScan, was released in 1987. It also would actively shut down antivirus processes to evade detection and removal.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In 2013, Vrublevsky was convicted of hiring his most-trusted spammer and malware writer to launch a crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against one of his company’s chief competitors. law enforcement and intelligence agencies. A translated version of the message text is available here (PDF).

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

For example, Malwarebytes asked ChatGPT to write the opening paragraph of a novel about an antiquated antivirus program that relies on signature-based detection to stop new and emerging threats. Here's what the program came back with: “The antivirus program blinked to life, its archaic interface flickering on the outdated CRT monitor.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2022

Antivirus companies like McAfee jumped on the opportunity to provide anti-APT products. Operating since about 2004, they regularly target insider information on large governments and international operations. From then on, APT became a heavily used, marketable term. What Is An APT? Common APT Attack Tactics & Techniques.

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