SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Our Anti-Phishing system blocked 253 365 212 phishing links. Safe Messaging blocked 341 954 attempts to follow phishing links in messengers. Hurry up and lose your account: phishing in the corporate sector. Another noticeable phishing trend targeting the corporate sector was to exploit popular cloud services as bait.

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Phishing Scams Accountability Banking 65

Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 7, 2022

It is likely, based on the customer service provided by Raccoon Stealer developers, that antivirus evasion will be built into Raccoon Stealer 2.0 You can avoid this by only downloading software that you paid for from legitimate vendors. DropBox and social engineering. So what’s new about it? Well, that depends.

Social Engineering 105

Social Engineering Cryptocurrency Malware Antivirus 105

Webroot

JANUARY 5, 2022

In fact, COVID-19, Zoom meetings, vaccination recommendations and travel warnings all provide ample and unique precedent for social engineering attacks. This could be those without antivirus protection, young internet users or, unfortunately, your elderly loved ones. Be careful what you download.

Scams 122

Scams Social Engineering Antivirus Internet 122

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

Stay informed about the latest cyber threats, such as phishing, malware, ransomware, and social engineering attacks. Be cautious when clicking on links or downloading attachments, especially from unfamiliar or suspicious sources. Keep these security programs up to date to detect and mitigate potential threats effectively.

Cybersecurity 93

Cybersecurity Education Cyber threats Passwords 93

Google Security

MARCH 8, 2023

For example, Google Safe Browsing as well as antivirus software both block file-based UwS more effectively now, which was originally the goal of the Chrome Cleanup Tool. Next, several positive changes in the platform ecosystem have contributed to a more proactive safety stance than a reactive one.

Social Engineering 93

Social Engineering Antivirus Malware Software 93

Hacker Combat

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Google has reported that it disrupted the phishing attacks where threat actors had tried to hijack various YouTube accounts using cookie theft malware. They had the targeted unsuspecting persons with phishing emails that promised phoney collaboration opportunities. That way, antivirus detectors that trigger malware will be avoided.

Accountability 99

Accountability Malware Scams Antivirus 99

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Shikitega attack consists of a “multistage infection chain where each module responds to a part of the payload and downloads and executes the next one,” the AT&T researchers wrote. Once the CRONs are set, there’s no need to keep downloaded files, so the malware deletes them to evade detection. Multistage Infection Chain.

Malware 115

Malware Social Engineering System Administration Antivirus 115

BH Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2023

This could include malware that antivirus and security solutions can’t detect; a secure internet connection to prevent tracing; initial access to victim companies’ networks or mailboxes (which is also key to many ransomware infections); effective social engineering content; fraudulent content hosting, and more.

Social Engineering 52

Social Engineering Cybercrime Data privacy Engineering 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Executive summary Credential harvesting is a technique that hackers use to gain unauthorized access to legitimate credentials using a variety of strategies, tactics, and techniques such as phishing and DNS poisoning. According to recent research , phishing assaults targeted credential harvesting in 71.5% of cases in 2020.

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Phishing Authentication Cyber threats DNS 85

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There were no social media sites to speak of, companies were selling antivirus and anti-Trojan solutions, but nobody cared about adware, PUPs, and assorted nuisances. Phishing emails. Keep threats off your devices by downloading Malwarebytes today. If not for us, than for our children.

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Internet Internet Media Artificial Intelligence 82

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

More than half of the breaches started with the network servers being compromised either through email phishing, malware or privileged credential misuse. Department of Health and Human Services HHS Breach Portal states that since the beginning of 2022, there have been at least 368 breaches affecting over 25.1 million patients.

Healthcare 105

Healthcare Ransomware Social Engineering Identity Theft 105

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Back then, endpoint security focused on computers, which meant the installation of antivirus, malware protection, firewall, and (sometimes) VPN in every computer. Is it too complex and costly? Unfortunately, it is no longer as simple as it used to be in the past.

IoT 120

IoT Antivirus Threat Detection Cyber threats 120

Spinone

APRIL 13, 2020

They include insider threats, phishing, and ransomware. Employees may accidentally delete important data, initiate a cyber attack by clicking a corrupted link or downloading an infected file, disclose sensitive data to a criminal, or intentionally steal corporate data. There are various cyber risks for your data.

Backups 98

Backups Phishing Ransomware Risk 98

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The SMS contains a link to a website that encourages the target to download the BRATA malware. According to Cleafy , the caller’s first job is therefore to use social engineering tactics to convince victims to install it. How BRATA is spread. They also receive a call from an attacker, who pretends to work for the bank.

Malware 90

Malware Banking Mobile Social Engineering 90

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

To limit the research scope, we analyzed several lists of most popular games and based on this, created a list of TOP 28 games and game series available for download or about to be released on the streaming platforms Origin and Steam, as well as platform-independent titles. Trojan-Downloader. Cyberthreats using games as a lure.

Mobile 96

Mobile Passwords Software Accountability 96

Spinone

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

How ransomware works On-prem : Trick human into downloading a file> Infect > Encrypt > Demand ransom Cloud: Trick human into giving access to their cloud drive > Infect > Encrypt > Demand ransom Read more about ransomware in action. Posts on social networking websites that contain a link to malicious software Botnets.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Backups Encryption Social Engineering 52

Malwarebytes

JUNE 7, 2021

Your first line of defense is to make life hard for hackers by ensuring you: Use strong, unique passwords; keep your systems patched with security updates; install advanced antivirus protection that defends your computer against malicious software; enable the firewalls on your Internet router and computers.

Social Engineering 91

Social Engineering Hacking Spyware Antivirus 91

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. Number of attacks on mobile users in 2019 and 2020 ( download ). Users attacked by adware in 2018 through 2020 ( download ).

Mobile 132

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 132

Identity IQ

APRIL 12, 2023

What Methods Are Employed by Identity Thieves Phishing Identity thieves will create fake emails trying to impersonate an organization to get you to reveal information. Social Engineering Identity thieves manipulate victims’ emotions to get them to compromise their personal information.

Identity Theft 59

Identity Theft Computers and Electronics Accountability Phishing 59

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Phishing Threats Are Increasing in Scale and Sophistication Phishing remains one of the most dangerous and widespread cybersecurity threats. Phishing is now the most common initial attack vector, overtaking stolen or compromised credentials. Phishing attacks are becoming more difficult to detect. billion USD globally.

DNS 65

DNS Phishing Social Engineering Engineering 65

Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2020

The first stage of this malware is an MSI (Microsoft Installer) file that downloads the malware from a google-sites server and deploys it in the Windows startup folder. The success of malicious campaigns always depends on the starting point of infection: social engineering.

Banking 110

Banking Malware Phishing Social Engineering 110

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Security experts at Cybaze – Yoroi ZLab have analyzed a new sample of the AdvisorsBot malware, a downloader that was first spotted in August 2018. The macro code downloads a text string through a WebClient object invoked from the powershell console, then it saves it with.png file extension and run it through the “iex” primitive.

Malware 84

Malware DNS Social Engineering Advertising 84

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

Figure 1 — Cloudflare RBI Diagram The primary focus of RBI is to prevent user interactions with web-based malware such as cross-site scripting (XSS), drive-by downloads, and various forms of malicious JavaScript. Antivirus Inspection Not all RBI products will prioritize this time factor. In this function, it does an excellent job.

DNS 65

DNS Penetration Testing Passwords Encryption 65

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Adware, also known as malvertising , is a type of malware that downloads or displays advertisements to the user interface. Users sometimes unknowingly infect themselves with adware installed by default when they download and install other applications. Install an antivirus solution that includes anti-adware capabilities.

Malware 105

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

In March 2014, hackers used login information leaked by eBay employees to access sensitive user data of 145 million customers , putting these users at risk of identity theft, password theft and phishing risks. According to the 2016 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report , 13% of those tested clicked on the attachment of a phishing email.

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Data breaches Passwords Backups Mobile 40

NopSec

MAY 21, 2020

In third position the “social engineering” technique is another relevant attack vector that leads to security breaches. Most of the backdoor and C2 implants available and custom built have already been fingerprinted by antivirus and anti-malware systems.

Malware 52

Malware Social Engineering Internet Internet 52

SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

According to a report by the Barracuda cybersecurity company, in 2021, businesses with fewer than 100 employees experienced far more social engineering attacks than larger ones. One of the methods often utilized to hack into employees’ smartphones is so-called “ smishing ” (a combination of SMS and phishing).

Cybercrime 84

Cybercrime Phishing Banking Malware 84

Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Security Antivirus – software that scans a device or a network to detect security threats, alert you, and neutralize malicious code. Malware and Ransomware Adware – Software that automatically displays or downloads material when a user is offline. We highlighted in red all warning signs used to identify a phishing email.

Passwords 40

Passwords Social Engineering Malware Encryption 40

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This permission is often misused in phishing and spamming attacks. antivirus) require this access, malicious apps could abuse it to take full control of your device. With this permission, the app can read data from directories like the Downloads folder, DCIM (camera photos), or other user-accessible storage locations.

Accountability 106

Accountability Mobile Surveillance Information Security 106

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

The first mention of this malware appears to be in early 2020 , when multiple phishing campaigns cast a wide net over thousands of users, offering RedLine en masse. Performing tasks: Download - download a file from link to the specified path. RunPE - injection of a 32-bit file downloaded from link into another file.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Passwords Malware 98

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? Increasingly, they also threaten to leak stolen data.

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Ransomware Cyber Insurance Backups Insurance 52

SecureList

APRIL 10, 2023

Malicious apps get removed from Google Play as soon as they are found, but sometimes after having been downloaded a number of times. Cybercriminals offer to launch Google ads to attract more people to download malicious and unwanted apps. Most frequently, sellers promise to inject code into an app with 5,000 downloads or more.

Malware 99

Malware Encryption Mobile Accountability 99

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The main purpose of CosmicStrand is to download a malicious program at startup, which then performs the tasks set by the attackers. All of them were ordinary people using our free antivirus solution, seemingly unconnected with any organization of interest to a sophisticated attacker of this kind. The attacks occur in several stages.

Malware 100

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Cryptocurrency 100

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Since 2008, antivirus and cybersecurity software testers AV-TEST have kept track of the number of newly-developed malware worldwide, totaling at nearly 1 billion as of September 2022. This information can range from what websites you visit to your download history to your bank PIN. An August 2022 Statista report counted 2.8

Malware 69

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 69

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. Beware of phishing emails , spams, and clicking malicious attachment. • Use Microsoft Edge to get SmartScreen protection. . •

Ransomware 81

Ransomware Social Engineering Malware Advertising 81

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. Computer viruses often utilize deception techniques and keep evolving to evade antivirus software. And it all started with a single employee falling prey to a phishing email.

Cyber threats 113

Cyber threats Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 113

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. Computer viruses often utilize deception techniques and keep evolving to evade antivirus software. And it all started with a single employee falling prey to a phishing email.

Malware 107

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107