The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. Way back in 1990, Symantec acquired Norton Utilities and made Norton the heart of its antivirus subscription offering. Related: The coming of ubiquitous passwordless access.

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

For businesses, this means implementing a comprehensive incident response plan that includes secure, immutable backups and regular testing to ensure rapid recovery in the event of an attack. For businesses, this means implementing strong antivirus software, endpoint protection solutions, and regular software updates.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2022

SharkBot banking malware was able to evade Google Play Store security checks masqueraded as an antivirus app. Researchers pointed out that this technique allows the malware to receive a list of events to be simulated, allowing attackers to automate and scale up their operations. ” reads the report published by NCC Group.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

The ransomware identifies user accounts by viewing successful logins in Windows Event Viewer, it also uses a modified variant of the open-source PSnmap Tool. Once the malware has escalated the privileges on a machine, the threat actors use a batch script to uninstall popular antivirus solutions installed on the machine.

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NopSec

AUGUST 2, 2017

Antivirus software is one of the oldest and the most ever present security control against malware and various types of malicious software. I have antivirus so I’m covered” used have some legitimate weight to it. Hope for the best that the target does not have an antivirus or an end point security tool! <For

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The ransomware identifies user accounts by viewing successful logins in Windows Event Viewer, it also uses a modified variant of the open-source PSnmap Tool. Once the malware has escalated the privileges on a machine, the threat actors use a batch script to uninstall popular antivirus solutions installed on the machine.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2024

The ransomware identifies user accounts by viewing successful logins in Windows Event Viewer, it also uses a modified variant of the open-source PSnmap Tool. Once the malware has escalated the privileges on a machine, the threat actors use a batch script to uninstall popular antivirus solutions installed on the machine.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

Italy’s data privacy watchdog launched an investigation into the “potential risks” associated with the use of Russian antivirus software Kaspersky. Italy’s data privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into potential risks associated with the use of the Kaspersky antivirus.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

“The most notable tool delivered by the attackers was a user-mode module that gained the ability to read and write kernel memory due to the CVE-2021-21551 vulnerability in a legitimate Dell driver,” security researchers from antivirus firm ESET said in a recent report. This is the first ever recorded abuse of this vulnerability in the wild.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 17, 2023

However, as manual track down of threats is impossible, due to sheer volumes of data, analysts use an automated form of software that assists them in collecting, analyzing and sharing information with the teams to ensure identity and prevention of harm from attacks.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

CACTUS essentially encrypts itself, making it harder to detect and helping it evade antivirus and network monitoring tools,” Laurie Iacono, Associate Managing Director for Cyber Risk at Kroll, told Bleeping Computer. The binary is deployed using a specific flag that allows its execution, while the ZIP archive is removed.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Rapid7’s Zero Day Initiative hosts an event called Pwn2Own, and at the 2023 event, computer security firm Synactiv hacked a Tesla computer within two minutes. This year, electric cars were a major focal point of the 2024 event, called Pwn2Own Automotive.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2022

. “Organizations should increase vigilance and evaluate their capabilities encompassing planning, preparation, detection, and response for such an event.” ” Below is the list of actions recommended to the organizations: • Set antivirus and antimalware programs to conduct regular scans. Filter network traffic.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

In the event of a cyber attack or data breach, having up-to-date backups ensures that you can restore your information and minimize potential losses. Employ Security Software: Install reputable antivirus and anti-malware software on all your devices. Conclusion Creating cybersecurity awareness is vital in today’s digital age.

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Cytelligence

MARCH 3, 2023

Regularly backing up your data can also help minimize damage in the event of a data breach. Know how to distinguish between fake antivirus offers and real notifications Cybercriminals often use fake antivirus offers to trick users into downloading malware. This can include monitoring for unusual traffic.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 30, 2022

Currently, it is in active development and has the following capabilities: Anti-Detection: Once executed, it checks and kills the processes related to antivirus and sandbox as shown in the figure below. BlackGuard detects antivirus processes. This allows it to bypass antivirus and string-based detection. Whitelist CIS.

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NopSec

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

He has helped develop solutions in a number of security related areas including, Vulnerability Management, Identity Management, GRC, Antivirus, intrusion detection, encryption, Security Event Management, cloud security, forensics, insider threat, IOT, analytic and managed security services.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

The SOC team notified the customer about the successful phishing attack by creating an investigation report containing all the events between the attack and lockout. A review of the previous ninety days of events revealed there was one additional recipient, however, logs showed the email was quarantined after user’s click.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2022

“ Previously observed techniques to evade defenses by removing EDR/EPP’s userland hooks, Event Tracing for Windows and Antimalware Scan Interface were also observed.” . “In particular, when attempting to execute Cobalt Strike we observed a new legitimate tool used for side-loading a malicious DLL, that decrypts the payload.”

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Fox IT

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

After we discovered in February 2022 the SharkBotDropper in Google Play posing as a fake Android antivirus and cleaner, now we have detected a new version of this dropper active in the Google Play and dropping a new version of Sharkbot. Authored by Alberto Segura (main author) and Mike Stokkel (co-author). Introduction.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The article detailed a series of cyber intrusions targeting key sectors such as power and water utilities, communications, and transportation systems, raising concerns about the potential consequences in the event of a U.S.-China China conflict in the Pacific. officials and industry security experts.

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Fox IT

MARCH 3, 2022

The ATS features allow the malware to receive a list of events to be simulated, and them will be simulated in order to do the money transfers. Because of the fact of being distributed via the Google Play Store as a fake Antivirus, we found that they have to include the usage of infected devices in order to spread the malicious app.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

SlowMist says the North Korean phishing scams used the “Add Custom Link” feature of the Calendly meeting scheduling system on event pages to insert malicious links and initiate phishing attacks. MacOS computers include X-Protect , Apple’s built-in antivirus technology. ” Image: SlowMist.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

Oddly, none of the several dozen antivirus tools available to scan the file at Virustotal.com currently detect it as malicious. Here are a few of the more notable examples , although all of those events are almost a decade old. That same list today would be pages long. Further reading: A Basic Timeline of the Exchange Mass-Hack.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2022

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Below is the timeline of the events related to the previous weeks: March 18 – China-linked threat actors are targeting the government of Ukraine. March 15 – CaddyWiper, a new data wiper hits Ukraine.

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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. One of the most commonly used tools for threat hunting, however is security information and event management (SIEM).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The user ianch99 in the QNAP NAS community forum reported that the antivirus ClamAV was failing to update due to 0.0.0.0 “Since recent firmware updates, the ClamAV Antivirus fails to update due to 700+ clamav.net entries in /etc/hosts, all set to 0.0.0.0 clamav.net host file entries. e.g.” wrote the user ianch99.

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Webroot

AUGUST 27, 2021

When paired with the strong recommendation to use antivirus software at all times, NIST’s recommended prevention measures already cover two key areas of focus in a cyber resilience strategy: endpoint security and network protection.

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Cytelligence

MAY 24, 2023

Firewall and Antivirus Protection: Install and maintain a reputable firewall and antivirus software on all your computers and networks. Incident Response Plan: Develop an incident response plan that outlines the steps to be taken in the event of a cybersecurity breach. WPA2 or WPA3).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

While previous variants of the dropper relied on Accessibility permissions to automatically install the Sharkbot malware, this new one asks the victim to install the malware as a fake update for the antivirus. ” continues the report.

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Hacker Combat

OCTOBER 25, 2021

That way, antivirus detectors that trigger malware will be avoided. Lastly, users should be on the lookout for encrypted archives, which often shunt antivirus detection scans adding to the risks of opening malicious files. This provides accounts with an added security layer in the event your account password is exposed. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2021

Microsoft announced an improvement of its Defender antivirus that will leverage Intel’s Threat Detection Technology (TDT) to detect processes associated with crypto-miners. ” reads the announcement published by Microsoft.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Since 2004, there's been an annual event designed to "Promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world." Was the general state of the Internet at the time so bad that all of these events sprang up almost out of necessity? Help required.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In other words, 2022 has been an eventful year in the threat landscape, with malware continuing to take center stage. For the past year, hackers have been following close behind businesses and families just waiting for the right time to strike. The 6 Nastiest Malware of 2022. 2022 was no different. Strategies for individuals.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

The new variants include new features that are used to impersonate the login page of the target financial institution to harvest credentials, access SMS messages, acquire GPS, and sideload a second-stage payload from a C2 server to log events. ” concludes the report.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In short, phishing scammers use current events to target vulnerable users, like those who are inexperienced, compulsive or still developing critical thinking skills – traits that apply to many school-aged children. Scammers used the beginning of the pandemic to spoof sites like eBay, where in-demand goods were being bought and sold.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 8, 2022

More advanced attackers may modify a few lines in the source code to lower the detection rate, and most antivirus software will fail to detect it. This is where EDR and UEBA can identify unwanted modifications in security policies and unusual events – but watch for attempts to bypass EDR systems too.

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