Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

companies and government entities. ” Only one of the men sanctioned today is known to have been criminally charged in connection with hacking activity. government’s first swipe at the Trickbot group. A New Jersey grand jury indicted Kovalev in 2012 after an investigation by the U.S. This is not the U.S.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 22, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an alert regarding more than a dozen malware samples that were found on exploited Pulse Secure devices and that can go undetected by antivirus products. The post A Stealthy Malware Found on Hacked Pulse Secure Devices appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 22, 2021

They found the Sunburst/Solorigate backdoor was designed to detect and avoid a variety of security products, in particular antivirus software developed by FireEye, CrowdStrike, Microsoft, ESET, and F-Secure in the first stage of infection. government and private industry reporting.". The threat actor, identified by the U.S.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 16, 2023

An advanced hacking group named 'Winter Vivern' targets European government organizations and telecommunication service providers to conduct espionage. [.]

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2022

The vulnerability is due to the method (cpio) in which Zimbra’s antivirus engine (Amavis) scans inbound emails. The experts pointed out that the vulnerability is due to the method ( cpio ) used by Zimbra’s antivirus engine ( Amavis ) to scan the inbound emails. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zimbra). reported Rapid7.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 19, 2021

In some cases, we are aware that PRC government-affiliated cyber operators have conducted ransomware operations against private companies that have included ransom demands of millions of dollars. government agencies released a cybersecurity advisory on China's cyber operations. CISA, NSA, and FBI cybersecurity advisory on China.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

Government agencies revealed that Akira ransomware has breached over 250 entities worldwide and received over $42 million in ransom payments. The government experts observed the use of PowerTool by Akira threat actors to exploit the Zemana AntiMalware driver and terminate antivirus-related processes.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Related: What local government can do to repel ransomware Ransomware came into existence in 1989 as a primitive program dubbed the AIDS Trojan that was spreading via 5.25-inch In many cases, the crooks hack managed service providers (MSPs) first and then use this access to compromise the partnering organizations. inch diskettes.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

CERT France is warning of a new wave of attacks using Pysa ransomware (Mespinoza) that is targeting local governments. CERT France cyber-security agency is warning about a new wave of ransomware attack that is targeting the networks of local government authorities. newversion file extension instead of. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2019

A few hours ago, a new email hacking tool dubbed Jason and associated with the OilRig APT group was leaked through the same Telegram channel used to leak other tools. The Lab Dookhtegan hackers used a Telegram channel to dump information about the OilRig infrastructure, revealing details about its hacking tools, members, and operations.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 7, 2022

Anonymous, an internationally recognized hacking group, has leaked over 900,000 emails belonging to Russian state media channels. Reports are in that the emails spanning over 20 years was stolen from an archival database running in Moscow.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 17, 2022

government employees and contractors have been issued a secure smart ID card that enables physical access to buildings and controlled spaces, and provides access to government computer networks and systems at the cardholder’s appropriate security level. government smart cards. government smart cards.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2021

I’ve written this countless times: keep your antivirus updated, click judiciously, practice good password hygiene. As part of this mindset, more consumers are subscribing to a personal VPN service which they use to shield themselves from disinformation sweeps and to protect themselves from Covid 19-related hacks and scams.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a security alert related to the discovery of 13 malware samples on compromised Pulse Secure devices, many of which were undetected by antivirus products. Some of the files discovered on hacked Pulse Connect Secure devices were modified versions of legitimate scripts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This joint CSA updates the advisory published by the US Government on March 17, 2022. bat) scripts [T1059.003] for lateral movement, privilege escalation, and disabling antivirus software. AvosLocker affiliates use legitimate software and open-source remote system administration tools to compromise the victims’ networks.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 16, 2021

The number of hacks at first were limited, but once Microsoft made the zero-days public on March 2 and issued emergency patches, malicious actors implemented a script that enabled them to launch a massive automated hack. The post The Microsoft Exchange hack: The risks and rewards of sharing bug intel appeared first on SC Media.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) are warning of an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign targeting organizations worldwide in multiple industries, including government, finance, energy, manufacturing, and healthcare. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Avaddon). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

These two software are currently unknown to most if not all antivirus companies.” The researchers concluded that 911 is supported by a “mid scale botnet-like infrastructure that operates in several networks, such as corporate, government and critical infrastructure.” ” A depiction of the Proxygate service.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Former NSA TAO hacker was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky. The former NSA hacker is Nghia Hoang Pho (68), he served the US intelligence for 10 years as a member of the NSA’s elite Tailored Access Operations hacking unit. Equestre.*”.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 uses fake NATO training documents as bait in attacks aimed at government bodies. The Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 is behind a string of attacks that targeting government bodies with Zebrocy Delphi malware. SecurityAffairs – hacking, APT28). screenshots) to hxxp://194.32.78[.]245/protect/get-upd-id[.]PHP”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2022

Below is the timeline of the events related to the previous weeks: March 18 – China-linked threat actors are targeting the government of Ukraine. Google’s TAG team revealed that China-linked APT groups are targeting Ukraine ’s government for intelligence purposes. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Russia). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

Experts from Kaspersky explained that in February 2019, multiple antivirus companies received a collection of malware samples, some of them cannot be associated with the activity of known APT groups. . Across the years, the researchers found analyzed multiple backdoors and hacking tools composing the arsenal of the cyberespionage group.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2023

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. ” reads the alert. ” reads the alert. ” continues the alert.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2021

federal government commission associated with international rights. federal government commission associated with international rights. ” According to security firm Avast who discovered the attack, the backdoor was likely used as the initial vector in a multi-stage attack to penetrate the government network.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The CISA agency is warning of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting multiple state and local governments in the US since August. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert to warn of a surge of Emotet attacks that have targeted multiple state and local governments in the U.S. since August.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2022

The threat actors behind this campaign impersonate Mexican Government Officials, the malware uses multiple anti-analysis techniques along with implementation of Captcha for evading Sandboxes. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Log4Shell). ” reads the post published by Zscaler. That’s not all. ” concludes the report. .

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

The attacks were spotted in 2020, threat actors leveraged spear-phishing attacks, exploitation of vulnerabilities in web applications, hacking the infrastructure of contractors to penetrate the infrastructure of the Russian federal executive authorities. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Russian federal agencies). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

It's also why the United States has blocked the cybersecurity company Kaspersky from selling its Russian-made antivirus products to US government agencies. Last year, Le Monde reported that the Chinese government bugged the computer network of the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2021

Ukraine warned of a “massive” spear-phishing campaign carried out by Russia-linked threat actors against its government and private businesses. This is the third massive spear-phishing campaign that the Ukrainian government attributed to Russia-linked threat actors this year. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ukraine).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Experts observed a 400% increase in the number of attacks, compared with October, that hit government organizations. PYSA ransomware operators focus on large or high-value finance, government and healthcare organisations. SecurityAffairs – hacking, PYSA). newversion file extension instead of. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

Funnily enough, the key to protecting NFTs is first understanding their financial liability and the laws governing them. Cryptocurrency has been subjected to a rapidly changing balance of laws for the government to try and control it through regulation. Governmental regulations. Cryptocurrency wallet theft is no small issue.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

“Account accesses for antivirus programs garner the second-highest prices: around $21.67. The cost for antivirus accounts is just over $20, while other types of accounts (cable, social media, VPN, streaming, adult, music, file sharing, and video game accounts) typically go for less than $10. ” continues the report. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

China-linked hackers carried out cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks with TAIDOOR malware. China has been using #Taidoor malware to conduct #cyber espionage on governments, corporations, and think tanks. US government agencies published the Malware Analysis Report MAR-10292089-1.v1

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The victims include the construction subsector of the critical manufacturing sector, the academia subsector of the government facilities sector, the information technology sector, and the transportation sector.” Install and regularly update antivirus software on all hosts, and enable real time detection. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2020

Jeff Bezos phone was hacked by Saudi crown prince. Chinese hackers exploited a Trend Micro antivirus zero-day used in Mitsubishi Electric hack. For the second time in a few days, Greek Government websites hit by DDoS attacks. SecurityAffairs – Newsletter, hacking). NIST releases version 1.0 The Mystery of Fbot.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In some attacks, government experts also observed the sabotage of backup or auditing devices to make recovery more difficult, the encryption of entire virtual servers, the use of scripting environments (i.e. SecurityAffairs – hacking, education institutions). PowerShell) to easily deploy tooling or ransomware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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