Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2025

Campaign A (20192023): Used emails with malware attachments (LODEINFO) to target politicians, media, and government. Since June 2023, MirrorFace has used the Windows Sandbox feature to execute LOADEINFO malware within an isolated environment, evading antivirus detection. Track antivirus detections carefully.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running. Details after contacting on jabber: truniger@xmpp[.]jp.”

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. In fact, the same email address tied to so many of NeroWolfe’s accounts on the forums — 3k@xakep.ru — was used in 2011 to create an account for a Dmitry Yurevich Khoroshev on the Russian social media network Vkontakte. “P.S.

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SC Magazine

JULY 7, 2021

Philips released software updates to address some of the flaws, but multiple vulnerabilities require system administrators to apply workarounds in the interim as the patches are currently in development and won’t be released for some time. SC Media’s recent report sheds light on the ongoing health care issue in the U.S.,

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Antivirus software and firewalls are just the first line of defense, which is far from being 100% effective against ransomware. The name 3-2-1 stands for having 3 separate copies of your data stored on 2 different kinds of media, with at least 1 copy stored off-site. But there is a problem. Ransomware can infect backups.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

????????Fifteen years after the launch of the microblogging social media platform, Twitter remains a dominant public forum for instant communication with individuals and organizations worldwide on a universe of topics, including #cybersecurity. — Dave Kennedy (@HackingDave) July 15, 2020. Eugene Kaspersky | @e_kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The CISA agency provides recommendations for system administrators and owners to enhance the level of security of their organizations: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. Exercise caution when using removable media (e.g.,

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