eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

Microsoft in November fended off a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in its Azure cloud that officials said was the largest ever recorded, the latest in a wave of record attacks that washed over the IT industry in the second half of 2021. Also read: How to Stop DDoS Attacks: 6 Tips for Fighting DDoS Attacks.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 7, 2022

A recently discovered malware called LilithBot is linked to the Eternity group, Zscaler researchers claim. Earlier this year, Eternity Project came up on a Telegram channel advertising a toolkit which included a stealer, miner, clipper, ransomware, worm spreader, and a DDoS bot.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 13, 2022

The ‘Eternity Project,’ a new malware-as-a-service, allows cybercriminals to buy a malware toolkit that can be “personalized” with various modules depending on the type of cyberattack being carried out.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

While achieving compliance with industry standards is the minimum, it’s not enough to prevent insider threats, supply chain attacks, DDoS, or sophisticated cyberattacks such as double-extortion ransomware, phishing, business email compromise (BEC), info-stealing malware or attacks that leverage the domain name system (DNS).

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

and Australia in sanctioning and charging a Russian man named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the leader of the infamous LockBit ransomware group. was used to register at least six domains, including a Russian business registered in Khoroshev’s name called tkaner.com , which is a blog about clothing and fabrics. “P.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2022

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the IT giant Entrust and started leaking the stolen files. The Lockbit ransomware gang claimed to have hacked the company and is threatening to leak the stolen files. Entrust blog still down on your left and official statement on your right. Entrust Corp. Entrust Corp. Tor leak site.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Cyble analyzed a Tor website named named ‘Eternity Project’ that offers for sale a broad range of malware, including stealers, miners, ransomware, and DDoS Bots. The channel was used to share information about malware listings and updates. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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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. The 6 Nastiest Malware of 2022. The ransomware double extortion tactic continues to wreak havoc, with ransomware attackers threating to both steal your data and also leak it if you don’t pay up.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 4, 2022

The malware focuses on DDoS (Distributed-Denial-of-Service) cyberattacks, ransomware distribution, and UAC bypass. The post New RAT Dubbed Borat Emerging on the Cyberthreat Landscape appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. How Does Borat Work?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

Kaspersky discovered a flaw in the encryption process of the Yanluowang ransomware that allows victims to recover their files for free. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered a vulnerability in the encryption process of the Yanluowang ransomware that can be exploited to recover the files encrypted by the malware without paying the ransom.

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Anton on Security

JANUARY 3, 2023

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our fifth Threat Horizons Report ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blogs for #2 , #3 and #4 ). Now, go and read the report!

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Graham Cluley

MARCH 23, 2023

A new report from ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, looking at cyberattacks targeting the European transport network over a period of almost two years, has identified that ransomware has become the prominent threat. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 3, 2021

According to a new malware analysis conducted by cybersecurity researcher Joakim Kennedy, SunCrypt, a ransomware strain that continued to infect several targets last year, seems to be an updated version of QNAPCrypt ransomware, targeting Linux file storage systems.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

As the world marks the second Anti-Ransomware Day, there’s no way to deny it: ransomware has become the buzzword in the security community. Yet, much of the media attention ransomware gets is focused on chronicling which companies fall prey to it. Part I: Three preconceived ideas about ransomware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Uptycs researchers have observed attacks related to miners, DDOS malware and some variants of ransomware actively leveraging LogforShell flaw in log4j. So far we have observed attacks related to coinminers, DDOS malware and some variants of ransomware actively leveraging this vulnerability. Coinminers.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 21, 2022

The FBI has issued an advisory about the AvosLocker ransomware. AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including financial services, critical manufacturing, and government facilities. Threat profile.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Ransomware activity decreased in the third quarter of 2022 (Q3 2022), as actors regrouped and refocused after a busy start to the year. Despite this, attacks on high-profile targets—as well as potentially politically motivated attacks—kept our eyes on ransomware this quarter. from the previous quarter. of all victims.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

ViperSoftX uses more sophisticated encryption and anti-analysis techniques Atomic macOS Stealer is advertised on Telegram for $1,000 per month CISA warns of a critical flaw affecting Illumina medical devices OpenAI reinstates ChatGPT service in Italy after meeting Garante Privacy’s demands Cisco discloses a bug in the Prime Collaboration Deployment (..)

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2022

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2023

This blog post was authored by Jérôme Segura. From ransomware to password stealers, there are a number of toolkits available for purchase on various underground markets that allow just about anyone to get a jumpstart. This blog post will cover the technical details of the skimmer and its crime-filled ecosystem.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Netography Detection Models (NDMs) detect botnets, malware, P2P, data exfiltration, ransomware, phishing, SPAM, DDoS activity, and more. The Netography Threat Research Team has released its latest detections. The post Netography Detection Model Release – February 7, 2023 appeared first on Netography.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2022

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 3, 2023

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our fifth Threat Horizons Report ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blogs for #2 , #3 and #4 ). Now, go and read the report!

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017. On September 2022, the Sandworm group was observed impersonating telecommunication providers to target Ukrainian entities with malware. The group used spear-phishing campaigns against small numbers of users in Ukraine.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In this blog post, we'll explore what CaaS is and how it has impacted the contemporary threat landscape. Some common examples of Cybercrime-as-a-Service offerings include: Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS): Cybercriminals offer ransomware packages that other individuals or groups can use to infect and encrypt their targets' data.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

John Senchak , a longtime VFEmail user from Florida who also has been a loyal reader and commenter at this blog, told KrebsOnSecurity that the attack completely wiped out his inbox at the company — some 60,000 emails sent and received over more than a decade. . “I don’t have very high expectations of getting any U.S.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 23, 2021

How to troubleshoot hardware problems that look like malware problems. Analysts “strongly believe” the Russian state colludes with ransomware gangs. Largest DDoS attack ever reported gets hoovered up by Cloudflare. Other cybersecurity news: SynAck ransomware decryptor lets victims recover files for free.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, February 2021. I wrote a blog post about my concerns given Linux is embedded everywhere, yet many of these systems are rarely, and even never updated with security updates.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

Over the last few days, a new ransomware campaign infected several users around the world as part of the #OpJerusalem campaign. SI-LAB analyzed this malware and noticed that it does not use sophisticated techniques. Jcry is a recent ransomware written in Go which increases its analysis. How ransomware is distributed.

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SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

Introduction Although ransomware is still a hot topic on which we will keep on publishing, we also investigate and publish about other threats. In this blog post, we provide excerpts from the recent reports that focus on uncommon infection methods and describe the associated malware. Evades EDR/AV.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2022

A DDoS attack took down Finnish govt sites as Ukraine’s President addresses MPs SharkBot Banking Trojan spreads through fake AV apps on Google Play China-linked threat actors target Indian Power Grid organizations A Mirai-based botnet is exploiting the Spring4Shell vulnerability? To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

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Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

In particular, we witnessed an increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and a surge in the usage of the internet of things (IoT). Malware made leaps and bounds in 2021. Ransomware. Earlier in 2021, we detailed the hidden costs of ransomware in our eBook. In particular, six key threats made our list.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 4, 2022

Cyberattacks against Ukrainian government websites and affiliated organizations include : Data-wiping malware that “infected hundreds of computers” including those in neighboring Latvia and Lithuania. A distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that temporarily knocked government websites offline accompanied by sporadic outages.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2022

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