Heimadal Security

JUNE 29, 2021

The REvil ransomware (aka Sodinokibi) threat actors are now employing a Linux encryptor that targets and encrypts Vmware ESXi virtual computers. The post Vmware ESXi Virtual Computers Targeted by the REvil Ransomware’s New Linux Encryptor appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials. 12 blog post , the attackers used their access to Mailchimp employee accounts to steal data from 214 customers involved in cryptocurrency and finance.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. Ransomware gangs also got stealthier in 2023, with ThreatLabz observing an increase in encryption-less extortion attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Malicious intent or manipulation: AI chatbots can be exploited to spread misinformation, execute social engineering attacks or launch phishing. Such manipulation can harm user trust, tarnish brand reputation and have broader social consequences. Machine learning helps AI chatbots adapt to and prevent new cyber threats. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. This gang of cybercriminals targets individuals within an organization with social engineering tactics designed to fool them into opening a document from a ZIP file attached to an email. How do hackers use social engineering? Encrypt all sensitive company data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In this blog, we will summarize the key findings of the report and offer actionable recommendations to mitigate these threats. Attackers exploit the geopolitical environment and use AI-powered tools to create convincing deepfakes, disinformation campaigns, and social engineering attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 24, 2022

In a blog post detailing its efforts to track and contain the breach, Microsoft described LAPSUS$ as a “large scale social engineering and extortion campaign.” LAPSUS$ doesn’t appear to be using overtly sophisticated intrusion methods but instead relying on social engineering and purchased accounts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. With quantum computing looming in the not-so-distant future, the way that we think about encryption will need to evolve. However, the complex math behind creating encryption keys is no match for the power of quantum computers.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2021

<a href='/blog?tag=Endpoint tag=Endpoint Protection'>Endpoint Protection</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Data tag=Data Loss Prevention'>Data Loss Prevention</a> <a href='/blog?tag=File tag=File Transfers'>File Transfers</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Advanced Additional Resources.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The analysis discovered that the threat actors behind the campaign leverage extortion without malware-based encryption, have significantly invested in call centers and infrastructure unique to attack targets, and are evolving their tactics over time.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

The leaked Symphony application secret could have been used to decrypt previously encrypted data such as user cookies and session IDs. The link to the git repository could be used in social engineering attacks against the platform developers to gain access to the repository, and in turn, steal the source code of the site.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2023

ReversingLabs discovered two malicious packages, respectively named nodejs-encrypt-agent and nodejs-cookie-proxy-agent, in the npm package repository containing an open-source info-stealer called TurkoRat. The nodejs-encrypt-agent was discovered due to name and version discrepancies noticed by the researchers while scanning the repository.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

A little more than a week later, cybersecurity firm Armorblox outlined an account takeover attack that leveraged malicious phishing and social engineering. The servers process meeting audio and video content, which means that an attacker who compromised the system could monitor any Zoom meetings that didn’t have end-to-end encryption.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This blog aims to dissect the nuances of cloud security risks , shedding light on the challenges commonly faced when securing digital assets in the cloud. Lack of Encryption Cloud computing involves data transmission over networks and storage in shared infrastructures. Who’s Responsible for Security in the Cloud?

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2022

That explains why over 80 percent of data breaches start with weak, reused, and stolen passwords through password phishing, social engineering, brute force attacks and credential stuffing. O’Toole. Hackers don’t need to hack in, they just log in. With more victims, they harvest more credentials, which lead to more victims.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

When I first started diving into offensive Slack access, one of the best public resources I found was a blog post by Cody Thomas from back in 2020 (which I highly recommend giving a read). The biggest change Slack has made since Cody’s original post involves cookie encryption (at least on macOS).

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Updating software Cisco Duo is all about cybersecurity, so every week we’re going to publish a blog focused on those respective topics. Cybercriminals can harvest this information through social engineering and deduce your password. Enabling multi-factor authentication 3. Recognizing and reporting phishing 4.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 25, 2018

In this blog post, I’ll discuss: Our current perimeter defense; The need to shift to a data-centric security approach; and, The need to educate the public to strengthen our critical infrastructure security posture. Some of these include: Advanced persistent threats (APTs); Insider threats; Social engineering; and, Human error.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 16, 2021

A phishing campaign that Microsoft security researchers have been tracking for about a year highlights not only the ongoing success of social engineering efforts by hackers to compromise systems, but also the extent to which the bad actors will go to cover their tracks while stealing user credentials. Invoice-Themed Lures.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

The threat actors publish malicious packages to the PyPI repository and attempt to trick developers into using them using social engineering tricks, such as intentional typos in their names and high version numbers. The repository is a privileged target for threat actors that aim to carry out supply chain attacks aimed at developers.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 18, 2022

The RaaS will provide the encryption software, the contact and leak sites, and negotiate the ransom with the victim. From the TAG blog we can learn that Exotic Lily was very much specialized. Microsoft also posted a blog about attacks that exploited this vulnerability. Social engineering. Exotic Lily.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Due to their network engineers' lack of understanding of how the network functions, network access was problematic on Saturday. As with so many break ins, this begins with a social engineering attack. We've written about BlackCat/ALPHV many times on the Malwarebytes Labs Blog. Stop malicious encryption.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 12, 2022

A convincingly-branded message that tells users they need to update their out of date software taps into all the good security messaging users have soaked up, it gives them a reason to install strange software from the Internet, and it carries exactly the right mixture of implied threat and urgency that social engineers like.

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SC Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

In a blog, Check Point researchers said they have worked with AWS Security to provide customers with the necessary information to help them resolve any configuration issues with the SSMs. This not only serves as a basis for social engineering attacks, but can lead to the exposure of additional resources.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2023

A user can then connect this decentralized identity to encrypted decentralized storage to store their personal data. For instance, to hack decentralized end-to-end encrypted data, a hacker must compromise multiple nodes on the storage network to gain access to the data.

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SecureList

JANUARY 18, 2023

The threat landscape is constantly updated through new malware and spyware, advanced phishing methods, and new social engineering techniques. In addition, the likelihood of the data being used for phishing and social engineering increases. . Kaspersky detects an average of 400,000 malicious files every day.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But in cybersecurity, dwell time is the time between bad actors’ initial break in and the attack itself, when target data is encrypted. Even bad actors abide by ROI Ransomware began purely from an encryption perspective. First, the modus operandi was to encrypt and hold data for ransom. It’s also a privacy issue.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

“Eventually, the threat actor was able to compromise both the Windows and macOS build environments,” 3CX said in an April 20 update on their blog. Mandiant found the compromised 3CX software would download malware that sought out new instructions by consulting encrypted icon files hosted on GitHub. Microsoft Corp.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2022

Password managers store passwords in an encrypted file called a vault, which is a target for attackers. AIS have no emotions and therefore cannot be attacked by social engineering methods. Online and offline password managers come into play here. Attackers can use the brute force method to crack this vault. ”

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

If the data is online, then it’s accessible to bad actors and just waiting to be encrypted for ransom. Fun fact: 80% of these breaches occur at the endpoint , often via phishing or social engineering. Back up your data and secure your backups in an offline location. It’s quick to deploy and simple to operate. Let’s talk VPNs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

Original post at [link] While organizations must still account for flashy vulnerability exploitations, denial-of-service campaigns, or movie-themed cyber-heists, phishing-based social engineering attacks remain a perennial choice of cybercriminals when it comes to hacking their victims.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

It is a type of social engineering cyberattack in which the website’s traffic is manipulated to steal confidential credentials from the users. An SSL certificate ensures that the website is encrypted and secure. It is an online scam attack quite similar to Phishing. Related: Credential stuffing explained.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

What started as notes from Nigerian princes that needed large sums of money to help them get home has evolved into bad actors that use refined social engineering tactics to convince the receiver to unknowingly share important information. This can be done using encryption. It’s not likely to stop there.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2023

And when strong passwords and MFA let you down, encryption can keep sensitive data from being accessed by cybercriminals. Companies can prevent social engineering attacks by steeping employees in cyber hygiene and warning them about the sneaky ways cybercriminals launch cyberattacks.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 19, 2021

<a href='/blog?tag=Inbound tag=Inbound Threats'>Inbound Threats</a> <a href='/blog?tag=File tag=File Transfers'>File Transfers</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Email Social engineering lures are a good example. Request a Demo. Additional Resources. Featured: .

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2022

Figure 2 presents an example of an SMS sent to Internet end-users during the ANUBIS social engineering wave. Figure 2: Example of SMS sent during the social engineering wave. As observed, criminals are using the Let’s Encrypt CA to create valid HTTPs certificates. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here is Erin’s Q&A column, which originally went live on OneRep’s well-done blog.) For the first expert interview on our blog, we welcomed Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter Byron V. Erin: What are some of the most common social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use?

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