Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

“The tags such as ‘ads_enable’ or ‘collect_enable’ indicates each functionality to work or not while other parameters define conditions and availability.” Based on the parameters, the library periodically checks, pulls device information, and sends them to the remote servers.”

Data collection 95

Data collection Mobile Malware Education 95

Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2021

Magecart cybercrime gang is using favicon to hide malicious PHP web shells used to maintain remote access to inject JavaScript skimmers into online stores. Threat actors edited the shortcut icon tags with a path to the fake PNG file. ” Please vote Security Affairs as Best Personal cybersecurity Blog [link].

Cybercrime 103

Cybercrime Malware Hacking Cybersecurity 103

SC Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

In a blog post, Avanan said hackers are bypassing static link scanners by hosting their attacks on publicly-known services. According to Avanan blog, once the attacker publishes the lure, “Google provides a link with embed tags that are meant to be used on forums to render custom content.

Phishing 110

Phishing Social Engineering Engineering CISO 110

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employees are the first line of defense against cybercrime and should understand how to recognize phishing emails and what to do if they suspect them. Make sure to use common, understandable labels and data value tags for your data. . • Create security awareness for employees. Use a corporate VPN.

Passwords 214

Passwords Security Awareness Data breaches Cybersecurity 214

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2023

HUMAN worked closely with its partners in the Human Collective to get additional insight into traffic volumes and verification tags they were using on their ads. To learn more about the VASTFLUX operation, visit the HUMAN blog , or read the full technical report.

Advertising 59

Advertising Cybercrime CISO Education 59

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

They could be on the other side of the globe, part of a cybercrime regime that will never be discovered, much less brought to justice. The price tag of the ransom is just one of the many costs of these attacks, and remediation can often exceed this fee many times over. But the situation isn’t hopeless. The impact of ransomware.

Ransomware 124

Ransomware Education Financial Services Phishing 124

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

HTML smuggling uses both the HTML5 “download” attribute and a JavaScript Blog to pull together the payload after it is downloaded into the victim’s device. Everyone is scrambling to update their tools to identify and eliminate the threats. It’s a never-ending cat-and-mouse race.”. Leveraging HTML5 and JavaScript. Trickbot Attacks.

Firewall 111

Firewall Ransomware Banking Malware 111

Malwarebytes

MAY 13, 2021

This blog post was authored by Jérôme Segura. The way it is injected in compromised sites is by editing the shortcut icon tags with a path to the fake PNG file. In comparison, the skimmer we showed in this blog dynamically injects code into the merchant site.

Malware 112

Malware Hacking Software Cybercrime 112

Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2020

Users could search for a specific malware family and filter malware using Hashes and TAGS. However, I often get confronted with a simple but severe problem: malware samples referenced in blog posts, whitepaper or mentioned on social media like Twitter are usually not easily available.” ” abuse.ch Pierluigi Paganini.

Malware 54

Malware Adware Cyber threats Advertising 54

Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

NFT theft and a new brand of cybercrime. NFTs’ massive price tags and novel technological backing make them attractive target for cybercriminals. The post Another NFT explainer, with a bonus look at the data security implications appeared first on Webroot Blog.

Cryptocurrency 91

Cryptocurrency Marketing Phishing Authentication 91

Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2022

In a recent post from 10 Jul 2022, 15:35 pm in Dark Web , “ALPHV” introduced search not only by text signatures, but also supporting tags for search of passwords and compromised PII. Additional info is available in the post published by Resecurity on its blog: [link]. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Ransomware 85

Ransomware Passwords Data breaches Technology 85

Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 413 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

Spyware 86

Spyware Surveillance Artificial Intelligence Data breaches 86

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

In November and December 2020, two public blog posts were published about this campaign. On January 25, the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) announced that a North Korean-related threat actor had targeted security researchers.

Malware 138

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 138

Elie

AUGUST 31, 2017

This series of three blog posts summarizes the key findings of our large-scale study. This blog post, the first in the series, explains the methodology and techniques we developed to trace ransomware payments end-to-end. This makes it ideal for conducting cybercrimes. Why are ransoms in Bitcoin?

Ransomware 115

Ransomware Backups Encryption Scams 115

Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

Here’s a closer look at the DarkSide cybercrime gang, as seen through their negotiations with a recent U.S. “We are apolitical, we do not participate in geopolitics, do not need to tie us with a defined government and look for other our motives [sic],” reads an update to the DarkSide Leaks blog.

Ransomware 363

Ransomware Advertising Healthcare Penetration Testing 363

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Last June, Google’s TAG team released a blog post documenting attacks on Italian and Kazakh users that they attribute to RCS Lab, an Italian offensive software vendor. A recent leak has put it in the hands of cybercrime actors and it is very likely that by the end of the year we will see it involved in APT cases too.

Firmware 106

Firmware Surveillance Mobile Telecommunications 106