Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

Google’s TAG team revealed that China-linked APT groups are targeting Ukraine’s government for intelligence purposes. Below is the tweet published by TAG chief, Shane Huntley, who cited the Google TAG Security Engineer Billy Leonard. We will continue to update our recent blog as necessary. ” wrote Leonard.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 21, 2021

According to Google, YouTube influencers have been targeted with password-stealing malware in a phishing campaign allegedly conducted by Russian-speaking cybercriminals. The post Russian Threat Actors Tempt YouTubers with Bogus Paid Collaborations to Hijack their Accounts appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team reported that the China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool Google Command and Control ( GC2 ) in an attack against an unnamed Taiwanese media organization. China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool GC2 in an attack against a Taiwanese media organization.

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NetSpi Technical

MARCH 11, 2024

This blog will cover how we discovered CVE-2024-21378 and weaponized it by modifying Ruler , an Outlook penetration testing tool published by SensePost. In late 2015, Nick Landers, Co-Founder of Dreadnode, published a blog on the abuse of Outlook Rules for RCE. are displayed through a form structure in an “inspector window”.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

One notorious hacking group from Iran uses particularly dirty schemes to fleece users, according to Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG). Developing advanced phishing techniques to lure victims. According to Google’s TAG blog, APT35 have been active since at least 2017, including attacks on the 2020 U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

North Korea-linked threat actors posed as Samsung recruiters in a spear-phishing campaign aimed at employees at South Korean security firms. North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Everything becomes clear(er) if I manually change the font in the browser dev tools to a serif version: The victim I was referring to in the opening of this blog post? Obviously, the image is resized to the width of paragraphs on this blog, give it a click if you want to check it out at 1:1 size. Poor Googie! More on that soon.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2021

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 19, 2021

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2021

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2021

This year, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered a largescale cyberattack that originated out of North Korea. The cyberattack utilized fake blogs, fake email accounts, and even […]. Social media, including LinkedIn, have become the new preferred method of attack for these criminals.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 18, 2022

The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has shared their observations about a group of cybercriminals called Exotic Lily. Among these interested parties TAG found the Conti and Diavol ransomware groups. From the TAG blog we can learn that Exotic Lily was very much specialized. Initial access broker. Exotic Lily.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Now, let’s take a quick tour through the terrain of common cyber scams: Phishing scams Ah, phishing scams, the bane of our digital existence. government’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at phishing-report@us-cert.gov. You can also be a good internet citizen by forwarding these scams to the U.S.

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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. One of the best ways to increase employee security awareness is to provide frequent training and communication about the risks of phishing and other cyberattacks. Use a corporate VPN.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2022

In February 2022, Cisco Talos researchers started observing China-linked cyberespionage group Mustang Panda conducting phishing attacks against European entities, including Russian organizations. The attacks were also reported by Google’s TAG team, which confirmed they were for intelligence purposes. To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2022

SecurityAffairs awarded as Best European Personal Cybersecurity Blog 2022 Crooks are using RIG Exploit Kit to push Dridex instead of Raccoon stealer Flagstar Bank discloses a data breach that impacted 1.5

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 13, 2023

This note is tagged with a CVSS score of 7.9. Updates in previously released High Priority SAP Security Notes SAP Security Note #3326210 , tagged with a CVSS score of 7.1, SAP Security Note #3102769 , tagged with a CVSS score of 8.8, SAP Note #3318657 is tagged with a CVSS score of 6.4

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

. “It has low complexity, uses the network vector, and requires no privilege to use, but it needs user interaction, such as using a phishing email to convince the victim to visit a malicious server share or website,” Walters said. “With a long list of Windows 10 and 11 impacted (in addition to Win 8.0,

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 31, 2022

To enter: Follow me & @GrumpyKatzNFT Like & RT Tag 3 friends. Whoever was running this scam would likely have phished hopefuls via the hijacked Twitter account. This blog is safe for work so if you wish to see her, um, very enthusiastic condemnation of the account compromise, click here. Or was something else at work?

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 24, 2021

<a href='/blog?tag='></a> tag='></a> <a href='/blog?tag='></a> tag='></a> <a href='/blog?tag='></a> tag='></a> Protecting customer data from loss and leakage has become a top priority for enterprises over the past decade.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog At least 2 critical infrastructure orgs breached by North Korea-linked hackers behind 3CX attack American Bar Association (ABA) suffered a data breach,1.4

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Likewise, lookalike and spoofed web domains and well-crafted phishing emails now easily trick employees into thinking they’re dealing with trustworthy sources. Ransomware usually starts with a phishing email. A typical attack. Sometimes ransom payments are recovered, but not always. The impact of ransomware.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 26, 2022

In 2021, the main attack vector used by this threat actor was credential phishing attacks through emails, posing as Naver, the popular South Korean search engine and web portal. Some details about this campaign were published in this Korean blog, however they did not perform the threat attribution. Spear phishing emails distribution.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The attacker challenge was split into two tracks — Anti-Malware Evasion and Anti-Phishing Evasion. In the Anti-Phishing Evasion team there were two more data scientists — Vladislav Tushkanov and Dmitry Evdokimov. Phishing Track. In the phishing track the task was to modify 10 (synthetic) phishing samples (i.e.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Some 14,000 people have been notified about a spear phish attempt looking to compromise accounts and access their files. He goes into more details in this thread: TAG sent a above average batch of government-backed security warnings yesterday. Google has more information on this type of warning over on its security blog.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 11, 2022

What’s left is sites which look a bit like blogs and loop visitors round, with no download in site. They’re tagged as a mixture of phishing, tech support, and fake invoices. Others are a bit more professional looking, and ask you to download a driver first. It turns out that you actually can (to a degree).

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Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

It seems phishing for users’ passwords to the sites used to buy and sell NFTs is the main method of compromise. Once a key is stolen—either by phishing, a keylogger or some other means—there’s very little in terms of a realistic prospect of getting it back. He’s apparently not alone in this experience.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The researchers said they had seen Nobelium using HTML smuggling in a spear-phishing campaign in May, and more recently, observed it being used to deliver the banking Trojan Mekotio and the AsyncRAT/MJRAT and Trickbot malware used by attackers to get control of targeted devices and deliver such malware as ransomware. Trickbot Attacks.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Google TAG has recently published a post about a campaign by Lazarus targeting security researchers. The group made use of COVID-19 themes in its spear-phishing emails, embellishing them with personal information gathered using publicly available sources. In this attack, spear phishing was used as the initial infection vector.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

HYAS said given the entities compromised — and that only a handful of known compromises occurred outside of France — there’s a strong possibility this was the result of an orchestrated phishing campaign targeting French infrastructure firms.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 16, 2024

Automated classification tags enable the institution to enforce stringent access controls and encryption measures, ensuring the utmost protection for sensitive financial data. Educate and train employees to recognize phishing attempts, use strong passwords, and follow secure data handling practices.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Phishing, ransomware, site defacement and SEO spam are just some of the most common threats SMBs face online. Then you can set up a business email address, develop high-level messaging for your business like a tag line, and design a logo or hire someone to do it for you. Additionally, a good business name has an available domain name.

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Kali Linux

MAY 29, 2023

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Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

cp -rf /root/Desktop/tools/html-templates/* /var/www/html/ls /var/www/html/ Modify the index.html file and paste the below code under the HTML <body> tag. <script> Notably, this technique was observed in a spear-phishing campaign from the threat actor NOBELIUM in May. Originally published at [link].

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 1, 2022

This can lead users to believe that they are still on the original site, and help scammers build a more believable phishing campaign. But the SOP does not limit javascript code, and the HTML <script> tag is allowed to load Javascript code from any origin. The same-origin policy (SOP) usually controls data access cross-origins.

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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.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In this blog, we describe two separate incidents. We have also witnessed the Lazarus group carry out spear phishing or strategic website compromise in order to deliver Bookcode malware in the past. Relationship of recent Lazarus group attack.

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