McAfee

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

McAfee Enterprise’s Advanced Threat Research (ATR) team provided deep insight into a long-term campaign Operation Harvest. In the blog, they detail the MITRE Tactics and Techniques the actors used in the attack. As Network Defenders our goal is to prevent, detect and contain the threat as early as possible in the attack chain.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 4, 2023

Identifying phishing emails and preventing phishing attacks continue to raise serious challenges for any company’s IT team. Although it`s been almost 30 years since the first phishing email was detected, threat actors still rely on this technique.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 14, 2022

Phishing itself is not a new or a particularly complicated threat. But the emergence of advanced phishing techniques – “DeepSea Phishing” – poses an entirely new challenge for enterprises. The financial impact of phishing attacks quadrupled over the past six years, with the average cost for U.S. million in 2015.

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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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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2022

ConnectWise , which offers a self-hosted, remote desktop software application that is widely used by Managed Service Providers (MSPs), is warning about an unusually sophisticated phishing attack that can let attackers take remote control over user systems when recipients click the included link. build and the then-canary 22.9

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 18, 2022

A warning about a new wave of social engineering cyberattacks that distribute the IcedID malware and employ Zimbra exploits for sensitive data theft purposes has been recently issued by the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA).

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In the first part of this three-part blog series , we discussed the various methods available to MFA users. In this part, we’ll evaluate each method’s effectiveness in defending against five common types of cyber-attack. Devices can be stolen or temporarily accessed by an attacker to subvert MFA.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

million in 2023, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, and over 700,000 small businesses were targeted in cybersecurity attacks in 2020, according to the Small Business Association. Financial information is one of the most frequently targeted areas, so it’s crucial your cybersecurity policies start with your finance team.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 25, 2023

The rapid adoption of SaaS services , however, has led to the two-pronged threat of identity attacks and the hijacking of critical tools leveraged to run the digital enterprise. It is essential for security teams to gain line of sight into all identity touchpoints (from Active Directory to CASB) to identity providers and IAM.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

A graphic depicting how 0ktapus leveraged one victim to attack another. In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 28, 2021

Microsoft Teams has added on new Defender “Safe Links” phishing protection to keep users safe against potentially malicious URL-based phishing attacks. The post Microsoft Teams Users Get Extra Phishing Protection appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. What Is Safe Links?

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Unsurprisingly, identity continues to be the 'new perimeter' and stolen credentials remain one of the most common attack vectors today. One piece of evidence to support this hypothesis is the low adoption of a basic security control that protects against identity-based attacks - multi-factor authentication (MFA). What gives?

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. Image: SentinelOne.com.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 25, 2022

An alert has been issued by the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) on October 21st regarding Cuba Ransomware attacks potentially targeting the country’s critical networks. The post Ukrainian Governmental Agencies Targeted by Ransomware Attacks appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Cybersecurity firm Group-IB successfully defended against a targeted attack by the Chinese state-sponsored Tonto Team, one of the world's most advanced persistent threat (APT) actors. The attack took place in June 2022 and was the second attack aimed at Group-IB, the first of which took place in March 2021.

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SC Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

Researchers reported on Friday that cybercriminals are mimicking legitimate correspondence to actively target popular cloud applications DocuSign and SharePoint in phishing attacks designed to steal user log-in credentials. The post Phishing attack targets DocuSign and SharePoint users appeared first on SC Media.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 6, 2023

When researchers from Armorblox discovered a phishing attack from bad actors impersonating the well-known security company Proofpoint, it set off alarm bells for a lot of organizations and security teams that weren’t actively safeguarding against phishing attacks.

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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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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

An attack in action Logging into work on a typical day, John, an employee at Acme Corp. He took the steps needed to keep his account safe by following the directions from his IT team. While there might have been some signs the email was a forgery from an outside attacker, there were no obvious red flags.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) recently warned that attackers are increasingly using token theft to circumvent multi-factor authentication (MFA). AitM and Pass-the-Cookie Attacks. The two leading methods of token theft observed by DART are adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) frameworks and pass-the-cookie attacks.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Our team was able to access this server because it was completely unsecured and unencrypted,” announced VPN review website vpnMentor in a blog article describing their findings. . The personally identifiable information of children was included in several of the records.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 20, 2024

In Social Engineering 101 , we shared the story of John, the well-meaning employee who fell victim to a phishing attack. In this scenario, John was tricked into resetting his password by a bad actor pretending to be the IT team, which gave away access to his account. This is not a new story.

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Adam Shostack

MAY 15, 2021

Blog posts from Sophos and Mandiant seem really useful! Let me be clear: I am not saying this to pick on either team or their members. Further, I appreciate that both have taken cycles from their response teams to assemble the information to help defenders.

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NetSpi Executives

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Phishing remains one of the most successful ways that adversaries gain access to systems. In fact, over 48 percent of emails sent in 2022 were spam, and Google blocks approximately 100 million phishing emails every day. This blog post is a part of our offensive security solutions update series.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool GC2 in an attack against a Taiwanese media organization. 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.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

In September, the Zscaler ThreatLabz team conducted an analysis of AI/ML and ChatGPT trends amongst enterprises stretching back across 2023 and, unsurprisingly, discovered upward trajectories in AI/ML traffic and usage. ThreatLabz research revealed a 37% surge in ransomware attacks, accompanied by an average enterprise ransom demand of $5.3

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

CERT-UA, the national Computer Emergency Response Team for Ukraine, has issued a warning of a major phishing campaign launched against military personnel. The attack is being blamed on the UNC1151 hacking group , which is based in Minsk and whose members are said to be officers of the Ministry of Defence in Belarus.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 20, 2022

Download your free copy of the 2022 ThreatLabz Phishing Report, and check out our infographic. For decades, phishing has been a complex and time-consuming challenge for every security team. Avoiding the latest breed of phishing attacks requires heightened awareness from users, additional context, and a zero trust approach.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 3, 2022

ZINC, a sub-group of the notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group, has implanted malicious payloads in open-source software to infiltrate corporate networks, Microsoft’s threat hunting team has reported. Highly Evasive Attack. How to Protect Against Social Attacks. See the Best Open Source Security Tools.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

During the recent investigation, the Cybernews research team discovered that the bank leaked the sensitive data due to the misconfiguration of their systems. Company’s response Cybernews reached out both to the bank and Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN), and the issue was fixed. million files belonging to ICICI Bank.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) announced the seizure of domains used by Iran-linked APT Bohrium in spear-phishing campaigns. Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) announced to have taken legal action to disrupt a spear-phishing operation linked to Iran-linked APT Bohrium. Middle East, and India. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2022

Ukraine CERT-UA warns of phishing attacks on state organizations of Ukraine using the topic “Azovstal” and Cobalt Strike Beacon. The analysis of encryption techniques employed in the attack allowed the government experts to associate the campaign with the cybercrime group Trickbot. To nominate, please visit:?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 5, 2023

The reality is that no organization is immune to cyber attacks, regardless of its size or industry. However, lean security teams, which are commonplace in smaller companies and startups, can be particularly vulnerable to these threats. So, how can lean security teams defend against cyber threats?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

. “The covert self-developed tool and the associated C2 commands seem to be the work of a sophisticated, unknown threat actor who has targeted approximately 100 victims,” SafeBreach director of security research Tomer Bar wrote in a blog post today detailing the findings. Phishing on LinkedIn. A Critical Mistake.

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Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

October 2023’s Cyber Security Awareness Month led to a flurry of blog posts about a new attack called Quishing (QR Code phishing) and how new AI powered email gateways can potentially block these attacks. What’s the attack? To understand the attack you need understand the challenge that the attacker faces.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) reported a phishing campaign conducted by Armageddon APT using GammaLoad.PS1_v2 malware. Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) reported a phishing campaign using messages with subject “On revenge in Kherson!” To nominate, please visit:?

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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.

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