SiteLock

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

REvil gained notoriety for stealing sensitive, unencrypted data from computers and networks—then demanding large payments from victims. REvil ransomware is a file-blocking virus that encrypts files after infection and shares a ransom request message. Encrypt your sensitive data wherever possible. Stay Protected With SiteLock.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Dutch electronics retail giant MediaMarkt has fallen victim to the Hive ransomware group. Employees were told not to use the computers in the shops, disconnect the cash registers from the network, and to refrain from rebooting systems. MediaMarkt. The cash registers cannot accept credit cards or print receipts at affected stores.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

The Shamoon “wiper” virus , for instance, devastated Saudi oil company Aramaco, destroying the hard drives of more than 30,000 Aramaco computers and forcing a weeklong shutdown of the company’s internal network. A few months later the UAE stood up its National Electronic Security Authority (NESA) which proceeded to do much the same thing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 31, 2022

Organizations in the finance sector manage trillions of dollars and maintain very valuable and vital electronic data, including bank account, credit card, and transaction information as well as sensitive data related to estates, wills, titles, and other matters. Thu, 09/01/2022 - 05:15. Malware and ransomware attacks increase. Moving ahead.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

The SilentTrinity malware can take control over an infected computer, it allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands. Between February and April, allegedly state-sponsored hackers have launched a spear-phishing campaign against government agencies. The task is run on the victim’s system in a separate thread.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The malware spreads through spear-phishing emails with a malicious Microsoft Office document as attachment. The modules perform specific espionage functions, such as keylogging, stealing documents, or hijacking encryption keys from infected computers and attached USB devices. TENSHO (aka White Tur).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

Indeed during the group_a, the main observed delivery techniques where about Phishing (rif.T1193) and Valid Accounts (rif.T1078). From group_b to group_d time frame OilRig started a more sophisticated Spear Phishing (rif.T1193) campaigns within malicious attachments as their main threat delivery activity. Delivery Technique Over Time.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Protect stored cardholder data DESIGN YOUR CARD FLOW DIAGRAM, LOCATE ALL CARDHOLDER DATA AND ENCRYPT Cardholder data can be found in different components of the payment system in an organization, whether it is in electronic storage, in processing, in transit or held in a physical form. This also applies to when it is in transit.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Additionally, if you are only using a basic VPN, it can be sensible to upgrade your encryption to a Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) , which offers better protection for businesses wanting to keep data secure. It is important that your VPN should use multi-factor authentication (MFA) rather than just usernames and passwords.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Despite these uncovered campaigns, attackers were still more likely to hunt for cryptocurrency using phishing, offering dubious cryptocurrency exchange platforms, and launching cryptojacking to illicitly mint cryptocurrency. In the past, many actors would join forces to attack and encrypt as many organizations around the world as possible.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, a recommendation to simply replace the old computer with a Windows 11 machine will be useless to the client that can only use Windows XP with that equipment. For electronic copies, the acronyms used elsewhere in the report could use internal document links directly to this appendix.

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SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

A fake notification about a Microsoft Teams meeting or a request to view an important document traditionally takes the victim to a phishing login page asking for corporate account credentials. These malicious programs, disguised as electronic documents, are often distributed in archives. Statistics: phishing. Top-level domains.

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SecureList

MAY 3, 2021

Banking phishing: new version of an old scheme. Clients of several Dutch banks faced a phishing attack using QR codes. The links in their messages took the victim to a well-designed phishing pages with official emblems, business language and references to relevant laws. Quarterly highlights. Vaccine with cyberthreat.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The days where victims could simply pay ransom for an encryption key, unscramble their data, and move on are ending. Their new trick is to extract precious company data before encrypting it, so the attacks pack a one-two punch—they threaten embarrassing data breaches on top of crippling data destruction.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 17, 2023

Phishing attacks One type of cybersecurity attack is phishing. Phishing involves a hacker attempting to trick employees or co-workers into revealing sensitive information, granting access to protected files, or inadvertently downloading malicious software. A man-in-the-middle attack can also be a type of phishing breach.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Malware, a combination of the terms ‘malicious’ and ‘software,’ includes all malicious programs that intend to exploit computer devices or entire network infrastructures to extract victim’s data, disrupt business operations, or simply, cause chaos. Unfortunately, this could be your computer trying to give away the presence of malware.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Data from the Brazilian Federation of Banks registered a considerable increase in crime (such as explosions at bank branches to steal money) and cybercrime (increased phishing and social-engineering attacks) against banking customers and banking infrastructure. Of course, this is the result of economic problems caused by the pandemic.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Malware, a combination of the terms ‘malicious’ and ‘software,’ includes all malicious programs that intend to exploit computer devices or entire network infrastructures to extract victim’s data, disrupt business operations, or simply, cause chaos. Unfortunately, this could be your computer trying to give away the presence of malware.

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Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

Spinone

MARCH 18, 2019

The healthcare industry in general houses a massive amount of electronic data about patients including protected health information to financial information. Today’s hospitals use a myriad of electronic devices to service patients. million encrypted passport numbers were breached. Details included 9.1

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In July, we reported a rootkit that we found in modified Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware, the code that loads and initiates the boot process when the computer is turned on. Difficult to detect, they ensure that a computer remains infected even if someone reinstalls the operating system or replaces the hard drive.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g. Social Engineering: phishing emails, texts, phone calls. phish email, not Phish the band), and tallied the number of hits in each category by outlet. Basic Web Application Attacks: SQL Injection, exploiting vulnerabilities, using stolen credentials.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The SSL certificate has been released by the “cPanel, Inc“ CA and is valid since 16th August 2018; this encryption certificate is likely related to the previously discussed HTTP 301 redirection due to the common name “ CN=wvpznpgahbtoobu.usa.cc ” found in the Issuer field. Phishing page previously hosted on xtyenvunqaxqzrm.usa.cc .

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Starting our list of the top database security vendors is the multinational cloud computing company, Alibaba Cloud. Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Also Read: Best Encryption Software & Tools for 2021. Alibaba Cloud. EnterpriseDB.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

Today, many reports are describing how infamous attackers are abusing such an emergency time to lure people by sending thematic email campaigns or by using thematic IM within Malware or Phishing links. The following VBScript is run through cscript.exe, It’s an obfuscated and xor-encrypted payload.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g. Social Engineering: phishing emails, texts, phone calls. phish email, not Phish the band), and tallied the number of hits in each category by outlet. Basic Web Application Attacks: SQL Injection, exploiting vulnerabilities, using stolen credentials.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Anyone who has used a computer for any significant length of time has probably at least heard of malware. The method of infection can vary from attack to attack and can include social engineering strategies, such as phishing and email spoofing , or a fraudulent website masquerading as legitimate, among others. Ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

A ransomware attack in New Jersey’s Somerset County disrupted services and forced employees to shut down computers and create temporary Gmail accounts to ensure the public could still email key departments. They paid $500,000 for a decryption key and an additional $150,000 for security consultants to assist with the investigation.

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Ransomware Manufacturing Government Computers and Electronics 108

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A token acts as an electronic cryptographic key that unlocks the device or application, usually with an encrypted password or biometric data. Disconnected tokens are generally only good for one use and can be delivered via RFID or Bluetooth, or users can manually enter them into the computer. Privileged access management.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Galperin is the current Director of Cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and noted free speech advocate. If the US government dictating iPhone encryption design sounds ok to you, ask yourself how you'll feel when China demands the same. October is now BGP Awareness Month. — Eva (@evacide) October 4, 2021.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Cloud Cybersecurity Cybersecurity is the methodology that protects electronic data from cyber criminals. Technology – In today’s very complex and technology centric environments, businesses must use powerful technology solutions to solidify security solutions that secure computers, mobile devices, network equipment, servers, etc.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. It is thought to be the first computer virus. . years of probation.

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