Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

One participant on the government conference call today said the agencies offered few concrete details of how healthcare organizations might better protect themselves against this threat actor or purported malware campaign. based Sky Lakes Medical Center’s computer systems.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 20, 2018

Today, we conduct our elections on computers. Our registration lists are in computer databases. And our tabulation and reporting is done on computers. We do this for a lot of good reasons, but a side effect is that elections now have all the insecurities inherent in computers. We vote on computerized voting machines.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This incident demonstrates the possibility of attacks being conducted to cause physical harm, and various threat actors may be leveraging electronic or fully digital components. Other notable supply chain attacks in 2024 include: Hackers injected malware directly into the source code of the largest Discord bot platform.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Malware has infected roughly a third of the world’s computers , costing companies across the globe trillions of dollars each year. Millions of websites across the internet also contain vulnerabilities that make them easy targets. But first we’ll answer a basic question: What is malware? A Brief History of Malware.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

Experts spotted a new mysterious malware that was used to collect a huge amount of data, including sensitive files, credentials, and cookies. Threat actors used custom malware to steal data from 3.2 NordLocker experts speculate the malware campaign leveraged tainted Adobe Photoshop versions, pirated games, and Windows cracking tools.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2018

What do we do with a company that regularly pumps metric tons of virtual toxic sludge onto the Internet and yet refuses to clean up their act? The admin account can be used to do anything to the device, such as changing its settings or uploading software — including malware like Mirai. Source: xiongmaitech.com.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Experts at Cisco Talos and other security firms quickly drew parallels between the two mass spam campaigns, pointing to a significant overlap in Russia-based Internet addresses used to send the junk emails. domaincontrol.com and ns18.domaincontrol.com). domaincontrol.com).

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

Microleaves , a ten-year-old proxy service that lets customers route their web traffic through millions of Microsoft Windows computers, recently fixed a vulnerability in their website that exposed their entire user database. Microleaves works by changing each customer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address every five to ten minutes.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Taiwanese electronics manufacture Compal suffered a ransomware attack over the weekend, media blames the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang. It is the second-largest contract laptop manufacturer in the world behind Quanta Computer. “According to the Internet PTT, 30% of the computers have been hit. . Source ZDNet.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. What should we learn from this?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Sustes Malware doesn’t infect victims by itself, but it is spread via brute-force activities with special focus on IoT and Linux servers. Sustes Malware doesn’t infect victims by itself (it’s not a worm) but it is spread over the exploitation and brute-force activities with special focus on IoT and Linux servers.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2019

A peer-to-peer (P2P) communications technology built into millions of security cameras and other consumer electronics includes several critical security flaws that expose the devices to eavesdropping, credential theft and remote compromise, new research has found. Marrapese documented his findings in more detail here.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 24, 2018

The email allowed the intruders to install malware on the victim’s PC and to compromise a second computer at the bank that had access to the STAR Network , a system run by financial industry giant First Data that the bank uses to handle debit card transactions for customers. THE LAWSUIT.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. Those clients included crooks using malware like Zeus , SpyEye , Citadel and the Blackhole exploit kit to build botnets and steal banking credentials. Ika ), and Salomon (a.k.a.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

Estonian hacker Pavel Tsurkan has pleaded guilty in a United States court to the counts of computer fraud and of creating and operating a proxy botnet. The Estonian national Pavel Tsurkan has pleaded guilty in a United States court to two counts of computer fraud and abuse. ” reads the press release published by DoJ. . .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2022

The RSOCKS was composed of millions of compromised computers and other electronic devices around the world, including industrial control systems, time clocks, routers, audio/video streaming devices, and smart garage door openers. “The U.S. ” reads the announcement published by DoJ. 1 day, 1 week, or one month).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

North Korean nation-state actors used Maui ransomware to encrypt servers providing healthcare services, including electronic health records services, diagnostics services, imaging services, and intranet services. critical infrastructure in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, may be eligible for a reward. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

allowed hackers to circumvent much of Apple’s built-in malware detection for programs downloaded from the internet. allowed hackers to circumvent much of Apple’s built-in malware detection for programs downloaded from the internet. Apple has also updated XProtect to block malware that exploited the technique.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Newcomer ransomware group RansomedVC claims to have successfully compromised the computer systems of entertainment giant Sony. As ransomware gangs do, it made the announcement on its dark web website, where it sells data that it's stolen from victims' computer networks. How to avoid ransomware Block common forms of entry.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The Ukraine ‘s government blames a Russia-linked APT group for an attack on a government document management system, the System of Electronic Interaction of Executive Bodies (SEI EB). “The malicious documents contained a macro that secretly downloaded a program to remotely control a computer when opening the files.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The group is charges of violations of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act and Electronic Communications Privacy Act; federal trademark infringement, dilution, and false designation of origin; cyber squatting; com mon law trespass to chattels; unjust enrichment; conversion; intentional interference with contracts. . 27 in the U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The malware was offered for sale in the criminal underground for as little as $40, it allows attackers to take complete control over the infected system. Grubbs offered for sale the malware for $39.99 to more than 6,000 customers, he also helped them to hack computers worldwide. ” reads the DoJ’s sentence.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

A lightweight method for detecting potential iOS malware Over the past few years, our researchers have analyzed Pegasus malware infections on several iOS devices. This RAT allows an attacker to surveil and harvest sensitive data from a target computer.

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

A significant share of scam, phishing and malware attacks is about money. With trillions of dollars of digital payments made every year, it is no wonder that attackers target electronic wallets, online shopping accounts and other financial assets, inventing new techniques and reusing good old ones. million detections compared to 5.04

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 2, 2022

Onleihe, a German online library that offers e-books, electronic newspapers, magazines, audiobooks, music files, and more has admitted that its IT systems were targeted by a ransomware attack that has locked digital files from access.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

rely on a majority of ways for casting a ballot, such as a mix of paper ballots, optical scan, and direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machines. From a cybersecurity perspective, E2E-V systems mitigate several key risks associated with electronic voting.

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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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SecureList

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Grandoreiro is a well-known Brazilian banking trojan — part of the Tetrade umbrella — that enables threat actors to perform fraudulent banking operations by using the victim’s computer to bypass the security measures of banking institutions. In Spain alone, Grandoreiro has been responsible for fraudulent activities amounting to 3.5

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

A young woman plays on the Electronic Arts (EA) newest product “Sims2 – Nightlife” at a Computer Gaming Convention on August 18, 2005 in Leipzig, Germany. Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images). That represents a 340% increase year-over-year, a 415% increase since 2018 and accounted for about 4% of the more than 6.3

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

billion from banks in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Mexico, Malta, and Africa by hacking the banks' computer networks and sending fraudulent Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) messages. And they've been able to dupe a few of them into downloading malware.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

According to Paul Boghossian (Fear of Knowledge, Against Relativism and Constructivism), Luciano Floridi ( The Fourth Information Revolution and its Ethical and Policy Implications) and the internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy we might divide knowledge into 4 separate categories. Security Affairs – Professional Certification , malware).

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 5, 2023

El mismo no ha afectado al transaccional de la entidad (ni las cuentas ni los acuerdos de los clientes se… pic.twitter.com/LeQdNN8r1i — Globalcaja (@SomosGlobalcaja) June 2, 2023 Yesterday, we registered a cyber incident, consisting of a computer attack on some local computers through a type #ransomware virus.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Later in that decade, Frederick Terman returned to Stanford from Harvard as dean of the engineering school and encouraged the development of electronics in local businesses. Kleiner was the founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Perkins was an early Hewlett-Packard computer division manager.) According to the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Exposing the Internet of Things (IoT) Universe. Consumer electronics, business, network appliances, and industrial IoT (IIoT) devices are all driving the exponential growth of IoT systems. Edge computing is the relatively new focus on traffic as close as possible to the client device and user. How is 5G Different?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The emails were disguised to look as if they come from the Central Bank of Russia and FinCERT, the Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team. As regards to genuine notifications from the Central Bank of Russia, in the past hackers from Lurk and Buhtrap used them to send malware to bank employees.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In this research, we analyzed various types of threats: financial malware associated with major online shopping platforms as well as phishing pages and fake websites mimicking the world’s biggest retail platforms. The number of financial malware infection attempts dropped by half from 20.5 Here’s what we found this year.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 24, 2023

In a cybersecurity notice, TGH said it noticed unusual activity on its computer systems on May 31, 2023. According to TGH, the criminals did not access the hospital's electronic medical record system. Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs.

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