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Cybercrime Statistics in 2019

Security Affairs

billion in 2018. billion in 2018. billion in 2018. Most financially devastating threats involved investment scams, business email compromises (BEC) , and romance fraud. The total annual cost of all types of cyberattacks is increasing. The cost of malware attacks is now an average of US$2. Source Accenture.

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350 million decrypted email addresses left exposed on an unsecured server

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Experts found an unsecured data bucket containing seven gigabytes worth of unencrypted files that include 350,000,000 strings of unique email addresses. The massive trove of emails was left on a publicly accessible Amazon AWS server, allowing anyone to download and access the data. What data is in the bucket?

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

eSecurity Planet

Cybercrime will go to the next level: Cyberattackers will implement improved skills, “shift left” attacks, and shifting strategies to adjust to evolving cyberdefense. Cybercrime will go to the next level: Cyberattackers will implement improved skills, “shift left” attacks, and shifting strategies to adjust to evolving cyberdefense.

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Sunburst backdoor – code overlaps with Kazuar

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Our own observations indeed confirm that Kazuar was used together with other Turla tools during multiple breaches in past years. On December 13, 2020, FireEye published a blog post detailing a supply chain attack leveraging Orion IT, an infrastructure monitoring and management platform by SolarWinds. Contact: intelreports[at]kaspersky.com.

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IT threat evolution Q1 2022

SecureList

IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. Our analysis of the rogue firmware, and other malicious artefacts from the target’s network, revealed that the threat actor behind it had tampered with the firmware to embed malware that we call MoonBounce.

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The Biggest Lessons about Vulnerabilities at RSAC 2021

eSecurity Planet

Preceding the conference, the United States experienced its biggest cyberattack on critical infrastructure to date with ransomware hitting Colonial Pipeline. Deploy file integrity monitoring and threat hunt regularly. This year’s featured vulnerabilities were: Testing Software Integrity. Excessive Access by Tokens.

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Securing the Super Bowl: Lessons in network lockdown during mega events

SC Magazine

Major global events attract fans and onlookers, but they also draw in malicious cyber actors who would consider disrupting the event a coup. Look no further for an example of the threat than the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games. Super Bowl LV featured an enticing matchup between two powerhouse teams and two star quarterbacks.

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