Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2023

Cobalt Strike is a paid penetration testing product that allows an attacker to deploy an agent named ‘Beacon’ on the victim machine. Microsoft announced it has taken legal action to disrupt the illegal use of copies of the post-exploitation tool Cobalt Strike by cybercriminals. Our action is therefore not one and done.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

The recent Hive infrastructure takedown as well as other major gangs dissolution such as Conti in 2022, is making room in the cybercrime business The Lockbit locker leaked a few months ago in the underground, is increasing its popularity and adoption among micro-criminal actors.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2021

CARBANAK cybercrime gang was first uncovered in 2014 by Kaspersky Lab that dated its activity back to 2013 when the group leveraged the Anunak malware in targeted attacks on financial institutions and ATM networks. Starting from 2016 the group developed a new custom malware using Cobalt Strike, a legitimate penetration testing framework.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 13, 2023

"While many of these attack trends are troubling, there are a number of things organizations can do to reduce their risk, such as investing in security awareness programs, updating security protocols, working with trusted partners to address vulnerabilities, and partnering with an MDR vendor."

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Herjavec Group

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

But I would add that it’s not just cybersecurity, but up-to-date cybersecurity – a security strategy that can truly prepare and defend your enterprise against the modern threat landscape. The bygone ways of approaching information security simply won’t cut it today. Penetration Testing.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

WE ALSO WANT TO REMIND ALL COMPANY THAT IF YOU PUT DATA ON INTERNET WHERE DATA IS NOT PROTECT DO NOT BLAME US FOR PENETRATION TESTING SERVICE. ALL MEDIA SPEAKING ABOUT THIS ARE DO WHAT ALWAYS THEY DO. PROVIDE LITTLE TRUTH IN A BIG LIE. WE ARE ONLY FINANCIAL MOTIVATED AND DO NOT CARE ANYTHING ABOUT POLITICS.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

According to the unsealed indictment, Klyushin, Ermakov and Rumiantcev worked at M-13, a Russian cybersecurity firm offering penetration testing services and investment management services. For the latter service, the men were keeping for them up to 60% of the profit. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

WE ALSO WANT TO REMIND ALL COMPANY THAT IF YOU PUT DATA ON INTERNET WHERE DATA IS NOT PROTECT DO NOT BLAME US FOR PENETRATION TESTING SERVICE. ALL MEDIA SPEAKING ABOUT THIS ARE DO WHAT ALWAYS THEY DO. PROVIDE LITTLE TRUTH IN A BIG LIE. WE ARE ONLY FINANCIAL MOTIVATED AND DO NOT CARE ANYTHING ABOUT POLITICS. “

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

Operators behind the Pysa ransomware, also employed a version of the PowerShell Empire penetration-testing tool, they were able to stop antivirus products. “On one of the compromised information systems, experts found encrypted files with the extension “ newversion.” newversion file extension instead of.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2023

WE ALSO WANT TO REMIND ALL COMPANY THAT IF YOU PUT DATA ON INTERNET WHERE DATA IS NOT PROTECT DO NOT BLAME US FOR PENETRATION TESTING SERVICE. appeared first on Security Affairs. ALL MEDIA SPEAKING ABOUT THIS ARE DO WHAT ALWAYS THEY DO. PROVIDE LITTLE TRUTH IN A BIG LIE.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Cobalt Strike is a legitimate penetration testing tool designed as an attack framework for red teams (groups of security professionals who act as attackers on their own org’s infrastructure to discover security gaps and vulnerabilities.).

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Forward outlook Ransomware is a dynamic and increasingly hybrid segment of cybercrime. David Balaban is a computer security researcher with over 17 years of experience in malware analysis and antivirus software evaluation. The latter hit the headlines in late April 2020, when its operators leaked sensitive files stolen from the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2023

Artifacts of professional penetration-testing tools such as Metasploit and Cobalt Strike have also been observed.” Use of PowerShell and Batch scripts are observed across most intrusions, which focus on system discovery, reconnaissance, password/credential hunting, and privilege escalation. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Cybercrime gang behind the Emotet malware is targeting organization with external SOC with emails claiming to deliver a SOC “weekly report.”. I do have experience on security testing since I have been performing penetration testing on several US electronic voting systems. Introduction.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct penetration testing. Stay safe and secure. Reducing Human Error Security Threats with Remote Workforce.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

Operators behind the Pysa ransomware, also employed a version of the PowerShell Empire penetration-testing tool, they were able to stop antivirus products. Once compromised the target network, attackers attempt to exfiltrate the company’s accounts and passwords database. newversion file extension instead of .

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Jane Frankland

JULY 13, 2020

These are: Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP) , Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) , Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) , Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP), and. GIAC Security Essentials. The hours and pay aren't good in cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The Uptycs Threat Research Team recently identified a campaign in which the TeamTNT threat actors deployed a malicious container image (hosted on Docker Hub) with an embedded script to download Zgrab scanner and masscanner —penetration testing tools used for banner grabbing and port scanning respectively.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2021

Picture 12 – Screenshot from “xss” forum (AW_cards: “We recruit suppliers of bank cards”) Another unusual promotional move was the sponsorship of a contest for users who were asked to submit articles about penetration tests, the bypassing of security solutions, vulnerabilities and other hacking related topics.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2020

There’s an old adage in information security: “Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure.” THE DOCTOR IS IN.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 7, 2021

Vamosi: And three years later cybercrime magazine released a similar study showing there remains a shortage of 3.5 I've got a lot of industry certifications, but having all those paper degrees proved to be a poor equivalent to having actual hands on experience in information security. Vamosi: So what am I missing here.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 7, 2021

Vamosi: And three years later cybercrime magazine released a similar study showing there remains a shortage of 3.5 I've got a lot of industry certifications, but having all those paper degrees proved to be a poor equivalent to having actual hands on experience in information security. Vamosi: So what am I missing here.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

“When an attacker gains access to surveillance cameras, the amount of knowledge which stands to be gained could be vast and poses a very real physical security threat,” said James Smith, principal security consultant and head of penetration testing at Bridewell Consulting.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2023

By Chinatu Uzuegbu, CISSP, CEO/Managing Cyber Security Consultant at RoseTech CyberCrime Solutions Ltd. The Identity and Access Management Security Steering Committee is a group of C-Suites leaders, also referred to as the respective Data and Asset Owners from the various Business Units of my organization.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Ursnif/Gozi is a quite (in)famous banking trojan targeting UK/Italy mostly, and attribute to the cybercrime group TA-505 from TrendMicro in late 2018 by spotting common evidences between Ursnif /Gozi and TA-505 banking trojans such as Dridex and the loader Emotet. Most APT Signature Metches.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

Conduct internal and routine penetration testing or similar assessments against web applications to identify exploitable weaknesses before Balada does. Remove all unnecessary or unused software. Enable File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) against critical system files.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

You want to make sure that you're there no matter what they do with their laptop or computer and cyber criminals started adapting the same they said, You know what I want to collect your credit card whenever I want to gather your data whenever so you're exactly right of this technique transformed and now it's part of everyday cybercrime.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

On February 19, 2024 penetration testing of two of my servers took place, at 06:39 UTC I found an error on the site 502 Bad Gateway, restarted nginx - nothing changed, restarted mysql - nothing changed, restarted PHP - the site worked. Below is the entire message published by the gang: "What happened.

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