Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The APT group is using almost exclusively living-off-the-land techniques and hands-on-keyboard activity to evade detection.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2024

In this advisory, I aim to explore how implementing a specific security technological combination (TLS and DDNS) negatively influences the overall security, inadvertently creating opportunities for attackers to exploit weaknesses on a massive scale. For instance, suppose firewall manufacturer ACME Inc.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2023

anti-cybercrime (Ofac).” The authorities reported that from June 2021 through at least November 2022, threat actors targeted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure sectors, including Government Facilities, Communications, Critical Manufacturing, Information Technology, and especially Healthcare and Public Health (HPH).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2022

Microsoft recently announced that is investigating claims that the Lapsus$ cybercrime gang breached their internal Azure DevOps source code repositories and stolen data. Now the cybercrime gang claims to have leaked the source code for some Microsoft projects, including Bing and Cortana.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2022

Yesterday the cybercrime gang leaked 37GB of source code stolen from Microsoft’s Azure DevOps server. virtual private network (VPN), remote desktop protocol (RDP), virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) including Citrix, or Identity providers (including Azure Active Directory, Okta)). ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.” reads the joint advisory.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Tietoevry is a Finnish multinational information technology (IT) and consulting company that provides managed services and cloud hosting for the enterprise. The ransomware attack reported in late 2023, targeted organizations’ networks using poorly secured VPN gateway on Cisco ASA or FTD devices.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

On November 17, the library announced it was experiencing a major technology outage caused by a cyber-attack. We’re continuing to experience a major technology outage as a result of a cyber-attack, affecting our website, online systems and services, and some onsite services too. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The Iranian hacker group has been attacking corporate VPNs over the past months, they have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world targeting Pulse Secure , Fortinet , Palo Alto Networks , and Citrix VPNs. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.” reads the joint advisory.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2021

Ivanti fixed a critical code execution issue in Pulse Connect Secure VPN RansomEXX ransomware leaks files stolen from Italian luxury brand Zegna VMware addresses critical flaws in its products CVE-2021-20090 actively exploited to target millions of IoT devices worldwide RansomEXX ransomware hit computer manufacturer and distributor GIGABYTE.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2020

The financial technology firm Finastra announced it has suffered a ransomware attack that took down its some of its systems. Finastra , the UK leading financial technology provider, announced that some of its servers were shut down in response to a ransomware attack that the company detected. SecurityAffairs – Finastra, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.” reads the joint advisory.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.”

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BH Consulting

JUNE 20, 2023

One may know what the term VPN means, but what about when a VPN should be used and more importantly – not used, and what are the risks of using a VPN versus the benefits. and I appreciate that most global privacy laws are typically technology agnostic – however their interpretation and implementation is not.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

Swiss electrification and automation technology giant ABB suffered a Black Basta ransomware attack that impacted its business operations. Swiss multinational company ABB, a leading electrification and automation technology provider, it the last victim of the notorious Black Basta ransomware group. billion in revenue for 2022.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2023

Swiss electrification and automation technology giant ABB confirmed it has suffered a data breach after a ransomware attack. On May 7, 2023, the Swiss multinational company, leading electrification and automation technology provider, suffered a cyber attack that reportedly impacted its business operations. billion in revenue for 2022.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In recent years, users have seen the unsettling results of monitoring technologies, hyper-personalization, and big data. As a result, the number of people using these technologies to camouflage themselves online has grown, both regular internet users and people looking to scam others. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2020

This successful operation is just one example of how law enforcement are working with industry partners, adapting and applying new technologies to aid investigations and ultimately reduce the global impact of cybercrime,» concluded Mr Jones.” INTERPOL’s Director of Cybercrime. ” Craig Jones. ” Idam Wasiadi.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2023

The authorities reported that from June 2021 through at least November 2022, threat actors targeted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure sectors, including Government Facilities, Communications, Critical Manufacturing, Information Technology, and especially Healthcare and Public Health (HPH).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The authorities reported that from June 2021 through at least November 2022, threat actors employed the Hive ransomware in attacks aimed at a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure sectors, including Government Facilities, Communications, Critical Manufacturing, Information Technology, and especially Healthcare and Public Health (HPH).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

. “As of January 2022, the FBI has identified at least 52 entities across 10 critical infrastructure sectors affected by RagnarLocker ransomware, including entities in the critical manufacturing, energy, financial services, government, and information technology sectors,” reads the FBI’s flash alert.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2023

The researchers discovered the hidden adware by using a recently announced anomaly detection technology incorporated into Bitdefender Mobile Security. Bitdefender announced the discovery of more than 60,000 Android apps in the past six months that were spotted installing adware on Android devices.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Hundreds of vulnerabilities in common Wi-Fi routers affect millions of users German BSI agency warns of ransomware attacks over Christmas holidays Cuba ransomware gang hacked 49 US critical infrastructure organizations CISA warns of vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy products NSO Group spyware used to compromise iPhones of 9 US State Dept officials (..)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Threat actors hit the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure of the company. The company confirmed that the security breach impacted “some of its IT systems.”. The group used a variety of attack methods, including malspam campaigns, vulnerable RDP servers, and compromised VPN credentials. key files.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The debate about which threats pose the most danger to industrial enterprises often revolves around comparisons between APTs and cybercrime. And plans to improve information security and introduce new protection tools and measures are predicated, in some way, on the chosen adversary model. Actions of various attacker categories.

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Spyware Phishing Cybercrime Energy and Utilities 109

Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2022

“Curiously, corporate antispam technologies help the attackers stay unnoticed while exfiltrating stolen credentials from infected machines by making them ‘invisible’ among all the garbage emails in spam folders.” ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In the report, the company examines key shifts in the cybercrime world internationally between H2 2019 and H1 2020 and gives forecasts for the coming year. The past year — a harrowing period for the world economy — culminated in the spike of cybercrime. The most severe financial damage has occurred as a result of ransomware activity.

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Banking Ransomware Phishing Marketing 125

ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

Mikko Hypponen joins The Hacker Mind to discuss cybercrime unicorns, the fog of cyber war that surrounds the Ukrainian war with its much larger neighbor, and of course Mikko’s new book, If it’s Smart, it’s Vulnerable. Vamosi: The slogan of the RSA Conference is “Where the World Talks Security,” and, in general.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 25, 2021

Eventually, I was presented with an opportunity to focus on security around a decade ago and I jumped right in. The economic impact of cybercrime had finally reached the breaking point that it needed dedicated practitioners and as the go-to for cybersecurity everywhere I had worked, it was a natural evolution.

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