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Voice Phishers Targeting Corporate VPNs

Krebs on Security

But one increasingly brazen group of crooks is taking your standard phishing attack to the next level, marketing a voice phishing service that uses a combination of one-on-one phone calls and custom phishing sites to steal VPN credentials from employees. The employee phishing page bofaticket[.]com. Image: urlscan.io. ” SPEAR VISHING.

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New spear phishing campaign targets Russian dissidents

Malwarebytes

We’ve also observed several different wipers and cybercrime groups such as FormBook using the same tactics. The spear phishing emails are warning people that use websites, social networks, instant messengers and VPN services that have been banned by the Russian Government and that criminal charges will be laid.

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WinDealer dealing on the side

SecureList

It primarily goes after targets located in China, such as foreign diplomatic organizations established in the country, members of the academic community, or companies from the defense, logistics and telecommunications sectors.

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It’s official, Lapsus$ gang compromised a Microsoft employee’s account

Security Affairs

Yesterday the cybercrime gang leaked 37GB of source code stolen from Microsoft’s Azure DevOps server. The threat actors used the compromised credentials and/or session tokens to access the target networks through internet-facing systems and applications (i.e. ” continues the analysis.

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Reassessing cyberwarfare. Lessons learned in 2022

SecureList

According to the same article, another such attack took place in the late 1990s when the American military attacked a Serbian telecommunications network. The Viasat “cyberevent” On the 24 th of February , Europeans who relied on the ViaSat-owned “ KA-SAT ” satellite faced major Internet access disruptions.

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Ransomware world in 2021: who, how and why

SecureList

They interact with each other through internet handles, paying for services with cryptocurrency. Hackers who are on the lookout for publicly disclosed vulnerabilities (1-days) in internet facing software, such as VPN appliances or email gateways. Access sellers. Idea #3: Cybercriminals are criminals. Through the market lanes.

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DDoS attacks in Q1 2021

SecureList

To prevent attacks via RDP, it is recommended to hide RDP servers behind a VPN or disable UDP port 3389. That said, a VPN is no panacea if it too is vulnerable to amplification attacks. In Q1 2021, for instance, attackers went after Powerhouse VPN servers. In some cases, they demonstrated impressive capabilities.

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