Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) are warning of an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign targeting organizations worldwide in multiple industries, including government, finance, energy, manufacturing, and healthcare. ” reads the alert published by ACSC.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

During the reporting period, key findings include: DDoS and ransomware rank the highest among the prime threats, with social engineering, data related threats, information manipulation, supply chain, and malware following.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. Focus on cyber security awareness and training.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2023

A large number of these attacks attempted to deliver malware to vulnerable IoT devices. Most of the malware samples analyzed by the researchers belong to Mirai , Gafgyt and Mozi families. Palo Alto Networks also observed a new distributed IoT denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet developed in Golang, tracked as RedGoBot.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2021

Microsoft researchers reported that the Mozi botnet was improved by implementing news capabilities to target network gateways manufactured by Netgear, Huawei, and ZTE. Mozi is an IoT botnet that borrows the code from Mirai variants and the Gafgyt malware , it appeared on the threat landscape in late 2019.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

CVE-2022-0492 flaw in Linux Kernel cgroups feature allows container escape Charities and NGOs providing support in Ukraine hit by malware. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 357 by Pierluigi Paganini appeared first on Security Affairs. Is it fake news? Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This type of malware attack is called a botnet attack. It’s powered by hundreds of bots carrying malware and infecting thousands of IoT devices simultaneously. Malware, phishing, and web. Nowadays, malware is an indispensable part of the internet (even if we do not like it). The Flaws in Manufacturing Process.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Microsoft warns TA505 changed tactic in an ongoing malware campaign. Attackers are hacking NSC Linear eMerge E3 building access systems to launch DDoS attacks. Hackers abuse BitBucket to infect 500K+ hosts with arsenal of malware. Japanese defense contractors Pasco and Kobe Steel disclose security breaches.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2021

Quanta Computer is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware. The gang continues to be very active in this period, in early March it announced that they are using DDoS attacks and voice calls to the victim’s business partners and journalists to force the victims into pay the ransom.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2021

The hackers pointed out that there is no way to decrypt data without their decryptor, they also threatened the company to target it with a DDoS attack in case they will refuse to pay the ransom. .” reads the statement published by the group on its leak site.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Mozi is an IoT botnet that borrows the code from Mirai variants and the Gafgyt malware , it appeared on the threat landscape in late 2019. According to the researchers, in the last months of 2019, the botnet was mainly involved in DDoS attacks. Netlab researchers infected more than 1.5 million systems worldwide, 830,000 are from China.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2019

Manufacturing. The manufacturing industry was not always known to embrace connected technology, but that’s changing. For example, manufacturing companies can expect a cyberattack itself to cost about $1.7 Analysts also say that the manufacturing industry is extremely attractive to hackers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2022

Ongoing attacks could cause severe damages to multiple sectors, including transportation, communication, financial services, government facilities, nuclear reactors, and critical manufacturing. ” reported researchers from Cyble. Anonymous #OpRussia @GazpromEN has been taken offline in support of the people living in #Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2023

New Buhti ransomware operation uses rebranded LockBit and Babuk payloads New PowerExchange Backdoor linked to an Iranian APT group Dark Frost Botnet targets the gaming sector with powerful DDoS New CosmicEnergy ICS malware threatens energy grid assets D-Link fixes two critical flaws in D-View 8 network management suite Zyxel firewall and VPN devices (..)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2020

A new variant of the infamous Mirai malware, tracked as Mukashi, targets Zyxel network-attached storage (NAS) devices exploiting recently patched CVE-2020-9054 issue. The bot supports various commands, like Mirai, such as launching DDoS attacks. ” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Network. to the console. .”

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g. Here are some examples of the types of cybersecurity incidents and data breaches that fall within each group: System Intrusion: hacking, ransomware, malware, exploiting workstation software (e.g. Plex for LastPass breach ) stolen credentials, RAM scrapers.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Well-known malware families are involved in the biggest and most wide-reaching campaigns. Offers with support (admittedly, more widespread in the financial malware market), usually offer regular updates and make decisions about malware updates. According to our research , this malware affected almost 20 business sectors.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2022

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. million US customers U.S.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

DBIR listed System Intrusion (that includes hackers and malware, including ransomware attacks, but not web application attacks) as the top cause of breaches in 2021 (it was Social Engineering in 2020), followed by Basic Web Application Attacks (same as 2020) and then Social Engineering. We used that as our baseline. 2018) "Causes of Death".

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

DBIR listed social engineering as the top cause of breaches in 2020, followed by basic web application attacks and system intrusion (that includes hackers and malware including ransomware). Googlers seemed largely preoccupied with system intrusion events due to malware, hackers, and the like. Let's use that as our baseline.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g. Here are some examples of the types of cybersecurity incidents and data breaches that fall within each group: System Intrusion: hacking, ransomware, malware, exploiting workstation software (e.g. Plex for LastPass breach ) stolen credentials, RAM scrapers.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The year 2016 will be remembered for some big moments in the world of cybersecurity: the largest known distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, a phishing attack on a United States presidential candidate’s campaign, and ransomware attacks on major healthcare organizations are just a few. Malware linked to the U.S.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

DBIR listed System Intrusion (that includes hackers and malware, including ransomware attacks, but not web application attacks) as the top cause of breaches in 2021 (it was Social Engineering in 2020), followed by Basic Web Application Attacks (same as 2020) and then Social Engineering. We used that as our baseline. 2018) "Causes of Death".

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

The malware was downloaded from the host toplevelstatic[.]com. This very website was used to load the malicious script on the website of the largest manufacturer and distributor of cash handling products in North America, Block & Company. First clue.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Group-IB’s report Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 examines various aspects of cybercrime industry operations and predicts changes to the threat landscape for various sectors, namely the financial industry, telecommunications, retail, manufacturing, and the energy sector. Threat actors have also set a new record in DDoS attack power: 2.3

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