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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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Network Security: Study network protocols, such as TCP/IP, and analyze common network attacks like DDoS, phishing, and man-in-the-middle attacks. Social Engineering: Investigate the human element of cybersecurity by exploring social engineering techniques and tactics used to manipulate individuals.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for October 2023 covers a total of 103 CVEs, including three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting WordPad, Skype and the HTTP/2 “ Rapid Reset ” DDoS vulnerability. CVE-2023-41763 , an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Skype for Business with a CVSS score of 5.3

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

Social Engineering It’s been found that almost one-fourth of the data breach is carried out by using social engineering. method used for social engineering is phishing, wherein cybercriminals send legitimate- looking malicious emails intended to extort sensitive financial data. One common.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Category Vulnerabilities, Social Engineering Risk Level. What may have happened: updated at 14:28 EST One theory of what is causing the outage is a DDoS attack incited by a recent 60-Minutes interview with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. What we know: Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp and other Facebook Inc.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

An attacker could use an internal API to launch DDoS attacks against companies by sending large volumes of traffic over a short period. Tools like two-factor authentication, rate limiting, and DDoS protection can go a long way in securing APIs. Internal APIs or Private APIs are not Immune. password guessing).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2022

Social engineering is a prerequisite to almost all cyberattacks. Hardware-based attacks require physical access to the target entity, and employee carelessness and negligence make social engineering the perfect tool to gain said access. It is unlikely one would question its integrity.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

SMTP server and Mail credentials: Attackers can exploit this for sending emails disguised as legitimate company representatives.This could lead to social engineering attacks, malware distribution, or phishing.

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SecureList

JULY 21, 2021

DDOS/DOS with impact. Social engineering. Nine percent of reported High-severity incidents were successful social engineering attacks, which demonstrates the need for raising employee security awareness. High-severity incidents can be caused by a number of factors: APT, targeted attack. Offensive exercise.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Almost three-quarters of breaches (74 per cent) involve the human element through error, social engineering, stolen credentials or misusing privileges. Half of all social engineering attacks involve ‘pretexting’, where criminals fabricate a story to trick the victim.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2021

These and other cybercrime vendors are infecting corporate networks with malware by hijacking email threads, using fake customer response forms and social engineering employees with a fake call center known as BazarCall, which is tracked as Hive0105. ” reads the post published by IBM X-Force. ” concludes the report.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Social engineering. Malware, social engineering , and cyber attacks. For example, a DDoS attack on a server intrudes in an esports match. Types of cyber threats There are multiple ways to categorize cybersecurity threats. By source: Physical damage. Cyberattack. By target: Individual. Organization.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

And that (b) we are also likely to see a steep increase in DDoS extortion campaigns as the Cyberwar in Ukraine leads to all-time-high levels of DDoS attacks. DDOS Botnets. Irena Yordanova, Product Manager Software, Polycomp Ltd. Dr.Mohamed Al Kuwaiti , UAE Cyber Security Council. ris botnet which has climbed to the record.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Admins’ notes on users present in leaked logs may also help malicious actors build a profile and better target users through spearphishing or other social engineering attacks. Notes on users, submitted by admins and customer support agents. The leaked IP addresses introduce the risk of a takeover of a local network.

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Cytelligence

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In addition, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, Business Email Compromise (BEC), and phishing scams continue to pose significant threats. Attackers often exploit employees’ lack of awareness through social engineering techniques.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

This threat seeks to target and take advantage of victims’ fears, insecurities, and vulnerabilities through phishing, mass mailing and social engineering. Botnets – Botnets are networks of compromised machines used as a tool to automate largescale campaigns such as DDoS attacks, phishing, malware distribution, etc.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Criminals quickly realised they have more chance of payment if they make additional threats, like leaking the stolen data, selling it on, or even hitting the target with DDoS attacks to knock out their systems and networks. This constant ramping up of pressure can make even the steeliest of nerves buckle.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cloud Storage Security Risks Despite its obvious benefits, cloud storage still faces common challenges, including misconfiguration, data breaches, insecure interface, unauthorized access, DDoS attacks, insider threats, lack of control, encryption problems, patching issues, compliance, and monitoring issues.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The social engineering campaigns would have aimed to secure initial network access and extract sensitive information. These groups aim to disrupt business and military operations with frequent, crowdsourced attacks, such as distributed denial of service (DDoS), website defacement, and targeted data breaches.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Group-IB assisted Paxful, an international peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace, in countering web-bot and social engineering attacks. They are a big headache for eCommerce businesses today, with cybercriminals using them to steal money, brute-force user credentials or carry out DDoS attacks.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Data from the Brazilian Federation of Banks registered a considerable increase in crime (such as explosions at bank branches to steal money) and cybercrime (increased phishing and social-engineering attacks) against banking customers and banking infrastructure. If not ransomware, then DDoS or possibly both. Forecasts for 2022.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Byron: The economic impact of phishing, ransomware, business logic hacking, Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continues to be devastating. Erin: What are some of the most common social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use?

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SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

RapperBot: “intelligent brute forcing” RapperBot, based on Mirai (but with a different C2 command protocol), is a worm infecting IoT devices with the ultimate goal to launch DDoS attacks against non-HTTP targets. This suggests some form of human interaction and social engineering.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

100% NOT a pyramid scheme Social media pages are not the only concern when it comes to brand and logo theft. VIPs and executives can also be impersonated to conduct social engineering attacks. In 2019, the FBI dubbed this tactic as the “ $26 Billion scam ”, given the high losses associated with this social engineering method.

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The Security Ledger

JANUARY 23, 2024

And yet, the awareness of cyber security risks – from phishing and social engineering attacks to software supply chain compromises – remains low. Software is now central to the operation of our economy – as digital transformation washes over every industry. Nobody knows that better than our guest this week.

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Cytelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

They can also use the dark web to launch attacks on a company’s systems, such as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, which can cripple a company’s online operations. Hackers can use the dark web to gain access to a company’s network and steal sensitive information, such as financial data and trade secrets.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Such hackers don’t bother with social engineering or complex scenarios that only give a low success rate. too much depth in your query can result in overloads leading to self-inflicted DDoS (distributed denial-of-service). They already have backdoors. You may have heard about the Pegasus software created by the NSO Group.

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Hacker's King

MAY 13, 2023

Script kiddies may use tools such as DDOS attack scripts or password-cracking tools to target computer systems or networks. They may also use phishing or social engineering tactics to trick users into divulging sensitive information.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 26, 2024

Further, knowledge of the nature of cyber threats to which the system is vulnerable, such as malware, phishing or DDoS attacks are necessary for designing appropriate countermeasures.

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SC Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

Social engineering, phishing scams, ransomware, DDoS attacks , and software vulnerabilities are just some of the threats facing overloaded security professionals with limited budgets.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

Networks can also be easily breached by social engineering, password theft, or tainted USBs, as in the Stuxnet attack. . . BlackEnergy is a Trojan capable of distributed denial of service (DDoS), cyber espionage and information destruction attacks. Their tactics went beyond the typical DDoS attack.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

PR FAIL: Were 3 million toothbrushes hacked into a botnet? Or does a Fortinet spokeschild have egg on his face? The post ‘Total Bollocks’ — No, Your Toothbrush isn’t DDoS’ing appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureList

JANUARY 23, 2023

The most common attack scenarios here are: attacks on employees (social engineering), attacks on IT infrastructure (DDoS), as well as attacks on critical infrastructure. That’s why in 2023 we can expect the echoes of cyberwarfare to continue reverberating.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2018

In most cases, cybercriminals, while attacking cryptocurrency exchanges, use traditional tools and methods, such as spear phishing, social engineering, distribution of malware, and website defacement. Crypto exchanges: in the footsteps of Lazarus .

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

To get the attack started, he would socially engineer them. So I just DDoS the police website. As it turns out, the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack flooded the local police department servers with data like it was supposed to. What could he do to level the playing field? Cam decided to teach them a lesson. "So

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Penetration testing can also involve common hacking techniques such as social engineering , phishing attacks , dropped USB drive attacks, etc. This software contains vulnerability CVE-2022-24198 that allows a specially crafted PDF to cause a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. to create and manipulate PDF files in Java.

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