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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Cyber threats Media Social Engineering Mobile 52

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

Often a combination of disruptive technologies, lagging risk behavior trends, shifts in threat actor capabilities or focus, greater expectations for cybersecurity, and new regulatory structures emerge to wreak havoc. Research efforts will also scale across applications, operating systems, firmware, and hardware. In 2024: 1.

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Risk Cybersecurity CISO Technology 113

NopSec

DECEMBER 7, 2016

When the malware hit Saudi Aramco four years ago, it propelled the company into a technological dark age, forcing the company to rely on typewriters and faxes while it recovered. Attacks can also be for technological acquisition. Perhaps most troubling, attackers occasionally target the device firmware of industrial control systems.

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Cyber threats Ransomware Cyber Attacks Manufacturing 40

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. The manufacturer of the mobile device preloads an adware application or a component with the firmware. The year in figures. Trends of the year.

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Mobile Malware Adware Banking 141

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

MoonBounce: the dark side of UEFI firmware. Late last year, we became aware of a UEFI firmware-level compromise through logs from our firmware scanner (integrated into Kaspersky products at the start of 2019). The attackers study their victims carefully and use the information they find to frame social engineering attacks.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

In December we were made aware of a UEFI firmware-level compromise through logs from our firmware scanning technology. Further analysis showed that the attackers modified a single component within the firmware to append a payload to one of its sections and incorporate inline hooks within particular functions.

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Malware Firmware Government Phishing 137

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Cybersecurity vendors like Panda Security suggest the best way to defend against crimeware is using a combination of antivirus, anti-spyware, firewalls, and threat detection technology. Some malware technologies like keyloggers and backdoors come with the product design for later maintenance of the device. Firmware rootkit.

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Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

Security Boulevard

MAY 2, 2022

Combined with social media propaganda, social engineering targeting, and email phishing attacks, these threat vectors could change the course of the battle well before a single shot is fired. Most firmwares devices focus on the functionality of the component with minimal onboard security protection.

Cyber Attacks 52

Cyber Attacks IoT Firmware Social Engineering 52

eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

Hackers are using the same ML and AI technology to avoid using recognized malware. From BIOS and firmware to UEFI code, VBOS is an attack vector that requires more attention. While still in the minority of attacks, firmware vulnerabilities are rising year over year. Current Target: VBOS. Malicious Cloud Applications.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

APTs will contain a cyberattack component, but APTs also commonly include confidence schemes, social engineering , physical access to facilities , bribes, extortion, and other methods to gain system access. Deception technology can buy time and trigger alerts early for our security monitoring teams.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

The supply chain, already stretched to a breaking point, suffered additional misfortunes across multiple industries, from agriculture and manufacturing to technology and utilities. However, in a clear bid for the supply chain jugular, threat actors also zeroed in on manufacturing, technology, utilities (including oil), and agriculture.

Ransomware 108

Ransomware Manufacturing Government Computers and Electronics 108

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Definition, Threats & Protections 10 Network Security Threats Everyone Should Know Overall Network Security Best Practices Best practices for network security directly counter the major threats to the network with specific technologies and controls. These physical controls do not rely upon IT technology and will be assumed to be in place.

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Firewall Network Security Penetration Testing Encryption 109

eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Social engineering attacks: These involve manipulating individuals to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or systems. Distributed denial-of-service attacks: DDoS attacks overwhelm a target’s network or website with a flood of incoming traffic, rendering it inaccessible to legitimate users with the use of a botnet.

Software 98

Software Data breaches DDOS Ransomware 98

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2023

These latest revelations come from the same researcher, Sam Curry, and his collective of car technology explorers and investigators. million vehicles (start engine, disable starter, unlock, read device location, flash and update firmware). Viewing a problem in isolation. Are these issues still a problem?

Manufacturing 74

Manufacturing Data collection Social Engineering Engineering 74

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The method of infection can vary from attack to attack and can include social engineering strategies, such as phishing and email spoofing , or a fraudulent website masquerading as legitimate, among others. Firmware rootkits are also known as “hardware rootkits.”.

Malware 75

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 75

SecureList

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

According to Google TAG’s blog, this actor used highly sophisticated social engineering, approached security researchers through social media, and delivered a compromised Visual Studio project file or lured them to their blog where a Chrome exploit was waiting for them. Firmware vulnerabilities.

Malware 117

Malware Mobile Spyware Surveillance 117

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Phishing and social engineering are common ways threat actors can obtain a symmetric key, but cryptanalysis and brute force attempts can also break symmetric key ciphers. National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST) made a public request for potential ciphers.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2022

In late 2021, we encountered a malicious DXE driver incorporated into several UEFI firmware images that were flagged by our firmware scanner (integrated into Kaspersky products at the start of 2019). Our two private reports provided technical information on the Windows and SPARC variants respectively. Final thoughts.

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Malware Firmware Phishing Cryptocurrency 139

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Recent innovations in the attack technology, like the “BlackLotus” UEFI rootkit , have ensured that rootkits are still a very present danger to modern networks and devices. Firmware Rootkit. The rootkit is able to remain hidden because firmware is not usually inspected for code integrity. Memory Rootkit.

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Firmware Malware Antivirus Firewall 117

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

APT targeting turns toward satellite technologies, producers and operators The only known case of an attack utilizing satellite technologies that happened in recent years was the KA-SAT network hack of 2022. The next WannaCry Fortunately for us, a new cyber epidemic did not happen. Verdict: prediction not fulfilled ❌ 4.

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Hacking Energy and Utilities Media Malware 119