Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

pic.twitter.com/mcRyEBUmQH — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 30, 2020. TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. Security experts from cyber-security firm Prevailion reported that TA505 has compromised more than 1,000 organizations.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Get TTPs and protection info: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 14, 2022. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Prestige ransomware). The post Russia-linked IRIDIUM APT linked to Prestige ransomware attacks against Ukraine appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2021

Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). This week, the independent security researcher Nguyen Jang published on GitHub a proof-of-concept tool to hack Microsoft Exchange servers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Microsoft Exchange).

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2022

Christopher Hebeisen, Director of Security Intelligence Research at Lookout, discusses: "While these measures certainly strengthen device security, it is important to keep in mind that Lockdown Mode does not reduce the attack surface of third-party apps installed on the device unless those apps also implement separate lockdown measures.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Recently, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert to warn of a surge of Emotet attacks that have targeted multiple state and local governments in the U.S. Researchers from Microsoft Security Intelligence are also warning of the ongoing Halloween-themed Emotet campaign. since August.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Learn how the group tried to stay under the radar using threats perceived to be less alarming: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 30, 2020. The hackers targeted organizations across multiple industries and have also hit foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. ” Microsoft said.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 12, 2020. This action will result in protection for a wide range of organizations, including financial services institutions, government, healthcare, and other verticals from malware and human-operated campaigns delivered via the Trickbot infrastructure.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Sixty-four percent of the more than 1,200 senior security executives from around the world, whom we surveyed for the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report (DTR), believe artificial intelligence (AI) “increases data security by recognizing and alerting on attacks,” while 43% believe AI “results in increased threats due to use as a hacking tool.”.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The Australian agency also warns of Emotet campaigns that in the last months hit the country posing a significant threat for both organizations and government offices. Read our latest blog w/ assist from @GossiTheDog & @MalwareTechBlog [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 7, 2019.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Phosphorus successfully hacked into the email accounts of multiple high-profile individuals and security conference attendees. “Phosphorus, an Iranian actor, has targeted with this scheme potential attendees of the upcoming Munich Security Conference and the Think 20 (T20) Summit in Saudi Arabia.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2023

In June, the Finnish government expelled nine diplomats from the Russian embassy in Helsinki and accused them of cyber espionage for Moscow. Vladimir Putin issued multiple warnings that Russia would respond in kind if Nato set up military infrastructure in Finland after they joined the alliance.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The Global State of Information Security Survey 2017 suggests that companies should look into deploying threat detection tools and processes (including monitoring and analyzing security intelligence information), conducting vulnerability and threat assessments, penetration tests and security information, and event management (SIEM) tools.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

Microsoft blocked an attack activity aimed at Israeli organizations attributed to a previously unknown Lebanon-based hacking group tracked as POLONIUM. Microsoft announced to have blocked a series of attacks targeting Israeli organizations that have been conducted by a previously unknown Lebanon-based hacking group tracked as POLONIUM.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Over the past year, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has observed an evolution of the tools, techniques, and procedures employed by Iranian nation-state actors. Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government madhav Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:38 In my first blog on this topic I noted a Treasury Department report released last year listed six cloud security challenges financial sector firms face. This hack included US Government networks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government madhav Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:38 In my first blog on this topic I noted a Treasury Department report released last year listed six cloud security challenges financial sector firms face. This hack included US Government networks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Microsoft 365 Defender customers can also refer to these detections: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 5, 2020. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zerologon). The post Iran-linked APT is exploiting the Zerologon flaw in attacks appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

Many more companies and organizations have been hacked and that valuable information was stolen over periods of months and years, ClearSky researchers wrote in a blog posted.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The Israeli government is moving to harden aviation assets from cyber attacks, it has created a consortium of aviation and is asking cybersecurity firms to identify new attack vectors against the assets in the commercial aviation industry (i.e. Security Affairs – aviation industry, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

Dashlane Password Manager provides companies with everything they need to onboard new employees, manage permissions and monitor security issues all from one place. It also includes advanced features such as SAML-based single sign-on (SSO) and the company's security architecture has never been hacked. Learn more about Dashlane.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The infamous Israel-based NSO Group, known for its hacking spyware Pegasus, was placed on the United States Government's Entity List for engaging in malicious cyber activities, along with three other foreign companies, Candiru, Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE (COSEINC), and Positive Technologies.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

The sprawling reach of the SolarWinds malware attack that hit government agencies and businesses in December inspires new questions about appropriate response from private sector organizations to cyberattacks from nation states. But intent factors into even government’s options. Doing so, however, could bring a host of problems.

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Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

government. I formulated the advice above mostly based on the tactics used against 2016 and 2018 election campaigns in the United States, as publicly described by the news media, cybersecurity companies, and the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2020

Level up Your Security Program With the Same Security Intelligence Used by the World’s Largest Governments and Many of the Fortune 1000. Recorded Future real-time security intelligence helps users instantly understand which vulnerabilities pose the most risk, so they can patch those first.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 15, 2022

Aleksei Burkov , a cybercriminal who long operated two of Russia’s most exclusive underground hacking forums, was arrested in 2015 by Israeli authorities. The Russian government fought Burkov’s extradition to the U.S. government went to secure Burkov’s arrest.” received anything in return.

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