Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Ransomware , the headliner of the previous half-year, walked off stage: only 1 percent of emails analyzed by Group-IB’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-GIB) contained this kind of malware. Ransomware operators have focused on targeted attacks,choosing large victims with a higher payment capacity.

Phishing 104

Phishing Ransomware Spyware Banking 104

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a flash alert related to the operations of the Hive ransomware gang. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a flaw alert on the Hive ransomware attacks that includes technical details and indicators of compromise associated with the operations of the gang.

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Encryption Spyware Backups 98

Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

Xplain hack impacted the Swiss cantonal police and Fedpol Zyxel published guidance for protecting devices from ongoing attacks Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware CISA adds Progress MOVEit Transfer zero-day to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

Spyware 89

Spyware Hacking Malware Social Engineering 89

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Recently emerged HardBit ransomware gang adjusts their demands so the insurance company would cover the ransom cost. The HardBit ransomware group first appeared on the threat landscape in October 2022, but unlike other ransomware operations, it doesn’t use a double extortion model at this time. Very important!

Insurance 83

Insurance Ransomware Cyber Insurance Malware 83

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2024

” reads the security bulletin published by the company. The issue is likely chained with other flaws in an exploit used by a commercial spyware vendor or a nation-state actor. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – ransomware, CISA )

Spyware 115

Spyware Cybersecurity Ransomware Risk 115

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

affiliate sideloads Cobalt Strike through Windows Defender Gootkit AaaS malware is still active and uses updated tactics Austria investigates DSIRF firm for allegedly developing Subzero spyware ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from Creos Luxembourg S.A.

Spyware 126

Spyware Manufacturing Small Business Surveillance 126

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

carmaker with phishing attacks Law enforcement operation dismantled phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost Previously unknown Kapeka backdoor linked to Russian Sandworm APT Cisco warns of a command injection escalation flaw in its IMC. Automotive Industry Chinese Organized Crime’s Latest U.S.

Data breaches 101

Data breaches Phishing Ransomware Malware 101

Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

Researchers at the Lookout Threat Lab have discovered a new Android surveillance spyware, dubbed BouldSpy, that was used by the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA). The researchers are tracking the spyware since March 2020, starting in 2023, multiple security experts [ 1 , 2 ] started monitoring its activity.

Surveillance 81

Surveillance Malware Spyware Education 81

Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2024

LOCKBIT RANSOMWARE GANG DEMANDED AN 80 MILLION RANSOM TO CDW The Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the technology services giant CDW and threatens to leak the stolen data. TWO SPYWARE SENDING DATA OF MORE THAN 1.5M TB OF DATA STOLEN FROM DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE FIRM CELLEBRITE LEAKED ONLINE 1.7

Cybersecurity 111

Cybersecurity Spyware Data breaches Passwords 111

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Iran Crisis Russia-Aligned TAG-70 Targets European Government and Military Mail Servers in New Espionage Campaign U.S.

Spyware 98

Spyware Cyber Insurance Hacking Advertising 98

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Researchers devised an attack technique to extract ChatGPT training data Fortune-telling website WeMystic exposes 13M+ user records Expert warns of Turtle macOS ransomware US govt sanctioned North Korea-linked APT Kimsuky Black Basta Ransomware gang accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022 Apple addressed 2 new (..)

Ransomware 99

Ransomware Hacking Spyware Cybercrime 99

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

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Social Engineering 109

Social Engineering Spyware Data breaches Surveillance 109

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Often such outdated devices bring in digital troubles to medical facilities as they can affect patient data, pose a risk to information security and data integrity. Hackers are often in search of such flaws to launch cyber attacks like spyware or espionage related tools.

Cyber Attacks 95

Cyber Attacks Spyware Manufacturing Banking 95

Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog At least 2 critical infrastructure orgs breached by North Korea-linked hackers behind 3CX attack American Bar Association (ABA) suffered a data breach,1.4

Spyware 75

Spyware Ransomware Malware Data breaches 75

Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2022

ransom and sued its insurance firm for refusing to cover this payment Crooks stole $375k from Premint NFT, it is one of the biggest NFT hacks ever Google is going to remove App Permissions List from the Play Store Security Affairs newsletter Round 374 by Pierluigi Paganini APT groups target journalists and media organizations since 2021.

Spyware 94

Spyware Surveillance Insurance Malware 94

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2023

stolen credit/debit cards Pegasus spyware used to spy on a Polish mayor Hundreds of thousands of websites hacked as part of redirection campaign MQsTTang, a new backdoor used by Mustang Panda APT against European entities Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 FiXS, a new ATM malware that is targeting Mexican banks BidenCash leaks 2.1M

Spyware 86

Spyware Data breaches Retail Ransomware 86

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Italy’s Antitrust Agency fines Apple and Google for aggressive practices of data acquisition HAEICHI-II: Interpol arrested +1,000 suspects linked to various cybercrimes IKEA hit by a cyber attack that uses stolen internal reply-chain emails Marine services provider Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) hit by Clop ransomware Threat actors target crypto and (..)

Spyware 85

Spyware Data breaches Cyber Attacks Ransomware 85

Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

Experts found new MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection flaws The University of Manchester suffered a cyber attack and suspects a data breach Russians charged with hacking Mt.

Social Engineering 91

Social Engineering Data breaches Ransomware Cybercrime 91

Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

Admin of the BreachForums hacking forum sentenced to 20 years supervised release Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard APT hacked Microsoft corporate emails VF Corp December data breach impacts 35 million customers China-linked APT UNC3886 exploits VMware zero-day since 2021 Ransomware attacks break records in 2023: the number of victims rose by 128% U.S.

Artificial Intelligence 100

Artificial Intelligence VPN Hacking Firewall 100

Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2023

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Data breaches 90

Data breaches DDOS Backups Firewall 90

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2023

US CISA has added Veritas Backup Exec flaws, which were exploited in ransomware attacks, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The CVE-2023-26083 flaw in the Arm Mali GPU driver is chained with other issues to install commercial spyware, as reported by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) in a recent report.

Backups 83

Backups Spyware Ransomware Education 83

Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2022

Unpatched critical Atlassian Confluence Zero-Day RCE flaw actively exploited Microsoft blocked Polonium attacks against Israeli organizations LockBit ransomware attack impacted production in a Mexican Foxconn plant Conti leaked chats confirm that the gang’s ability to conduct firmware-based attacks An international police operation dismantled FluBot (..)

Spyware 102

Spyware Firmware Ransomware Scams 102

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence 104

Artificial Intelligence Firmware Data breaches Hacking 104

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

Government agencies SonicWall urges organizations to fix critical flaws in GMS/Analytics products Citrix fixed a critical flaw in Secure Access Client for Ubuntu Cl0p hacker operating from Russia-Ukraine war front line – exclusive Fortinet fixed a critical flaw in FortiOS and FortiProxy Microsoft mitigated an attack by Chinese threat actor Storm-0558 (..)

Spyware 92

Spyware Hacking Data breaches Mobile 92

SecureList

JANUARY 18, 2023

The threat landscape is constantly updated through new malware and spyware, advanced phishing methods, and new social engineering techniques. Ransomware operators set up blogs where they post about new successful hacks of businesses and publish the data they stole. Kaspersky detects an average of 400,000 malicious files every day.

Media 106

Media Social Engineering Ransomware Hacking 106

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

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Spyware 53

Spyware Data breaches Ransomware Retail 53

Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2021

LPE zero-day flaw in Razer Synapse allows attackers to take over Windows PCs Memorial Health System forced to cancel surgeries after ransomware attack Google discloses unpatched Microsoft WFP Default Rules AppContainer Bypass EoP. Be sure it is up to date! Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

Spyware 103

Spyware Data breaches Surveillance Hacking 103

Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2023

Someone is sending mysterious smartwatches to the US Military personnel CISA orders govt agencies to fix recently disclosed flaws in Apple devices VMware fixed five memory corruption issues in vCenter Server Fortinet fixes critical FortiNAC RCE, install updates asap More than a million GitHub repositories potentially vulnerable to RepoJacking New Mirai (..)

DDOS 91

DDOS Cybercrime Spyware Malware 91

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2022

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Spyware 94

Spyware Data breaches VPN Hacking 94

Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles.

Ransomware 124

Ransomware Passwords Scams Government 124

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

US DoJ announced to have shut down the Russian RSOCKS Botnet MaliBot Android Banking Trojan targets Spain and Italy Chinese DriftingCloud APT exploited Sophos Firewall Zero-Day before it was fixed Experts link Hermit spyware to Italian surveillance firm RCS Lab and a front company A Microsoft 365 feature can ransom files on SharePoint and OneDriveCould (..)

Spyware 72

Spyware DNS Surveillance Ransomware 72

Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2023

Multiple DDoS botnets were observed targeting Zyxel devices CISA warns of attacks against Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway Devices Experts believe North Korea behind JumpCloud supply chain attack Nice Suzuki, sport: shame dealer left your data up for grabs Experts attribute WyrmSpy and DragonEgg spyware to the Chinese APT41 group ALPHV/BlackCat and (..)

DDOS 91

DDOS Hacking Spyware Surveillance 91

Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

Government’s Antitrust Case Against Apple Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ramadan )

Malware 102

Malware Cybercrime Hacking Cyber threats 102

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2021

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the IT supply chain Operations at Iranian gas stations were disrupted today.

Artificial Intelligence 82

Artificial Intelligence Ransomware Spyware Cryptocurrency 82

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

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Spyware 75

Spyware Surveillance Ransomware Hacking 75

Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

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DDOS 88

DDOS Spyware Advertising Healthcare 88

Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2022

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Spyware 84

Spyware Data breaches Ransomware Cybercrime 84