Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

Threats abound in 2021. In 2021, we witnessed so many competing shifts, many of which we detailed early on in our 2021 BrightCloud® Threat Report. This year, we will likely see new threat actors become strategic in their cost-benefit analysis of undertaking long-term mining versus short-term ransomware payments.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2023

that traditionally falls during our business day, and those who participate in viewing and playing in their "office pools" are susceptible to a variety of security threats, especially those dreaded phishing lures. Mobile phishing attacks are on the rise. By 2021, 75% of phishing sites were specifically targeting mobile users.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2023

INC RANSOM ransomware gang claims to have breached Xerox Corp Spotify music converter TuneFab puts users at risk Cyber attacks hit the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania Russia-linked APT28 used new malware in a recent phishing campaign Clash of Clans gamers at risk while using third-party app New Version of Meduza (..)

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Researchers analyze industry cybersecurity threat reporting. Researchers from the University of Toronto and the Center for Security Studies in Zurich analyzed hundreds of reports published by the cybersecurity industry. Public and academic knowledge of cyber conflict relies heavily on data from commercial threat reporting.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Additionally, we looked at the phishing activity around gaming, specifically that related to cybersports tournaments, bookmakers, gaming marketplaces, and gaming platforms, and found numerous examples of scams that target gamers and esports fans. The scheme encourages users to log in using their social media credentials.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The victims are targeted with spear-phishing emails that trick them into mounting a malicious ISO file and double-clicking an LNK, which starts the infection chain. The threat actor behind the attacks contacted potential victims via social media or email and sent the initial malware through Skype. Other interesting discoveries.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

ThreatStream also allows for integration with many popular SIEMs and orchestration platforms in order to strengthen threat identification and remediation workflows. Data extraction from suspected phishing emails. Offers some free threat intelligence tools. Threat report export capabilities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Protect your organisation from phishing with MFA and Passkeys madhav Tue, 10/10/2023 - 04:51 We all make misteaks. Yet, around the world, phishing attacks designed to create this scenario are launched every minute, of every hour, of every day. However, some mistakes are bigger than others. Well, that’s much a much bigger problem.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

Computer Weekly said it had learnt that FatFace paid a £1.5m ($2 million US dollar) ransom to the Conti Ransomware gang , disclosing the gang gained access to FatFace network and their IT systems via a phishing email on 10th January 2021. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct employee phishing tests.

Energy and Utilities 122

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2021

McAfee researchers addressed the shift in ransomware strategy this week in their McAfee Threats Report: June 2021. They will steal data from their victims before encrypting it and threaten to publish the stolen data on the “leak sites” and then alert the media about the attack.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2024

CISA adds Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver and Adobe ColdFusion flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog ConnectOnCall data breach impacted over 900,000 individuals Report claims that Serbian authorities abused Cellebrite tool to install NoviSpy spyware Multiple flaws in Volkswagen Group’s infotainment unit allow for vehicle compromise (..)

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 30, 2024

Earlier the group was linked to disinformation campaigns around the US elections in a Microsoft threat report , Google research findings , and when OpenAI banned accounts linked to an Iranian influence operation. This type of attacks is called spear phishing , as it involves highly targeted phishing attempts.

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