Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2020

Microsoft discovered a new phishing campaign using COVID-19 lures to target businesses with the infamous LokiBot information-stealer. Microsoft has discovered a new COVID-19 themed phishing campaign targeting businesses with the LokiBot Trojan. The choice of password-protected ARJ files aims at bypassing some security solutions.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Yesterday, security intelligence firm, Intel 147, revealed it had noticed an uptick of activity in threat actors providing access to services in Telegram that circumvent two-factor authentication (2FA) methods. But if companies start using better authentication methods, such as Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP) codes—e.g.

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Social Engineering Banking Authentication Passwords 95

Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

Other cybersecurity news.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Microsoft is sharing information about the latest activity observed from the threat actor NOBELIUM, which has been attempting to replicate the approach it has used in past attacks by targeting organizations integral to the global IT supply chain: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 25, 2021.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

“Since August, CISA and MS-ISAC have seen a significant increase in malicious cyber actors targeting state and local governments with Emotet phishing emails. Emotet joined the password-protected attachment bandwagon with a campaign starting Friday. This increase has rendered Emotet one of the most prevalent ongoing threats.”

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Government Banking Advertising Malware 132

Webroot

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Social Engineering is when hackers impersonate trusted associates or acquaintances to manipulate people into giving up their passwords, banking information, date of birth or anything else that could be used for identity theft. After clicking the link and entering the info, your security is compromised. Business Email Compromise.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

An individual thought to be involved has earned accolades from the likes of Apple , Dell , and Microsoft for helping to find and fix security vulnerabilities in their products. In 2018, security intelligence firm HYAS discovered a malware network communicating with systems inside of a French national power company.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Not all employees are familiar with phishing and other digital threats, for instance. DarkMatter confirmed as much in its Cyber Security Report: June 2019 when it found that approximately 90 percent of UAE-based enterprises exhibited outdated software, credential problems in the form of weak/exposed passwords and insecure protocols.

Telecommunications 92

Telecommunications Encryption Software Banking 92

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2021

percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. A surprising 91.5

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Encryption Malware Ransomware Firewall 145

Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

Campaign attackers have been highly effective at fooling victims into revealing their logon credentials to copycat websites (phishing). Use a password vault, avoiding password reuse. Change default passwords for devices and apps. Attackers stole campaign participants’ access credentials. government.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 18, 2022

Ransomware attacks, phishing attacks, and business email compromises continue to impact organizations more frequently than a year ago. I even told him my password was “admin123.” The CISO relied on security intelligence from 3rd-party resources and security organizations for some insight into the threats and severity level.

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Jane Frankland

AUGUST 18, 2020

That could be through common hacking techniques like phishing, bait and switch, cookie theft, deep fake , password cracking , social engineering , and so on. Security intelligence comes with a high pay off. Hackers are creative, adaptive, resourceful, and business-like. million.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat.

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Spinone

JULY 8, 2020

Enable two-factor authentication Enabling two-factor authentication is one of the best ways to drastically increase the security of your G Suite environment. Passwords have long been a weak point in most environments. End users have a tendency to choose weak passwords. and third-party apps control – OAuth 2.0

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