Hacker Combat

JUNE 2, 2022

ransomware to conduct the cyber-attack, the hackers threaten to expose stolen files unless the company pays a ransom. The ransomware gang demanded over $34 million in bitcoin to be paid as ransom. How to Recognize a Ransomware Attack. How to Prevent Ransomware Attacks. using the LockBit 2.0

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Pain of Double Extortion Ransomware divya Thu, 02/16/2023 - 06:10 Ransomware perpetrators are adopting more sophisticated attack techniques with much success. Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 14, 2021

During a ransomware attack, it is critical to detect and respond early and quickly. By decreasing your mean time to detection in identifying the attacker’s behavior, your security team can quickly investigate and respond timely to prevent a ransomware incident. Endpoint ransomware protection.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Zero trust isn't a silver bullet, but if implemented well it can help create a much more robust security defense.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 6, 2021

But the Colonial Pipeline cyber attack that took place in May this year and the latest Kaseya Ransomware attack suggests that the need for manual operations is still in demand and those skills can only be got from the veterans generation who are above 50-60 in age.

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Webroot

APRIL 4, 2022

Skyrocketing ransomware payments will cost more than just your revenue. Exposure to ransomware is just another element you’ve had to consider. Ransomware continues to plague small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Ransomware continues to plague small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). That’s nearly half.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Ransomware is a sly, silent, and vicious criminal. It quietly makes its way past your security defenses into the heart of your data and keeps it hostage until you pay a ransom. To defend against it you need to understand how you get ransomware in the first place?

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

How to bolster security defenses by zeroing in on the length of time an interloper remains undetected inside your network.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Ransomware is a sly, silent, and vicious criminal. It quietly makes its way past your security defenses into the heart of your data and keeps it hostage until you pay a ransom. To defend against it you need to understand how you get ransomware in the first place?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 27, 2021

As some hackers have developed a malware that uses code signing certificates to avoid detection by security defenses and has the tendency to download payloads onto a compromised system. Interestingly, the malware is found using a code signing certificate from Sectigo, a cybersecurity company that offers digital identity solutions.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Most companies were unprepared to secure an entirely remote workforce, relying on remote desktop protocol (RDP) and strained VPN infrastructures, leaving workers ripe for attack. Ransomware was particularly successful, with estimates that attacks cost businesses $20 billion worldwide in 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Ransomware has rapidly established itself as the attack of choice for adversaries. With the proliferation of readily available, off-the-shelf tools and fully formed ransomware-as-a-service offerings, no business or organization is too small a target. Define specific actions to reduce the likelihood and impact of a ransomware attack.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Nearly a quarter of healthcare organizations hit by ransomware attacks experienced an increase in patient mortality, according to a study from Ponemon Institute and Proofpoint released today. Also read: After Springhill: Assessing the Impact of Ransomware Lawsuits. ” Ponemon: Effects of ransomware on patient care.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

Cybercriminals have honed in on the influx of new devices connected to the home network as an opportunity to execute ransomware attacks, steal information, or compromise public school district’s security defenses.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Akira ransomware vulnerabilities have also surfaced in older Cisco products, and SolarWinds patched some remote code execution flaws in its Access Rights Manager product. Your IT teams should regularly check your vendors’ security bulletins for any vulnerability news or updates.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

An old Microsoft Windows spooler flaw is added to the CISA KEV list, and the Cactus Ransomware gang currently pursues unfixed Qlik Sense servers with a vulnerability patched in September 2023. Unfixed September 2023 Qlik Sense Vulns Under Ransomware Attack Type of vulnerability: Arbitrary code execution.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2023

Iran-linked APT group MERCURY is behind destructive attacks on hybrid environments masquerading as a ransomware operation. Threat actors masqueraded the attacks as a standard ransomware operation. The attackers were able to interfere with security tools using Group Policy Objects (GPO).

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The conference’s focus on cyber resilience doesn’t mean that organizations should abandon core security defenses like EDR , access control and firewalls , but they should be prepared for the advanced threats that will, at some point, get past them. Also read : Is the Answer to Vulnerabilities Patch Management as a Service?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Exploitation causes data breaches, system instability, and service disruptions, affecting organizational security and continuity. Furthermore, threat actors use the authentication bypass issue to spread LockBit ransomware on infiltrated networks, specifically targeting vulnerable ScreenConnect servers.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Major cybersecurity events in the last week make clear that hackers just keep getting savvier — and security teams need to be vigilant to keep up. Ransomware groups continue to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities. Now ransomware attackers, possibly affiliated with FIN8, are exploiting unpatched Citrix products to launch attacks.

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VPN Authentication Ransomware Antivirus 104

Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

There’s no shortage of reasons why an SMB might use Linux to run their business: There are plenty of distros to choose from, it’s (generally) free, and perhaps above all — it’s secure. But unfortunately, there’s more to Linux security than just leaning back in your chair and sipping piña coladas. Cloud Snooper. How it works.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Menlo Security , a leader in cloud security, today announced it has identified a surge in cyberthreats, termed Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT), that bypass traditional security defenses. The top three brands impersonated in phishing attacks are Microsoft, PayPal, and Amazon.

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Cloud Migration Malware Phishing Security Defenses 52

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 3, 2023

” Also read: ChatGPT Security and Privacy Issues Remain in GPT-4 Growing AI Cybercrime Potential Kelley, who also exposed WormGPT in early July, noted that FraudGPT shares the same foundational capabilities as WormGPT and might have been developed by the same people, but FraudGPT has the potential for even greater malicious use.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Other major flaws appeared in the NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes, Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, and Apache ActiveMQ — and the latter two have already been targeted in ransomware attacks. 3 to report that the vulnerability is being actively exploited, which Rapid7 said includes ransomware attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

CSP’s Professional Security Expertise CSPs’ professional security expertise substantially contributes to the security capabilities and improvement of the general resilience of cloud storage. The increased scalability of cloud storage can assist effective data recovery solutions.

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Risk Backups Encryption DDOS 125

Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

The crooks behind an affiliate program that paid cybercriminals to install the destructive and wildly successful GandCrab ransomware strain announced on May 31, 2019 they were terminating the program after allegedly having earned more than $2 billion in extortion payouts from victims. Image: Malwarebytes. The GandCrab identity on Exploit[.]in

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

The FBI’s recommended fix for this solution is not a patch but rather the removal of any Barracuda ESG appliances from your business’s security infrastructure. August 24, 2023 Akira ransomware targeting Cisco, but MFA helps Akira ransomware groups have been exploiting Cisco’s virtual private network ( VPN ) tools.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2022

Pentesting involves vulnerability exploitation and post-exploitation actions – the idea is to conduct a real attack, like cybercriminals would do, except with an explicit authorization from the company in order to identify weaknesses and improve security defenses. Detecting Cobalt Strike Attacks.

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Energy and Utilities DNS Penetration Testing Ransomware 131

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

The FBI’s recommended fix for this solution is not a patch but rather the removal of any Barracuda ESG appliances from your business’s security infrastructure. August 24, 2023 Akira ransomware targeting Cisco, but MFA helps Akira ransomware groups have been exploiting Cisco’s virtual private network ( VPN ) tools.

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VPN Authentication Mobile Firewall 93

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 14, 2023

” “These kinds of zero-click exploits are always appealing to threat actors, both nation states, and financially motivated groups like ransomware operators, as they are easy to weaponize threats at scale,” Immersive’s Breen observed.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Read next: Network Protection: How to Secure a Network Weekly Vulnerability Recap – Sept. 11, 2023 – Android Update Fixes 33 Vulnerabilities Get the Free Cybersecurity Newsletter Strengthen your organization's IT security defenses by keeping up to date on the latest cybersecurity news, solutions, and best practices.

Firewall 109

Firewall Security Defenses Risk Cybersecurity 109

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A surge of critical vulnerabilities and zero-day exploits has made for a very busy week in IT security, affecting a range of tech giants like Atlassian, Cisco, Apple, Arm, Qualcomm and Microsoft. Among the issues in the last week, Android and Arm faced actively exploited vulnerabilities in GPU drivers.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 19, 2024

Frequent Ransomware Target QNAP Discloses 3 Vulnerabilities Type of vulnerability: Improper authentication, injection vulnerability, SQL injection (SQLi). Ransomware gangs, notably Deadbolt, Checkmate, and Qlocker, actively targeted QNAP vulnerabilities in the past. The critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-21899 with a CVSS score of 9.8,

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 17, 2021

Email Attachments: One of two main methods to penetrate security defenses with malicious content by email. Everyone is vulnerable to malicious attacks like ransomware so your assessment should not start and stop with our recommendations.

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Phishing Technology Malware Authentication 129

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Cuba ransomware gang Cuba data leak site The group’s offensives first got on our radar in late 2020. The Cuba group, like many others of its kind, is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) outfit, letting its partners use the ransomware and associated infrastructure in exchange for a share of any ransom they collect.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 23, 2022

39% see malware and ransomware as their biggest risk. 68% of IT and security professionals plan to use zero trust for device security; 42% actually do. AI-based attacks: Bot-based attacks are getting better at mimicking user activity, more easily breaching the low-security defenses of many IoT devices.

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IoT Social Engineering Firmware Risk 98

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

. “Additionally, it’s important to have an incident response plan in place to swiftly detect and mitigate any security breaches to minimize the potential impact.” Email Address By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

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