Tech Republic Security

MAY 31, 2023

Researchers at Akamai’s Security Intelligence unit find a botnet specimen that reveals how successful DDoS, spam and other cyberattacks can be done with little finesse, knowledge or savvy. The post Threatening botnets can be created with little code experience, Akamai finds appeared first on TechRepublic.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 31, 2023

Phishing was the most common type of identity-related incident in 2022, according to a study by Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA), a non-profit, identity and security intelligence firm.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 21, 2022

3(c)(7)(A)(iii) would allow a company to deny access to apps installed by users, where those app makers “have been identified [by the Federal Government] as national security, intelligence, or law enforcement risks.” ” That language is far too broad.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 9, 2023

Microsoft's Security Intelligence team recently investigated a business email compromise (BEC) attack and found that attackers move rapidly, with some steps taking mere minutes. [.]

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2023

This will represent the Israeli-US vendor’s advanced software composition analysis (SCA) backed by Snyk’s security intelligence—a combination of public sources, data from the developer community, proprietary expert research, machine learning, and human-in-the-loop AI.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 8, 2023

Palo Alto Networks this week revealed it added a threat detection and response module to its Cortex extended security intelligence and automation management (XSIAM) platform that uses machine learning algorithms to surface anomalous activity based on identity and user behavior.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2022

pic.twitter.com/Tro0NfMD0j — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 17, 2022. pic.twitter.com/stXJMDMevc — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 17, 2022. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 17, 2022.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 16, 2022

Security Intelligence reported that 62% of organizations surveyed experienced a supply chain attack in 2021. On July 25 this year, the FBI warned that supply chains are “increasingly a point of vulnerability for computer intrusions.” The warning comes at a time when supply chain attacks are on the rise.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2023

Microsoft has worked to illuminate the evolving digital threat landscape with in-depth security reports for more than 15 years. Our mission first began with the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, which ran from 2005 to 2018. It has since evolved into the Microsoft Digital Defense Report , which was first released in 2020.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The tech giant's Security Intelligence team is tracking the cluster under the emerging moniker DEV-0147, describing the activity as an "expansion of the group's data exfiltration operations that traditionally targeted government agencies and think tanks in Asia

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2022

Microsoft Security Intelligence experts are warning of a long-running campaign conducted by a cloud threat actor group, tracked as 8220, that is now targeting Linux servers to install crypto miners. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 29, 2022. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

A newly discovered evasive malware leverages the Secure Shell (SSH) cryptographic protocol to gain entry into targeted systems with the goal of mining cryptocurrency and carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

China-based cyberespionage actor DEV-0147 has been observed compromising diplomatic targets in South America, according to Microsoft’s Security Intelligence team.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 19, 2023

What follows is the perspective from other countries’ intelligence services on what the future may hold.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Finnish Security Intelligence Service ( SUPO ) warns Russia will highly likely intensify its cyber activity over the winter. The Finnish Security Intelligence Service ( Suojelupoliisi or SUPO ) warn of a highly likely intensification of cyberespionage activities conducted by Russia-linked threat actors over the winter.

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The Hacker News

MAY 21, 2021

This RAT is infamous for its ransomware-like behavior of appending the file name extension.crimson to files without actually encrypting them," the Microsoft Security Intelligence team said in a

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (SUPO) warns of a highly likely intensification of cyberespionage activities conducted by Russia-linked threat actors over the winter.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The] attackers monetize clicks generated by a browser node-webkit or malicious browser extension secretly installed on devices," Microsoft Security Intelligence said in a sequence of tweets over the weekend. The tech giant's

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Cisco Talos dubbed the malware attacks "Operation Layover," building on previous research from the Microsoft Security Intelligence

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

Threat actors were observed abusing OneDrive, for this reason, the IT giant has suspended more than 20 malicious OneDrive applications created by POLONIUM actors, notified affected organizations, and deployed a series of security intelligence updates that will quarantine malicious tools developed by the attackers.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Its Security Intelligence team is tracking the cluster under the emerging name DEV-0147. Chinese adversarial collectives with links to the Ministry […] The post Chinese Hackers Use ShadowPad Against South American Diplomatic Entities appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

NETSCOUT's Chief Security Officer, Debby Briggs, was joined by Tyler Cohen Wood for an insightful conversation with Lisa Martin from theCUBE. Tyler is a nationally recognized cyber security, intelligence, national security expert, and former Director of Cyber Risk Management for AT&T.

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The Hacker News

JUNE 30, 2022

The updates include the deployment of new versions of a crypto miner and an IRC bot," Microsoft Security Intelligence said in a series of tweets on Thursday. A cloud threat actor group tracked as 8220 has updated its malware toolset to breach Linux servers with the goal of installing crypto miners as part of a long-running campaign.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) September 24, 2020. We strongly recommend customers to immediately apply security updates for CVE-2020-1472. We strongly recommend customers to immediately apply security updates for CVE-2020-1472.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2021

. “Today, we have taken an additional step to further support our customers who are still vulnerable and have not yet implemented the complete security update. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. ” reads the announcement published by Microsoft.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 19, 2021

In the last 30 days, education was the most targeted sector, receiving more than 60% of all malware encounters, or more than 5 million incidents, according to Microsoft Security Intelligence. The post Online Ed is the New Corporate Threat Vector appeared first on Security Boulevard. Department of.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2023

Researchers at Microsoft Security Intelligence team published a series of tweets to warn of a new wave of attacks aimed at distributing the Clop ransomware and linked it to the financially motivated cybercriminal group Sangria Tempest (ELBRUS, FIN7 ).

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2022

New integration empowers security teams to identify behavioral anomalies, internal and external threats, and to prioritize their responses based on accurate enterprise security intelligence LogRhythm, the company empowering security teams to defend against an ever-evolving threat landscape today announced its….

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

KmsdBot, as christened by the Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), came to light mid-November 2022 for its ability to brute-force systems with weak SSH credentials. An ongoing analysis into an up-and-coming cryptocurrency mining botnet known as KmsdBot has led to it being accidentally taken down.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

Microsoft Security Intelligence team Microsoft reported that a new variant of the Sysrv botnet, tracked as Sysrv-K, now includes exploits for vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework and WordPress. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 13, 2022.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. Microsoft 365 Defender customers can also refer to these detections: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 5, 2020.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2020

Experts from the Microsoft Security Intelligence team provided some details on a new “massive campaign” using COVID-19 themed emails. Researchers from the Microsoft Security Intelligence team provided some details on a new massive phishing campaign using COVID-19 themed emails. macros in malware campaigns.

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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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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2021

Microsoft Security Intelligence researchers uncovered a malware campaign that is spreading a remote access trojan (RAT) tracked as STRRAT. pic.twitter.com/mGow2sJupN — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 19, 2021.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 25, 2022

today launched a cloud-based platform through which it will unify risk and threat assessments using data collected from both its own and third-party security offerings. The post Trend Micro Unfurls Risk Intel Aggregator appeared first on Security Boulevard. Trend Micro Inc.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2022

link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 11, 2022. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 11, 2022. According to Microsoft the ransomware operators compromised the exposed systems to deploy the NightSky ransomware. trendmrcio[.]com, rogerscorp[.]org, sophosantivirus[.]ga,

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

pic.twitter.com/mcRyEBUmQH — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 30, 2020. pic.twitter.com/1qnx3NmwiB — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 30, 2020. When opened, the HTML leads to the download Dudear, a malicious macro-laden Excel file that drops the payload.

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