Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2023

The Lancefly APT group is using a custom powerful backdoor called Merdoor in attacks against organizations in South and Southeast Asia. Symantec researchers reported that the Lancefly APT group is using a custom-written backdoor in attacks targeting organizations in South and Southeast Asia, as part of a long-running campaign.

Encryption 82

Encryption DNS Phishing Malware 82

eSecurity Planet

JULY 5, 2023

Intelligence and information gathering: Information that should be gathered early in the pentest framework development and selection process includes the scope of asset ownership, network targets, exploits, any involved third parties, network ports, IP addresses, relevant employees’ names, and property locations.

Penetration Testing 90

Penetration Testing Cybersecurity Social Engineering Hacking 90

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2023

They are also keen to capitalize on the most vulnerable and to exploit crises, such as during the pandemic or political instability. One of their favorite targets is the older generation. Call spoofing exploits a feature of Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony, caller ID. What is call spoofing? How does it work?

Scams 83

Scams Banking Artificial Intelligence Authentication 83

Malwarebytes

MAY 18, 2022

In a Twitter thread , the Microsoft Security Intelligence team have revealed new information about the latest versions of the Sysrv botnet. The variant they focused on uses a range of known exploits for vulnerabilities in web apps and databases to install cryptocurrency miners on both Windows and Linux systems.

Cryptocurrency 64

Cryptocurrency IoT Malware DDOS 64

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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Computers and Electronics 80

Computers and Electronics Backups Cybercrime Marketing 80

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

This article will explore the nature of MSSPs and how they can help businesses, nonprofits, governments, and other organizations have better security with less effort. This article will explore the nature of MSSPs and how they can help businesses, nonprofits, governments, and other organizations have better security with less effort.

Telecommunications 84

Telecommunications Firewall Penetration Testing Cybersecurity 84

Vipre

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

You may have noticed that Mimecast, SonicWall, Malwarebytes, FireEye, Microsoft, CrowdStrike and Solarwinds have all been in the news in recent weeks from cyberattacks. Thankfully, not all of the attacks were successful, and to be fair, like VIPRE Security, these are companies that are passionate about cybersecurity.

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Software Technology Password Management Cybersecurity 80

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favorite beverages. Related: Companies sustain damage from IoT attacks That was back in 1982.

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IoT Healthcare Internet Internet 279

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2021

analyzes ransomware landscape in 2020 and TTPs of major threat actors. Group-IB , a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, has presented its new report “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021 ”. Group-IB published a report titled “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021 ”. The gold rush of 2020.

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Ransomware Cybercrime Malware Marketing 121

Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2018

According to security firm Qualys , all but two of the “critical” fixes in this round of updates apply to vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s browsers — Internet Explorer and Edge. The latest update brings Flash to version 30.0.0.134 , and patches at least two security vulnerabilities in the program.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

While the broader geopolitical analysis of the war in Ukraine and its consequences are best left to experts, a number of cyberevents have taken place during the conflict, and our assessment is that they are very significant. At this point, it has become cliché to say that nothing in 2022 turned out the way we expected.

DDOS 131

DDOS Ransomware Government Energy and Utilities 131

Cisco Security

AUGUST 30, 2021

You might open a web interface to access email or launch your favorite social media app to connect with friends. Rather than having a human point and click through a workflow, an API exposes functionality to another application. Once you have an accountable team, make a plan , and communicate it throughout the organization.

Software 116

Software Authentication Risk Encryption 116

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Cyber threat actors, with varying resources and motivations, are highly interested in these eye-catching events too. For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

Often a combination of disruptive technologies, lagging risk behavior trends, shifts in threat actor capabilities or focus, greater expectations for cybersecurity, and new regulatory structures emerge to wreak havoc. This leads to sub-optimal situations where cybersecurity professionals largely react to the exploitations of malicious actors.

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Risk Cybersecurity CISO Technology 115

The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2022

Cyber-attacks continue to make headlines, and wreak havoc for organizations, with no sign of abating. Having spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, threats such as malware, ransomware, and DDoS attacks continue to accelerate. The war in Ukraine has seen likely state-sponsored attacks using these types of DDoS attacks.

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DDOS Artificial Intelligence Cyber Attacks Malware 214

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This report takes a close look at the history of the Cuba group, and their attack tactics, techniques and procedures. We hope this article will help you to stay one step ahead of threats like this one. The gang has scored a series of resonant attacks on oil companies, financial services , government agencies and healthcare providers.

Ransomware 132

Ransomware Encryption Malware DDOS 132

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Ransomware is the most feared cybersecurity threat and with good reason: Its ability to cripple organizations by locking their data is a threat like no other. Knowing what ransomware is and how it works is essential for protecting against and responding to such attacks. There are several methods of delivering ransomware attacks.

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Ransomware Backups Encryption Cybersecurity 93

Cisco Security

AUGUST 29, 2022

Talos Threat Hunting, by Jerzy ‘Yuri’ Kramarz and Michael Kelley. Black Hat USA is my favorite part of my professional life each year. Also, for the first time, we had two Talos Threat Hunters from the Talos Incident Response (TIR) team, providing unique perspectives and skills to the attacks on the network.

DNS 86

DNS Wireless Malware Firewall 86

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Analysts assess 2023 will bring a heightened threat of deepfakes due to this technique’s wide application against individuals or networks of individuals, and the supposed legitimacy that comes with ever-more realistic media. Last December, the team looked at various topics related to the field of cyber and information security.

Technology 52

Technology Cybersecurity Cryptocurrency Education 52

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 13, 2023

Let’s face it, the Internet is kind of like the Wild West when it comes to threats to our privacy and security. When it comes to getting a good look at your browsing your ISP has a window seat, and in the USA ISPs have been allowed to sell your browsing data since 2017. We ignore the many threats to web browsers at our own peril.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 24, 2022

Office documents have been a favorite hiding place of malicious code ever since. Office documents have been a favorite hiding place of malicious code ever since. Microsoft could have made it so that those that needed Excel 4.0 Malware authors are moving on to use other vulnerabilities like CVE-2017-11882.

Malware 72

Malware 72

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Office documents have been a favorite hiding place of malicious code ever since. Microsoft could have made it so that those that needed Excel 4.0 macros had to turn the feature on, and the rest of us (the overwhelming majority of Excel users) could have been more secure without having to remember to turn it off.

Malware 116

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 29, 2021

According to a survey, 51% of organizations fail to identify advanced endpoint attacks , as their endpoint security software is ineffective. The average cost of successful corporate endpoint attacks is in the millions and employing a stringent endpoint security solution is necessary. Agile threat protection. Kaspersky overview.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Firewall Wireless Technology 52

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

William Bangham: Judy, the FBI said a group known as Dark Side is responsible for this cyber attack, which used what is known as ransomware ransomware is malicious computer code that blocks and owners access to their computer network until a ransom gets paid. Ransomware is not new. It was a limited gesture of good faith.

Ransomware 40

Ransomware Encryption Cybercrime Government 40

Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

At each conference, we have a hack-a-thon: to create, prove, test, improve and finally put into production new or improved integrations. File Analysis and Teamwork in the NOC Corelight and NetWitness extracted nearly 29,000 files from the conference network stream, which were sent for analysis in Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (Threat Grid).

Wireless 68

Wireless DNS Mobile Technology 68

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

Here’s the CBS evening news : CBS: Nearly a quarter of a million people lost power in this small Ukrainian city when it was targeted by a suspected Russian attack last December. So this power grid attack is sounding more credible. This is ransomware, starting with a phishing attack. The reality is much more complicated.

Hacking 52

Hacking Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Firmware 52

Cisco Security

MAY 26, 2022

From writing about the latest hardware zero-days to learning how to steal cookies from the master himself, Robert Graham, I can say, without any doubt, Black Hat and Defcon were my favorite events of the year. In part one of this issue of our Black Hat Asia NOC blog, you will find: . Meraki MR, MS, MX and Systems Manager by Paul Fidler .

Wireless 93

Wireless Mobile Engineering Firewall 93

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Information security products , services, and professionals have never been in higher demand, making for a world of opportunities for cybersecurity startups. With evolving attack methodologies due to machine learning, quantum computing, and sophisticated nation-state hackers, security startups are receiving record funding. BluBracket.

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Cybersecurity Threat Detection Artificial Intelligence Risk 142

Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

ChatGPT—the much-hyped, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that provides human-like responses from an enormous knowledge base—has been embraced practically everywhere, from private sector businesses to K–12 classrooms. Do you think your organization should embrace ChatGPT?

Cybersecurity 73

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Social Engineering Engineering 73

ForAllSecure

MARCH 22, 2023

1000s of drug dealers used to sell drugs and completely hide their identity having a market… VAMOSI: Having a marketplace that was located on the hard to reach dark web was not new. Will generative AI tools like ChatGPT make things crazier by lowering the barrier to entry? VAMOSI: We hear a lot about the Dark Web.

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