Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2021

Microsoft warns of a long-running spear-phishing campaign that has targeted Office 365 customers in multiple attacks since July 2020. Microsoft revealed that a year-long spear-phishing campaign has targeted Office 365 customers in multiple attacks starting with July 2020. com , or api[.]statvoo[.]com

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

When it comes to impactful types of internet-borne crime, phishing is the name of the game. According to Verizon's 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), a whopping 74% of breaches involve a human element, which is exactly what phishing aims to exploit. And for good reason. Tactics matter a lot, too.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 16, 2021

A phishing campaign that Microsoft security researchers have been tracking for about a year highlights not only the ongoing success of social engineering efforts by hackers to compromise systems, but also the extent to which the bad actors will go to cover their tracks while stealing user credentials. Invoice-Themed Lures.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 30, 2021

LemonDuck has evolved from a Monero cryptominer into LemonCat, a Trojan that specializes in backdoor installation, credential and data theft, and malware delivery, according to the Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team, which explained their findings in a two-part story [ 1 ][ 2 ] on the Microsoft Security blog.

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SecureList

AUGUST 10, 2022

Notably, we exposed why we believe the threat actor may fit a group of mercenaries, offering hack-for-hire services, or acting as an information broker to support competitive and financial intelligence efforts. We discovered it in Q2 2020 as part of an update of the Evilnum modus operandi, and attributed it to DeathStalker.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

The company’s Orion IT, a solution for monitoring and managing customers’ IT infrastructure, was compromised by threat actors. We have observed numerous activities of the Lazarus group over many years, with the threat actor changing targets depending on its objectives. Putting the ‘A’ into APT.

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