Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2023

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Cybercrime 86

Cybercrime Hacking Ransomware Malware 86

Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2019

Even if it is soon to provide a precise estimate on the financial impact for the cyber attack, in an update provided by Norsk Hydro on Tuesday, the company estimated losses between 300-350 million Norwegian crowns ($35 – $41 million). ” reads the update published by the company.

Insurance 82

Insurance Cyber Attacks Ransomware Advertising 82

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The attackers were able to infect their devices via a WatchGuard vulnerability that was patched in a May 2021 update. The analysis says Cyclops Blink malware also comes with modules specifically developed to upload/download files to and from its command and control server, collect and exfiltrate device information, and update the malware.

Malware 145

Malware Firewall Firmware DDOS 145

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 28, 2022

Intelligence agencies from the west have issued a special alert yesterday stating that the Work from Home (WFH) culture could add fuel to Russian Cyber Attacks and may rise their success score from 30% to 70%.

Cyber Attacks 90

Cyber Attacks Authentication Cyber threats Internet 90

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Organizations experience  30% more ransomware attacks  during the holiday season, with a 70% average increase in attempted ransomware attacks in November and December compared with January and February. Downtime can be particularly costly, causing financial losses and tarnishing a company's reputation. Here's how to keep your business safe.

CISO 69

CISO Cybersecurity Phishing Backups 69

Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2021

A new supply chain attack made the headlines, threat actors compromised at least one update server of smartphone maker Gigaset to deliver malware. In 2018, it had 888 employees, revenue of 280 million Euro and sales activities in approximately 70 countries. Der Android-Update-Server von Gigaset wurde gehackt! Stay Tuned!

Malware 109

Malware Adware Firmware Accountability 109

Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2021

” The REvil ransomware group said affected organizations could negotiate independently with them for a decryption key, or someone could pay $70 million worth of virtual currency to buy a key that works to decrypt all systems compromised in this attack.

Software 287

Software Ransomware System Administration Authentication 287

Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! prize pool Zerodium will pay $300K for WordPress RCE exploits Crooks abuse website contact forms to deliver IcedID malware Hackers compromised APKPure client to distribute infected Apps This man was planning to kill 70% of Internet in a bomb attack against AWS.

Cyber Attacks 53

Cyber Attacks Firmware Malware VPN 53

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The seizure notice appearing on the homepage this week of more than a dozen popular “booter” or “stresser” DDoS-for-hire Web sites. As of Thursday morning, a seizure notice featuring the seals of the U.S. Justice Department , FBI and other law enforcement agencies appeared on the booter sites, including: anonsecurityteam[.]com.

DNS 182

DNS Computers and Electronics Government Internet 182

Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

The authors of the GandCrab RaaS also offers technical support and updates to its members, they also published a video tutorial that shows how the ransomware is able to avoid antivirus detection. Last week, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus announced the arrest of a man on charges of distributing the infamous GandCrab ransomware.

Ransomware 118

Ransomware Advertising Malware Hacking 118

Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2021

“po1kitd-update-k”). updating the malware, performing file operations, providing operator with a “tty” shell, executing commands with system privileges, and running arbitrary shell commands. ” If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. . Pierluigi Paganini.

Malware 143

Malware Encryption Authentication Passwords 143

SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2021

The ransom demand by the REvil group was initially $70 million for a universal decryption key. Also in its most recent update, Kaseya says the decryptor is working flawlessly to unlock systems. "We You can sense the frustration, can't you, as this is the status update weeks after the cyberattack.

Media 98

Media Ransomware Encryption Hacking 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2022

The IT giant released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported MS Exchange versions that were actively exploited in the wild. Bloomberg was informed about the payment by two people familiar with the attack.

Cyber Attacks 112

Cyber Attacks Ransomware Insurance Hacking 112

Security Boulevard

JULY 19, 2023

Also alarming is the finding that nearly 70% of financial services and insurance companies have delayed application rollouts due to API security issues – more than 10% higher than the overall industry average.

Financial Services 94

Financial Services Insurance Digital transformation Banking 94

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! Google addresses over 70 flaws in Android, including a remotely exploitable issue. Malware campaign employs fake security certificate updates. The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 49 million unique email addresses of Straffic Marketing firm exposed online.

Data breaches 69

Data breaches Mobile Advertising Ransomware 69

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2021

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Banking 52

Banking Data breaches Malware VPN 52

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Emotet is a modular malware, its operators could develop new Dynamic Link Libraries to update its capabilities. The infamous banking trojan is also used to deliver other malicious code, such as Trickbot and QBot trojan or ransomware such as Conti (TrickBot) or ProLock (QBot).

Government 134

Government Banking Advertising Malware 134

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2018

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! addresses 118 Vulnerabilities, 18 of them rated as critical. · The ‘Gazorp Azorult Builder emerged from the Dark Web. · Cyber Defense Magazine Annual Global Edition for 2018 has arrived. . · Windows 10 October 2018 Update could cause CCleaner stop working.

Banking 53

Banking Cyber Attacks Advertising Manufacturing 53

Krebs on Security

JULY 15, 2019

Your cut is 60 percent at the beginning and 70 percent after the first three payments are made. Approximately 24 hours after NoMoreRansom released its free tool, the GandCrab team shipped an update that rendered it unable to decrypt files. “Five affiliates more can join the program and then we’ll go under the radar.

Ransomware 188

Ransomware Cybercrime Media Encryption 188

Krebs on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Sizmek’s own marketing boilerplate says the company operates its ad platform in more than 70 countries, connecting more than 20,000 advertisers and 3,600 agencies to audiences around the world. The update stated the attackers had gained access to nearly 32,000 Citrix accounts through password spraying. 28, 2018.

Accountability 214

Accountability Passwords Advertising Penetration Testing 214

NopSec

APRIL 17, 2019

Fixes A patch for this vulnerability was pushed out by Microsoft in the most recent Patch Tuesday last week (along with patches for more than 70 unique vulnerabilities). Users should update their systems as soon as possible. Click Here The post Trending CVEs for the Week of April 15th, 2019 appeared first on NopSec.

Accountability 40

Accountability Risk 40

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2023

The latest iteration of this is the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the resulting banking crisis, which has presented an opportunity for attackers to spoof highly sensitive communication, for example seeking to intercept legitimate communication instructing recipients to update bank details for payroll.

Cyber Attacks 119

Cyber Attacks Social Engineering Scams Phishing 119

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In the weeks leading up to Black Friday, we have already seen discounts reaching 70% and even 80%, grabbing the attention of millions of customers. The email body employs social engineering techniques, for instance, to convince the user that they need to update their payment data, or that a lucrative deal awaits them on the phishing site.

Phishing 102

Phishing Banking Scams Retail 102

Jane Frankland

JULY 13, 2020

It’s not for sharing political, religious, news updates or posting jobs either. To be considered, you’ll need to be under 70-years old and healthy. COVID-19 has spread around the world at lightning speed since it emerged at the tail end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. You can set it up so you enjoy a positive affirmation every day.

Small Business 130

Small Business Banking Healthcare Technology 130

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

To boost their profits and depend less on outsourcing, some groups such as Revil even scammed their affiliates , adding a backdoor capable of hijacking negotiations with victims and taking the 70% of the ransom payments that is supposed to go to the affiliates.

Cryptocurrency 108

Cryptocurrency Banking Cybercrime Ransomware 108

Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2023

A threat actor is using malicious ads to redirect users to what looks like a Windows security update. The fake security update is using a newly identified loader that at the time of the campaign was oblivious to malware sandboxes and bypassed practically all antivirus engines. The file would simply run and exit quickly.

Engineering 96

Engineering Malware Antivirus Social Engineering 96

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

Worse still, even secure vendors can become vulnerable with faulty updates, and that’s hard to detect. However it’s done, compromising update mechanisms is becoming more and more prevalent in software supply chain attacks. The company’s products automate many activities, such as pushing updates and patches to users.

Software 133

Software Risk Authentication Government 133

Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

5 : Update your resume and LinkedIn profile Updating your resume and LinkedIn profile (key assets) are important steps. Not only is it a good source of support but according to HubSpot, 85% of jobs are filled through networking and according to CNBC , 70% of jobs are never published publicly! It’s a sad affair.

Cybersecurity 130

Cybersecurity Accountability Media Government 130

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A fake Facebook Messenger page promised to install an update that could change the user’s appearance and voice during video calls, and track who has been viewing their profile, among other features. To get the “update”, the victim was asked to enter their account credentials, which the scammers immediately took over.

Phishing 94

Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 94

Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

Login sound System Updates A few months later, the team was once again at Black Hat USA & DEF CON, and were really excited by how many people were using their creation, and got to see first hand how people were using it. A drawback with Live-Boot is that in order to update to the latest release, you need to replace the whole OS.

InfoSec 52

InfoSec Penetration Testing Architecture Software 52

Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

5 : Update your resume, LinkedIn profile, and write your story Updating your resume and LinkedIn profile (key assets) are important steps. Not only is it a good source of support but according to HubSpot, 85% of jobs are filled through networking and according to CNBC , 70% of jobs are never published publicly!

Cybersecurity 130

Cybersecurity Accountability Media Marketing 130

Cisco Security

AUGUST 29, 2022

I looked at the equipment list from 2019, that was documented in the Bart and Grifter presentation, and estimated we needed to source an additional 150 Cisco Meraki MR AP (with brackets and tripods) and 70+ Cisco Meraki MS switches to build the Black Hat USA network in just a few weeks. This also included the Tag for the SSIDs.

Engineering 84

Engineering Wireless Malware DNS 84

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

IBM found that 70% of businesses infected with ransomware have paid ransom to regain access to business data and systems, while 55% of parents said they’d be willing to pay the ransom to regain access to digital family photos. It’s imperative to keep legacy anti-malware , firewall and intrusion prevention systems updated.

Ransomware 196

Ransomware Internet Internet Hacking 196

Veracode Security

MAY 18, 2021

found that 70 percent of applications contain a vulnerability in an open source library. It also notes that the tools should operate regularly, or at least before product, version, or update releases. As with the SBOM requirement, this inclusion acknowledges another reality of modern software ??? In fact, our?? recent research ??found

Software 123

Software IoT Cybersecurity Government 123

Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

For 70 devices, this could have been painful, and as there’s no systematic way of provision a PIN on Apple devices (it is possible, however, to provision a PIN Policy !), Again, wiping 70 devices ( Black Hat USA 2021 had 300 devices!) Meraki SM was used to remotely remove both the PIN policy and PIN. by Ian Redden.

DNS 135

DNS Mobile Malware Firewall 135

Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

The malware targets more than 70 web browser extensions for cryptocurrency theft and uses the same functionality to target two-factor authentication (2FA) applications. On May 20, the Mystic Stealer seller posted updates that include loader functionality and a persistence capability to forums as shown in Figure 1.

Cryptocurrency 52

Cryptocurrency Password Management Malware DNS 52

Security Boulevard

MAY 18, 2021

found that 70 percent of applications contain a vulnerability in an open source library. It also notes that the tools should operate regularly, or at least before product, version, or update releases. As with the SBOM requirement, this inclusion acknowledges another reality of modern software ??? In fact, our?? recent research ??found

Software 84

Software IoT Cybersecurity Government 84