The Verge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

They’re usually performed through a botnet, a network of machines that have been compromised using malware or malicious software to control them remotely. While the number of DDoS attacks have increased in 2021 on Azure, the maximum attack throughput had declined to 625Mbps before this 2.4Tbps attack in the last week of August.

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Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

With networks and infrastructures extending beyond the safe school walls nowadays, cyber-attack threats against educational institutions are on the rise. According to recent Microsoft Intelligence findings , education is the most targeted industry, with nearly 80% of malware encounters in the last 30 days. Installing Malware.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

“Sideloading is a cyber criminal’s best friend and requiring that on iPhone would be a gold rush for the malware industry,” according to Apple senior vice president Craig Federighi, who delivered a dramatic speech at Web Summit 2021 declaiming the security risks if Apple were required to let users sideload apps.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Some scary statistics: Ransomware attacks increased 13% from 2020 to 2021. The human element was responsible for 82% of attacks in 2021. The global cost of ransomware rose from $325 million in 2015 to $20 billion in 2021, and is expected to climb to $265 billion by 2031. Bad actors see those as prime victims for extorting money.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 27, 2022

According to recent data from the Identity Theft Resource Center , there was a 14% increase in data breaches and compromises in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 2021. According to a 2021 IBM report , the average cost of a data breach increased by 10% between 2020 and 2021, rising from $3.86 million to $4.24

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TM Forum

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

security and cybersecurity services are already delivering strong growth for CSPs, particularly those offering managed cloud network services for large enterprises. billion from security and cybersecurity services in 2021, which is 18% more than in 2020, according to the report. Allot recently commissioned a.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 25, 2024

The group employed sophisticated spear-phishing, watering hole attacks, and kernel-level malware to compromise the targets. In 2021, Andariel stole reams of data on the KF-21's wing and fuselage design, while Kimsuky infiltrated shipbuilders to pilfer submarine intelligence. KAI), Hanwha Aerospace Co. , LIG Nex1 Co. ,

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 12, 2021

In it's first-ever hybrid conference, Black Hat USA 2021 opened last week on a somber tone. “The contagious disease spreads through some of the population, and some networks, and some systems are not maintained.” Black Hat and DEF CON founder Jeff Moss gave his usual introductory remarks.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2022

Security, networking are IT spending priorities. That number still represents plenty of ongoing growth for the IT sector, and much of it is being driven by the shift to remote work and the consequent demand for more effective cybersecurity measures and networking technology.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 11, 2023

No charging station is safe, apparently, as the FBI is warning travelers looking to charge their devices in airports, hotels, and coffee shops that "juice jacking" is a thing—as bad actors are using public chargers and even free cables and charging plugs to infect phones and other devices with malware.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 6, 2024

billion in 2021 to $1.8 With more people working remotely, cybercriminals are exploiting what they see as a weak link in enterprise defences – workers outside the corporate network security perimeter. Analysts predict the market will then grow rapidly as more enterprises adapt to the model: from $51.7 trillion by 2031.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 15, 2023

A second, more pernicious risk is the fact that ChatGPT can write malware. Sometimes the malware has errors, but with simple repetition the hacker can generate multiple working versions of the code. Such polymorphic malware is particularly hard to detect, because it may be different from one attack to another.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A little over three months after the Maze ransomware group announced it would be closing its operations , the master decryption keys have been released by the alleged malware developer. But this new group didn't last very long after some members were arrested in Ukraine in late 2021. Ransomware dev leaks decryption keys.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 16, 2021

And the tool and service he offered helped hackers stay hidden while inside computer networks. DOJ prosecutors say Oleg Koshkin, a 41-year-old Russian national, operated a crypting service used to conceal Kelihos malware from antivirus software. He is scheduled to be sentenced in the fall of 2021.

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Dataconomy

JULY 19, 2023

Engineered specifically for malevolent tasks, like crafting malware and executing exploits, WormGPT is a far cry from its peers, like ChatGPT or Google’s Bard. WormGPT has the potential to craft malware and set up phishing attacks, causing harm to people and organizations. Is WormGPT capable of instigating cyberattacks?

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 28, 2021

In January 2021, the FBI and other international law enforcement agencies worked together to take down one of the world's most notorious malware strains, Emotet. Emotet was one of the most dangerous malwares in the world, according to Europol. How many credentials were harvested by Emotet? What was Emotet?

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 16, 2021

And the tool and service he offered helped hackers stay hidden while inside computer networks. DOJ prosecutors say Oleg Koshkin, a 41-year-old Russian national, operated a crypting service used to conceal Kelihos malware from antivirus software. He is scheduled to be sentenced in the fall of 2021.

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Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Types of Cyber Attacks Ransomware A potent malware, Ransomware is now the preferred tool for cybercriminals. Predictions by Cybersecurity Ventures suggest a staggering USD 30 billion cryptocurrency crime cost in 2025, marking a worrying 15 percent annual increase from 2021’s USD 17.5 billion loss.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This summer has seen an increase in attackers' use of the Deadbolt ransomware variant, which affects network-attached storage (NAS) devices. This report dives into how this growing tactic works, including how NAS boxes are vulnerable due to their "plug-and-play" nature for network attached storage. Deadbolt ransomware variant.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2023

of advanced bad bots observed in 2021. Advanced Bad Bots 2021-2022 3. These unsolicited messages often contain malware, phishing links, or other deceptive content, intending to deceive unsuspecting recipients. Spreading malware: Bots play a role in distributing malware, such as viruses, trojans, and ransomware.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Federal law enforcement are investigating suspicious activity of malware and data transfers connected to PAX's payment system. October 26, 2021. A major US payment processor began asking questions about network packets originating from PAX terminals and were not given any good answers.'". October 27, 2021. Why was U.S.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2023

Indicators of compromise (IOCs) discovered on the agency's network showed that at least two threat actors, one of them being the Vietnamese XE Group, were responsible for the breach. Despite being added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog in November 2021, the U.S.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks While mobile technology has been around for decades, the current generation, 5G, is increasingly being recognized for the exciting new benefits it brings to enterprises, SMBs, and public sector organizations. 5G is designed to go places.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Winning a prize is one of life’s sweetest rewards—unless that prize is malware in disguise. Upon accepting the invitation for the prize, the malware redirects the victim to a geo-specific webpage where they are asked to submit their phone numbers for verification. RESOURCE] Registration is open for SecureWorld Texas Virtual Conference.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 2, 2021

However, unlike Hermes, Ryuk was never made available on the forum, and CryptoTech has since ceased all of its activities, so there is some doubt regarding the origins of the malware. The new version of Ryuk includes all of its previous functions, but unfortunately, it now has the ability to self replicate over the local network.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Cyber criminal threat actors exploit network vulnerabilities to exfiltrate data and encrypt systems in a sector that is increasingly reliant on smart technologies, industrial control systems, and internet-based automation systems.". 5 specific ransomware attacks on food supply chain.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 28, 2021

As of publishing, the NRA is keeping mum about whether its network was compromised. October 27, 2021. October 27, 2021. Security researchers believe the cybercrime group is likely rebranded from the organization Evil Corp, notorious threat actors with a long list of malware casualties. October 27, 2021.

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GeekWire

MARCH 29, 2024

Anand Eswaran , who joined Veeam as CEO in December 2021, previously worked out of Redmond as the corporate vice president of Microsoft Enterprise. An August 2023 report by Gartner ranked Veeam as a leader based on its ability to execute, its customer growth and retention, its hybrid and multicloud support, and its large network of partners.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint cybersecurity advisory detailing how state-sponsored Iranian threat actors compromised a federal agency's network by exploiting the infamous Log4Shell vulnerability.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

LockBit has been linked to more than $100 million in ransom payments from victims across the globe since 2021. LockBit operated what is known as a "ransomware-as-a-service" model, allowing affiliates to use their malware to infect targets with ransomware and then take a cut of any ransom payments.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

And during Q4 2020 and Q1 2021 there has been a noticeable uptick in cases where ransomware victims face 'irreversible data destruction', including reports of entire servers or data shares that are being permanently deleted with no way of retrieving the data. You want your data, you want access to your networks.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It also mentions the specific types of financial events: "Impending events that could affect a victim's stock value, such as announcements, mergers, and acquisitions, encourage ransomware actors to target a network or adjust their timeline for extortion where access is established.".

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TM Forum

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Simultaneously, households became more dependent on networks for entertainment, to remain connected with loved ones, and for vital services such as shopping, healthcare and education. Network-based gaming is highly QoS sensitive, but even for downloaded games run on consoles, gamers increasingly want to interact with others while gaming.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

BIG step forward today in protecting Federal Civilian Networks--Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01 establishes timeframes for mitigation of known exploited vulnerabilities and requires improvements in vulnerability management programs: [link] pic.twitter.com/KXA9ZnMRuN — Jen Easterly (@CISAJen). November 3, 2021.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

The FBI says that since May 2021, North Korea threat actors have used Maui to encrypt servers responsible for healthcare services, such as electronic health records services, diagnostics services, imaging services, and intranet services. Implementing HIPAA security measures can prevent the introduction of malware on the system.".

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 30, 2021

Researchers found that threat actor use of the security tool increased by 161% from 2019 to 2020 and remains a high-volume threat in 2021. Its malleability coupled with its usability makes it a robust and effective tool for siphoning data, moving laterally, and loading additional malware payloads. Cobalt Strike background.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It serves as a vessel for various strains of malware, including ransomware, and underlies data-stealing campaigns that target large organizations and individuals alike. The most effective countermeasure for this style of attack is to avoid using public wireless networks altogether. And for good reason.

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