SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The operation took place between August and November 2022 and targeted organizations in medical research, healthcare, chemical engineering, energy, defense, and a leading research university. WithSecure linked the operation to Lazarus based on TTP overlaps, infrastructure overlaps, time-zone analysis, and employed malware strains.

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The Verge

APRIL 12, 2022

Filed March 4th in the famously patentholder-friendly Western District of Texas court, the four lawsuits claim that techniques fundamental to modern malware detection are based on patented technology — and that the company’s competitors are infringing on intellectual property rights with their implementation of network security software.

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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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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 31, 2023

A recent report from Mandiant has shed light on UNC4841, revealing the group's sophisticated tactics, extensive targeting of government and government-linked organizations, and the exploitation of a Zero-Day vulnerability in Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 29, 2022

A hacking group by the name of Gonjeshke Darande (Farsi for Predatory Sparrow) hit the networks of three of Iran's largest steel companies: Khouzestan Steel, Hormozgan Steel, and Mobarakeh Steel. June 27, 2022. Security researchers from Check Point documented their findings on the incident. The sequel to Stuxnet?

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The news was first reported by cybersecurity and malware research group vx-underground, which posted screenshots of data purportedly stolen from the company. It reported that hackers gained access to Activision's network by successfully phishing a privileged user on the network on December 4, 2022.

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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. One of the best ways to ensure security? For instance, let’s say a hacker gains access to an organization’s network, even though their network is protected with MFA.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), the attackers had access to the server between November 2022 and early January 2023.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2023

of total internet traffic in 2022, marking a significant 5.1% Internet Traffic in 2022 2. The year 2022 witnessed a noteworthy increase in the sophistication of bad bots, with "advanced" bad bots comprising 51.2% Advanced Bad Bots 2021-2022 3. According to a recent report , bots accounted for a staggering 47.4%

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

Malvertising acts as a vessel for malware propagation. Scammers and malware operators are increasingly adept at mimicking popular brands in their ad snippets, which makes it problematic for the average user to tell the wheat from the chaff. These security checks often fail to identify black hat schemes, though.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 13, 2022

United States Cyber Command recently announced it has successfully identified and disclosed multiple open source tools that Iranian threat actors have been using in networks all around the world. Cyber Command describes the group: "MuddyWater is a subordinate element within the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 9, 2023

Intelligence Community was released yesterday, March 8th, providing the status of worldwide threats to the national security of the United States. Government and private-sector networks. The Ukraine war was the key factor in Russia's cyber operations prioritization in 2022. and allied networks and data. Thank you, Col.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! Networking William Morgan’s 2022 service mesh recap captures some of the significant events in service mesh in 2022, although through a Linkerd-colored lens.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 1, 2023

Any organization with a well-guarded security perimeter is low-hanging fruit as long as its employees fall for phishing hoaxes. During penetration tests, security professionals use harmless decoy elements that allow them to keep a record of link hits or instances of opening attachments.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

RELATED: NotPetya and Olympic Destroyer Malware: 6 Russian Officers Charged ] More recently, Trickbot has become a major player in the rapidly growing ransomware market, using its vast network of infected computers to deliver payloads that encrypt victims' data and demand payment for the decryption key.

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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. Speaking of which, security analysts from KnowBe4 have recently shared their findings regarding the top phishing schemes of Q2 2023. And for good reason.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

F-Secure, a renowned cybersecurity firm, has delved into the depths of SpyNote and released a report shedding light on its workings. When this Android package (APK) is installed, it discreetly places the SpyNote malware on the device, gaining access to Accessibility services. SpyNote, however, does not end there.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

These skills also happen to apply to information security (infosec) and cyber threat intelligence and research. You're good at networking Swifties look out for each other from all across the world, particularly when it comes to getting face-value tickets in the hands of fans instead of scalpers. We can do better.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Welcome to Technology Short Take #151, the first Technology Short Take of 2022. I hope everyone had a great holiday season and that 2022 is off to a wonderful start! Networking. Aidan Steele examines how VPC sharing could potentially improve security and reduce cost. Cross-platform malware. And now for the content!

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 3, 2023

The hackers behind Play Ransomware claim to have access to a "master key" that can decrypt all files affected by their malware. We will continue to work diligently to investigate and address this incident while working with our expert teams to enhance our security even more moving forward.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

Silas Cutler, Principal Reverse Engineer at security firm Stairwell, authored a report detailing Maui and what his team uncovered about the lesser-known ransomware variant. The report was published on June 7, 2022. All identified copies of Maui (as of this report) have shared a compilation timestamp of 15 April 2021 04:36:00 UTC.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 11, 2022

The European Union and the United States have officially attributed a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to Russian threat actors, which targeted the KA-SAT satellite network operated by Viasat in Ukraine earlier this year.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 16, 2023

FBI, Homeland Security, and DOJ. The national authorities involved in this operation that led to the shutdown of ChipMixer included the Belgium Federal Police, Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office, Poland's Central Cybercrime Bureau, Switzerland's Cantonal Police of Zurich, and the U.S.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 11, 2022

In our view, the three most important areas for ICT focus in 2022-2023 are security , automation , and data insights. This brings a pressing organisational focus on the network technologies to ensure the right levels of IT security are in place to facilitate such a shift. . The 3 strategic areas of focus for ICT leaders

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

70612): $1 billion will be distributed between 2022 and 2025 to pay salaries, administrative costs, and other expenses. 40124): $250 million will be dispersed between 2022 and 2026 to states to update technology. Enhanced Grid Security (Sec. State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (Sec. Support for cyber resilience in U.S.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. Networking. Alex Neihaus provides readers with a walkthrough for adding BGP routes to AWS security groups. Gabriel Sieben ruminates on the potential dangers of Microsoft Pluton , a new security chip co-developed by Microsoft and AMD.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The latest report from Qrator Labs indicates a 40% rise in attacks during the first half of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. Simultaneously, a new IBM report has found that AI-powered security tools have the potential to reduce the cost and impact of a data breach significantly.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Using the ransomware-as-a-service model, BlackCat developers sell access to their malware tools in exchange for a cut of ransoms extracted from victims. An April 2022 attack had far-reaching impacts, hampering operations for scores of Change Healthcare customers. healthcare networks. has faced added friction and delays.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Networking. This article provides a few practical examples of how using VPC Endpoints to reduce network traffic moving through NAT Gateways can help save money. This article provides a few practical examples of how using VPC Endpoints to reduce network traffic moving through NAT Gateways can help save money. The corny (cheesy?)

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Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

Welcome to Technology Short Take #155, just in time for the 2022 Memorial Day holiday weekend! Networking. network virtualization). Is the relationship between network virtualization and service mesh closer than some folks might wish to admit? Here in the US, at least.) I certainly hope not! Servers/Hardware.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has compiled Knowing Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, which lists at least 300 vulnerabilities and will be updated continuously. RELATED] Vulnerabilities are abundant, especially when it comes to application security. November 3, 2021.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 25, 2022

Last December, Broadcom Software published our blog: Predictions for 2022. For example, with nearly half ( 47% ) of business leaders planning to allow employees to work remotely full time in the post-Covid era, more company personnel are using their own or shared devices, sometimes over unsecured networks. First up, Zero Trust.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Some of these criminals were dealing with the penetration effort, using multiple mechanisms to compromise IT networks, including brute force attacks, SQL injections, stolen credentials and phishing emails with malicious attachments. These cyber actors are known to have deployed LockerGoga, MegaCortex and Dharma ransomware, among others.".

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2023

Firewalls have come a long way from their humble beginnings of assessing network traffic based on appearance alone. The spread of convergence Convergence is important to reducing cybersecurity complexity because it brings together the network and its security infrastructure into a single layer.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 10, 2023

By Leonard Kleinman, Field Chief Technology Officer (CTO) ) Cortex for Palo Alto Networks JAPAC Many things challenge how we practice cybersecurity these days. The MyDoom worm , one of the fastest-spreading pieces of malware on the internet, uses automation to propagate and is estimated to have caused around $38 billion in damage.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The premise of social engineering attacks is much the same; perpetrators attempt to manipulate and deceive users into divulging confidential or sensitive information or performing actions that can compromise an organization's security. Thus, accounts, networks, and data prove to be more easily compromised.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 25, 2023

In this post, we focus on MSP cyber security, including main challenges, threats and practices. Read on to find out: Why an MSP should care about cyber security Which threats you need to counter the most How to protect your and clients’ data and infrastructures from possible failures MSP Security: Why is it important?

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