SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

federal agencies and hundreds of organizations, the group behind the attack remains quite active. The Russian-linked group, dubbed "Nobelium" by Microsoft, has continued its hacking campaigns targeting business and government entities around the globe, according to new research from Mandiant.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 2, 2021

by the cybercriminal group CryptoTech. 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 ANSSI notes that a privileged account of the domain is used for malware propagation.

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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. The hacker reportedly tricked an employee into providing a two-factor authentication code delivered via SMS, which allowed them to access the Slack channel.

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The Verge

JULY 16, 2020

The group frequently uses publicly available exploits to conduct widespread scanning and exploitation against vulnerable systems, likely in an effort to obtain authentication credentials to allow further access,” the advisory reads. Once APT29 has breached its target organizations, the group “deploys custom malware.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 21, 2020

This is malware you'll want to watch out for. According to the new CISA report , Blindingcan is a new malware strain used by malicious North Korean cyber actors. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication. Do not add users to the local administrators group unless required.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

One notorious hacking group from Iran uses particularly dirty schemes to fleece users, according to Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG). This [APT35] is the one of the groups we disrupted during the 2020 US election cycle for its targeting of campaign staffers. Rocket Kitten successfully attacks university website.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 16, 2020

APT groups frequently target such organisations in order to steal sensitive research data and intellectual property (IP) for commercial and state benefit. The advisory describes three different malware strains: SOREFANG : This application is a malicious 32-bit Windows executable. But this latest one takes things a step further.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Criminals groups can either use the stolen data themselves or sell the legitimate and current accounts before anyone knows the account numbers are compromised. While the use of an XOR cipher is not new, this is the first time Visa has observed its use in JavaScript skimming malware. Baka card skimming attack is unique.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The group has executed successful attacks against huge tech companies such as Nvidia, Microsoft, Cisco, Samsung, and Okta. Along with the similar age, Uber says the threat actor used similar techniques to what the group has used throughout its attacks on tech companies this year. Lapsus$ responsible for Uber hack.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

While many people might think of Russian state-sponsored hacking groups when it comes to infiltrating social media platforms, there’s actually a global network of hackers participating in an underground economy where things like Facebook and Instagram accounts are commodities. Exactly how hackers go after legitimate accounts varies.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The internet advisory group BITAG lays it on the line for the IoT industry in a new report: No, consumers aren’t going to update the software on their devices. “It It is safe to assume that most end users will never take action on their own to update software,” the Broadband Internet Technology Advisory Group said.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Whether it is ransomware, other types of malware, or any number of cyberattacks, threat actors keep inventing new techniques to cause disruption. In a blog post, Neel Mehta, Information Security lead for Google, explains how a hacker has managed to break certificate code parsing to invade email inboxes and infect users with malware.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 28, 2020

But the bank left out a critical detail about the software: it included malware.". Now, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is jumping on the concerns surrounding this Chinese malware whack-a-mole. Trustwave called the backdoor GoldenSpy, issuing a warning about the threat. The companies received an uninstaller for the backdoor.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Students and teachers can have their connection interrupted during class, communicating essential topics and ideas is much harder, group projects are a mess, etc. Specific ransomware and malware strains affecting schools. Aside from ransomware, malware has also been a problem for K-12 schools. Now, let's look at some specifics.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

He has spent the last 18 months tracking a cyber mercenary group across the Dark Web. This is the story of a cyber mercenary group, dubbed Void Balaur, with victims around the world. This is a group that he's been tracking for seven years now. He was about to find out what this group, now called Void Balaur , was up to.

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Vox

JUNE 18, 2022

In the 1961 sci-fi drama A for Andromeda , written by the British cosmologist Fred Hoyle, a group of scientists running a radio telescope receive a signal originating from the Andromeda Nebula in outer space. Call it “cosmic malware.”. Cosmic malware. It would be through information that could be sent far faster. Phoning ET.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As a result, the potential for malware to become resident on home computers is increasing.”. Locandro highlights the need to focus on the securing the edge with cyber products which cover “end point” protection, two-factor authentication as well as employees keeping up to date with virus protection software on home computers.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 21, 2020

The world's most costly and destructive botnet, Emotet, reemerged last week, bringing with it a rain of emails that install ransomware, bank fraud trojans, and other nasty malware strains. The inclusion of authentic content also makes it harder for spam filters to detect the emails as malicious. But that's not all.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Until recently, targeted cyberattacks were primarily directed at specific groups, such as top executives, politicians, or celebrities. Additionally, be cautious when adding new friends; verify their authenticity through known offline connections. As a result, they might not take enough measures to secure their other home devices.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 25, 2023

"The threat actor attempts to leverage any privileges afforded by the Fortinet device, extracts credentials to an Active Directory account used by the device, and then attempts to authenticate to other devices on the network with those credentials," the announcement said. Here is a CNBC report on the warning from Microsoft.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

The figure below shows Maui command line usage details: The report continues: "Embedded usage instructions and the assessed use of a builder is common when there is an operational separation between developers and users of a malware family. Implementing HIPAA security measures can prevent the introduction of malware on the system.".

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Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2015

I work in the product marketing group within Dell Security. Protecting the network from intrusion, malware and other threats is still as important as ever. This, for instance, may mean using a one-time authentication token. Photo courtesy of Bill Evans Kevin: Bill, thank you joining use today. What is your role at Dell?

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Summary: This data breach was unique in the sense that there was not a breach in the company's servers, but an authentication error, meaning no authentication was required to view documents. Who attacked: Chinese intelligence group seeking to gather data on U.S. Who attacked: no attacker. Damages: U.K. Records affected: 21.5

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Traditional anti-malware research relies on customer systems but what if a particular malware wasn’t on the same platform as your solution software? éveillé from ESET joins The Hacker Mind podcast to talk about the challenges of building his own internet scanner to scan for elusive malware. Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé

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The Verge

MARCH 22, 2022

Malware makers have already exploited other certificates released by Lapsus$. The hacking group Lapsus$, known for claiming to have hacked Nvidia , Samsung , and more, this week claimed it has even hacked Microsoft. The group says it’s had access to data from Okta , Samsung , and Ubisoft , as well as Nvidia and now Microsoft.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Summary: This data breach was unique in the sense that there was not a breach in the company's servers, but an authentication error, meaning no authentication was required to view documents. Who attacked: Chinese intelligence group seeking to gather data on US citizens using a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) and MimiKatz.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

So we include other telemetry that seeks to authenticate that the entity logging in is who they say they are. Without a basic ability to authenticate these characters, there’d be no drama, no romance, no tragedy. So that’s why you need multi factor authentication. Think about it. And important.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 13, 2023

Global instability complicates this situation further as attacks against critical infrastructure around the world spiked following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the deployment of Industroyer2 malware that is specifically designed to target and cripple critical industrial infrastructure.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Over the last eighteen months or so, a motley group of teenagers under the banner of Lapsus$ managed to hack into “unbreachable” fortresses at tech giants such as Okta, T-Mobile, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Globant using unsophisticated but creative and persistent techniques.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The indictment, which can be read in full below, alleges that Ivanov-Tolpintsev talked about controlling a botnet, which is essentially a group of computers whose users don’t know they are infected with malware. The story serves as a reminder of why good security practices are important.

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A Screw's Loose

MARCH 5, 2013

They hit the IT and business groups in enterprises as well. Let’s build identification and authentication frameworks on which we can then base access to that data. They will send them whole white papers why this technology or the next are the best thing since sliced bread. Tags Applications. Crapplications. Enterprise Mobility.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 29, 2020

We released an advisory with the @FBI & @HHSgov about this #ransomware threat that uses #Trickbot and #Ryuk malware. He said the group was demanding ransoms above $10 million per target and that dark web discussions mentioned plans to try to infect more than 400 hospitals, clinics and other medical facilities. October 29, 2020.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

So, you know, a or a group of enterprising hackers thought huh. However, if somewhere along the supply chain, a bad actor has access to the package and can inject their malware into the system, then some huge problems can can occur. Because it's network monitoring tools. And sure enough, that's what happened. Vamosi: This is bad.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

So, you know, a or a group of enterprising hackers thought huh. However, if somewhere along the supply chain, a bad actor has access to the package and can inject their malware into the system, then some huge problems can can occur. Because it's network monitoring tools. And sure enough, that's what happened. Vamosi: This is bad.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This is how malware, for example, is analyzed; if the virtual machine gets infected and crashes, the physical machine isn’t impacted. Vamosi: Over many years of fuzzing like it's an it's an in group it's a small group of us who actually know about it and understand it, why, why is that. Knudsen: it is. that way.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

PBS : Judy Woodruff: Officials confirm that a Russian criminal group is behind the hacking of a crucial energy pipeline. One group was Conti, and internal chats were exposed. And I work on a team called surge which is primarily a research group focused on security. Vamosi: Ransomware is the latest trend in malware.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

If you’re running edge detection, if your scanning your networks, even occasionally rebooting your servers these activities will remove some running malware, yet the bad actors somehow return and remain persistent. Stealth malware. So it's better to not create a security group, let's say HR and say everybody from HR can do it.

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