SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Web hosting provider GoDaddy has revealed it suffered a security breach that lasted for several years, resulting in the installation of malware on its servers and the theft of source code related to some of its services. The company has attributed the campaign to a "sophisticated and organized group targeting hosting services."

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GeekWire

MARCH 29, 2024

Veeam Software , the top company by market share in data protection and ransomware recovery, has officially shifted its corporate headquarters from Columbus, Ohio, to the Seattle area, drawn by the close proximity of the major cloud providers and the deep pool of technical talent. Veeam CEO Anand Eswaran inside the company’s new headquarters.

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TechSpot

JUNE 11, 2021

NordLocker writes that a hacking group revealed the location of a database containing the stolen data by accident. Security researchers then analyzed the information in partnership with a third-party company specializing in data breaches.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 19, 2021

More information continues to come out around the serious SolarWinds data breach. It has recently been discovered that another strain of malware, Raindrop, was used in the attack. DSInternals is a tool used for querying Active Directory servers and retrieving data such as passwords, keys, or password hashes.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) recently announced that one of its subsidiaries' email servers were breached by the hacktivist group "Black Reward," which published the stolen data on the Dark Web. But it's not just hacktivists utilizing cybersecurity tools.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Participants in the cybersecurity data exchange group include FS-ISAC, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, ESET, Symantec, and NTT. According to Microsoft, its Defender Antivirus team has been working alongside major cybercrime partners to collect samples and unravel critical information related to the botnet scheme.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 5, 2022

NSO Group, the creepy spyware firm known for selling its services to authoritarian governments throughout the world, is in trouble again. A new report shows that the company’s most notorious malware, Pegasus, was used to hack the iPhone of a Jordanian journalist in December. The hack occurred several weeks after… Read more.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 24, 2021

The iPhones of nine Bahraini political activists were recently hacked using the NSO Group’s spyware Pegasus, according to a new report put out by researchers. Read more.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 24, 2022

Calmly and confidently, the CIO walks into the room and informs the C-suite that the recovery of the enterprise’s data will start immediately – yes, in a minute or less – to nullify the effects of the ransomware attack, thanks to a cyber storage guarantee on primary storage that is a first-of-its kind in the industry. Guaranteed.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 25, 2024

According to cybersecurity analysts, the notorious Lazarus Group, as well as other crews like Kimsuky and Andariel, have launched multiple cyberattacks over the past year targeting South Korean companies involved in military and weapons technology development.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 21, 2023

Cybersecurity firm Group-IB recently uncovered a significant security breach involving ChatGPT accounts. However, Group-IB says the default configuration of ChatGPT retains the history of user queries and AI responses, making unauthorized access to these accounts potentially disastrous.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In a breach that's making headlines, hackers managed to steal data from the company, including sensitive employee information and upcoming game content. The news was first reported by cybersecurity and malware research group vx-underground, which posted screenshots of data purportedly stolen from the company.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Apple is suing NSO Group, the company most known for its ability to hack iPhones using previously un-discovered Zero-Day vulnerabilities. Apple runs one of the most sophisticated security engineering operations in the world, and we will continue to work tirelessly to protect our users from abusive state-sponsored actors like NSO Group.”.

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 12, 2024

But this progress comes with a crucial concern on how to balance accessibility and privacy as well as ensuring that learning resources are readily available, while safeguarding sensitive student data. However, these opportunities simultaneously raise concerns about the vulnerable data that is enriched within.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

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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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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Lazarus, the notorious North Korean hacking group, has once again made headlines, this time by exploiting the Log4j vulnerability, despite it being disclosed two years ago. As part of Operation Blacksmith, Lazarus has introduced three previously unseen malware families written in the DLang programming language.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 13, 2022

In a previous article , we talked about the need for organizations to secure data wherever it resides. The complexity of today’s supply chains brings that need into sharp focus, while highlighting some of the challenges of successfully protecting data. The bottom line? Securing the cloud.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 13, 2023

The new Beep malware is top of mind for organizations and individuals. We are continuing to observe an unyielding surge in the volume of cyberthreats, including advanced malware, botnets, ransomware, cryptojacking, and more," said Callie Guenther, Senior Manager of Cyber Threat Research at Critical Start, in a press release.

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Data Center Knowledge

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

A group called Equation has reportedly been using multiple types of malware since 1996 to stage cyber attacks.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2023

Verizon has released its 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), the 16th annual publication providing an analysis of real-world data breaches and security incidents. The report often includes recommendations and best practices to mitigate the risks identified in the data. So what did they find?

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

With that being said, the bureau does also provide recommendations to protect your organization from ransomware: "Back-up critical data offline.". Ensure copies of critical data are in the cloud or on an external hard drive or storage device.". Install and regularly update anti-virus or anti-malware software on all hosts.".

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Like a phantom in the night, this Chinese cyber espionage group has orchestrated a relentless campaign targeting governments and high-value organizations across the globe. UNC4841 tactics, techniques, and procedures UNC4841 deployed advanced malware and tools to infiltrate and maintain access to compromised systems. The arsenal?

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

LockBit is accused of extorting hundreds of companies and organizations globally by encrypting their data and demanding massive ransoms. By co-opting the ransomware group's own communication channels, police aimed to sow doubts in the cybercrime community reliant on LockBit's tools and services. Nonetheless.

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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. A cyberattack this week has put Iranian steel manufacturing in the crosshairs.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2024

Services include threat analysis reports, guidance on mitigating active threats, insights into nation-state hacking groups, and even direct assistance from the NSA's top cybersecurity experts during active intrusions or incident response. The pressures facing SMBs keep mounting. It's in NSA's and DoD's best interests to help."

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 8, 2023

This malware, named for its elusive nature, combines the techniques commonly associated with both "off-the-shelf" threats and advanced persistent threat (APT) groups. Unlike off-the-shelf products, PowerDrop utilizes custom code and employs uncommon methods of communication and data exfiltration. Aerospace Defense Industry.

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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. Maze gained notoriety in 2019 for stealing data from organizations and demanding ransom for the data to be returned.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This takedown serves as a stern warning to cybercriminal groups that authorities are fighting back. 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. However, cybercriminals adapt quickly.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The Campari Group recently experienced a ransomware attack that allegedly shut down the company’s servers. The malware, created by the RagnarLocker gang, essentially locked corporate servers and allowed the hackers to exfiltrate “2 terabytes” of data, according to the hackers. Read more.

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Network World

AUGUST 5, 2016

The attack method, developed by Tom Nipravsky, a researcher with cybersecurity firm Deep Instinct, might prove to be a valuable tool for criminals and espionage groups in the future, allowing them to get malware past antivirus scanners and other security products. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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SecureWorld News

MAY 9, 2024

Khoroshev conceived, developed, and administered Lockbit, the most prolific ransomware variant and group in the world, enabling himself and his affiliates to wreak havoc and cause billions of dollars in damage to thousands of victims around the globe," said Philip R. Sellinger, U.S.

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 10, 2024

The FNF data breach has been confirmed, and now it is official that 1.3 Here are all the details about the FNF data breach! Fidelity National Financial (FNF), a big real estate services company, confirmed that hackers got their hands on data from 1.3 The FNF data breach has been confirmed, and 1.3

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus has turned its attention to a new sector, targeting energy providers in the United States, Canada, and Japan in a campaign that lasted between February and July 2022. The initial vector was the exploitation of the Log4j vulnerability on exposed VMware Horizon servers.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 20, 2020

How do most data breaches occur? The 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has the answers. Verizon says it sifted through more than 150,000 security events from the last year and that 3,950 of the confirmed data breaches met the quality standards necessary for the report. And what are key attacker motivations?

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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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CTOvision

DECEMBER 19, 2014

In late November, SPE confirmed that it was the victim of a cyber attack that destroyed systems and stole large quantities of personal and commercial data. A group calling itself the “Guardians of Peace” claimed responsibility for the attack and subsequently issued threats against SPE, its employees, and theaters that distribute its movies.

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