Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2021

His alleged hacking activities “lay claim to the largest theft of US customer data from a single financial institution in history, accounting for a staggering 80 million-plus victims,”. then they marketed the stocks in a deceptive and misleading manner to customers of the targeted companies whose information were previously stolen by TYURIN.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Zynga Inc is an American social game developer running social video game services founded in April 2007, it primarily focuses on mobile and social networking platforms. Zynga confirmed that the account login information for certain players of Draw Something and Words With Friends that may have been exposed in the data breach.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The document also includes a series of recommendations to protect against this type of attack.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

. “TAG observed a North Korean government-backed attacker group that previously targeted security researchers posing as recruiters at Samsung and sending fake job opportunities to employees at multiple South Korean information security companies that sell anti-malware solutions.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2020

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. According to the Treasury and DOJ, Tian and Li received funds from North Korea-controlled accounts in at least two cases.

Cryptocurrency 139

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. This specific campaign accounted for 86% of the batch of warnings that the Google team sent out for this month.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Next, the attackers logged in to the web interface using a privileged root account. It’s unknown how the attackers were able to obtain the credentials for that account, but it’s possible the credentials were saved in one of the infected system’s browser password managers.” ” reads the report published by the experts.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) attributes this campaign with high confidence to ZINC, a DPRK-affiliated and state-sponsored group, based on observed tradecraft, infrastructure, malware patterns, and account affiliations.” Attackers used Twitter profiles for sharing links to a blog under their control ( br0vvnn[.]io

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Malware Antivirus Hacking Accountability 137

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

i-SOON is a prominent contractor for various agencies of the Chinese government, including Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of State Security, and the People’s Liberation Army. The APT41 group, aka Winnti , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly, HOODOO) is a China-linked cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007.

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Hacking Government Marketing Spyware 133

Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2019

The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. A recent article warns, “TeamViewer users have had their bank accounts emptied by hackers gaining full-system access”. The gang is financially-motivated and was mostly involved in cyber espionage campaigns.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. “To send the malicious files, the attackers either used LinkedIn directly, or a combination of email and OneDrive.

Advertising 116

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 20, 2021

As a security evangelist, you understand the necessity of adhering to a set of security requirements, but as a normal staff member, you can understand the frustration of your non-security coworkers. Is there ever such a thing as being a “normal” staff member after you have crossed into the elite world of information security?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

The APT41 group, aka Winnti , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly, HOODOO) is a China-linked cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. The researchers noticed that the most common attack against networks and cloud instances is the account takeover. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. .

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IoT Hacking Advertising Government 98

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

System Administration 98

System Administration Government Phishing Malware 98

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. .”

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Malware Firmware Government Education 98

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Security experts at ESET have discovered a new malware, dubbed skip-2.0, The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. used by the Chinese Winnti cyberespionage group to gain persistence on Microsoft SQL Server systems. The skip-2.0 ” The skip-2.0

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

It hijacks method on an old office 2007 component (Office Data Provider for – MSOSTYLE.exe). So it could not be considered malicious, but it could be considered accountable of the entire infection chain. A brand new script targeting old version of MSOffice. Stage 4 is decoded and run by Stage 3.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Humans are not the weakest link in information security. They’re the least invested in for security. Back in 2007, I believe, the Aurora attack saw Google employees targeted by a nation state. Can you elaborate on how people are seen, how users are seen as the problem, and your perspective or how you feel about that?

Passwords 98

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

IBC is mostly suitable to be deployed in an enterprise environment due to its light-weight key management, built-in key recovery and accountability. Horizons explores and prototypes new data security technologies and techniques, particularly in distributed cloud environments. ASIACRYPT 2007. References. Cécile Delerablée.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. continues the Der Spiegel.

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Hacking Cyber Attacks Government Identity Theft 115

Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2024

. “The Federal Government’s national attribution procedure regarding this campaign has concluded that, for a relatively long period, the cyber actor APT28 used a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook that remained unidentified at the time to compromise numerous email accounts.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

” The APT group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers,the gang has been active since 2007. The threat actors compromised a shared account of the operation and maintenance company to perform lateral movements, breaching the infrastructure provider’s network and impacting multiple organizations.

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