Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

And while actual, measurable cyberrattacks and hacks surrounding The Olympics did not truly get rolling until 2008 in Beijing, The Olympic games have traditionally been quite the target for malicious acts of all kinds, dating back years. 2008 Beijing. Here, you’d get nothing but survey scams. Shall we take a look? 1996 Atlanta.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

md , a website launched in 2008 that chronicled the history of a 1990 armed conflict in Moldova known as the Transnistria War and the Moldo-Russian war. Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 shows this email address is tied to the username “ dfyz ” on more than a half-dozen Russian language cybercrime forums since 2008.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

For example, both the COVID-19 pandemic and 2008 financial crisis created increased fraud and financial scams targeting both businesses and consumers. Here are a few predictions and recommendations to help them get started: Bad actors will take advantage of growing economic fears with new scams.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

KrebsOnSecurity first encountered Aqua’s work in 2008 as a reporter for The Washington Post. “The illegal money often comes from criminal activities like phishing, malware attacks, online auction fraud, e-commerce fraud, business e-mail compromise (BEC) and CEO fraud, romance scams, holiday fraud (booking fraud) and many others.”

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SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2024

These could range from DDoS attacks to more subtle tactics like phishing and ransomware. Using publicly available information and proprietary threat intelligence provided by FortiRecon, the report provides a comprehensive view of planned attacks, such as third-party breaches, infostealers, phishing, and malware, including ransomware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. And it all started with a single employee falling prey to a phishing email. Conficker, or Downadup, is a fast-propagating malware discovered in November 2008. Less Common Types of Malware.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

Phishing & Watering Holes. The primary attack vector for most attacks, not just APTs, is to use phishing. Some APTs cast a wide net with general phishing attacks, but others use spear phishing attacks to target specific people and specific companies. APT Attacks to Gain Access. How to Prevent APTs.

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