Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. The campaign, which may have started as far back as 2012, featured a multi-stage approach and was dubbed EasternRoppels.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

The expert Bob Diachenko has discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch install belonging to a UK security firm that contained 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents that took place between 2012 and 2019. Most of the data come from previously known source s, it could expose affected people to scams and phishing campaigns.

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Vipre

MAY 5, 2021

For instance, failing to educate users on the dangers of phishing amounts to business malpractice. Your answers should make it obvious in which areas of security you need to invest: Are you training users on the dangers of phishing? 66% of ransomware infections are due to spam and phishing emails.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2019

. “However, when we encountered Asruex in a PDF file, we found that a variant of the malware can also act as an infector particularly through the use of old vulnerabilities CVE-2012-0158 and CVE-2010-2883 , which inject code in Word and PDF files respectively.” ” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2022

SideWinder has been active since at least 2012, the group main targeted Police, Military, Maritime, and the Naval forces of Central Asian countries. The URLs used for C2 communications for these domains are split into two parts: The Installer module contains the first part of the URL which is the C2 server domain name in encrypted form.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

The expert Bob Diachenko has discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch install belonging to the security firm Keepnet Labs that contained 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents that took place between 2012 and 2019. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko. Adobe, Last.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Probably, the infection vector was a phishing mail containing a specific attachment. The file downloaded from this censorship free file hosting is actually a chunk of 125KB random looking bytes, suggesting it would likely be some binary payload protected with strong encryption. Technical Analysis. Figure 9: C2 connection.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2019

The APT41 has been active since at least 2012, it was involved in both state-sponsored espionage campaigns and financially-motivated attacks since 2014. Experts observed APT41 using spear-phishing email with attachments such as compiled HTML (. -based research university. based research university. chm ) files. into memory.

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SecureList

MARCH 13, 2025

Initial Access While previous Head Mare attacks relied solely on phishing emails with malicious attachments, they now also infiltrate victims’ infrastructure through compromised contractors with access to business automation platforms and RDP connections. for Windows systems) and Babuk (for NAS devices).

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SecureList

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Based on our telemetry, we concluded that the implant was delivered to victims’ devices via a malicious URL, likely obtained through phishing emails. Awaken Likho operators typically use search engines to gather as much information as possible about their victims and prepare convincing messages.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states in that region, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations. Two meaningful steps every person can take, right now, is to begin routinely using a password manager and encrypted browsers.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2024

Initially, these attacks involved malicious software that encrypts a victim’s data, rendering it inaccessible until a ransom is paid to the attackers. RaaS : Mirroring the Legitimate SaaS Models In mid-2012, the ransomware ecosystem evolved with the introduction of Reveton , the first Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

Necurs botnet is currently the second largest spam botnet , it has been active since at least 2012 and was involved in massive campaigns spreading malware such as the Locky ransomware , the Scarab ransomware , and the Dridex banking Trojan. Instead, the real IP address of the C2 is obfuscated with what is essentially an encryption algorithm.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Are both linked to Evil Corp? worth of NFTs from tens of OpenSea users Trickbot operation is now controlled by Conti ransomware. worth of NFTs from tens of OpenSea users Trickbot operation is now controlled by Conti ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Other features include applying secure socket layer (SSL) or transport layer security (TLS) and AES-256 encryption. Also Read: Best Encryption Software & Tools for 2021. EnterpriseDB.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. “ BITS Downloader – This component is used to download encrypted files from the C&C server then decrypt and launch them.”

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

These methods have transformed the security of organizations who have been able to take advantage of Duo Passwordless both in their ease of use and phishing resistance. It is what allows you to connect to your bank online over secure hypertext transport protocol (https) and be confident your financial information will be encrypted.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

Justice Department announces more than 70 indictments and 125 convictions or arrests for phishing, hacking, spamming and other Internet fraud as part of Operation CyberSweep. . 2014 — eBay — A cyberattack exposes names, addresses, dates of birth, and encrypted passwords of all of eBay’s 145 million users. . presidential election.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The victims are targeted with spear-phishing emails that trick them into mounting a malicious ISO file and double-clicking an LNK, which starts the infection chain. KeyPlug is a modular backdoor with the capability of communicating to its server via several network communication protocols set in its XOR-encrypted embedded configuration block.

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SecureList

JULY 14, 2021

It consists of sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link. com/s/esh1ywo9irbexvd/COVID-19%20Case%2012-11- 2020.rar?dl=0&file_subpath=%2FCOVID-19+Case+12-11-2020%2FCOVID-19+Case+12-11-2020(2).docx. AES key for configuration string encryption. AES IV for configuration string encryption.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Security functionality for DLP, discovery, encryption, and digital rights management. McAfee’s MVISION Cloud claims the “largest and most accurate registry of cloud services,” AI and machine learning functionality, DLP, encryption and more. Encryption and tokenization. Cloud phishing and malware threats.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Compare that to 2012 when the UAE ranked fifth in the Global Cybersecurity Index. The ransomware attack copied and encrypted 60 GB of internal information, including ID cards, internal memos, and hospital call logs. However, the hospital did not disclose if they paid the ransom or recovered the encrypted data.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 6, 2024

Dynamic DNS Services Used by Threat Actors Dynamic DNS services have many benign users but they can also be used by threat actors in phishing attacks and within malware to communicate with command and control (C2) infrastructure. It’s also been used in numerous high-profile incidents, such as the 2012 attack on Miss Teen USA.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For initial access, RansomHub affiliates often compromise internet-facing systems and user endpoints via phishing emails, password spraying, and exploiting high-risk remote code execution (RCE) and privilege escalation vulnerabilities. The ransomware binary stops various processes and encrypts user files and network shares.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

In February 2019, SI-LAB captured multiple samples of phishing campaigns using an Office Excel document carrying a malicious Excel 4.0 This threat has been closely observed by researchers from Proofpoint that discovered the RAT used since the beginning of 2016 in targeted phishing campaigns as well as massive, multi-million message campaigns.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Details included names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and encrypted passwords, all of which could be used to access other accounts belonging to these users. The Hacker had discovered Zuckerberg’s password in a 2012 LinkedIn data breach and he had used the same password across several accounts.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

For example, an attacker could log in to a victim’s Facebook account and post a phishing link or spread spam. This is a typical example of the kind of old-school text-message scams that were popular in 2011 and 2012. Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.ado(4.02%) ranked sixth in the TOP 20 list of mobile malicious programs.

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Giving Tuesday originated in the United States in 2012 to contrast the commercialism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Giving Tuesday scams can take various forms, including phishing emails , fraudulent websites, and even door-to-door solicitations. It has since spread worldwide to more than 150 countries.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. In the end I broke it down into 3 Ps: padlocks, phishing and privacy.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For initial access, RansomHub affiliates often compromise internet-facing systems and user endpoints via phishing emails, password spraying, and exploiting high-risk remote code execution (RCE) and privilege escalation vulnerabilities. The ransomware binary stops various processes and encrypts user files and network shares.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 21, 2022

SideWinder APT, aka Rattlesnake or T-APT4, is a suspected Indian Threat Actor Group active since at least 2012, with a history of targeting government, military, and businesses throughout Asia, particularly Pakistan. Following is the Decoy PDF executed by the LNK File with the Subject: Phishing Site - Masqueraded Links (Advisory No.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 7, 2018

The correct answer to this question is: The traffic between the browser and the webshop is encrypted. Most notably, they're now free through services like Let's Encrypt and Cloudflare and they're dead easy to setup so there goes another barrier too. — Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) April 4, 2012. It has a padlock!

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SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The most remarkable findings In early 2023, we discovered an ongoing attack targeting government entities in the APAC region by compromising a specific type of a secure USB drive, which provides hardware encryption. The initial attack vector was a phishing email disguised as an email from a government entity or service.

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NopSec

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Remember Shamoon, the malware that disabled some 35,000 computers at one of the world’s largest oil companies in 2012? The attack vectors have broadened past spear phishing and vulnerable software. Modern variants of ransomware, called crypto ransomware, entomb the files stored on a hard drive using strong encryption.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 7, 2025

In ADFS 2016, wehave: ClientTLS PRT PKeyAuth The method of Device Authentication is controlled in part by the Set-AdfsGlobalAuthenticationPolicy PowerShell commandlet: Set-AdfsGlobalAuthenticationPolicy DeviceAuthenticationMethod All Out of the box, ADFS 2012 only supports ClientTLS. Well its mostly a game of elimination. b64encode(ctx).decode("utf-8"),

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2025

The cyber espionage group has been active since at least 2012 and has been using the Sagerunex backdoor since at least 2016. The variants are designed to gather, encrypt, and exfiltrate target host information to a remote server controlled by the attacker. The Beta version, distinguished by debug strings, uses Dropbox as a C2 channel.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

Since 2012, petrochemical plants located in Saudi Arabia have been repeated disrupted by hackers. WannaCry encrypted data on company servers and demanded ransom payment in Bitcoin. And a Twitter audit conducted in January 2017, just after Trump was sworn in, showed him with 22.7 million Twitter followers – 16.6

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