Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

. “This is typically achieved through social engineering attacks with spear phishing to gain initial access to a host before searching for other internal vulnerable targets. For Server 2012/2012 R2 it is highly recommended to subscribe to ESU or migrate to a newer server edition.”

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“It took nearly 11 months (328 days) to identity and contain data breaches resulting from stolen or compromised credentials.” – IBM’s Cost of Data Breach Report 2023 I recently came across a 2012 article from CSO Online , and realized that it has been more than 11 years since the phrase “Identity is the new perimeter” was coined!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2022

And security researchers from ESET have discovered that the malware was uploaded to the VirusTotal operated system in Brazil and was targeted by a social engineering attack. North Korea’s Lazarus Group has reportedly designed new ransomware that is being targeted at M1 processors popularly running on Macs and Intel systems.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The proof is the leverage of the current physical threat, the CoronaVirus (COVID-19), as a social engineering trick to infect the cyber world. It is not new for cyber-crooks to exploit social phenomena to spread malware in order to maximize the impact and dissemination of a malicious campaign. Figure 9: C2 connection.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In the digital world, bad actors are using social engineering methods to hack on behalf of the Iranian government, even threatening the 2020 U.S. Traditionally, these attacks put an emphasis on social engineering, finding innovative new ways to defraud end-users. election process. aerospace and satellite sectors.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In a report published at the end of 2012 on the growing hacking threat to websites, research firm Frost and Sullivan found that of all cyber security vulnerabilities, more than 98% were discovered by third-party researchers , while less than 2% were discovered by the people who made the applications that contained the vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Inova has been operating since 2012 and has handled thousands of cases since then. With some social engineering, bad actors or criminals could contact a GSM operator, masquerading as the victim, and verify all kinds of verification questions GSM operators would ask to clone a SIM card.

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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.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 6, 2024

It’s also been used in numerous high-profile incidents, such as the 2012 attack on Miss Teen USA. Social Engineering: Attackers may use various social engineering techniques to convince victims to run the malware. When the user installs the software, DarkComet is installed as well.

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SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

Seeing that some variants of their Android malware impersonate a popular messaging app in Asia, it is also likely that malicious APKs are distributed in a variety of ways, including social engineering to convince users to install fake updates for their applications.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

Today, both outsiders with the right social engineering skills and disgruntled personnel pose risks to sensitive data when network architectures fail to implement microsegmentation and advanced network traffic analysis (NTA). Identify threats and unusual activity faster to respond and remediate vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

This trend aimed at reducing threats from banking Trojans for PCs has been continuing in Russia since 2012. In Russia, according to Group-IB experts, there are no longer any groups left that would conduct thefts from individuals using banking Trojans for PCs.

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

The attackers employed social engineering techniques to trick victims into sharing their financial data or making a payment on a fake page. Financial phishing In 2023, online fraudsters continued to lure users to phishing and scam pages that mimicked the websites of popular brands and financial organizations.

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SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Here, workers prepare a presentation the day before the CeBIT 2012 technology trade fair. They know that most current technical controls and filters have a blind spot to social engineering and BEC and that sending the right message in the right context will bypass those solutions and lure engagement from the end users.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2020

For example by using: user credential leaks, social engineering toolkits, targeted phishing, and so on and so forth or is more on there to be discovered ? Cleaver attack capabilities are evolved over time very quickly and, according to Cylance, active since 2012. MuddyWater.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 14, 2021

Did the attacker bypass text-based 2FA by social engineering the mobile provider? In 2012, Steam encouraged users to enable Steam Guard in return for a badge during a community event. But the moment someone calls through with one single account compromise, the customer service rep has no idea what they’re walking into.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1970-1995 — Kevin Mitnick — Beginning in 1970, Kevin Mitnick penetrates some of the most highly-guarded networks in the world, including Nokia and Motorola, using elaborate social engineering schemes, tricking insiders into handing over codes and passwords, and using the codes to access internal computer systems.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

While its activities have been observed since 2012, its presence was only revealed in 2015 (Kaspersky was among the first to report it) and no public activity was recorded until January 2021. The original samples were provided by SentinelOne and analysed in collaboration with them. Final thoughts.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Compare that to 2012 when the UAE ranked fifth in the Global Cybersecurity Index. It serves as a warning to regularly backup company data and train every employee on how to identify phishing and social engineering attacks. Even so, the UAE saw 166,667 victims of cybercrime who lost a combined US$746 million.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. This is a typical example of the kind of old-school text-message scams that were popular in 2011 and 2012. Trends of the year.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Among these experienced affiliates is the “Scattered Spider” group, known for its custom tools and advanced social engineering skills, which helped RansomHub become the most active ransomware group in Q3 2024 (see Figure 1).

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The incidence of data breaches in the United States has witnessed a substantial surge over the last decade, escalating from a modest 447 incidents in 2012 to surpassing 1,800 by the year 2022, according to Statista. Impact : Increased susceptibility to social engineering and phishing attacks. How Often Do Data Breaches Occur?

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The 2012 Reveton ransomware famously used lock screen tactics claiming the FBI locked the computer for illegal activity. Provide cybersecurity awareness training to all personnel, enabling them to identify social engineering attacks and risky behavior. CryptoLocker, in 2013, pioneered the use of strong encryption algorithms.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The Hacker had discovered Zuckerberg’s password in a 2012 LinkedIn data breach and he had used the same password across several accounts. Phishing and Social Engineering Attacks Phishing scams , in which hackers set up fake websites and applications in order to steal passwords can allow access to sensitive information within minutes.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 13, 2022

In ConfigMgr 2012, this technique no longer works without also adding a few records to the site database to kick off client push installation. When is this useful? if the client push account is a member of Domain Admins or is an SCCM Full Administrator) but no high-value accounts are logged in to steal tokens/tickets from.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 7, 2022

And as the MS16–111 patch was applied to Windows 7/10 and Server 2008/2012, this technique should apply for pretty much all modern Windows systems we encounter. Approaches. Our goal is to open a token handle linked to a logon session for a user account we want to preserve access for.

Accountability 52

Accountability Social Engineering Authentication Engineering 52

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Among these experienced affiliates is the “Scattered Spider” group, known for its custom tools and advanced social engineering skills, which helped RansomHub become the most active ransomware group in Q3 2024 (see Figure 1).

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

2021-04-01: kali4kids 2022-04-01: Hollywood mode Kali4Kids What started out as a poster put out by a government agency that did not give the message they were expecting. 2021-04-01: kali4kids 2022-04-01: Hollywood mode Kali4Kids What started out as a poster put out by a government agency that did not give the message they were expecting.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

MoleRATs is an Arabic-speaking, politically motivated group of hackers that has been active since 2012, in 2018 monitoring of the group, Kaspersky identified different techniques utilized by very similar attackers in the MENA region. Most of the victims were from the Palestinian territories.

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SecureList

AUGUST 13, 2024

The attackers used social engineering to gain prolonged access to the source/development environment, and extended that access by faking human interactions in plain sight to build credibility for introducing the malicious code. Middle East Gaza Cybergang has been active since at least 2012, targeting the Middle East and North Africa.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Spanish-speaking activity See above, “The most remarkable findings” Middle East Dark Caracal, a highly skilled threat group operating with nation-state level capabilities, has been conducting cyber-espionage campaigns since at least 2012.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2019

Iran is believed to be behind a progressing series of hacks that began in 2012 targeting Saudi petrochemical plants. This is all fueled by the gathering of intelligence and counterintelligence; by social engineering and propaganda; and by data theft and network disruptions. It’s an arms race like no other. Talk more soon.

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IoT Hacking Government Banking 171

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The rootkit itself was spread through a number of infection vectors, most notably social engineering and exploit packs like Blackhole. In 2012, cybersecurity experts with Kaspersky Labs announced they had discovered another malicious rootkit used in the Middle East, called Flame.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 21, 2021

In many ways, it’s the perfect crime for anyone indulging in social engineering. In the US, for example, there were concerns back in 2012 over public access to something called the “Death Master File”. By the same token, crooks grabbing ID’s during a disaster (natural or otherwise) is a good fit for bad people.

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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? Compromised USB drives are a common attack vector, and one that requires vigilance in order to avoid a supply chain attack or an attack that exploits social engineering tactics.

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