Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Security experts from Russian antivirus firm Dr.Web have discovered a new strain of Linux cryptominer tracked as Linux.BtcMine.174. 174 Linux cryptominer uses one of two privilege escalation exploits CVE-2016-5195 (aka Dirty COW) and CVE-2013-2094 to get root permissions on the infected system. The Linux.BtcMine.174 Linux.BtcMine.174

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2019

has been under active development since at least 2013. The malicious code also comes with a Terms of Service agreement that provides some additional insight, for example, the author specifies that HawkEye Reborn should only be used on systems with permission and forbid scanning the malware executables with antivirus software.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

In July 2017, Russian antivirus vendor Dr.Web published research showing that Triada had been installed by default on at least four low-cost Android models. jyhxz.net 2013-07-02 — longmen[.]com com 2013-10-09 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., 2333youxi[.]com com 2016-02-18 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO.,

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The common acronym in nearly all of Saim Raza’s domains over the years — “FUD” — stands for “ F ully U n- D etectable,” and it refers to cybercrime resources that will evade detection by security tools like antivirus software or anti-spam appliances. Also we are running business since 2006.”

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2019

The group was first discovered by Symantec and TrendMicro in 2015 but evidence of its activities has been dated back to 2013. The infection chain is composed by different stages of password protected SFX (self extracting archive), each containing vbs or batch scripts. This time using the string “ gblfhs ” as password.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

There was no need for a password or login credentials to access the information, and the data was not encrypted. It was founded in 2013 and operates worldwide but mainly in Ukraine and Russia. A good antivirus program can also aid in protection from malware, trojans, and other dangers. The leak has since been secured.

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Spinone

JANUARY 27, 2015

All the news are full of caution not to be hacked, not to put easy passwords, and so on. For 2014, the number of daily cyber attacks dropped to 3,043, nearly one-third less than the 4,200 attacks during the same timeframe in 2013, while the number of breaches dropped more than 50 percent for Black Friday and Cyber Monday year-over-year.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Satori DataSecOps 2021 Private BluBracket Software supply chain 2021 Private Cape Privacy Data security 2021 Private ZecOps Digital forensics 2019 Private SecurityScorecard Risk ratings 2017 Private Carbon Black Security software 2015 Acquired: VMware AVG Antivirus software 2015 Acquired: Avast. Accel Investments.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

GitGuardian is a developer favorite offering a secrets detection solution that scans source code to detect certificates, passwords, API keys, encryption keys, and more. Also read: Antivirus vs. EPP vs. EDR: How to Secure Your Endpoints. Series C Bitglass 2013 Campbell, CA 170 $150.1 Series C Bitglass 2013 Campbell, CA 170 $150.1

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Which means hackers can do a lot of damage over an extended period – from stealing information and deleting files to changing passwords and modifying security settings. In recent tests, only one of 44 of the most popular antivirus software products in current use was able to detect even the simplest keylogger. Keyloggers.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ransomware frequently contains extraction capabilities that can steal critical information like usernames and passwords, so stopping ransomware is serious business. This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. Bitdefender : Bitdefender Antivirus Plus.

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Responsible Cyber

JULY 13, 2024

Weak Passwords and Password Reuse One of the most common ways attackers get in is by exploiting weak passwords and password reuse. Weak passwords —like short, simple, or common ones—are easy to guess or crack using brute force attacks. Real-life examples show how effective social engineering can be.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The Absence of a Password Policy for Employees – About 81% of company data breaches happened due to poor passwords One of the main O365 security concerns is password carelessness. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, more than 70% of workers reuse passwords. How to make passwords secure: 1.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

vSkimmer malware, a successor to Dexter, dates back to 2013. Backoff malware, which also dates back to 2013, scrapes memory for track data, logs keystrokes, and connects to a command and control server to upload stolen data and download additional malware. Multi-factor authentication is also required for remote access.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The attackers use the reverse shell to deploy a Bash stealer that collects data such as system information, browsing history, saved passwords, cryptocurrency wallet files and credentials for cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Azure). Otherwise, the reverse shell is created by the crond backdoor itself.

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

This type of ransomware reached its peak popularity in the years 2013-2018. Don’t provide your passwords to unreliable sites. Use antivirus. Yes, ransomware can seep into the system bypassing the antivirus, but it still raises your chances to be protected. Most antiviruses don’t protect against ransomware.

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SecureList

JANUARY 11, 2021

Now Kazuar is equipped with a keylogger and a password stealer which can fetch browser history data, cookies, proxy server credentials and, most importantly, passwords from Internet browsers, Filezilla, Outlook, Git and WinSCP. The Kazuar developers wanted to avoid detection by various antivirus products or EDR solutions.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

18, 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that U.S. 25, 2013, two days before Target said the breach officially began, Rescator could be seen in instant messages hiring another forum member to verify 400,000 payment cards that Rescator claimed were freshly stolen.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab. Enable 2FA and get a password manager.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Though polite, the Creeper was still an annoyance to some, and in 1971, Ray Tomlinson developed the first antivirus software , called Reaper. One of the first pieces of antivirus software , McAfee’s VirusScan, was released in 1987. It also would actively shut down antivirus processes to evade detection and removal.

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Google Security

APRIL 30, 2024

Where it is not possible to prevent the theft of credentials and cookies by malware, the next best thing is making the attack more observable by antivirus, endpoint detection agents, or enterprise administrators with basic log analysis tools. against theft. Export the event logs to your backend system. Create detection logic to detect theft.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

review Active Directory password policy. At the start of March 2021, Microsoft rushed out patches for a critical zero-day Vulnerability in Exchange Server (2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019). Microsoft Antivirus Now Automatically Mitigates Exchange Server Vulnerability. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct penetration testing.

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Fox IT

MAY 4, 2021

Gozi ISFB started targeting financial institutions around 2013-2015 and hasn’t stopped since then. 20 – SEND_ID_CRASH 21 Crash dump SEND_ID_HTTP 22 Send HTTP Logs SEND_ID_ACC 23 Send credentials SEND_ID_ANTIVIRUS 24 Send Antivirus info. Module list. Stealing/intercepting HTTP and HTTPS communication.

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