Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Screenshot from the latest forum discussion about RepWatch in 2013: The CSV files appear to have included the same set of 350 million unique emails, separated into three groups: hashed, hashed and salted, and unencrypted files.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2023

Kimsuky cyberespionage group (aka ARCHIPELAGO, Black Banshee, Thallium , Velvet Chollima, APT43 ) was first spotted by Kaspersky researcher in 2013. At the end of October 2020, the US-CERT published a report on Kimusky’s recent activities that provided information on their TTPs and infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. . As part of the recently observed campaign, the state-sponsored hackers used three different spear-phishing methods: Ending an email message leveraging social engineering methods.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

APT42’s TTPs overlap with another Iran-linked APT group tracked as APT35 (aka ‘ Charming Kitten ‘, ‘ Phosphorus ‘, Newscaster , and Ajax Security Team) which made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized by Iranian hackers using social media.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Whether motivated by a potential payday or the ability to access confidential information, cybercriminals have plenty of incentive to focus on what works best in achieving their goals. This article focuses on the top five attack vectors organizations should look out for and defend against in 2022. He currently also works with Bora.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2023

StrongPity APT group has been active since at least 2013, it’s responsible for cyberespionage campaigns against Turkish targets. The group used zero-day exploits, social engineering tricks, and Trojanized software installers to deliver malware to their victims.

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SC Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

But what might they offer the front-facing information security officer – someone with a ten-year plan, wondering what to prepare for down the line? The project is based on work Baines did for Europol’s Cyber Crimes Center, Project 2020, which made a similar series of predictions in 2013 targeting last year.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 24, 2022

by Great American, a powerful cyber risk management platform that combines the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) driven, inside-out review of an organization’s cyber security posture with insights from continuous, external vulnerability scans and best-in-class cyber security ratings from SecurityScorecard.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

How Phishing Works: Social Engineering The term “phishing” is broadly defined as sending an email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization. All of them rely on social engineering, a term that describes methods of deception used to coerce a victim into giving up valuable information.

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NopSec

DECEMBER 7, 2016

It gives the example of Hacking Team, based in Italy, and Vupen Security, based in France. According to the information security giants, there is one known criminal that uses the handle of Bonito, and has been identified as selling access to SCADA systems. The SAaaS model is ideal for hacktivists and terrorists.

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

Wednesday 13th, March 2013, 10 years ago, Kali Linux v1.0 A fresh start in March 2013. BackTrack Linux became Kali Linux in March 2013. Moto) first saw the light of day at Black Hat Europe 2013 and was based on Debian 7. In information security (infosec) there is the need to be on the latest version.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Fifteen years after the launch of the microblogging social media platform, Twitter remains a dominant public forum for instant communication with individuals and organizations worldwide on a universe of topics, including #cybersecurity. Read more: Top IT Asset Management Tools for Security. Jeremiah Grossman | @jeremiahg.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Vamosi: Like a lot of us, information security wasn’t necessarily our first line of work. Fortunately I was covering security for ZDNet from day one, and eventually got pretty good at explaining infosec to others. I started in journalism. If you're not having a sponsor to pay for you to go. So I saved a lot of money to go.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Vamosi: Like a lot of us, information security wasn’t necessarily our first line of work. Fortunately I was covering security for ZDNet from day one, and eventually got pretty good at explaining infosec to others. I started in journalism. If you're not having a sponsor to pay for you to go. So I saved a lot of money to go.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Vamosi: Like a lot of us, information security wasn’t necessarily our first line of work. Fortunately I was covering security for ZDNet from day one, and eventually got pretty good at explaining infosec to others. I started in journalism. If you're not having a sponsor to pay for you to go. So I saved a lot of money to go.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) launched an investigation into the case, codenamed Cepheus, in 2017 after it received information about a “suspicious RAT” from cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks and the U.S. The Imminent Monitor RAT is a hacking tool that allows threat actors to remotely control the victim’s computers.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2024

APT42 focuses on highly targeted spear-phishing and social engineering techniques, its operations broadly fall into three categories, credential harvesting, surveillance operations, and malware deployment. APT42 uses social engineering tactics to trick targets into setting up video meetings, which then lead to phishing pages.

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