Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

North Korea-linked threat actors posed as Samsung recruiters in a spear-phishing campaign aimed at employees at South Korean security firms. North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2022

” The infection chain begins with a spear-phishing message written in Spanish that includes a link that points to a website that further downloads a malicious ZIP archive on the victim’s machine. . ” reads the post published by Zscaler. That’s not all. ” concludes the report.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The extraordinarily high volume of threats is forcing vendors to include AI-based detection even in consumer antivirus products. Even though there are infinite strains of malware, there are only a handful of vectors, some of which include surfing the Web, phishing emails, Trojan downloads and portable document formats (PDFs).

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2022

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 discovered that a sample uploaded to the VirusTotal database on May 19, 2022 and considered benign by almost all the antivirus, was containing a payload associated with Brute Ratel C4 (BRc4), a new red-teaming and adversarial attack simulation tool.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2019

The last time security experts documented the FIN8’s activities was in 2016 and 2017. “It is believed that the malware was deployed as a result of several phishing attempts.” ” Experts believe the attackers launched phishing attacks in the attempt of delivering PoS malware. ” continues the analysis.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 14, 2021

They may give tip-offs, or send files over, and most commonly, do some work in anti-phishing. For example, a popular past time is filling up phish pages with bogus data. The FBI requested a rule change for expanded access powers back in 2014 , and it was granted in 2016. However you stack it up, it’s a bit of a mess.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 17, 2022

The security market is a deep one, however, and our list contains everything from recent startups to first-generation antivirus vendors that are still going strong, 30 names in all. And an additional honorable mention: Ever notice how good Gmail is at blocking spam and phishing emails? Top Cybersecurity Startup: Abnormal Security.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Group-IB incident response and intelligence teams detected Silence’s activity in 2016 for the very first time. Although phishing emails were also sent to bank employees in Central and Western Europe, Africa, and Asia). Like most cybercrime groups, Silence uses phishing emails. In 2017, Silence began to conduct attacks on ATMs.

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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 technology is stored in the Workbook OLE stream in Excel 97-2003 format which makes it very difficult to detect and parse by antivirus (AV) engines.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

But constant breaches of organizations large and small, and a trail of victims to ransomware and phishing opened a massive opportunity. This includes antivirus, identity protection, SIEM (where Gartner names it a Leader), endpoint protection (graded a Visionary by Gartner) and secure web gateways (Gartner Challenger). Founded: 2016.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

It serves as a warning to regularly backup company data and train every employee on how to identify phishing and social engineering attacks. Binu Manaf, CEO of the company, noted that it was not a crude phishing attack but an attack that involved a high level of sophistication. The email directs victims to download antivirus software.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

This renders the attacks undetectable and able to bypass conventional security solutions such as EDR, antivirus and other traditional security lines of defense. In later rounds, the Trojan spread through spear-phishing emails with malicious Excel or Word files. When opened, they triggered macros that infected the victim’s system. .

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. These solutions include next-generation firewalls (NGFWs), email gateway security software, data loss prevention (DLP), and endpoint security and antivirus software. Bitdefender : Bitdefender Antivirus Plus.

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Spinone

JANUARY 22, 2020

How WannaCry spreads The first step is standard for ransomware infection: a user opens a phishing email and downloads malicious attachment through which malware infects the computer. How Petya spreads Like WannaCry, at the first stage, Petya propagates via phishing emails when Windows users download infected email attachments.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The breach was not fully disclosed until September 2016. In March 2014, hackers used login information leaked by eBay employees to access sensitive user data of 145 million customers , putting these users at risk of identity theft, password theft and phishing risks.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 18, 2022

It begins with a spear-phishing email written in Spanish, targeting victims in Mexico and Spain. Let’s dive into the spear-phishing emails received by the victims. The phishing emails are divided into two sets based on the lures used by the threat actors. Below are the details of the phishing emails: 1.). Infection Chain.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Petya was a reason behind many attacks during 2016 and 2017. Sodinokibi (or REvil) ransomware infects computers by exploiting a vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic and using phishing emails. Typical features of ransomcloud attack are: Attackers usually infect your system by sending a phishing email to your Gmail/Outlook mail.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

All of them were ordinary people using our free antivirus solution, seemingly unconnected with any organization of interest to a sophisticated attacker of this kind. First, the threat actor sends a spear-phishing email to the potential victim with a lure to download additional documents. The attacks occur in several stages.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

LokiBot first surfaced in 2016 and remains active today. We recently detected a phishing campaign targeting cargo shipping companies that drops LokiBot. The idea behind this type of malware is to load the final payload without the loading process or the payload itself being detected by antivirus, EDR, etc.

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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. In November 2022, IntelBroker reportedly used Endurance to target the US Federal Government.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

With a 250% increase compared to 2016, its global damages are predicted to exceed $5 billion in 2017. With every new type of crypto or locker , the hash sum is changed, so an antivirus that is effective against one malware family will be ineffective a few months later against another type of ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

According to GAO , thousands of K–12 students had their personal information compromised in data breaches between 2016 and 2020. Require phishing-resistant MFA. Install, regularly update, and enable real-time detection for antivirus software. Segment networks to prevent the spread of ransomware.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In 2016, the Mirai IoT botnet shut down part of the internet, yet variations still plague us today. You cannot go ahead and install an antivirus on the IoT device, they don't have enough processing power. Maybe our current approach to IoT botnets isn’t working? It's designed to be robust to withstand a nuclear war.

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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. In November 2022, IntelBroker reportedly used Endurance to target the US Federal Government.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

From zombie botnets to phishing phantoms, these threats might sound like campfire tales, but they're some of the most sinister forces in cybersecurity today. Spooky fact : The infamous Mirai botnet attack in 2016 turned more than 600,000 IoT devices into cyber zombies, leading to one of the most significant DDoS attacks in history.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Why Ransomware is the Fastest Growing Malware Threat Since 2016, over 4,000 ransomware attacks have occurred daily. Implement good email phishing/SPAM filtering to help filter out obvious malicious SPAM emails with infected links, attachments, and other files. First, why is ransomware the fastest growing malware threat?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Install an antivirus solution that includes anti-adware capabilities. Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. In 2016, the Mirai botnet attack left most of the eastern U.S. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets. Browser hijacker. RAM scraper.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

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. Graham Cluley started as a videogame developer and antivirus programmer three decades ago before serving in senior roles at Sophos and McAfee. — thaddeus e.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. Computer viruses often utilize deception techniques and keep evolving to evade antivirus software. million customer records from a Japanese travel agency, JTB Corp, in July 2016. Computer worms.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. Computer viruses often utilize deception techniques and keep evolving to evade antivirus software. million customer records from a Japanese travel agency, JTB Corp, in July 2016. Computer Worms.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

Computer Weekly said it had learnt that FatFace paid a £1.5m ($2 million US dollar) ransom to the Conti Ransomware gang , disclosing the gang gained access to FatFace network and their IT systems via a phishing email on 10th January 2021. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct employee phishing tests.

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SecureList

APRIL 24, 2023

Operators routinely mix and match the various families, trying to deploy tools (often repeatedly) with little regard for stealth until one doesn’t get caught by antivirus software. KopiLuwak has belonged to Turla Kaspersky first reported on KopiLuwak in 2016. Some file stealers are backdoor variants and share the same code base.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

While these solutions (such as [Microsoft365]) offer a level of protection and capabilities (antivirus, anti-spam, archiving, etc.), The use of deepfake techniques in fraudulent activities… will elevate the sophistication of phishing fraud, making it increasingly challenging for users to distinguish between legitimate services and scams.”

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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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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 initial access vector for recent intrusions is unclear, but the threat actor used spear-phishing and watering hole attacks in past campaigns.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2024

NATO must recognize the potential of open-source intelligence Disrupting a covert Iranian influence operation Trump campaign hack-and-leak appears like a rerun of 2016. Large-scale extortion campaign targets publicly accessible environment variable files (.env) env) OpenAI dismantled an Iranian influence operation targeting the U.S.

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