Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2019

US Cyber Command posted on Twitter an alert about cyber attacks exploiting the CVE-2017-11774 vulnerability in Outlook. Yesterday I was using Twitter when I noticed the following alert issued by the account managed by the US Cyber Command : USCYBERCOM has discovered active malicious use of CVE-2017-11774 and recommends immediate #patching.

Energy and Utilities 110

Energy and Utilities Malware Advertising InfoSec 110

Security Boulevard

JULY 12, 2021

If that trend continues, or even if there is only an average of 141 new compromises per month for the next six months, the total will still exceed the previous high of 1,632 breaches set in 2017. The post Phishing, Ransomware Driving Wave of Data Breaches appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Phishing Ransomware Identity Theft 145

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

Experts uncovered a new Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) -themed campaign that is distributing a malware downloader that delivers the FormBook information-stealing Trojan. Experts at MalwareHunterTeam uncovered a new malspam campaign exploiting the fear in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) to deliver malware. states the analysis published by FireEye.

Malware 145

Malware Scams Social Engineering Phishing 145

Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2024

” The attackers use these decoy documents as a diversive tactic while while the malware is being deployed. Upon opening the decoy file, it relies on a remote template injection technique ( CVE-2017-0199 ) to gain initial access to the target’s system. ” reads the analysis published by the BlackBerry researchers.

Phishing 130

Phishing Malware Hacking Information Security 130

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A China-based financially motivated group, tracked as Fangxiao, is behind a large-scale phishing campaign dating back as far as 2019. Researchers from Cyjax reported that a China-based financially motivated group, dubbed Fangxiao, orchestrated a large-scale phishing campaign since 2017. SecurityAffairs – hacking, phishing).

Phishing 137

Phishing Adware Retail Malware 137

SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Agentb malware family. The Kaspersky Anti-Phishing component blocked 434,898,635 attempts at accessing scam sites. The most frequent targets of phishing attacks were online stores (18.12 The contact phone trick was heavily used both in email messages and on phishing pages. Trends of the year. Malicious links.

Phishing 145

Phishing Malware Accountability Scams 145

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2021

China-linked BlackTech cyberespionage group was targeting Japanese companies using new malware tracked as ‘Flagpro’. Researchers from NTT Security reported that China-linked BlackTech cyberespionage group targeted Japanese companies using new malware tracked as ‘Flagpro’. “It means that they are actively developing new malwares.

Malware 145

Malware Phishing Passwords Media 145

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 6, 2022

As early as 2017, cybercriminals have been incorporating capabilities to defeat 2FA into their kits. Academics from Stony Brook University and Palo Alto Networks—namely Brian Kondracki, Babak Amin Azad, Nick Nikiforakis, and Oleksii Starov—have found at least 1,200 phishing kits online capable of capturing or intercepting 2FA security codes.

Phishing 143

Phishing Authentication Accountability Data breaches 143

Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

The DOJ said it did not seek to disinfect compromised devices; instead, it obtained court orders to remove the Cyclops Blink malware from its “command and control” servers — the hidden machines that allowed the attackers to orchestrate the activities of the botnet. energy facilities. ” HYDRA. . ” HYDRA. .

Marketing 287

Marketing Energy and Utilities Malware Ransomware 287

Tech Republic Security

APRIL 27, 2017

According to Verizon's 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report, espionage-related attacks are growing in popularity, with malware and phishing still go-to tools for hackers as well.

Cybercrime 155

Cybercrime Data breaches Phishing Malware 155

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 4, 2022

A new malware developed by China is on the prowl on the web and is seen targeting Japanese companies for now. BlackTech Cyber Espionage APT group linked to Chinese intelligence was found distributing Flagpro in two stages via Phishing emails.

Malware 132

Malware Manufacturing Media Phishing 132

The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Phishing and Malware Among the major cyber threats, the malware remains a significant danger. The 2017 WannaCry outbreak that cost businesses worldwide up to $4 billion is still in recent memory, and other new strains of malware are discovered on a daily basis.

Scams 145

Scams Cyber threats Phishing Malware 145

SecureList

MAY 3, 2021

Banking phishing: new version of an old scheme. Clients of several Dutch banks faced a phishing attack using QR codes. In actual fact, scanning the code resulted in a data leak, money theft or device infection, if it contained a link to a web page with malware. Quarterly highlights. Vaccine with cyberthreat.

Phishing 142

Phishing Banking Accountability Computers and Electronics 142

Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

The four malware families are named Guildma, Javali, Melcoz, and Grandoreiro, experts believe are the result of a Brazilian banking group/operation that is evolving its capabilities targeting banking users abroad. Experts noticed that the malware uses the BITSAdmin tool to download the additional modules.

Banking 139

Banking Malware Phishing Advertising 139

Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

In many cases, attackers targeted unpatched versions of Telerik user interface (UI) by exploiting CVE-2019-18935 , CVE-2017-9248 , CVE-2017-11317 , CVE-2017-11357 vulnerabilities. “The ACSC has identified instances where users have executed malware embedded in email attachments. Pierluigi Paganini.

Malware 132

Malware Advertising Government Cyber Attacks 132

SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

A fake notification about a Microsoft Teams meeting or a request to view an important document traditionally takes the victim to a phishing login page asking for corporate account credentials. In addition to various cloud-related emails, we blocked messages disguised as business correspondence and containing links to malware.

Phishing 142

Phishing Banking Scams Computers and Electronics 142

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

million redirects to phishing pages. Note too that QR codes from questionable sources can carry other threats, for example, spreading malware or debiting money in favor of the scammers. Even in official mobile app stores, malware can sometimes sneak in. Our solutions detected 35,958,888 pieces of malware, over 1.7

Phishing 132

Phishing Scams Accountability Computers and Electronics 132

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Fortinet researchers discovered a new phishing campaign spreading a variant of the commercial malware Remcos RAT. Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs recently uncovered a phishing campaign spreading a new variant of the Remcos RAT. Upon opening the file, the RCE vulnerability CVE-2017-0199 is exploited.

Phishing 136

Phishing Malware Banking Encryption 136

The Hacker News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Attackers are weaponizing an old Microsoft Office vulnerability as part of phishing campaigns to distribute a strain of malware called Agent Tesla.

Malware 110

Malware Phishing 110

Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2019

The malware samples shared by USCYBERCOM last week were first detected in December 2016 in attacks attributed to Iran-linked APT33. Last week the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) uploaded to VirusTotal a malware used by Iran-linked APT33 group in attacks in Dec 2016 and Jan 2017. ” reads the report.

Malware 108

Malware InfoSec Advertising Government 108

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. At the beginning of that year, we still observed phishing attacks that used the themes of infection and prevention as the bait.

Phishing 127

Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 127

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2023

Cyber researchers warn of a modified Zoom app that was used by threat actors in a phishing campaign to deliver the IcedID Malware. Cyble researchers recently uncovered a phishing campaign targeting users of the popular video conferencing and online meeting platform Zoom to deliver the IcedID malware. Pierluigi Paganini.

Malware 98

Malware Phishing Banking Hacking 98

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Today, we are showing readers just what that evolution looked like, in our State of Malware 2021 report. This report provides our most comprehensive analysis of last year’s malware trends, with breakdowns by malware category, malware type, operating system, region, industry, and more.

Malware 139

Malware Scams Spyware Healthcare 139

Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

A federal judge in Connecticut today handed down a sentence of time served to spam kingpin Peter “Severa” Levashov , a prolific purveyor of malicious and junk email, and the creator of malware strains that infected millions of Microsoft computers globally. Levashov was arrested in 2017 while in Barcelona, Spain with his family.

Antivirus 332

Antivirus Cybercrime Identity Theft Scams 332

Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

“This is the largest release from Microsoft this year and the largest since at least 2017,” said Dustin Childs , from Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). “BlackLotus can bypass functionality called secure boot, which is designed to block malware from being able to load when booting up. .

DNS 282

DNS Social Engineering Malware Media 282

Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2019

Ave Maria Malware – Phishing attempts spreading in the last days of the past year against an Italian organization operating in the Oil&Gas sector. The Cybaze -Yoroi ZLab researchers analyzed phishing attempts spreading in the last days of the past year against an Italian organization operating in the Oil&Gas sector.

Malware 109

Malware Phishing Advertising InfoSec 109

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

According to a research conducted by Proofpoint, cybersecurity researchers have been targeting the servers operating in aerospace and defense sector with a Trojan malware and the hacking group behind the incident has been dubbed as TA2541.

Malware 98

Malware Phishing Hacking Ransomware 98

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Malware, short for “malicious software,” is any unwanted software on your computer that, more often than not, is designed to inflict damage. Since the early days of computing, a wide range of malware types with varying functions have emerged. Best Practices to Defend Against Malware. Jump ahead: Adware. RAM scraper.

Malware 105

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2021

TA544 is a financially motivated threat actor that is active at least since 2017, it focuses on attacks on banking users, it leverages banking malware and other payloads to target organizations worldwide, mainly in Italy and Japan. Upon enabling the macro, the infection process will start. Pierluigi Paganini.

Malware 118

Malware Banking Social Engineering Retail 118

Krebs on Security

JULY 24, 2018

Hackers used phishing emails to break into a Virginia bank in two separate cyber intrusions over an eight-month period, making off with more than $2.4 7 and 9, 2017, the hackers modified or removed critical security controls and withdrew the fraudulent credits using hundreds of ATMs. million total. Between Jan. THE LAWSUIT.

Banking 198

Banking Insurance Computers and Electronics Cyber Insurance 198

Penetration Testing

AUGUST 29, 2024

Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs has unearthed a new variant of the notorious Snake Keylogger, delivered through a malicious Excel document in a phishing campaign. This keylogger, also known as “404 Keylogger”... The post New Snake Keylogger Variant Slithers Into Phishing Campaigns appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

Phishing 114

Phishing Cybersecurity Malware 114

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The Russian Cobalt crime gang was particularly active in the last month, a new report confirms a massive use of the CobInt malware in recent attacks. Security researchers from Proofpoint reported the massive use of the CobInt malware by the Cobalt group in recent attacks. CVE-2017-8570, CVE-2017-11882, or CVE-2018-0802.

Malware 109

Malware Banking Advertising Manufacturing 109

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2022

Threat actors are targeting Ukrainian government agencies with phishing attacks delivering the IcedID malware. The Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) uncovered new phishing campaigns aimed at infecting systems of Ukrainian government agencies with the IcedID malware. Patch 1 and 8.8.x x before 8.8.7

Malware 98

Malware Phishing Banking Government 98

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2018

The FBI said unlimited operations compromise a financial institution or payment card processor with malware to access bank customer card information and exploit network access, enabling large scale theft of funds from ATMs. million from accounts at the National Bank of Blacksburg in two separate ATM cashouts between May 2016 and January 2017.

Banking 236

Banking Accountability Retail Phishing 236

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.

Malware 107

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2020

. “The group is also using its web of contacts in internet infrastructure providers to squash garden-variety phishing attacks and another financial crime that is using the fear of COVID-19 or the desire for information on it to trick regular internet users,” wrote Reuters’ Joe Menn. ” SURVIVING THE PANDEMIC.

Cybersecurity 310

Cybersecurity Cyber threats Government Phishing 310

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Over 90 percent of the users identified by Google were targeted via “credential phishing emails” that attempt to trick victims into providing their password or other account credentials to hijack their Google account. “TAG tracks more than 270 targeted or government-backed groups from more than 50 countries. .”We

Phishing 145

Phishing Accountability Advertising Cyber Attacks 145