Malwarebytes

APRIL 19, 2022

Since 2018, one of the Lazarus Group’s tactics has been to disguse AppleJeus malware as cryptocurrency trading platforms for both Windows and Mac. Victims are lured into downloading the malware with a variety of social engineering tactics, including spearphishing. Spearphishing campaigns.

Cryptocurrency 140

Cryptocurrency Social Engineering Computers and Electronics Engineering 140

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. Memory hacking is being carried out across paths that have been left comparatively wide open to threat actors who are happy to take full advantage of the rather fragile framework of processes that execute deep inside the kernel of computer operating systems.

Hacking 212

Hacking Energy and Utilities System Administration Accountability 212

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

In November 2021, an unauthorized third party called a Robinhood customer support employee and, through social engineering , gained access to the company’s customer support systems. Between 2016 and 2018, the malware strain SamSam made brute force RDP attacks an integral part of its attacks on several public organizations.

VPN 120

VPN Software Authentication Encryption 120

Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

Going back a bit, it was also the top attack vector in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and well, hopefully, you get the picture. The social engineering aspect around phishing works because humans want to be helpful, informed, paid well, get stuff for free sometimes, and generally not end up on the wrong side of management.

Phishing 52

Phishing Accountability Social Engineering Mobile 52

Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

Being a system administrator, a patch could contain a security update to stop a vulnerability. In information security (infosec) there is the need to be on the latest version. This is often because: Being a developer, you may need the latest feature which has just been added.

InfoSec 52

InfoSec Penetration Testing Architecture Software 52

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. — Jack Daniel (@jack_daniel) October 10, 2018. jaysonstreet) March 3, 2018. — Kevin Mitnick (@kevinmitnick) January 20, 2018. — Kevin Mitnick (@kevinmitnick) January 20, 2018.

Accountability 139

Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 139

SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

com – all generated using RoyalRoad and attempting to exploit CVE-2018-0802. By hiding the truth and not communicating with us, what happened will be published on social media and yet in news websites. The Trojan may also use social engineering to convince victims to download a smartphone app.

Ransomware 145

Ransomware Malware Banking Encryption 145