SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

According to a report by the Barracuda cybersecurity company, in 2021, businesses with fewer than 100 employees experienced far more social engineering attacks than larger ones. Make regular backups of essential data to ensure that corporate information stays safe in an emergency.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

.” While CLOP as a money making collective is a fairly young organization, security experts say CLOP members hail from a group of Threat Actors (TA) known as “TA505,” which MITRE’s ATT&CK database says is a financially motivated cybercrime group that has been active since at least 2014. ” . ”

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

There is, of course, a documented porosity between the ransomware ecosystem and other cybercrime domains such as carding or point-of-sale (PoS) hacking. But it is worth pointing out that not all members of this ecosystem originate from the cybercrime underworld. REvil operators have demanded the highest ransoms in 2021.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Since then, cybercrime group specialists from the North Rhine-Westphalia State Criminal Police Office (LKA NRW), together with the Cybercrime Central and Contact Point (ZAC NRW), carried out another targeted strike against people associated with the criminal network. Create offsite, offline backups.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The decryptor has the “backup files” feature, enabled by default that could be used in case there will be any problem with the decryption process. The ransomware gang was dismantled in October 2021 with the arrest of its operators and the seizure of the systems containing the master private keys used in the encryption process.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Head Mare hacktivist group targets Russia and Belarus Zyxel fixed critical OS command injection flaw in multiple routers VMware fixed a code execution flaw in Fusion hypervisor U.S.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The pros behind Carbonite + Webroot joined forces with industry leading researchers at IDC to develop an easy-to-understand framework for fighting back against cybercrime. IDC researchers make an iron-clad case for cyber resilience by looking at the current state of cybercrime. Making the case. The results? Download the IDC report.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

It appears much of this database has been kicking around the cybercrime underground in one form or another since last summer at least. A cybercrime forum ad from June 2020 selling a database of 533 Million Facebook users. The phone number associated with my late Facebook account (which I deleted in Jan. billion active monthly users.

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

Here are 5 common security tools that you must have in 2021 to protect your digital world. Backup and Recovery Tools. In this day and age of digital communication where the most common method of recording and storing information is digital, backup and recovery tools are indispensable if you want to protect your digital data.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

.” New York City-based cyber intelligence firm Flashpoint said the Snatch ransomware group was created in 2018, based on Truniger’s recruitment both on Russian language cybercrime forums and public Russian programming boards. “Experience in backup, increase privileges, mikicatz, network.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Cybercriminal behind the most prominent carding marketplace on the dark web Joker’s Stash retires, he will shut down its servers and destroy the backups. ” One month ago, Joker’s Stash announced that its operations will shut down on February 15, 2021. ” reads the article published by Forbes. Image source FlashPoint.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Cisco addressed several high-severity flaws in its products LockBit ransomware gang claims the hack of Continental automotive group 250+ U.S. Cisco addressed several high-severity flaws in its products LockBit ransomware gang claims the hack of Continental automotive group 250+ U.S.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers recently published lessons learned from the disruptive and costly ransomware attack in May 2021 on Ireland’s public health system. Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE), which operates the country’s public health system, got hit with Conti ransomware on May 14, 2021.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

re abruptly announced it was permanently closing after a cybersecurity breach allowed unknown intruders to trash its servers and delete customer data and backups. 1, 2021: 15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark. Last week, a seven-year-old proxy service called 911[.]re The disruption at 911[.]re ” Super-socks[.]biz

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The attacks spotted by Cisco Talos were carried out by a Babuk ransomware affiliate tracked as Tortilla that has been active since at least July 2021. 229 @58_158_177_102 @sugimu_sec pic.twitter.com/LcuNw88fOo — TG Soft (@VirITeXplorer) October 14, 2021. The ransomware maybe born from the leaked #Babuk code.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Bug bounty hacker earned $5,000 reporting a Stored XSS flaw in iCloud.com Experts warn of threat actors abusing Google Alerts to deliver unwanted programs FBI warns of the consequences of telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks An attacker was able to siphon audio feeds from multiple Clubhouse rooms Georgetown County has yet to recover from a sophisticated (..)

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McAfee

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Unfortunately, cybercrime has nonrepudiation and threat actors can deny all knowledge and get away with it. Cybercrime will always be an issue and we need to be more aware of what threat actors are doing and what they’re after. In May 2021 for example, the U.S. Prevention. Techniques & Tactics. MVISION Insights Preview.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2021

The researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia analyzed the leaked data, it is a MongoDB database of 6GB that contains three backup files with BuyUcoin data. Story – [link] #InfoSec pic.twitter.com/1xFOtLcd8F — Rajshekhar Rajaharia (@rajaharia) January 21, 2021. Trading in #cryptocurrency ?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

and Australia have published a joint advisory warning of an increased globalised threat of ransomware worldwide in 2021. “Ransomware tactics and techniques continued to evolve in 2021, which demonstrates ransomware threat actors’ growing technological sophistication and an increased ransomware threat to organizations globally.”

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Webroot

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In 2021, the 24/7 news cycle was filled with stories of cyberattacks. There was the infrastructure ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline in May 2021, which caused the company to cease operations for days. Cybercrime is no longer a punishment-free crime.”. food supplies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Every nation analyzed the trends of cybercrime as apprehensions rose. If law enforcement does not attempt to match cybercrime’s rapid rise in popularity, criminals will continue to get away with their actions. Take the medical and science sectors during the pandemic, for example — this event made them relevant targets for cybercrime.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2021

IT and consulting giant Accenture confirmed a data breach after the ransomware attack conducted by LockBit operators in August 2021. Global IT consultancy giant Accenture discloses a data breach after the LockBit ransomware attack that hit the company in August 2021.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, Babam has set up numerous auctions on the Russian-language cybercrime forum Exploit , mainly selling virtual private networking (VPN) credentials stolen from various companies. Gmail’s password recovery function says the backup email address for devrian27@gmail.com is bo3 *@gmail.com.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

It encrypts files with the following file extensions @cherepanov74 1/3 pic.twitter.com/miyIlH1IdI — ESET research (@ESETresearch) December 21, 2021. The principle is simple, according to the authors of the malware, recent files may be more important for some victims and typically they are not included in recent backups.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 22, 2023

The individuals affected will need very specific support to ensure they're not subjects of highly targeted cybercrime." Heath Renfrow, Cofounder of Fenix24, said: "Extortion tactics in ransomware increased dramatically from 2021 to 2022; by late 2022, data theft was involved in nearly 90% of the ransomware cases we remediate in our practice.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Antivirus software—or more correctly, its modern descendents endpoint security and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)—are essential tools in the battle against cybercrime. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. Don’t get attacked twice.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Recorded Future in February 2021 published a report highlighting intrusion activity against India’s power grid, which it blamed on Chinese actors using a modular backdoor called ShadowPad, which it claimed it increasingly used by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). ( 12 , 13 , 15 ). 12 , 13 , 15 ).

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This concealed their attack until the environment was encrypted and backups were sabotaged. In this report, we explore Scattered Spider’s evolution from low-level cybercrimes to partnering with ransomware groups to target major organizations. Our investigation uncovered an NTDS.dit file on the attacker’s VM.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Alarming Reality of Fraud Fraud and cybercrime are pressing challenges for all sectors, including financial services. Fraud and cybercrime account for over 40% of all estimated crimes in England and Wales and affects more people more often than any other crime. billion annually.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The malware uses TOR exit nodes as a backup C2 infrastructure. The malware was first spotted in September 2021, the experts observed it targeting organizations in the technology and manufacturing industries. The malicious code uses Windows Installer to reach out to QNAP-associated domains and download a malicious DLL.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 27, 2022

You’ve likely only seen cybercrime insurance primarily mentioned in relation to attacks on businesses. Premiums are based on how much you have to lose, and tailoring types of cybercrime to your package needs. So many examples of cyber insurance only ever focus on the technical aspects of online crime, or ransomware backups.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2021

NYSE: NABL), the purpose-built technology partner for managed services providers (MSPs), is celebrating strong growth of the Technology Alliance Program (TAP) throughout 2021, adding more than 25 partners this year, more than half of which are focused on security. © 2021 N-able Solutions ULC and N-able Technologies Ltd. n-able.com.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2024

The script was also used for data exfiltration, the stolen data are sent to two different servers so the ransomware actors have a backup of the information. TargetCompany has been active since June 2021 , once encrypted a file it adds.mallox,exploit,architek, or.brg extension to the filenames of encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2021

The PrintNightmare flaws (tracked as ( CVE-2021-1675 , CVE-2021-34527 , and CVE-2021-36958 ) reside in the Windows Print Spooler service, print drivers, and the Windows Point and Print feature. The targeting of backups to prevent recovery following ransomware deployment.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2021

— Cyble (@AuCyble) August 11, 2021. Accenture attempted to downplay the incident and revealed that impacted systems had been recovered using its backups. ransomware attacks against Australian organizations starting July 2021. The threatactors have alleged to gain databases of over 6TB and demanding $50M as a ransom.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In fact, the World Economic Forum (WEF) projects that by 2021: Global cybercrime costs could total approximately $6 trillion in the US. If cybercrime were a country, it would have the third largest economy in the world. Clearly, cybercrime is big business, and it operates like one. How big is the impact of cybercrime?

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Herjavec Group

MARCH 20, 2021

Our Founder and CEO, Robert Herjavec sat down with Small Business Journal’s Chloe Caldwell to discuss his insights on cybersecurity in 2021 and how the most recent Herjavec Group Cybersecurity Conversations Report explores the past year and how to best prepare for the year ahead. This is a great step in the right direction.

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