Digital Shadows

MARCH 1, 2021

Note: This piece is a follow-up on our previous blog, Emotet Disruption: What it Means for the Cyber Threat Landscape, The post Cybercriminal Law Enforcement Crackdowns in 2021 first appeared on Digital Shadows.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The Biden administration announced it will work with 30 countries, including NATO allies and G7 partners, to curb global cybercrime. President Joe Biden announced that the US will work with 30 countries to curb cybercrime and dismantle ransomware gangs that are targeting organizations worldwide. Pierluigi Paganini.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

McAfee Enterprise and FireEye recently conducted a global survey of IT professionals to better understand their cyber readiness, especially during peak times like the holiday season, and the impact the pandemic has had on their business. According to BCI’s Supply Chain Resilience Report 2021 , 27.8% of the total detected cyber threats.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

According to the latest ISACA State of Security 2021 report , social engineering is the leading cause of compromises experienced by organizations. Findings from the Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report also point to social engineering as the most common data breach attack method.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Every holiday season, malicious threat actors ramp up their activities as consumers spend their days at home cuddled up on the couch, surfing for gifts for their loved ones. Those experts provide analysis of threat trends for this upcoming holiday season, while taking a look back at other historical trends.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

According to a recent report by Kaspersky, the number of the number of Trojan-PSW (Password Stealing Ware) detections increased by almost a quarter globally – 4,003,323 in 2022 compared to 3,029,903 in 2021. In addition, internet attacks also grew from 32,500,00 globally in 2021 to almost 35,400,000 in 2022.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 21, 2021

Note: Our findings in this blog stem from analysis of all Q4 2020 cyber threat activity by our in-house research. The post Threats to Asset and Wealth Management in 2020-2021 first appeared on Digital Shadows.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2021

In terms of big news, Q2 2021 was relatively calm, but not completely eventless. Q2 2021 was no exception: in early July researchers at Netscout reported an increase in attacks using the Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN) protocol. As expected, Q2 2021 was calm. DDoS attack duration, Q1 and Q2 2021, and Q2 2020.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Cybercriminals are adapting and improving their attack techniques at an unprecedented rate, largely due to the rapid evolution of technologies like AI and the rise of Cybercrime-as-a-Service ( CaaS ) business models, and cybersecurity teams must evaluate their defenses to keep pace.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 26, 2023

In recent months, a cybercrime group known as Blacktail has begun to make headlines as they continue to target organizations around the globe. Two of the most popular tools that have been used by the cybercrime group are LockBit 3.0 Babuk is a ransomware that was first discovered in early 2021. Both LockBit 3.0

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 13, 2023

"We are continuing to observe an unyielding surge in the volume of cyberthreats, including advanced malware, botnets, ransomware, cryptojacking, and more," said Callie Guenther, Senior Manager of Cyber Threat Research at Critical Start, in a press release.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2022

A former Canadian government IT worker admitted to being a high-level member of the Russian cybercrime group NetWalker. to charges related to his involvement with the Russian cybercrime group NetWalker. Some of the Defendant’s students were likely other cyber threat actors.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 19, 2024

As cyber threats escalate, the demand for skilled professionals in cybersecurity is skyrocketing. You may also want to read about: Cybersecurity vs Software Engineering in 2024 The Global Rise of Cyber Threats In the past decade, cyber threats have grown in frequency, complexity, and impact.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

And get the latest on ransomware trends and on cybercrime legislation and prevention! Thats a key takeaway from Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat, a report releaesd this week by Googles Threat Intelligence Group. bill seeks tougher punishments for cybercrimes A bill introduced by two U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2025

Authorities recovered $31 Million Related to 2021 Uranium Finance cyber heist Serbian student activists phone hacked using Cellebrite zero-day exploit Qilin ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the Lee Enterprises attack Meta fired 20 employees for leaking information, more firings expected International Press Newsletter Cybercrime U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

The data shows how perceptions around cyber and technology risks, from ransomware and other cyber-attacks to the threats posed by AI, are changing the global business risk landscape. The economic impact of cybercrime on business across the globe continues to reach new levels, with the cost predicted to reach US$10.5

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The Europen Agency for cybersecurity ENISA releases its ENISA Threat Landscape 2022 (ETL) report , which is the annual analysis of the state of the cybersecurity threat landscape. This is the 10 th edition of the annual report and analyzes events that took place between July 2021 and July 2022. Cybercrime actors.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2021

Cybercrime reached new heights in the past year, with internet crime reports rising 69.4% The post The 5 most crucial Cybersecurity updates for businesses in 2021 appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders. Now, as modern business and data are becoming inseparable, it’s an absolute necessity. and costing more than $4.2

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Digital Shadows

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

When Mario Draghi formed a national unity government in February 2021, Italy was busy attempting to limit the spread. The post Cyber threats to the 2022 Italian elections first appeared on Digital Shadows.

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Digital Shadows

JUNE 9, 2021

The post Cyber Threats to the UEFA EURO 2020 Championship first appeared on Digital Shadows. When I was first asked to write a blog about the UEFA EURO 2020 Championship, I immediately imagined going through.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 25, 2021

I've decided to make my Cybercrime Forum Data Set for 2019 and 2021 exclusively available online for free in order for me to speed the dissemination process and to possibly empower security researchers and vendors with the necessary information to help them stay on the top of their game in terms of current and emerging cyber threats including U.S

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Trend Micro

AUGUST 19, 2021

This Week in Security News: Tokyo Olympics Leveraged in Cybercrime Attack and T-Mobile Confirms Hack.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 24, 2023

This comes as the global space economy is projected to expand from $469 billion in 2021 to over $1 trillion by 2030, led by U.S. However, America's adversaries see the country's space sector as both a potential threat and an opportunity to steal crucial technologies and expertise to boost their own space capabilities.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2021

The cyber threat landscape change continuously, recently two new ransomware-as-service (RaaS) operations named BlackMatter and Haron made the headlines. The cybercrime group shut down its operations and provided the decryption keys to BleepingComputer website. “Haron ransomware was first discovered in July 2021.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing details on the top malware strains of 2021. The top malware strains in 2021 included remote access Trojans (RATs), banking Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware.

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Trend Micro

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This week, learn about what the future of cybercrime could potentially look like by the start of the next decade, according to Trend Micro’s Project 2030. Also, read on how a hacker stole $784k in crypto through SIM swaps.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Researchers from vpnMentor recently published a report that sheds the light on the use of Telegram in the cybercrime ecosystem. vpnMentor researchers joined several cybercrime-focused Telegram groups and discovered a vast network of more 1,000s individuals sharing data leaks and dumps and discussing how to exploit them in illegal activities.

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Trend Micro

MAY 20, 2021

ZDI Tops Omdia Vulnerability Disclosures Again and Robots May Take Over Cybercrime by 2030.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 14, 2022

Unlike a financially motivated actor, nation-state threat actors may skip individual breaches in order to k eep access and leverage them at a future and possibly more critical date. The human element impact on breaches may have declined slightly—from 85 percent in 2021 to 82 percent this year—but this vulnerability may never fully go away.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

I've been recently working on several articles on the topic of threat intelligence and I came up with a proper article which I'll share in this post with the idea to improve my reader's situational awareness on the topic eventually improving the way they work and do threat intelligence gathering online. -. What use are they?

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

” Only 4 percent of respondents to an FCC poll said their organization received a new J-1 visa in 2021, and 46 percent said their bureaus were understaffed because of a lack of visas. We have entered a new era of cyber threats.

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Digital Shadows

MARCH 17, 2022

In December 2021, a new cyber threat group began attracting the security community’s attention, after conducting several high-profile extortion attacks. The post Meet Lapsus$: An Unusual Group in the Cyber Extortion Business first appeared on Digital Shadows.

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 31, 2023

C-suites across all industries, from traditional finance to the latest “unicorns” emerging in the fintech industry, are facing a formidable challenge: how to protect their business and customer data against growing cyber threats. As a CISO or ITDM, the cyber defence challenges you face in your business couldn’t be tougher.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

Overall cybercrime costs are expected to reach $10.5 In this article, we’ll cover the top cybersecurity startups to watch in 2021. Top Cybersecurity startups to watch in 2021. Darktrace – Threat detection. Darktrace‘s Cyber artificial intelligence (AI) platform detects and fights cyber threats in real-time.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 5, 2021

But regular consumers are equally affected by cybercrime, directly or indirectly. Bitdefender this week has published its annual Consumer Threat Landscape Report for 2020 underscoring some of the most prevalent cyber threats targeting regular users today. Cybersecurity can often seem like a topic for the business sector.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The Europen Agency for cybersecurity ENISA releases its ENISA Threat Landscape 2021 (ETL) report, which is the annual analysis on the state of the cybersecurity threat landscape. This edition reports events and analyses related to the period between April 2020 up to July 2021. ENISA Threat Landscape Supply Chain.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, recently published the 2021 Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report. The post Europol IOCTA 2021 Report: The Key Takeaways appeared first on The State of Security. The post Europol IOCTA 2021 Report: The Key Takeaways appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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