CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Some military personnel and their families(say about 23) in United States are being constantly targeted by phishing campaigns launched by a notorious online criminal gang from Nigeria that is habituated to ignore the Digital Millennium Copyrights Act and such.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 11, 2021

Electronic Arts confirmed the news and added that no client data or anything related to the players was accessed or stolen by hackers- meaning there are zero risks for players to be targeted with phishing attacks or identity thefts. The post Cyber Attack news trending on Google appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 20, 2025

You might notice a surge of failed attempts targeting specific accounts or regions at certain times of the day. A few examples of visualizations role in cybersecurity include: Threat Intelligence Dashboards : Aggregating and displaying global attack trends, allowing analysts to stay informed about the latest threats.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2021

Poland ‘s government announced that it was targeted by an ‘Unprecedented’ series of cyber attacks, hackers hit against institutions and individuals. Poland’s parliament had a closed-door session to discuss an unprecedented wave of cyber attacks that hit its institutions and individuals.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A previously undocumented "phishing empire" has been linked to cyber attacks aimed at compromising Microsoft 365 business email accounts over the past six years.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Succession Wealth, a financial wealth management service offering company, has released a press statement that a cyber attack targeted its servers and it can only reveal details after the investigation gets concluded. Prima Facie revealed that hackers accessed no client data in the attack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

All these days, we have seen email phishing attacks where cyber crooks seen sending malicious links through emails to trap online victims. But now, a North Korea-based hacking group dubbed Kumsong 121 was found using social media to attack smart phone users using Android platform.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 11, 2022

Cybersecurity Insiders has learnt that MercadoLibre’s data related hackers accessed to 300,000 users in the incident and the stolen information includes user account names, passwords, investment details, account information, and card info. Whereas, Vodafone is still investigating the cyber attack claims and internal data theft.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 30, 2025

If these cyber attacks are successful, even just a little, they could lead to billions of pounds in damages and losses to the companies that own the platforms and the traders. So, lets explore how spread betting platforms are rising to this challenge and ensuring that their platforms are cyber risk-free.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Norway ‘s government blames Russia for the cyber attack that targeted the email system of the country’s parliament in August. The parliament has recently been targetted in a vast cyber attack,” reads a statement from Norway’s parliament. Our analyses show that varying quantities of data have been downloaded,”.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Government officials recently blamed Russian state-sponsored hackers of cyber espionage on MPs. Early September, Germany has formally protested to Russia over a series of cyber attacks aimed at stealing data from lawmakers that could be used to arrange disinformation campaigns before the upcoming German election.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

Ukraine’s technical security and intelligence service warns of threat actors targeting aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts. State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection (SSSCIP) of Ukraine spotted a new wave of cyber attacks aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 7, 2020

Tricks like business email compromise, where an employee gets a fake email from a senior executive asking him to transfer money to some account, will be more successful when the employee can't walk down the hall to confirm the email's validity -- and when everyone is distracted and so many other things are being done differently.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

What hasn’t gained as much public attention is a secondary level of cyber attacks that surges every time the hacking community uncovers a fresh vulnerability. You can start small and control as many of these privileged accounts as you see fit and get on a path to becoming full-fledged mature in all aspects of cybersecurity.”.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2025

Researchers linked the threat actor DoNot Teamto a new Android malware that was employed in highly targeted cyber attacks. In this case, the group is leveraging OneSignal to deliver phishing links through notifications. CYFIRMA researchers linked a recently discovered Android malware to the Indian APT group known as DoNot Team.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

Crooks are using a fake Cisco “critical security advisory” in a new phishing campaign aimed at stealing victims’ Webex credentials. The Cofense’s phishing defense center has uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign that uses a Cisco security advisory related to a critical vulnerability as a lure. org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9223.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 12, 2025

Category Awareness, Social Enginering Risk Level Phishing emails are getting harder to detect. What is phishing, and why is it such a big deal?" Phishing is one of the oldest tricks in the hacker playbook - but its also one of the most effective. Alright, but cant I just spot and delete phishing emails?"

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2023

United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) along with two other agencies; National Security Agency (NSA) and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) have issued a warning to federal agencies against a phishing scam taking place through Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) Software.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Microsoft is calling attention to an emerging threat cluster it calls Storm-2372 that has been attributed to a new set of cyber attacks aimed at a variety of sectors since August 2024.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

First is the news related to Russian hackers infiltrating an email account of a British Member of Parliament to steal intelligence. According to the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, threat actors, probably funded by Kremlin, hacked the email account of Stewart McDonald via a spear-phishing act.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2021

First Horizon Bank of United States witnessed a cyber attack on a few of its customers resulting in fund loss of $1 million in total. The banking firm reported the same in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing and stated that the attack could have taken place after the hacker/s stole customer credentials.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

It is essential to ensure that all accounts are protected with strong passwords. To this day, a significant amount of people still use the password across multiple accounts, which makes it much simpler for a cybercriminal to compromise a password and take over accounts. Keep an eye out for phishing emails.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

It is an online scam attack quite similar to Phishing. The term Pharming is a combination of two words Phishing and Farming. The attackers can also use it for installing malware programs on the victim’s system. Pharming vs phishing. Enable multi-factor authentication on all your accounts.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 29, 2022

The threat actor behind the phishing attacks that targeted employees of Twilio and Cloudflare earlier this month has now been linked to a much broader phishing campaign, according to a new report from Group-IB. Researchers say that the large-scale phishing campaign compromised 9,931 accounts at more than 130 organizations.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 9, 2025

Resolution #1: Adopt a Proactive Approach to Cybersecurity to Combat AI-Driven Attacks Adopt a proactive approach to cybersecurity that integrates advanced defence mechanisms with fundamental best practices to mitigate and combat AI-driven attacks.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 30, 2022

Staying Ahead of the Distortion of a Cyber Attack? Each firewall, IDS, MFA, and email security is built to protect and stop cyber attacks. In that case, they may upload fake documents that tell employees to transfer money from their accounts into the criminals’ accounts or compromise their security even more.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

In recent webinar Preventing Helpdesk Phishing with Duo and Traceless , Duo PMM Katherine Yang sat down with Gene Reich, Co-founder of Traceless to discuss why stronger identity verification is critical for MSPs and helpdesk teamsespecially with the increased accessibility of AI technologies driving identity fraud.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Ukraine’s CERT (CERT-UA) warned of a new phishing campaign by the APT28 group to deploy previously undocumented malware strains. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of a new cyber espionage campaign carried out by the Russia-linked group APT28 (aka “ Forest Blizzard ”, “ Fancybear ” or “ Strontium ”).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

Ukraine’s CERT-UA warned citizens of new phishing attacks launched through compromised email accounts belonging to Indian entities. The attacks were aimed at stealing sensitive information from compromised accounts. The attacks were aimed at stealing sensitive information from compromised accounts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2023

billion phishing e-mails get delivered every day. The post Generative AI Changes Everything You Know About Email Cyber Attacks appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders. Social engineering is a profitable business for hackers – according to estimates, around 3.4

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Phishing emails during the pandemic skyrocketed, as attackers rushed to take advantage of the newly remote workforce and the tools they required to stay connected. And Fagan clicked on a phishing email that appeared to be a legitimate Zoom invite. Business email compromise attack works to transfer millions. This time $2.5

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2022

German police arrested one individual suspected of having stolen €4 million from users via large-scale phishing campaigns. Germany’s Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) arrested an individual (24) suspected of having stolen €4,000,000 from internet users via phishing attacks along with a two accomplices who are suspected.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

The state Infrastructure of Montenegro was hit by a massive and “unprecedented” cyber attack, authorities announced. An unprecedented cyber attack hit the Government digital infrastructure in Montenegro, the government has timely adopted measures to mitigate its impact. Embassy in the capital Podgorica.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 15, 2022

Google has made it official that it is going to use Apple iPhones and Android Devices as physical devices that could help in preventing phishing attacks on users using its web services. The plan is to use the mobile phones as physical keys such as Titan Keys to eliminate any kind of man-in-the-middle-attacks.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

“According to this actor, he had originally intended to send his targets—all senior-level executives—phishing emails to compromise their accounts, but after that was unsuccessful, he pivoted to this ransomware pretext,” Hassold wrote. Open our letter at your email.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks since the country offered support to Ukraine. The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks, threat actors sent more than 1,330 emails to accounts belonging to the country’s state services.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

As long as cyber attacks continue, financial institutions will remain a prime target, for obvious reasons. Yet, they are much less well equipped to detect and repel cyber attackers, who are relentlessly seeking out and exploiting the fresh attack vectors spinning out of expansion of mobile banking.

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