SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

If the victim organization is slow to pay up, even though its files are encrypted and some of its confidential data has been stolen, the attackers additionally threaten to carry out a DDoS attack. In addition, we detected an interesting adware program written in the Rust language, and assigned it the verdict AdWare.OSX.Convuster.a. .

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Later that year, we documented the PowerPepper campaign. First, the threat actor sends a spear-phishing email to the potential victim with a lure to download additional documents. When the fetched document is opened, it connects to the second C2 server. Other malware. Prilex: the pricey prickle credit card complex.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

The most prolific groups This section looks at the most prolific of ransomware gangs that not only encrypt their victims’ files but steal their confidential data and then publish it, engaging in so-called “double extortion” The statistics are based on the number of new victims added to each of the groups’ DLSs.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 16, 2022

At the core of the MRG-Effitas certification process—which tests how products respond to known exploits, ransomware, botnets, adware, and more—is the user. “A A pass is given only when alerts are straightforward, and clearly suggest that the malicious action should be blocked,” the report said. Testing and certification.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 12, 2021

For example, if an app wants to access something like your contacts or files in your Documents folder on a modern version of macOS, you will be asked to allow it before the app can see that data. Malware often wants access to your sensitive data, either to steal it or to encrypt it and demand a ransom.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2019

And yet, an antivirus program is a necessary line of defense that secures your devices from viruses, adware, worms, trojans, and others. It’s simple: since ransomware is often spread as downloadable malware, there is a chance that antivirus will detect and block it before it encrypted any files.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

This error can occur in the Equation Editor component when processing objects in a specially constructed document, and its exploitation causes a buffer overflow and allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. As in the previous quarter, a total of 15 of the Top 20 threats for macOS are adware programs. Country*. % Mauritania.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

An intelligence team later discovered that HermeticRansom only superficially encrypts files, and ones encrypted by the ransomware can be decrypted. RUransom malware was discovered in March, which was created to encrypt files on computers in Russia. IoT attacks. IoT threat statistics.

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

This might have been a test build, as the sample did not encrypt any files, but these events may herald the impending return of REvil. Kaspersky researchers found a way to recover files encrypted by the Yanluowang ransomware and released a decryptor for all victims. Vulnerability statistics. Attacks on macOS. AdWare.OSX.Amc.e,

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The attacker can exploit it by using the standard functionality that allows office documents to download templates, implemented with the help of special ActiveX components. Speaking of the most widespread threats detected by Kaspersky security solutions for macOS, most of our Top 20 ranking positions are occupied by various adware apps.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

As a result, the attacker can steal confidential data, encrypt critical files on the server to to extort money from the victim, etc. In Q3 2022, malicious Microsoft Office documents again accounted for the greatest number of detections — 80% of the exploits we discovered, although the number decreased slightly compared to Q2.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Once installed, these files would primarily load Adware – programs that flooded victims’ devices with unwanted advertising and gathered their personal data for third-party use, but in particular cases the same spreading technique is used to download malicious implants for targeted espionage. Kaspersky detected 1.66 Noon.gen: APT groups.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Among the victims of high-profile incidents in the healthcare industry were: McLaren HealthCare (the BlackCat/ALPHV group claimed responsibility for the attack and posted information about it on its data leak site); Prospect Medical Holdings (the Rhysida group posted a statement on its website announcing the theft of 1 TB of documents and a 1.3

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