Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2023

Artifacts of professional penetration-testing tools such as Metasploit and Cobalt Strike have also been observed.” It also supports a Safe Mode feature to bypass endpoint antivirus and detection. ” continues the report. The alert states that LockBit 3.0 The alert states that LockBit 3.0

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

For more than two years, there was not a single sign of Silence that would enable to identify them as an independent cybercrime group. He has experience in penetration testing, which means he can easily find his way around banking infrastructure. Like most cybercrime groups, Silence uses phishing emails.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Remcos Remcos is marketed as a legitimate software tool for remote management and penetration testing. Also known as QBot or Pinksliplot, Qakbot is modular in nature enabling malicious cyber actors to configure it to their needs. Qakbot can also be used to form botnets. Remcos installs a backdoor onto a target system.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 7, 2024

Vulnerability Assessment (VA) There’s no better weapon against cybercrime than awareness. Much like how an antivirus program protects your personal computer, a vulnerability assessment is one of many cybersecurity risk assessment tools that can alert you to potential issues before they have a chance to cascade into a larger problem.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Business Email Compromise (BEC), a type of phishing attack, results in the greatest financial losses of any cybercrime. (Source: IBM Security: Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023) According to recent research, the number of phishing attacks vastly outpaces all other cyber threats. In 2021 alone, estimated adjusted losses from BEC totaled $2.4

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

conduct employee phishing tests. conduct penetration testing. Cybercrime to cost over $10 Trillion by 2025. FBI Internet Crime Report 2020: Cybercrime Skyrocketed, with Email Compromise Accounting for 43% of Losses. Microsoft Antivirus Now Automatically Mitigates Exchange Server Vulnerability.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

Hanslovan: So we noticed it was a trend like all things cat and mouse base and hackers were really getting ticked off that their malicious payloads were getting caught by the antivirus. Why don't I use the trusted ones that I'll get by antivirus. So good tactic it can be deployed both ways cybercrime and more traditional espionage.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2022

The leaked chats show that the Conti group — which fluctuated in size from 65 to more than 100 employees — budgeted several thousand dollars each month to pay for a slew of security and antivirus tools. A chat between Conti upper manager “ Reshaev ” and subordinate “ Pin ” on Aug.

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