eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The researchers said the attackers have encoded the final payload with several layers, requiring several loops of decoding before it gets deployed, making it impossible to detect by signature-based antivirus solutions. Five Scripts Provide Persistence. How to Protect Against Shikitega.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

“APT10 often attacked a service provider’s system by “spear-phishing” – sending company employees emails designed to trick them into revealing their passwords or installing malware. APT10 hackers also targeted the customers of the IT companies stealing plans, blueprints, personal information, and other data.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Antivirus software and firewalls are just the first line of defense, which is far from being 100% effective against ransomware. Usually, the encryption begins shortly after ransomware has sneaked into the system, for example, as a result of a phishing attack. But there is a problem. Ransomware can infect backups.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This can be carried out directly or using a shadow payload or using a phishing attack aimed at compromising the user's system. At this stage, the attacker's task is to create a stable channel for delivering various hacking tools and auxiliary data onto the target system. Establishing a connection.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

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. Graham Cluley started as a videogame developer and antivirus programmer three decades ago before serving in senior roles at Sophos and McAfee. Denial-of-Suez attack.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

These are words that no system administrator or business leader wants to hear from anyone using a computer on their network. Starting out as a phishing email that masquerades as an applicant seeking a job, the email has a link to a Dropbox location that is supposed to contain the resume.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2022

They're the long game operations where something as small as a single phishing email could escalate into millions of IDs being exfiltrated. But once they get in, how do they operate, and a lot of them just use the same tools that your system administrators would use to move around the environment. And it's challenging, right?

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