Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Chinese threat actors use Quad7 botnet in password-spray attacks FBI arrested former Disney World employee for hacking computer menus and mislabeling allergy info Sophos details five years of China-linked threat actors’ activity targeting network devices worldwide PTZOptics cameras zero-days actively exploited in the wild New LightSpy spyware (..)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2024

Toyota has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor leaked 240GB of data stolen from its infrastructure on a cybercrime forum. Toyota disclosed a data breach after a threat actor leaked an archive of 240GB of data stolen from its systems on a cybercrime forum, BleepingComputer reported.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

An updated version of the Android remote access trojan GravityRAT can steal WhatsApp backup files and can delete files ESET researchers discovered an updated version of Android GravityRAT spyware that steals WhatsApp backup files and can delete files. The malware is distributed as the messaging apps BingeChat and Chatico.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

Backups are insufficient; IPS is recommended for protection. Unlike other extortion group, the gang doesnt encrypt data, but focuses on data theft to speed up its activity. Victims include AMD and Keralty. They shame non-payers by leaking data. Ransomware attacks on U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2023

GoTo is notifying customers that its development environment was breached in November 2022, attackers stole customers’ backups and encryption key. “Upon learning of the incident, we immediately launched an investigation, engaged Mandiant, a leading security firm, and alerted law enforcement. .

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This stolen data is often exposed on both the clear and dark web, heightening risks of identity theft and further perpetuating cybercrime. The average data theft per attack is roughly 450 GB, impacting countless individuals and putting their private health information at risk of exploitation.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

March is a time for leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, and as luck would have it, its also a time to learn how to protect your private data from cybercrime. During this time, many government agencies and consumer protection organizations come together to help educate consumers on how to keep their personal and financial information secure.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Recommendations include timely patching, using strong and unique passwords, enabling multi-factor authentication, implementing security tools to detect abnormal activity, auditing accounts, scanning for open ports, segmenting networks, updating antivirus software, and creating offline backups.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) warns of increased Akira ransomware attacks targeting NAS and tape backup devices of organizations in the country. Threat actors are wiping NAS and backup devices. They also explained that organizations can protect against the destruction of backups taking offline backups.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The launch of the BlackMatter ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) was first spotted by researchers at Recorded Future who also reported that the gang is setting up a network of affiliates using ads posted on two cybercrime forums, such as Exploit and XSS. Scanning backups. Secret Service at a U.S. Secret Service Field Office.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2024

Over the last few years, ransomware attacks have become one of the most prevalent and expensive forms of cybercrime. This revolutionized the cybercrime landscape, making it easier for people with minimal technical skills to commit ransomware attacks. The indirect costs of ransomware attacks are often even more damaging.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The Talos researchers discovered a number of features implemented by Phobos allowing operators to establish persistence in a targeted system, perform speedy encryption, and remove backups. Disable system recovery, backup and shadow copies and the Windows firewall. Embedded configuration with more than 70 options available.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) warns of increased Akira ransomware attacks targeting NAS and tape backup devices of organizations in the country. Threat actors are wiping NAS and backup devices. They also explained that organizations can protect against the destruction of backups taking offline backups.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2024

Recommendations provided in the report include installing updates promptly, using phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA), securing remote access software, making backups, and applying mitigations from the #StopRansomware Guide.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Pundari also added that the government didn’t pay a ransom to the threat actors and the system was recovered from backups. “The Department is conscious of the security and integrity of its data. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). The government was not able to pay cheques and ordinary operations were impacted.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 16, 2021

million to cybercrime, as per official police statistics. One of the most damaging forms of cybercrime comes in the form of Ransomware. . Not only that, but 81% of cyber security experts believe we are likely to see more ransomware than ever across the next few years, thanks to its increasing prevalence.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Keeping technology up to date Another simple weapon in the war on cybercrime – keeping your devices, software and apps up to date. When you install the latest updates you receive all the newest features, as well as the latest security upgrades. Consider using a service like Carbonite , which offers encrypted cloud backup.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The FBI also published recommendations for organizations to improve their security posture in response to these new activity trends. The FBI also recommends reviewing the security posture of third-party vendors.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The researchers have yet to determine if the threat actors behind 3AM are linked to known cybercrime groups. The ransomware is a 64-bit executable that supports multiple commands to stop applications to perform backups and security software. The malware appends the extension.threeamtime to the filenames of encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

CISA adds Microsoft Windows, Zyxel device flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for February 2025 ficed 2 actively exploited bugs Hacking Attackers exploit a new zero-day to hijack Fortinet firewalls Security OpenSSL patched high-severity flaw CVE-2024-12797 Progress Software fixed multiple high-severity (..)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The decryptor has the “backup files” feature, enabled by default that could be used in case there will be any problem with the decryption process. The tool can also be executed silently via a command line, this feature was implemented to automate the deployment of the tool inside a large network.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

The threat actors also attempted to sell the stolen data on the BreachForums cybercrime forum that was recently shut down by law enforcement. The account was used to create database backups which were then downloaded and deleted. It also downloaded existing nightly full-backups of the database.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

The University was able to recover the operations from the backups, but decided to pay the ransom to avoid having ransomware operators leak student information online. The university did not reveal the ransomware family involved in the attack. ” reads a press release published by the University.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2020

Aerial Direct’s data breach notification sent to the customers revealed that an unauthorized third party had been able to access customer data on 26 February through an external backup database. To reassure you, the database did not include any passwords or financial details, such as bank account number or credit card information.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Cybercriminal behind the most prominent carding marketplace on the dark web Joker’s Stash retires, he will shut down its servers and destroy the backups. The administrator announced the decision via messages posted on various cybercrime forums. ” reads the article published by Forbes. Image source FlashPoint.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2021

The researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia analyzed the leaked data, it is a MongoDB database of 6GB that contains three backup files with BuyUcoin data. Leaked data includes names, e-mails, mobile numbers, encrypted passwords, user wallet details, order details, bank details, KYC details (PAN number, passport numbers) and deposit history.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

5 Cyber Security Best Practices to Protect Your Business Data. Today, any company can fall victim to cybercrime, which has become a major problem around the world. That’s why large, medium-sized, and small businesses need to become more proactive in their approach to cyber security. . . Source [link].

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2019

This move is shocking and brings the ransomware attack to a higher level of threat, we can expect that other cybercrime gangs will adopt a similar strategy to blackmail the victims and force them to pay the ransom. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The backup of a limited number of systems was also affected.” ” N ow all critical systems at the University are online and offline backups were secured by the company. According to security experts at Fox-IT, the ransomware attack is compatible with other attacks carried out by the TA505 cybercrime gang.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2021

The company’s backup servers were not affected, and it is actively working with an Incident Response firm to restore its systems as soon as possible.” The White House said Tuesday that the cyberattack was likely originating from a cybercrime organization based in Russia. reads the press release published by the company.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2023

This week a threat actor, who goes online with the moniker “kernelware”, claimed the theft of data from technology firm Acronis and started leaking it on the cybercrime forum Breached Forums. The CISO of Acronis downplayed a recent intrusion, revealing that only one customer was impacted.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2020

The City of Lafayette, Colorado, USA, has been forced to pay $45,000 because they were unable to restore necessary files from backup. “Financial data appears to be recoverable from unaffected backups. Personal credit card information was not compromised, as the City uses external PCI-certified payment gateways.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

The principle is simple, according to the authors of the malware, recent files may be more important for some victims and typically they are not included in recent backups. ” reported The Record. The Record pointed out that as early January, the number of SFile ransomware infections is still very small.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2024

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

. “The Babuk ransomware module, running within the process AddInProcess32, enumerates the processes running on the victim’s server and attempts to disable a number of processes related to backup products, such as Veeam backup service.

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