Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

VMware and Microsoft are warning of a widespread Chromeloader malware campaign that distributes several malware families. The malware is able to redirect the user’s traffic and hijacking user search queries to popular search engines, including Google, Yahoo, and Bing. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

New Zealand’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) also published a security alert warning of spam campaigns spreading the Emotet threat. jp) email addresses that have been infected with the infamous malware and that can be employed in further spam campaigns. Today was only about a dozen replychain and nothing else.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

pic.twitter.com/Q3BMs7fSvx — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 27, 2020. Human-operated ransomware is a technique usually employed in nation-state attacks that is becoming very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 27, 2020.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

The group is suspected to have been running successful malware campaigns for more than five years. The attackers have used off-the-shelf malware since the beginning of their operations and have never developed their own malware. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 11, 2021.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2021

Experts believe that cybercrime organizations and state-sponsored group could exploit the code in like attacks, ESET researchers pointed out that other threat actors, such as cybercrime Tick, LuckyMouse, and Calypso, had also been exploiting the ProxyLogon flaws before Microsoft addressed them. and also as DearCry.

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Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

The cybercrime marketplace also continued to get more robust while the barrier to entry for malicious actors continued to drop. This has created a perfect breeding ground for aspiring cybercriminals and organized cybercrime groups that support newcomers with venture capitalist-style funding. Malware made leaps and bounds in 2021.

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Penetration Testing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) has uncovered a concerning trend in cybercrime involving the misuse of Binary Managed Object Files (BMOFs) for the distribution of XMRig, a notorious cryptocurrency... The post Cybercriminals Exploit Legitimate Windows Tool for Cryptojacking appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Penetration Testing

JUNE 5, 2024

In an unexpected twist of cybercrime, security researchers at AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) have revealed a bizarre case of one criminal gang inadvertently aiding another.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2024

Akamai’s Security Intelligence and Response Team (SIRT) has detected a botnet campaign exploiting multiple previously known vulnerabilities and a newly discovered zero-day, tracked as CVE-2024-7029 (CVSS score: 8.7), in AVTECH CCTV cameras. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

Microsoft Security Intelligence team Microsoft reported that a new variant of the Sysrv botnet, tracked as Sysrv-K, now includes exploits for vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework and WordPress. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 13, 2022.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Learn how the group tried to stay under the radar using threats perceived to be less alarming: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 30, 2020. The experts warn that nation-state actors are adopting TTPs associated with cybercrime gangs to make it hard the attack attribution.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 25, 2021

I've decided to make my Cybercrime Forum Data Set for 2019 and 2021 exclusively available online for free in order for me to speed the dissemination process and to possibly empower security researchers and vendors with the necessary information to help them stay on the top of their game in terms of current and emerging cyber threats including U.S

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) July 23, 2021. HTML smuggling is a highly evasive technique for malware delivery that leverages legitimate HTML5 and JavaScript features. The malicious payloads are delivered via encoded strings in an HTML attachment or webpage.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

More than 230,000 new malware samples are launched every day. And the cost of damage directly related to cybercrime is adding up, expected to reach $6 trillion by 2021. Over the past decade, cyber security solutions have evolved into specific categories of solutions. Understanding today’s cybersecurity landscape is complex.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In October, Akamai’s Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) noticed an anomalous activity to the company’s honeypots targeting a rarely used TCP port. The InfectedSlurs is based on the JenX Mirai malware variant that in 2018 leveraged the Grand Theft Auto videogame community to infect devices.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The security firms have collected more than 125,000 TrickBot malware samples and mapped the command and control infrastructure. The TrickBot botnet was considered by security experts one of the biggest botnets. Microsoft took action against the Trickbot botnet, disrupting one of the world’s most persistent malware operations.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) discovered a new version of the KmsdBot botnet that employed an updated Kmsdx binary targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In addition to creating a complex and dynamic network, hybrid work expanded the attack surface exponentially, making networking and security difficult to manage—further fueling the cybercrime epidemic and opening the floodgates to additional cybersecurity-related challenges. Seeking a secure and simple solution.

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Cisco Security

MAY 27, 2022

Malware Threat Intelligence made easy and available, with Cisco Secure Malware Analytics and SecureX by Ben Greenbaum . SecureX: Bringing Threat Intelligence Together by Ian Redden . Secure Endpoint for iOS/Security Connector . Secure Malware Analytics (formerly Threat Grid) .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Researchers from the Akamai Security Intelligence Group uncovered a Magecart web skimming campaign that is manipulating the website’s default 404 error page to hide malicious code. Researchers observed a new Magecart web skimming campaign changing the websites’ default 404 error page to steal credit cards.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2021

The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team’s threat advisory team revealed that crooks used a previously unseen DDoS attack vector that leveraged a networking protocol known as protocol 33, or Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP). ” Likely DDoS extortion attacks. Source Akamai).

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Centraleyes

JULY 8, 2024

Graham Cluley Blog Graham Cluley’s blog is a trusted source for cybersecurity insights, covering a wide range of topics including data breaches, malware threats, and compliance issues. WeLiveSecurity WeLiveSecurity, published by ESET, provides authoritative security news and insights from researchers and experts worldwide.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2022

Of the dormant domains, most concerning is that nearly 33% are configured to send and receive email with active MX records, which can provide bad actors a launch pad to conduct malicious attacks against brands and consumers through phishing or malware attacks. “At At CSC, we believe domain security intelligence is power.

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