eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2022

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. It is not unusual to have your system or network infected with malware, such as spyware, that often lingers secretly with no apparent symptoms. Don’t worry though. Common types. Ransomware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. It is not unusual to have your system or network infected with malware, such as spyware, that often lingers secretly with no apparent symptoms. Don’t worry though. Common Types of Malware. Ransomware.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 4, 2022

More importantly, one of the libraries bundled with the malicious Tor Browser is infected with spyware that collects various personal data and sends it to a command and control server. The spyware also provides the functionality to execute shell commands on the victim machine, giving the attacker control over it.

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SecureList

JANUARY 18, 2023

The threat landscape is constantly updated through new malware and spyware, advanced phishing methods, and new social engineering techniques. In addition, the likelihood of the data being used for phishing and social engineering increases. . Kaspersky detects an average of 400,000 malicious files every day.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The following vectors represent some of the most common ways a criminal could gain access to your accounts and is also known as an account takeover : Social Engineering. VPNs are encrypted connections that link your device to a remote server. A common example is phishing. How to Protect Your Digital Identity.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

Such was related to a worldwide malware operation known as NullMixer, a controversial and widespread malware delivery maneuver based on SEO poisoning and social engineering technique to lure tech-savvy users, including IT personnel.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

This ends up executing sketchy code that installs viruses, ransomware, spyware, or adware behind the victim's back. Cybercriminals can then exploit the compromised device for various purposes, such as stealing personal information, conducting financial fraud, recruiting it into a botnet, or encrypting data and holding it for ransom.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2023

Instead, hackers know that our mobile devices store a lot of PII, which can be sold on the dark web for profit or re-used in social engineering campaigns. There are many categories of malware that cybercriminals could install through juice jacking, including adware, cryptominers, ransomware, spyware, or Trojans.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

KeyPlug is a modular backdoor with the capability of communicating to its server via several network communication protocols set in its XOR-encrypted embedded configuration block. In June, we identified a previously unknown Android spyware app that targets Persian-speaking individuals. í religion that are banned in Iran.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1970-1995 — Kevin Mitnick — Beginning in 1970, Kevin Mitnick penetrates some of the most highly-guarded networks in the world, including Nokia and Motorola, using elaborate social engineering schemes, tricking insiders into handing over codes and passwords, and using the codes to access internal computer systems.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Endpoint Security: Antivirus , anti-spyware , endpoint detection and response (EDR), and other controls should be deployed to secure the endpoint against compromise. Sensitive Device Access Encryption: As companies grow and become more professional, encryption should be used to protect at least key resources.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

During routine monitoring of detections for FinFisher spyware tools, we discovered traces that point to recent FinFly Web deployments. The contents are disguised as GIF image files, but contain encrypted commands from the C2 server and command execution results. Final thoughts.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 6, 2024

Social Engineering: Attackers may use various social engineering techniques to convince victims to run the malware. Bundling with Legitimate Software: Attackers sometimes bundle DarkComet with legitimate software, especially on unofficial download sites. When the user installs the software, DarkComet is installed as well.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The attackers compress stolen files into encrypted and password-protected ZIP archives. The group delivers its malware using social engineering. Luna, discovered in June and also written in Rust, is able to encrypt both Windows and Linux devices, as well as ESXi virtual machine images. Other malware.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 1, 2024

Cyber threats like viruses, spyware, and ransomware constantly evolve, posing significant risks to personal data, privacy, and device functionality. Remember that attackers are cunning and use clever social engineering techniques to exploit human psychology and manipulate us into giving out confidential information.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 31, 2024

Cyber threats like viruses, spyware, and ransomware constantly evolve, posing significant risks to personal data, privacy, and device functionality. Remember that attackers are cunning and use clever social engineering techniques to exploit human psychology and manipulate us into giving out confidential information.

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Identity IQ

JULY 17, 2023

Malware : Malicious software, such as viruses or spyware, can infect your devices and be used to steal your credentials. Social Engineering : Cybercriminals manipulate and deceive individuals into divulging their credentials through psychological manipulation or impersonation.

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Identity IQ

JULY 17, 2023

Malware : Malicious software, such as viruses or spyware, can infect your devices and be used to steal your credentials. Social Engineering : Cybercriminals manipulate and deceive individuals into divulging their credentials through psychological manipulation or impersonation.

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SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

Sixth and eighth places were occupied by Noon spyware Trojans, which infect any (2.66%) or only 32-bit (2.47%) versions of Windows. The most widespread representative of Agent family fell short of the TOP 10, but the ranking did find room for a Trojan from the Crypt family (2.06%), which includes heavily obfuscated and encrypted programs.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

However, instead of encrypting the data, it purposefully destroyed it in the affected systems. This politician became the target of a previously undiscovered “zero-day” attack aimed at infecting his phone with spyware. The malware posed as ransomware, demanding money from the victims for “decrypting” their data.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Data encryption – a way to secure private information by encoding it so no third parties could watch or access it. To read the encoded (encrypted) file, you must decode it by using a decryption key. Ransomcloud – a special type of ransomware, designed to encrypt cloud emails and attachments.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In the scramble for cryptocurrency investment opportunities, we believe that cybercriminals will take advantage of fabricating and selling rogue devices with backdoors, followed by social engineering campaigns and other methods to steal victims’ financial assets.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 15, 2021

IDPS tools can detect malware , socially engineered attacks and other web-based threats, including DDoS attacks. Threat Prevention can inspect all traffic with full user context, automatically preventing known threats, regardless of port, protocol or SSL encryption. It aims to prevent successful cyberattacks through automation.

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Spinone

MARCH 20, 2019

These can include viruses, trojans, worms, spyware and adware. Ransomware is perhaps the most alarming type of malware in existence today as it slyly and maliciously encrypts end-user data until a “key” is purchased with a ransom amount to decrypt the data. However, this is simply not true.

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Cytelligence

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Phishing: Phishing is a type of social engineering attack where cybercriminals trick people into giving away sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details. Ransomware: Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts data on a victim’s computer and demands payment in exchange for the decryption key.

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SecureList

JULY 27, 2023

Following this, we released the first of a series of additional reports describing the final payload in the infection chain: a highly sophisticated spyware implant that we dubbed “TriangleDB” Operating in memory, this implant periodically communicates with the C2 (command and control) infrastructure to receive commands.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. In both cases, the payload is encrypted and traffic cannot be interpreted to indicate what exactly is being loaded onto the device.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

From ransomware attacks locking businesses out of their data until they pay potentially millions of dollars to spyware tracking users’ every move through their infected device, the effects of malware can be devastating. Activation: The ransomware begins encrypting sensitive files or locking down the system. Ransomware.

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