Malwarebytes

MAY 18, 2023

Usually, this involves some crafty social engineering, like spear phishing or setting up a watering hole to deliver custom malware. This could be anything from figuring out whether there's sensitive data or information worth stealing to making a hit list of employees or ex-employees. Step 2 : Infiltration.

Social Engineering 78

Social Engineering Phishing Malware Software 78

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Healthcare Telecommunications Financial Services 52

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

However, instead of encrypting the data, it purposefully destroyed it in the affected systems. It determined that the injection point was situated within the connection between two Egyptian telecommunication providers. The malware posed as ransomware, demanding money from the victims for “decrypting” their data.

Hacking 141

Hacking Energy and Utilities Media Malware 141

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

The victims we observed were all high-profile Tunisian organizations, such as telecommunications or aviation companies. The contents are disguised as GIF image files, but contain encrypted commands from the C2 server and command execution results. Final thoughts.

Malware 145

Malware Government Spyware Social Engineering 145

Pen Test

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A particularly insidious new trend is the rise of "double extortion" attacks, in which cybercriminals not only encrypt an organization's data but also threaten to publicly release sensitive stolen information if the ransom is not paid. CryptoLocker, in 2013, pioneered the use of strong encryption algorithms.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Backups Insurance Cyber Insurance 52

Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. Protect your business from cyber assaults and never assume that cyber risk management occurs on its own!

Security Awareness 40

Security Awareness Risk Cyber threats Cyber Risk 40

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This tactic refers to when ransomware operators exfiltrate data before encryption, and then threaten to publish the data on a publicly available data leaks site as an additional layer of extortion. This has the double pronged effect of crippling an organization, whilst also resulting in the significant impact that accompanies a data breach.

Cyber threats 52

Cyber threats Ransomware Media Data breaches 52

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Group-IB’s report Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 examines various aspects of cybercrime industry operations and predicts changes to the threat landscape for various sectors, namely the financial industry, telecommunications, retail, manufacturing, and the energy sector. Ransomware operators buy access and then encrypt devices on the network.

Banking 143

Banking Ransomware Phishing Marketing 143

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

CISA adds ScienceLogic SL1 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog VMware failed to fully address vCenter Server RCE flaw CVE-2024-38812 Cisco states that data published on cybercrime forum was taken from public-facing DevHub environment Internet Archive was breached twice in a month Unknown threat actors exploit Roundcube Webmail flaw (..)

Data breaches 121

Data breaches Healthcare Cybercrime Social Engineering 121

SecureList

OCTOBER 23, 2024

List of in-the-wild 0-days caught and reported by Kaspersky over the past 10 years Social activity What never ceases to impress us is how much effort Lazarus APT puts into their social engineering campaigns. What makes Lazarus’s attacks particularly dangerous is their frequent use of zero-day exploits.

Engineering 145

Engineering Social Engineering Accountability Cryptocurrency 145