Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2023

Senior official reports a quadruple increase in ransomware attacks against Finland since it started the process to join NATO. The number of ransomware attacks targeting Finland has increased fourfold since the country began the process of joining NATO in 2023. So I don’t believe there’s a single silver bullet.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

The TA505 group was involved in campaigns aimed at distributing the Dridex banking Trojan, along with Locky , BitPaymer , Philadelphia , GlobeImposter , and Jaff ransomware families. Security experts from cyber-security firm Prevailion reported that TA505 has compromised more than 1,000 organizations. states Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2022

We reported our discovery to SolarWinds, and security updates have been released. More info: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 19, 2022. In the past, other threat actors exploited Serv-U vulnerabilities to carry out malicious activities.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021. The analysis focuses on six Iranian hacking groups that are increasingly utilizing ransomware to either fundraise or disrupt the computer networks of the targets.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

pic.twitter.com/mcRyEBUmQH — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 30, 2020. The TA505 group was involved in campaigns aimed at distributing the Dridex banking Trojan, along with Locky , BitPaymer , Philadelphia , GlobeImposter , and Jaff ransomware families. based electrical company, a U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

pic.twitter.com/POppQ51uMX — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) September 22, 2020. Emotet malware is also used to deliver other malicious code, such as Trickbot and QBot trojan or ransomware such as Conti (TrickBot) or ProLock (QBot). Additional malware is downloaded and installed when running these macros.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2021

Microsoft researchers also spotted a ransomware gangs that is exploiting ProxyLogon flaws to spread a piece of malware tracked as DearCry. We have detected and are now blocking a new family of ransomware being used after an initial compromise of unpatched on-premises Exchange Servers. and also as DearCry. and also as DearCry.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Recent spam campaigns used messages with malicious Word documents, or links to them, pretending to be an invoice, shipping information, COVID-19 information , resumes, financial documents, or scanned documents. pic.twitter.com/POppQ51uMX — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) September 22, 2020.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This week, VMware and Microsoft warned of an ongoing, widespread Chromeloader malware campaign that is dropping malicious browser extensions, node-WebKit malware, and ransomware. pic.twitter.com/v6sexKgDSg — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) September 16, 2022.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2022

VMware urges customers to patch critical Log4j security vulnerabilities impacting Internet-exposed VMware Horizon servers targeted in ongoing attacks. This month, the Night Sky ransomware operation started exploiting the Log4Shell flaw (CVE-2021-44228) in the Log4j library to gain access to VMware Horizon systems.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 12, 2020. The Trickbot infrastructure was used by crooks to compromise systems and carry out human-operated campaigns, notably its use for the deployment of the Ryuk ransomware. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Read our latest blog w/ assist from @GossiTheDog & @MalwareTechBlog [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 7, 2019. While we currently see only coin miners being dropped, we agree w/ the research community that CVE-2019-0708 (BlueKeep) exploitation can be big. ” Noble added.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

” A new wave of attacks could exploit the vulnerability to spread more dangerous and destructive malware, like ransomware or spyware. Read our latest blog w/ assist from @GossiTheDog & @MalwareTechBlog [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 7, 2019.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 18, 2022

The spending on cybersecurity tools, security staff, upgrade of the security operations center, and security awareness training is an aggregation of efforts to reduce the organization’s overall risk posture. Security breaches cause foreseeable financial damage to the organization.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Cyber threat management , being an advanced discipline, craves analytical attention and a commander’s strategic skills of information security executives to confront and overcome the multi-dimensional cyber threats. One example is our phenomenal Ransomware Protection and G Suite security feature.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Recent spam campaigns used messages with malicious Word documents, or links to them, pretending to be an invoice, shipping information, COVID-19 information , resumes, financial documents, or scanned documents. Researchers from Microsoft Security Intelligence are also warning of the ongoing Halloween-themed Emotet campaign.

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