CSO Magazine

MAY 31, 2023

Phishing was the most common type of identity-related incident in 2022, according to a study by Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA), a non-profit, identity and security intelligence firm.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2022

Microsoft has disrupted activity by SEABORGIUM, a Russia-based actor launching persistent phishing, credential and data theft, intrusions, and hack-and-leak campaigns tied to espionage. More details + TTPs in this MSTIC blog: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) August 15, 2022. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Webroot

APRIL 21, 2021

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. COVID-19 definitely affected phishing in very visible ways. phishing URLs targeting Netflix jumped 646%.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

However, research indicates that phishing attacks are the most common threat — by far. Microsoft’s “ Security Intelligence Report, Volume 24 ” shows a 250% increase in the number of phishing emails and attacks since 2018. To avoid becoming a victim, it’s critical to prevent phishing attacks.

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Penetration Testing

JANUARY 13, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers at AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) have unveiled a sophisticated distribution tactic for the LummaC2 malware. The post LummaC2 Infostealer Malware Spreads via Crack Programs and Phishing appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Researchers spotted North Korea’s Kimsuky APT group launching spear-phishing attacks to deliver forceCopy info-stealer malware. Researchers from AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) observed North Korea’s Kimsuky APT group conducting spear-phishing attacks to deliver forceCopy info-stealer malware.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

A targeted phishing campaign aimed at the aviation industry for two years may be spearheaded by a threat actor operating out of Nigeria, highlighting how attackers can carry out small-scale cyber offensives for extended periods of time while staying under the radar.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The North Korea-linked nation-state hacking group known as Kimsuky has been observed conducting spear-phishing attacks to deliver an information stealer malware named forceCopy, according to new findings from the AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2023

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of a surge in the number of attacks from Russian and Iranian nation-state actors. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning of targeted phishing attacks conducted by threat actors based in Russia and Iran. The are increasingly targeting organizations and individuals.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 26, 2022

This is only the beginning of a potentially very nasty scaling of the security ladders. Any phish is bad, but here we have the scammers driving their way into the network and grabbing as many permissions as they can manage. According to Microsoft Security Intelligence, the campaign has “targeted hundreds of organisations”.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2020

Microsoft discovered a new phishing campaign using COVID-19 lures to target businesses with the infamous LokiBot information-stealer. Microsoft has discovered a new COVID-19 themed phishing campaign targeting businesses with the LokiBot Trojan.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

Threat actors conducted a spear-phishing campaign using messages that were specifically designed to be of interest to the targeted organizations. pic.twitter.com/aeMfUUoVvf — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 11, 2021. “Microsoft 365 Defender detects the multiple components of this attack.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2021

Synology NAS devices are under attack from StealthWorker PrintNightmare and RDP RCE among major issues tackled by Patch Tuesday Thief pulls off colossal, $600m crypto-robbery…and gives the money back If a QR code leads you to a Bitcoin ATM at a gas station, it’s a scam Twitter says it out loud: removing anonymity will not stop online abuse Microsoft’s (..)

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Penetration Testing

JUNE 5, 2024

AhnLab SEcurity Intelligence Center (ASEC) has recently identified a phishing campaign leveraging HTML files distributed via email to execute malicious commands on targeted systems.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

An ongoing phishing campaign launched by TA505 is using attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel docs. pic.twitter.com/mcRyEBUmQH — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 30, 2020. TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors.

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SC Magazine

MAY 14, 2021

Microsoft Security Intelligence earlier this week tweeted out that it has been tracking a campaign of remote access trojans (RATs) targeting the aerospace and travel industries with spear-phishing emails that distribute an actively developed loader, which then delivers RevengeRAT or AysncRAT. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images).

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2020

Experts from the Microsoft Security Intelligence team provided some details on a new “massive campaign” using COVID-19 themed emails. Researchers from the Microsoft Security Intelligence team provided some details on a new massive phishing campaign using COVID-19 themed emails.

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Threatpost

AUGUST 13, 2018

Mike Murray, vice president of security intelligence at Lookout, discusses how mobile is redefining phishing, taking it out of the traditional inbox and into SMS and Facebook messages.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

Researchers explore the insecure world of the subdomain (Source: Can i take your subdomain) Cyber insurance model is broken, consider banning ransomware payments (Source: The Register) How facial recognition solutions can safeguard the hybrid workplace (Source: Help Net Security) Capital One hacker faces fresh charges for 2019 hacking spree (Source: (..)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Security researchers from the Cisco Talos team uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting the aviation industry for two years avoiding detection. Security researchers from Cisco Talos uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting, dubbed Operation Layover, that targeted the aviation industry for two years without being detected.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

An individual thought to be involved has earned accolades from the likes of Apple , Dell , and Microsoft for helping to find and fix security vulnerabilities in their products. In 2018, security intelligence firm HYAS discovered a malware network communicating with systems inside of a French national power company.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2020

pic.twitter.com/V2JcZg2kjt — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) April 17, 2020. This week’s campaign uses several hundreds of unique macro-laced document attachments in emails that pose as message from a non-profit offering free COVID-19 test.

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Threatpost

MAY 22, 2020

documents to spread the weaponized NetSupport RAT in a spear-phishing campaign. Attackers used malicious Excel 4.0

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Microsoft is sharing information about the latest activity observed from the threat actor NOBELIUM, which has been attempting to replicate the approach it has used in past attacks by targeting organizations integral to the global IT supply chain: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 25, 2021.

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Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

“In 2022, the widespread growth of mobile access will increase the prevalence of mobile malware, given all of the behavior tracking capabilities,” says Grayson Milbourne, security intelligence director, Carbonite + Webroot, OpenText companies.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

“Since August, CISA and MS-ISAC have seen a significant increase in malicious cyber actors targeting state and local governments with Emotet phishing emails. pic.twitter.com/POppQ51uMX — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) September 22, 2020. ” reads that alert published by CISA.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2021

link] pic.twitter.com/HTqYsUlCSn — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 7, 2021. To make the emails appear legitimate, the attackers used fake replies, an increasingly common technique in phishing emails. pic.twitter.com/oZaqAv3FYa — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 7, 2021.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 13, 2021

The tech giant has warned that the aviation and travel industry is seeing a notable increase in RAT (Remote Access Trojan) cyberattack efforts through phishing emails. A thread of information was posted by the Microsoft Security Intelligence team on their official Twitter page.

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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. New blog: The threat actor BISMUTH, which has been running increasingly complex targeted attacks, deployed coin miners in campaigns from July to August 2020.

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Webroot

JUNE 2, 2022

MDR services offer threat detection and response capabilities by augmenting cybersecurity tools with human security intelligence. Leveraging this human security expertise, MDR integrates, synthesizes and contextualizes security and other event information to hunt for, understand and respond to security incidents.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Yesterday, security intelligence firm, Intel 147, revealed it had noticed an uptick of activity in threat actors providing access to services in Telegram that circumvent two-factor authentication (2FA) methods. Two-factor authentication is a great way to protect your online accounts, and we always recommend you turn it on.

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Penetration Testing

JUNE 27, 2024

AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) has issued a warning regarding the re-emergence of the DBatLoader malware, a notorious downloader known for its historical involvement in phishing campaigns.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2019

See how #MicrosoftDefenderATP next-gen protection defeated the #fileless attack: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) July 8, 2019. ” The attack chain starts with spear-phishing messages containing a malicious link that leads the potential victims to an LNK file.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

.” Microsoft Threat Intelligence Information Center (MSTIC) has uncovered activity by the threat actor PHOSPHOROUS, which has been masquerading as conference organizers and sending spoofed invitations by email to high-profile individuals. Get details here: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 28, 2020.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

The painful impact of cyber attacks on businesses is worsening despite advances in technology aimed at protecting enterprises from malicious network traffic, insider threats, malware, denial of service attacks and phishing campaigns. Over the past decade, cyber security solutions have evolved into specific categories of solutions.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Not all employees are familiar with phishing and other digital threats, for instance. DarkMatter confirmed as much in its Cyber Security Report: June 2019 when it found that approximately 90 percent of UAE-based enterprises exhibited outdated software, credential problems in the form of weak/exposed passwords and insecure protocols.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2021

percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. A surprising 91.5

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