eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Following a July 18 attack by the Rhysida ransomware group — believed to have Russian affiliations — Columbus is still reeling from the exposure of vast amounts of sensitive resident data. This data reportedly includes everything from names and addresses to Social Security numbers and bank account details.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 25, 2024

During the investigation, we discovered a wider trend: a campaign of escalated social engineering tactics originally associated with the ransomware group “Black Basta.” Ultimately, the attackers’ end goal in these incidents is almost certainly the deployment of ransomware.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2025

Two ransomware groups exploiting Microsoft 365 services and default settings to target internal enterprise users. Sophos researchers started investigating two distinct clusters of activity, tracked as STAC5143 and STAC5777, in response to customer ransomware attacks in November and December 2024.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Hackers likely stole personal information such names, addresses, and SSNs in a ransomware attack on Rhode Island's human services systems and are threatening to release the data as state and federal officials and Deloitte scrambling to mitigate the data breach.

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Digital Shadows

MAY 15, 2024

"Black Basta" ransomware group uses new email spam and vishing to spread malware. Learn more about protective measures for your organization.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2022

From financial institutions to meat producers, it seems every industry has been impacted by ransomware in the past year — maybe even the past week. Related: Tech solutions alone can’t stop ransomware. Put simply, ransomware attacks are on the rise because of profits. Why the stark increase? Low cost attacks.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 21, 2020

Cyberattacks against hospitals and medical facilities have risen this year, often via ransomware and social engineering exploits, says IntSights.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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The Hacker News

MAY 15, 2024

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said it has observed a threat it tracks under the name Storm-1811 abusing the client management tool Quick Assist to target users in social engineering attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

Ransomware? Well, the stats are even scarier with over 50% increase in ransomware attacks in 2021, compared to 2020. The media paid close attention to ransomware attacks last year, as they had a significant impact on Colonial Pipeline, the nation’s largest fuel distributor, and JBS, the nation’s largest meat distributor.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 22, 2025

This incident highlights the critical vulnerability in cryptocurrency communities, where high-net-worth individuals or executives may be more prone to social engineering attacks due to the high volume of media and investor engagement they handle. Lazarus is also behind significant cryptocurrency heists, such as the $1.5

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 10, 2024

Read about the new Cisco Talos report on the top ransomware groups’ techniques and learn how to mitigate this cybersecurity risk. Cisco Talos observed the TTPs used by 14 of the most prevalent ransomware groups based on their volume of attack, impact to customers and atypical behavior.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 31, 2025

Bloody hell: New York Blood Center Enterprises crippled by ransomware scrotes unknown. The post Ransomware Scum Out For Blood: NYBCe is Latest Victim appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

That’s largely because the splashy headlines and online buzz created by bringing down the pair of casinos will only motivate more mid-level cybercriminals to follow Scattered Spiders’ model, putting wide-reaching businesses at risk of ransomware attacks due to the rise of ransomware-as-a-service models.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

Guidebooks are also available to instruct on how to exploit the information obtained, in order to more effectively target victims through social engineering and doxxing campaigns.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Ransomware is undoubtedly one of the most unnerving phenomena in the cyber threat landscape. Related: What local government can do to repel ransomware Ransomware came into existence in 1989 as a primitive program dubbed the AIDS Trojan that was spreading via 5.25-inch inch diskettes. inch diskettes. FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013.

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The Hacker News

JULY 16, 2024

The infamous cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider has incorporated ransomware strains such as RansomHub and Qilin into its arsenal, Microsoft has revealed.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Members of Scattered Spider are reputed to have been involved in a September 2023 ransomware attack against the MGM Resorts hotel chain that quickly brought multiple MGM casinos to a standstill. In January 2024, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that Urban had been arrested in Florida in connection with multiple SIM-swapping attacks.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2023

This type of exploit is typically paired with a code execution bug to spread malware or ransomware.” ” According to the security firm Qualys , this vulnerability has been leveraged by cyber criminals to deploy Nokoyawa ransomware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

What is the impact of ransomware on organizations? Based on Ransomlooker, a free Cybernews tool for monitoring the dark web and other hidden areas of the internet, 64% of organizations have already suffered from a ransomware attack. One employee’s mistake can cost a company millions of dollars.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Protecting against new threats: supply chain attacks, ransomware, and deepfakes Zero Trust is built to counter modern threats like supply chain attacks, ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), and deepfake social engineering. Deepfake social engineering: Deepfakes can mimic legitimate users to manipulate access.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 12, 2022

A convincingly-branded message that tells users they need to update their out of date software taps into all the good security messaging users have soaked up, it gives them a reason to install strange software from the Internet, and it carries exactly the right mixture of implied threat and urgency that social engineers like.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 23, 2022

Using social engineering rather than traditional ransomware tactics, the Lapsus$ group has already hit multiple organizations, says Microsoft. The post Microsoft warns of destructive attacks by Lapsus$ cybercrime group appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 20, 2022

Consider the case of ransomware, for example, and the fact that the number of successful ransomware attacks has skyrocketed in recent years. In actuality, wildfire is not even a good example, because ransomware can actually spread orders of magnitude faster than wildfire!).

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 22, 2025

In this blog, well preview the reports highlights and give insights into social engineering campaigns leveraging impersonating domains and our predictions for the threats shaping 2025. These methods enable unauthorized access, credential theft, and ransomware deployment, severely disrupting operations and eroding customer trust.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Cybercriminals employ social engineering techniques to trick you into believing you must resolve fictitious technical issues. The hallmark of ClickFix campaigns is their clever use of social engineering. Even if your credentials are compromised, attackers will face an extra hurdle in accessing your accounts.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2020

In almost every category — from epic breaches and ransomware to cybercrime justice and increasingly aggressive phishing and social engineering scams — 2020 was a year that truly went to eleven. But it was hardly a dull one for computer security news junkies.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Through Zyxel! Unveiling the Past and Present of APT-K-47 Weapon: Asyncshell Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter )

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Other Ways Threat Actors Exploit Human Behaviour In addition to fatigue attacks, malefactors weaponise social engineering. MFA fatigue is often coupled with social engineeringan attacker might contact the victim, masquerading as IT support, and advise them to approve the prompt to “resolve an issue.”

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes' ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far higher.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 5, 2024

From phishing schemes and ransomware attacks to social engineering and doxxing, high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) face an ever-evolving array of cyber threats, and the risks of digital exposure are greater than ever.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection to a full blown data breach. Most targeted employees are working from home or can be reached on a mobile device. .”

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The landscape of ransomware has undergone rapid evolution, shifting from a relatively straightforward form of malicious software primarily affecting individual computer users, to a menacing enterprise-level threat that has inflicted substantial harm on various industries and government institutions. How are victims of Ransomware exploited?

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 14, 2025

Key Findings The last quarter of 2024 proved to be a pivotal period for ransomware activity, marked by emerging threats and unexpected shifts among established groups. Ransomware Activity Hits All-Time High in December Ransomware attacks have been climbing steadily over the past few years, despite some temporary dips along the way.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Microsoft's Threat Intelligence team has uncovered a new ransomware threat actor, Storm-050, targeting various critical sectors in the U.S., They stole credentials and used them to gain control of the network, eventually creating persistent backdoor access to the cloud environment and deploying ransomware to the on-premises.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 10, 2022

Security officers surveyed by ThoughtLab expect an increase in attacks over the next two years from cybercriminals and nation-states using social engineering and ransomware. The post Many security executives say they’re unprepared for the threats that lie ahead appeared first on TechRepublic.

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