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Phishing scammers are pretending to be customers contact live-chat assistance agents with fake issues, making them open infected files, says incident response expert who found a surge in incidents using this trick since the start of this year. This scam is similar to another phishing campaign example which involves leveraging communication channels beyond the […]
Continue ReadingA smishing campaign which goes by the name Roaming Mantis is imitating a logistics firm to hack SMS messages and contact list of Android users from Asia since 2018. Last year, Roaming Mantis advanced its campaign impact by sending phishing URL messages and dynamic DNS services that attacked targets with duplicate Chrome extension “MoqHao.” From […]
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in unison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published an advisory on Wednesday to warn organizations of ongoing TrickBot attacks despite in October multiple security firms dismantled their C2 infrastructure in a joint operation. In their joint advisory, two agencies disclosed that a sophisticated group of […]
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Kaspersky Lab has recorded a series of targeted attacks targeting Russian financial and transport companies. Hackers used a previously unknown ransomware virus According to a statement from Kaspersky Lab, since December 2020, ten Russian financial and transport companies have been subjected to hacker attacks using the previously unknown Quoter ransomware. Experts believe that the Russian-speaking […]
Continue ReadingFacebook shut down accounts and Pages used by two separate threat groups to spread malware and conduct phishing attacks. Source: Threatpost.com
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In the third quarter, the industry was attacked by various hacker groups – including RTM and TinyScouts, as well as ransomware operators. For example, according to Positive Technologies, the operators of the Maze ransomware program conducted a successful attack on Hoa Sen Group, the largest manufacturer of steel sheets in Vietnam. During the attack, personal […]
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Experts of the antivirus company ESET have discovered a series of attacks, behind which is one of the most famous North Korean groups, Lazarus. The hackers targeted users of government and banking websites in South Korea. The cybercriminals used an unusual mechanism to deliver the malware, disguising themselves as stolen security software and digital certificates. […]
Continue ReadingLazarus APT group believed to be run by the North Korean government, the group know to be active since 2009. The group is financially motivated and known for it’s broad & cross-platform targeting. Researchers observed a new cross-platform malware framework used by the threat actor group to compromise various organizations in Europe and Asia recently. […]
Continue ReadingTraditional malware detecting methods are ineffective against the hackers’ new techniques – deploying malware which is obfuscated. That’s why an innovative new approach is required in server security to stop these new threats. History of Malware Detecting Technologies The constant battle between malware creators and anti-malware companies leads to inventing more and more sophisticated techniques […]
Continue ReadingA new Mirai and Hoaxcalls botnet campaign which is attacking post-authentication class of the Symantec Secure Web Gateway Remote code execution vulnerability. Mirai is one of the well-known IoT Malware that targets IoT devices such as IP cameras and DVRs to take control of those devices by taking advantage of open ports and default credentials, […]
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