The ASEC analysis team has confirmed that attackers are using Amadey Bot to install LockBit. Amadey Bot, a malware that was first discovered in 2018, is capable of stealing information and installing additional malware by receiving commands from the attacker. Like other malware strains, it is being sold in illegal forums and still being used …
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I remember that day vividly, it was a sunny afternoon when I saw the ad, it read to get this amazing laptop for half the price, I scroll past but like a time bomb exploding in my head, I just could not pass. I clicked the link and there it was a shining core i5 …
Every holiday season, malicious threat actors ramp up their activities as consumers spend their days at home cuddled up on the couch, surfing for gifts for their loved ones. This holiday season figures to be no different. The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) released its 2022 Holiday Season Cyber Threat Trends report, …
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The last maintenance department I worked with had several issues thanks to the challenges of the past few years. Due to increased demand, keeping machines up and running was more vital than ever, but machine failure rates were at an all-time high, coupled with increased mean time to repair (MTTR). This led to missed production …
Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Conditional Access (CA) policies are powerful tools to protect Azure AD users’ identities. For instance, one may allow access only from compliant devices and require MFA from all users. However, because of Azure AD authentication platform architecture, users can bypass home tenant MFA and CA policies when logging in directly to …
Introduction Towards the end of March 2022, the operators of Raccoon Stealer announced the closure of the Raccoon Stealer project [1]. In May 2022, Raccoon Stealer v2 was unleashed onto the world, with huge numbers of cases being detected across Darktrace’s client base. In this series of blog posts, we will follow the development of …
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When it comes to protecting software, don’t count on automated testing to find all the vulnerabilities in your code. Here’s why manual penetration testing is more essential (and more accessible) than one might think. Humans find vulnerable vectors automation can’t. While it’s not breaking news that any mature DevSecOps programs should include automating application analysis …
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Fraud Management & Cybercrime , HIPAA/HITECH , Social Engineering Phishing Onslaught Caused Breach Affecting 166,000 Individuals Nationwide Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • November 7, 2022 A Georgia-based home healthcare and hospice provider will pay nearly $500,000 to the state of Massachusetts to end state litigation tied to a data breach affecting nearly 170,000 …
Aveanna Healthcare Data Breach Could Cost Firm More Than $1M Read More »
A recent analysis from Japan’s Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories shows that PC gaming has grown significantly in Japan over the last few years. Mobile is easily the most dominant sector of the market, but PC has seen noticeable changes recently.Read more
When it comes to securing your AWS environment, there are lots of services you can use to detect, protect, monitor and remediate threats. So many, in fact, it can be a bit overwhelming to constantly manage them all! Thankfully, AWS has thought of that, and provided us with AWS Security Hub. In this article, we’ll …
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Great blog posts are sometimes hard to find (especially on Medium), so I decided to do a periodic list blog with my favorite posts of the past quarter or so. Here is the next one. The posts below are ranked by lifetime views. This covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog, …
Question: How can administrators use DNS telemetry to complement NetFlow data in detecting and stopping threats? David Ratner, CEO, Hyas: For many years, DevSecOps teams relied heavily on flow data (the information collected by NetFlow and similar technology) to glean insight into events occurring within their networks. However, flow data’s usefulness has waned with the …
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Alcatraz AI has expanded in the European and Middle Eastern markets. As demand for biometric access solutions that boost security while also simplifying the administrator and end user experience increases, the new offices provide the company’s network of partners and prospective end user customers with experienced sales professionals on the ground to enable more rapid …
Alcatraz AI delivers autonomous access control to Europe and Middle Eastern markets Read More »
Most network architects are, by nature, methodical people. They tend to approach a challenge in a very deliberate, logical, step-by-step manner, starting at Point A and progressing through Points B, C, D and beyond, until they’ve designed and deployed the right solution. But what if we suggested to them that, instead, they jump straight into …
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By Dave Simpson (November 7, 2022, 10:40 PM EST) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent letters to executives at Wells Fargo and Zelle’s parent company Monday, slamming as “evasive” and “inaccurate” their responses to her requests for information about alleged rampant fraud on the payment platform…. Read more
Contact centers are evolving rapidly. The days of single-channel, telephony-based call centers are long gone. This old model has given way to the omnichannel customer experience center. In legacy call centers, the customer’s pathway through sales or service was relatively linear. Call in, speak to an agent, and (hopefully) resolve the issue. In this system, …
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A crook who stole more than 50,000 Bitcoins from the dark web souk Silk Road in 2012 has pleaded guilty and lost the lot, with a stretch behind bars likely ahead of him. James Zhong, 32, admitted committing wire fraud in September 2012 by creating nine Silk Road accounts he used to trigger “over 140 …
Feds find Silk Road thief’s $1b+ Bitcoin stash in popcorn tin, hidden safe Read More »
King Kong Elephant Group uses fake social chat software to launch phishing attack on Pakistani military personnel | Blue Team News Home Security King Kong Elephant Group uses fake social chat software to launch phishing… Read more
Summary APT-36 (also known as Transparent Tribe) is an advanced persistent threat group attributed to Pakistan that primarily targets users working at Indian government organizations. Zscaler ThreatLabz has been closely monitoring the activities of this group throughout 2022. Our tracking efforts have yielded new intelligence about this APT group that has not previously been documented. …
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The primary domain names under Z-ownership Library’s were lost. An updated seizure banner supports the hypothesis that the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI are behind the action, which is corroborated by all evidence. New information reveals that more than a hundred domains, including the “GLOBAL Electronic library,” were impacted by the move, even …
Z-Library biggest collection of 12 million pirated e-books shutdown by FBI & DOJ Read More »
Microsoft has removed a key obstacle facing organizations seeking to deploy phishing-resistant multifactor authentication (MFA) by enabling certificate-based authentication (CBA) in Azure Active Directory. The release of CBA in Azure AD, announced during last month’s Microsoft Ignite conference, promises to pave the way for large enterprises to migrate their on-premises AD implementations to the cloud. …
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Microsoft has published its Digital Defense Report 2022, sharing insights on how the digital threat landscape is evolving and how to mitigate these issues.Read more
Republican lawmakers need to forcefully condemn election-related lies, as new opportunities emerge for bad actors to undermine confidence in the electoral process, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said during a Washington Post Live event on Monday. “We need leaders to step up and speak truth to the American people about …
Former CISA Head Calls for Renewed Action to Combat Election Lies Read More »
The tool can be found here: https://github.com/microsoft/ics-forensics-tools Attacks on PLCs have become more common and complex from the Stuxnet worm in 2010, Triton in 2017, to Incontroller in 2022, with varying capabilities including manipulating PLC behavior, injecting function blocks into ladder logic, and hiding changes in project files. These attacks can disrupt supply chains and …
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The healthcare industry is such an important part of keeping society moving forward and improving the lives of citizens everywhere. The research that goes into discovering smarter and more efficient treatments and understanding illnesses is critical, as well as looking at ways to improve the overall quality of care and support that patients receive. Even …
On November 3, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) issued a notice of modifications to the Proposed Regulations implementing the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). These proposed modifications come in response to public comments on, and are meant to clarify, previously issued modifications. The modifications, which are largely based on the Modified Proposed Regulations …
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appears poised to take enforcement action against SolarWinds for the enterprise software company’s alleged violation of federal securities laws when making statements and disclosures about the 2019 data breach at the company. If the SEC were to move forward, SolarWinds could face civil monetary penalties and be required …
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Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Customer Voice is a software that is primarily used to collect customer feedback.It may be utilized to gather data into actionable insights, track consumer feedback, and conduct polls of client satisfaction. To communicate with victims, hackers are exploiting the Static Expressway. In a nutshell, it’s a method for evading security scanners that …
At least 14 states have spun up their National Guard units to ward off cyber attacks on the national election that concludes tomorrow, but others have not. North Carolina is one of the states that has. “This year, we’re in place to ensure that if there’s any assistance that’s needed, we’re working proactively with our …
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