The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 25, 2020

As jarring as this abrupt shift to remote work has been for countless companies, government agencies and educational institutions, it has conversely been a huge boon for cyber criminals. I had the chance to meet — remotely, of course — with Kevin Simzer, Trend Micro’s Chief Operating Officer, to discuss this.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

Email-based threats have become increasingly sophisticated, how is changing the Email Security Landscape? Recently, VIPRE Security Group published their Email Security in 2023 report , where they shared insights on the development of email-based threats and how they can impact organizations. It’s a trend that’s growing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 16, 2021

What Are the Cyber Security Trends Around the World? At Thales we wanted to investigate what the cybersecurity trends are around the world. Let’s have a look at the trends shaping the cybersecurity industry. Criminals are mostly aiming to exploit human vulnerability and a lack of cybersecurity education.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Microsoft recently announced that they’re making changes to their Windows operating system to improve security and reliability. During the Ignite 2024 conference, Microsoft announced the Windows Resiliency Initiative to address these security concerns.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2024

Trend Micro researchers observed the APT targeting countries like Italy, Germany, UAE, and Qatar, and the group is suspected to have targeted also entities in Georgia and Romania. The group targeted multiple industries, including media and communications, telecoms, technology, healthcare, and education and government entities. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Kaspersky reported attacks against entities in multiple industries, including education, chemical manufacturing, governmental research centers and policy institutes, IT service providers, utility providers and telecommunications. “The DTrack backdoor continues to be used actively by the Lazarus group. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

Security experts from Bitdefender recently discovered a new TrickBot variant that is targeting telecommunications organizations in the United States and Hong Kong. For example, in February 2019 Trend Micro detected a variant that includes a new module used for Remote App Credential-Grabbing. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

“MFA and passwordless solutions can go a long way in preventing a variety of threats and we’re committed to educating customers on solutions such as these to better protect themselves. Cyber Signals provide trend analysis and practical guidance to strengthen the defense of its customers. ” states Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

Trend Micro researchers warn of a new ransomware family called Agenda, which has been used in attacks on organizations in Asia and Africa. Trend Micro researchers recently discovered a new piece of targeted ransomware, tracked as Agenda, that was written in the Go programming language. ” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

This group focuses on public school districts and other educational institutions, like other ransomware gangs it implements a double extortion model and publishes data stolen from the victims on a data leak site. The encryption scheme used by PolyVice combines asymmetric and symmetric encryption to securely encrypt files.

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OpenText Information Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

But before then, we’ll be sharing proprietary research from the upcoming State of Secure Information Management where we explore strategies to enable secure access and protect sensitive data. This presents an opportunity for education and training programs in the industry. We look forward to sharing the rest.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

The Shade infections increased during October 2018, keeping a constant trend until the second half of December 2018, taking a break around Christmas, and then resuming in mid-January 2019 doubled in size. Moth of the victims belongs to high-tech, wholesale and education sectors. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 5, 2022

Trends and Predictions for 2022 – More of the Same? During the latest Thales Security Sessions podcast , hosted by Neira Jones, I had the pleasure to discuss what we can expect in 2022 with Andy Green, CISO at Gemserv, and how the many changes have impacted the security landscape. What are the key security challenges for 2022?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The document aims at offering insights on current incident response (IR) trends and providing recommendations about the development of IR capabilities in the health sector. The post ENISA – The need for Incident Response Capabilities in the health sector appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

The company received two vulnerability reports from the cybersecurity firm Trend Micro ) for high/critical severity security issues in PaperCut MF/NG. Trend Micro announced they will disclose further information (TBD) about the vulnerability on 10th May 2023. ” reads the advisory published by PaperCut. Last week, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

Trend Micro revealed that the TA505 group that is behind the Dridex and Locky malware families continue to make small changes to its operations. In the middle of July, Trend Micro observed for the first time attacks leveraging. ” Trend Micro concludes. ISO file attachments targeting Turkish and Serbian banks.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While each of them has its distinguishing features, Apple’s privacy and security are what makes it the typical enterprise’s pick. All this happens while promising cloud backup, prioritized support, and secure data storage. Related: Co ok vs. Zuckerberg on privacy. Yet, it’s pricing strategy puts businesses in a dilemma.

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Collibra

JUNE 27, 2023

1) How can institutions of higher education use data to start making strategic decisions? Get all the details in Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud for Higher Education , our helpful solution brief. Graduate to data intelligence It’s no secret that data is key to the educational mission. In 2020, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

Google TAG experts pointed out that the Chinese group previously used GC2 in July 2022 in an attack aimed at an Italian job search website These incidents highlighted a few key threat trends by China-affiliated threat actors. HOODOO’s use of GC2 is an example of this trend.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A recent freedom of information request by chartered accountants UHY Hacker Young reveals a worrying rise in reported data breaches across the UK education sector. The government’s Cyber Essentials scheme helps organisations guard against the most common cyber threats and demonstrate commitment to cyber security.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

Trend Micro researchers observed a new ViperSoftX malware campaign that unlike previous attacks relies on DLL sideloading for its arrival and execution technique. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. .” ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. c2 arrowlchat[.]com

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2023

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. Then Trend Micro researchers initially analyzed a Windows 32-bit sample of the ransomware from Twitter.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2022

This may include software architects, designers, developers, testers, users, project managers, security researchers, educators, and contributors to standards developing organizations (SDOs).” The post Mitre shared 2022 CWE Top 25 most dangerous software weaknesses appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2019

The Shade infections increased during October 2018, keeping a constant trend until the second half of December 2018, taking a break around Christmas, and then resuming in mid-January 2019 doubled in size. Moth of the victims belongs to high-tech, wholesale and education sectors. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

The company received two vulnerability reports from the cybersecurity firm Trend Micro for high/critical severity security issues in PaperCut MF/NG. Trend Micro announced they will disclose further information (TBD) about the vulnerability on 10th May 2023. ” reads the advisory published by PaperCut.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

lt/wras/savekey.php containing its hostname and the main decryption key for the host, which is, in itself, AES encrypted:” Palo Alto Networks researchers determine that ransomware strain was EDA2 based , open-source ransomware that was initially created for educational purposes. Pierluigi Paganini. adrotate banner=”13″].

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

The company received two vulnerability reports from the cybersecurity firm Trend Micro for high/critical severity security issues in PaperCut MF/NG. Trend Micro announced they will disclose further information (TBD) about the vulnerability on 10th May 2023.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Hancitor became another commodity malware which partnered with ransomware gangs to help them gain initial access to target networks – the increasing trend outlined by Group-IB researchers in the recent Ransomware Uncovered 2020/2021 report. The exfiltrated data is published on a dedicated Cuba DLS (Data Leak Site). Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Cybercriminals are shifting their focus from emails to text messages, using mishing a more deceptive form of phishing to target mobile users and infiltrate corporate networks, according to new security research by Zimperium. Zimperium found that mishing activity peaked in August 2024, with over 1,000 daily attacks recorded. What is mishing?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

“Due to its robust security features, macOS is the preferred operating system for numerous high-profile individuals. Targeting macOS is not a novel trend, and various malware families exist that specifically aim to infiltrate this operating system.” The ZIP file is then sent to pre-configured Telegram channels.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you take a look at the global market for IoT, you can easily spot the trend. A hacker managed to identify a weak spot in a security camera model. Usually, the default settings are not focused on security. The only way to tackle this challenge is to educate the users about these threats and their potential implications.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2022

Essential security tool. Post Covid 19, these patterns are likely to become even more engrained as digitally remote work, education, healthcare and entertainment activities predominate. VPNs factor into this shift, as the burden on individual consumers to preserve privacy and secure their sensitive data is greater than ever.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 26, 2021

Compiling this information enables us to see how security incidents occur and the trends to look out for. Doing this reveals more about how security incidents happen and who is to blame. When a security incident is disclosed, organisations don’t always know, or report on, its cause. How were organisations exploited?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Types of Malware Delivered The ClickFix campaigns are not just a nuisance; they can lead to severe security breaches. Recent Trends and Evolution Recent reports from cybersecurity firms, including McAfee and Sekoia , indicate a significant uptick in ClickFix campaigns, particularly in regions like the United States and Japan.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

” states the APT trends report Q1 2021 published by Kaspersky. In April 2017, Symantec security experts who analyzed the alleged CIA hacking tools included in the Vault 7 dump that were involved in attacks aimed at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Related: The security case for AR, VR AI chatbots use natural language processing, which enables them to understand and respond to human language and machine learning algorithms. Inadequate authorization controls may result in unapproved interactions and data exposure, posing significant security threats. of cyber security attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Naturally, threat actors follow the trend and exploit the technology for surveillance, payload delivery, kinetic operations, and even diversion. Further considerations must be taken to secure onboard storage of the drone, ensure routes drones travel are relatively safe (i.e., Original post at [link].

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