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New financially motivated attacks in Western Europe traced to Russian-speaking threat actors

Security Affairs

At least two companies operating in pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors have been affected. If the latter are the ones to blame, this marks the first time the gang has launched the attacks against pharmaceutical and manufacturing companies and may indicate a significant shift in their modus operandi. . ProxyBot and Silence.

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Resecurity Released a Status Report on Drug Trafficking in the Dark Web (2022-2023)

Security Affairs

Resecurity has identified multiple drug shops on the Dark Web providing customers with customized Android-based mobiles with pre-installed apps used for purchases and secure communications, as well as sending instructions to couriers. Resecurity noticed a sharp increase in demand for prescription pharmaceuticals.

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Malvertising campaign exploits recently disclosed WordPress Plugin flaws

Security Affairs

Experts at Defiant, the company that developed the Wordfence security plugin for WordPress, uncovered a malvertising campaign that leverages recently disclosed plugin flaws to inject malicious code into websites. An unauthenticated user could operate with admin privileges, for example, he could change arbitrary options.

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Europe’s Largest Private Hospital Operator Fresenius Hit by Ransomware

Krebs on Security

“I can confirm that Fresenius’ IT security detected a computer virus on company computers,” Kuhn said in a written statement shared with KrebsOnSecurity. “As a precautionary measure in accordance with our security protocol drawn up for such cases, steps have been taken to prevent further spread.

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Winnti uses a new PipeMon backdoor in attacks aimed at the gaming industry

Security Affairs

The APT group targeted organizations in various industries, including the aviation, gaming, pharmaceuticals, technology, telecoms, and software development industries. The post Winnti uses a new PipeMon backdoor in attacks aimed at the gaming industry appeared first on Security Affairs. ” continues the report.

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

An example of spam email content Clicking the malicious link obviously leads to downloading a weaponized document. For example, adversary used net view command to collect information about the hosts in the network and nltest utility to collect information about the compromised domain. Built-in tools were also abused.

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Q&A: The drivers behind the stark rise — and security implications — of ‘memory attacks’

The Last Watchdog

Related: Memory hacking becomes a go-to tactic These attacks are referred to in the security community as “fileless attacks” or “memory attacks.” Merck had one of its pharmaceuticals delayed, which led to a global shortage. And there have been many examples where people have shorted companies that they knew were about to be attacked.

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