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Malware

Social Engineering

5 Strangest Social Engineering Tactics of 2021

March 3, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Cyber attackers can be quite inventive when it comes to social engineering and persuading someone to do something that isn’t always in their best interest— logging into a phishing site and entering their credentials, luring victims to pay a fake invoice, or simply opening a file containing malware. Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint rounded up the top […]

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CISA Top Malware Strains

These Destructive Malware Strains Have Targeted Organizations in Ukraine

March 2, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

There are now three different strains of destructive malware that have been identified in cyberattacks against organizations in Ukraine, and IT security professionals should be aware of both, especially as cybersecurity experts expect a broader range of cyberattacks to target Western organizations as the U.S. and allies respond to the crisis. Both strains of malware, […]

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Malware file types, HP Wolf security

Research Discover Highly Advanced Espionage Malware Linked To China-based Hackers

February 28, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Symantec, a subsidiary of Broadcom and a member of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, has uncovered a new malware strain the company calls the most advanced piece of malware ever linked to China-based threat actors. The Symantec Threat Hunter team says it uncovered malware that appears to be used […]

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Russia Cyberattack

10 Things IT Can Do To Harden Cyber Defenses Amid The Russia-Ukraine Conflict

February 25, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cyberattacks have been front and center in the Ukraine crisis, as the country is not just suffering from conventional warfare as it fights with Russia. The country’s critical infrastructure has been repeatedly attacked, purportedly by hackers working for their next door adversary. These attacks have targeted government websites, infrastructure and more with DDoS attacks and […]

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Malware Symantec Daxin

Sansec Finds Mass Breach Of Stores Running On Magento 1 E-Commerce Platform

February 11, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Adobe is urging organizations who use the Magento 1 e-commerce platform to upgrade to the latest Adobe Commerce platform. Sansec, an e-commerce malware and detection tool has identified a mass breach of over 500 stores running on the Magento 1 ecommerce platform. Although Adobe ended support for Magento 1 in June of 2020, many companies […]

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Cloud Security

Cybercriminals Are Using Malware To Target Linux-Based Systems

February 9, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

With 90% of multi-cloud environments running on Linux-based systems and current malware countermeasures mostly focused on addressing Windows-based threats, attackers have found a golden opportunity to strike as cybercriminals are increasingly targeting Linux-based operating systems, according to latest research from VMware. The company’s new report, “Exposing Malware in Linux-based Multi-Cloud Environments,” shows ransomware is evolving […]

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XorDdos, Linux DDoS Trojan

Microsoft Temporarily Disables Exploited MSIX Protocol Handler

February 7, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft says that it has disabled the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol and is working on a fix after a security bug was discovered that allows an attacker to spoof App Installer. According to a Microsoft Tech Community blog, an attacker could spoof App Installer to install a package that a user did not intend to install. […]

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Malware Symantec Daxin

Report: 2021 Malware, Ransomware Levels Already Surpassed 2020 Levels By End Of Q3

January 20, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

While new research shows a decrease in total perimeter malware detection volume in the third quarter from the record highs in the second quarter, there was still more malware activity through the first three quarters than all of 2020. The report from endpoint protection provider WatchGuard Technologies also found that nearly half of zero-day malware […]

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Malware Symantec Daxin

Two-Thirds of Malware Downloads Came From Cloud Apps in 2021

January 12, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Malware continues to grow along with other malicious payload delivered by cloud applications, according to Netskope’s latest Cloud and Threat Spotlight for January 2022. The SASE provider analyzed year-over-year data highlighting that attacker are achieving more success delivering malware payloads to their victims. The research showed more than two-thirds of malware data came from cloud […]

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FBI USB Drives

FBI: Don’t Insert USB Drives That Suspiciously Arrive In The Mail

January 10, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Organizations in the transportation, defense and insurance industries should be on the lookout for suspicious USB drives that arrive in the mail, as they may contain malicious payloads and ransomware. According to a new FBI alert obtained by CNN, The Record, Bleeping Computer and other publications, the ransomware group FIN7—the same group behind the BlackMatter […]

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