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December 19, 2022 — 4 min read
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December 19, 2022 — 4 min read
Acronis Cyberthreats Report Year-end 2022: Data under attack
Today we published the Acronis Cyberthreats Report: Year-end 2022, highlighting our findings from the back half of the year. In this free resource, you’ll find high-level trends in attack patterns, an overview of significant software vulnerabilities and detailed insights into the most dominant cybercrime gangs and their tactics — not to mention plenty of recommendations for staying safe in the year ahead.
October 10, 2022 — 2 min read
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October 10, 2022 — 2 min read
Data stolen from organization serving U.S. defense in multi-payload attack
A custom CovalentStealer malware, the Impacket framework, the HyperBro remote access trojan (RAT), and over a dozen China Chopper webshell samples were used by attackers to steal sensitive data from a U.S. organization in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) sector.
October 10, 2022 — 2 min read
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October 10, 2022 — 2 min read
Phishing campaign uses fake government job offers as lure
Researchers discovered a new phishing campaign targeting U.S. and New Zealand job seekers. Victims receive emails supposedly presenting them with a lucrative job offer, but which actually contain malicious files.
October 10, 2022 — 2 min read
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October 10, 2022 — 2 min read
CommonSpirit Health IT systems disrupted, ransomware suspected
CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest nonprofit hospitals in the US, has seemingly been hit by a cyberattack. The organization faced a disruption of its IT systems that led to some delays in patient care.
September 30, 2022 — 2 min read
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September 30, 2022 — 2 min read
Lazarus APT dangles job offers as lure
The Lazarus APT group is using job offers as a lure to infect people in their latest campaign. The threat actors are sending out messages that proport to contain a job offer from the Crypto.com financial exchange company.
September 30, 2022 — 2 min read
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September 30, 2022 — 2 min read
Telecom giant Optus discloses data breach
Optus, a subsidiary of Singtel with over 10.5 million subscribers and Australia's second-largest mobile operator, has disclosed a security breach. Attackers claim to have obtained the data of 11 million customers, and have demanded $1 million in ransom. A small sample of the stolen data was initially published online.
September 30, 2022 — 2 min read
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September 30, 2022 — 2 min read
Newly discovered APT Metador targets ISPs, telecoms
A previously unknown threat actor named "Metador" has been breaching telecommunication companies, internet services providers (ISPs), and universities across multiple countries in the Middle East and Africa for about two years.
September 26, 2022 — 2 min read
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September 26, 2022 — 2 min read
Hive ransomware gang claims several new major victims
The infamous Hive ransomware gang has been busy lately. Just in the last week, they've claimed responsibility for four new victims.
September 26, 2022 — 2 min read
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September 26, 2022 — 2 min read
Phishing campaign abuses LinkedIn Smart Links
An ongoing phishing campaign is abusing a feature from LinkedIn called Smart Links in order to bypass some security filters.
September 26, 2022 — 2 min read
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September 26, 2022 — 2 min read
Emotet botnet used to deliver Quantum, BlackCat ransomware
The Quantum and BlackCat ransomware gangs are now using the Emotet botnet to deploy their payloads. Emotet was first deployed as a banking trojan in 2014, and has since evolved into a network of compromised computers.
September 19, 2022 — 2 min read
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September 19, 2022 — 2 min read
Cyber espionage campaign targets organizations across Asia
Researchers have identified new cyber-espionage activity focusing on government entities, state-owned aerospace and defense firms, telecom companies, and IT organizations in multiple Asian countries.
September 19, 2022 — 2 min read
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September 19, 2022 — 2 min read
Death of Queen Elizabeth II exploited to steal Microsoft credentials
A new phishing campaign has seen attackers impersonate Microsoft in order to bait recipients into inadvertently exposing their account credentials. Victims are invited to add a message of condolence on an online memorial board "in memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II."
September 19, 2022 — 2 min read
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September 19, 2022 — 2 min read
Linux variant of SideWalk backdoor discovered
The backdoor known as SideWalk, or StageClient, has been observed in various attacks over the last year, mainly against academic targets in East and Southeast Asia. These attacks were mainly against Windows systems, but a new variant targeting Linux systems has been discovered with similar functionality.