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The forgotten domain: Exploring a link between Magecart Group 5 and the Carbanak APT

October 22, 2019 admin Advanced persistent threats, APTs, attribution, Carbanak, cybercriminal groups, dridex, group5, Magecart, malicious domains, malicious websites, skimmer, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Bread crumbs left behind open up a possible connection between Magecart Group 5 and Carbanak.

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Threat analysis

Tags: advanced persistent threats APTs attribution carbanak cybercriminal groups dridex Group5 Magecart malicious domains malicious websites skimmer

MalwareBytes Security

Securing the managed service provider (MSP)

October 11, 2019 admin Advanced persistent threats, APT, apt attacks, APTs, Business, enterprise security, managed service providers, MSP, msp security, msps, ransomware, ransomware attacks, Security, Sodinokibi, sodinokibi ransomware, third-party services

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 18:04:49 +0000

Managed service providers (MSPs) have become the target of attacks, as lack of aggressive security posturing has left them—and the high-value data of their clients—vulnerable. Learn how MSPs can secure against a rising tide of threats.

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Business

Tags: advanced persistent threats APT APT attacks APTs enterprise security managed service providers MSP MSP security MSPs ransomware ransomware attacks security Sodinokibi sodinokibi ransomware third-party services

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Threats target financial institutions, fintech, and cryptocurrencies

May 23, 2019 admin APTs, Banking apps, banking trojans, banks, bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, cryptowallets, emotet, exploit kits, financial institutions, financials, Fintech, information stealers, Infrastructure, malware, vital, vital infrastructure

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Losing trust in financial institutions can have a disrupting effect on society. And malware authors love to target these direct sources of money. How can we protect them?

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Vital infrastructure

Tags: APTs banking apps banking Trojans banks bitcoin cryptocurrencies cryptocurrency cryptowallets emotet exploit kits financial institutions financials fintech information stealers infrastructure malware vital

MalwareBytes Security

Vital infrastructure: Threats target financial institutions, fintech, and cryptocurrencies

May 10, 2019 admin APTs, Banking apps, banking trojans, banks, bitcoin, Business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, cryptowallets, emotet, exploit kits, financial institutions, financials, Fintech, information stealers, Infrastructure, malware, Security world, vital

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Losing trust in financial institutions can have a disrupting effect on society. And malware authors love to target these direct sources of money. How can we protect them?

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What Enterprise Leaders Should know about Persistent Threats in 2019

January 31, 2019 admin Advanted persistent threats, APT, APTs, BPC, business process compromise, Current News, Security, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:00:29 +0000

Staving off critical threats in the current cybersecurity landscape is a tall order for any size organization. As hackers continually shift and improve upon their attack and breach strategies, IT and security stakeholders must do their best to keep up and remain informed of these trends. This is one of the best and most successful…

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The Advanced Persistent Threat files: APT10

January 16, 2019 admin Advanced Persistent Threat, Advanced persistent threats, aerospace, APT, APT10, APTs, China, Chinese Ministry of State Security, construction, cybercrime, engineering, FireEye, hacking, MSS, PlugX, Poison Ivy, scanbox, sogu, telecoms, threat actors

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:00:00 +0000

While security companies are getting good at analyzing the tactics of nation-state threat actors, they still struggle with placing these actions in context and making solid risk assessments. So in this series, we’re going to take a look at a few APT groups, and see how they fit into the larger threat landscape—starting with APT10.

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Tags: advanced persistent threat advanced persistent threats aerospace APT APT10 APTs china Chinese Ministry of State Security construction engineering FireEye MSS PlugX Poison Ivy scanbox sogu telecoms threat actors

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Kaspersky Security

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 67

December 7, 2018 admin apps, APTs, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, iOS, news, podcast, printers, privacy, Threats, Youtube

Credit to Author: David Buxton| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 10:58:37 +0000

Dave and Jeff take a look at how promoting cryptocoins has backfired for two well-known celebs — and why hacked printers promoted PewDiePie.

Microsoft Security

Uncovering cross-process injection with Windows Defender ATP

March 8, 2017 admin Advanced persistent threats, Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, APTs, bitcoin, CoinMiner, Creators Update, cross-process injection, Exploits, Fynloski RAT, Gatak, GOLD activity group, in-memory attacks, post-breach detection, public preview, Windows 10, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Windows Defender ATP, zero-day exploits

Credit to Author: msft-mmpc| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 06:16:01 +0000

Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Windows Defender ATP) is a post-breach solution that alerts security operations (SecOps) personnel about hostile activity. As the nature of attacks evolve, Windows Defender ATP must advance so that it continues to help SecOps personnel uncover and address the attacks. With increasing security investments from Microsoft—read how Windows 10 continues to raise…