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Behavioral patterns of ransomware groups are changing – Help Net Security

Q1 saw substantial shifts in activity from some of the most prolific Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) groups, according to GuidePoint Security. RaaS groups attempt to recruit disaffected or displaced affiliates In addition to revealing a nearly 20% year-over-year increase in the number of ransomware victims, the GRIT Q1 2024 Ransomware Report observes major shifts in the behavioral […]

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Cloud Console Cartographer: Open-source tool helps security teams transcribe log activity – Help Net Security

Cloud Console Cartographer is an open-source tool that maps noisy log activity into highly consolidated, succinct events to help security practitioners cut through the noise and understand console behavior in their environment. “Infrastructure as code has replaced a lot of the need for console access for many organizations, but there are still plenty of instances […]

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China-linked Hackers Deploy New ‘UNAPIMON’ Malware for Stealthy Operations

Apr 02, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence A threat activity cluster tracked as Earth Freybug has been observed using a new malware called UNAPIMON to fly under the radar. “Earth Freybug is a cyberthreat group that has been active since at least 2012 that focuses on espionage and financially motivated activities,” Trend Micro security researcher […]

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Apache ActiveMQ Flaw Exploited in New Godzilla Web Shell Attacks

Jan 22, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Malware Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a “notable increase” in threat actor activity actively exploiting a now-patched flaw in Apache ActiveMQ to deliver the Godzilla web shell on compromised hosts. “The web shells are concealed within an unknown binary format and are designed to evade security and signature-based scanners,” Trustwave said. […]

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Researchers Uncover Major Surge in Global Botnet Activity

Security researchers have discovered a significant increase in global botnet activity between December 2023 and the first week of January 2024, with spikes observed exceeding one million devices. Writing in an advisory published on Friday, Netscout ASERT explained that, on a typical day, approximately 10,000 such devices engaged in malicious reconnaissance scanning last year, with […]

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Microsoft Warns of Storm-0539: The Rising Threat Behind Holiday Gift Card Frauds

Dec 16, 2023NewsroomOnline Security / Cybercrime Microsoft is warning of an uptick in malicious activity from an emerging threat cluster it’s tracking as Storm-0539 for orchestrating gift card fraud and theft via highly sophisticated email and SMS phishing attacks against retail entities during the holiday shopping season. The goal of the attacks is to propagate […]

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Microsoft Warns of Kremlin-Backed APT28 Exploiting Critical Outlook Vulnerability

Dec 05, 2023NewsroomEmail Security / Vulnerability Microsoft on Monday said it detected Kremlin-backed nation-state activity exploiting a critical security flaw in its Outlook email service to gain unauthorized access to victims’ accounts within Exchange servers. The tech giant attributed the intrusions to a threat actor it called Forest Blizzard (formerly Strontium), which is also widely […]