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Inter skimming kit used in homoglyph attacks

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Threat actors load credit card skimmers using a known phishing technique called homoglyph attacks. As we continue to track web threats and credit card skimming in particular, we often...

A 7-Step Cybersecurity Plan for Healthcare Organizations

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With National Cybersecurity Awareness Month shining a spotlight on the healthcare industry, security pros share best practices for those charged with protecting these essential organizations.1 of 8 Healthcare organizations, on...

Security Firms & Financial Group Team Up to Take Down Trickbot

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Microsoft and security firms ESET, Black Lotus Labs, and Symantec collaborated with the financial services industry to cut off the ransomware operation's C2 infrastructure.Technology and security companies teamed up...
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North Korea’s Lazarus Group Expands to Stealing Defense Secrets

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Several gigabytes of sensitive data stolen from one restricted network, with organizations in more than 12 countries impacted, Kaspersky says.The Lazarus Group, North Korea's advanced persistent threat (APT) actor,...
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LinkedIn Phishing Ramps Up With More-Targeted Attacks

Seeking to take advantage of out-of-work users, malware groups continue to use LinkedIn and business services to offer fictional jobs and deliver infections instead.Phishing attacks are targeting out-of-work users...
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JavaScript Obfuscation Moves to Phishing Emails

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Attackers are hiding malicious payloads in phishing emails via a technique traditionally used to hide malicious code planted on websites.JavaScript, the ubiquitous scripting language used across Web applications worldwide,...

Release the Kraken: Fileless injection into Windows Error Reporting service

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We discovered a new attack that injected its payload—dubbed "Kraken—into the Windows Error Reporting (WER) service as a defense evasion mechanism. This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi...
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Attackers Leverage IMAP to Infiltrate Email Accounts

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Researchers believe cybercriminals are using a tool dubbed Email Appender to directly connect with compromised email accounts via IMAP.A newly detected wave of spam emails is bypassing transport layers...
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Researchers Learn From Nation-State Attackers’ OpSec Mistakes

Security researchers discuss how a series of simple and consistent mistakes helped them learn more about ITG18, better known as Charming Kitten.When security intelligence teams talk about human error,...
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LogoKit Group Aims for Simple Yet Effective Phishing

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A phishing kit that uses embedded JavaScript targeted the users of more than 300 sites in the past week, aiming to grab credentials for SharePoint, Adobe Document Cloud, and...
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