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Warning: ‘Invisible God’ Hacker Sold Access To More Than 135 Companies In Just Three Years

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Dissent

Thomas Brewster reports: Major antivirus companies, banks, insurance providers, government agencies, large hotels, wineries, restaurants, airlines. Think of almost any kind of company and there’s a good chance a prolific, financially-motivated hacker known as Fxmsp has broken into it, or attempted to, according to a report released Tuesday. Dubbed the “invisible god of networks,” he’s a suspected…

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Ryuk ransomware deployed two weeks after Trickbot infection

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Dissent

Ionut Ilascu reports: Researchers at SetinelOne have detailed the activity observed from logs on a Cobalt Strike server that TrickBot used to profile networks and systems. Once the actor took interest in a compromised network, they used modules from Cobalt Strike threat emulation software for red teams and penetration testers. One component is the DACheck script to check…

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Nefilim Ransomware Gang Tied to Citrix Gateway Hacks

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Dissent

Mathew Schwartz reports: A crime gang seeking “ransomware attack opportunities” is targeting organizations that use unpatched or poorly secured Citrix remote-access technology, then stealing data, unleashing crypto-locking malware and using the threat of exfiltrated data being publicly dumped to try to force payment, New Zealand’s national computer emergency response team warns. In an alert issued…

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80,000 printers are exposing their IPP port online

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports that some lessons that could have been learned years ago — and should have been — are still unlearned by too many. In a report published earlier this month, security researchers from the Shadowserver Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on improving cyber-security practices across the world, have published a warning about companies…

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Irish firms pay most for cyber-attacks, European study finds

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Dissent

The Independent reports: Irish firms suffer the highest median cost in Europe from cyber-attacks, at almost €92,000, a major new survey claims. Cyber incidents and breaches cost sampled Irish companies €113m over a six month period, with one unnamed Irish company suffering total cyber losses of €17.8m. Read more on Independent.ie.

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Misconfigurations, Poorly Managed Access Help Drive Data Breach Risks

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Dissent

George V. Hulme reports: …  A recent study conducted by IDC, on behalf of security vendor Ermetic, found that nearly 80% of the companies surveyed had experienced at least one cloud data breach in the past 18 months. And 43% of those respondents reported 10 or more breaches over that time period. Read more about…

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