Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
This post was first made on 14 October 2022 Original Post Threat actors do not care who they infect as long as they pay up. Now fake anti-virus and security updates for Windows 10 have been circulating and deploying Magniber ransomware – the zip files contain JavaScript that initiates the …
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I really liked this article. I have covered various highly involved cyber attacks over the last few months, deepfakes, hacking cars, air–gap attacks but as it describes in this article, you can use technology to steal those credentials or you can just ask nicely for them: Phishing works so well …
The threat actors will go after anyone who they can exploit, steal credentials from, or who has something the criminal wants! In this case it is workers for the forthcoming US elections. This one is targetting people in a privileged position: US election workers hit with phishing, malware emails • …
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Because for the effort the threat actors put in, the returns can be very high, so it is worth their while sending out billions of malicious messages to see who they can catch. It could be you… Now in the age of online “as-s-service” software, it has become even easier …
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Threat actors have developed a new approach to malware that exploits legitimate drivers making it more difficult to defend against the malware. To date over 1000 drivers have been impacted: BlackByte ransomware abuses legit driver to disable security products (bleepingcomputer.com) What makes this “Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver” (BYOVD) method …
