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A week in security (March 28 – April 3)

April 4, 2022 admin a little gift for you, a week in security, apple, chrome 100, chrome zero-day, globant, go elephant, hive ransomware, iMessage, instagram, lapsus$, LinkedIn, lock and code, mitre att&ck, pornhub, runa sandvik, Russia, signal, tech support fraud, uac-0056, Ukraine, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:08:24 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

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New UAC-0056 activity: There’s a Go Elephant in the room

April 1, 2022 admin Russia, saintbear, ta471, Threat Intelligence, uac-0056, Ukraine, unc2589

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 21:44:40 +0000

In late March, the cyber espionage group UNC2589 also known as SaintBear launched a spear phishing campaign targeting several entities in Ukraine. In this blog we review this attack and the intended payloads.

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New spear phishing campaign targets Russian dissidents

March 29, 2022 admin cobaltstrike, dissidents, malware, phishing, Rat, Russia, Threat Intelligence, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:02:48 +0000

We’ve identified a new campaign using a combination of exploits, malicious macros and other lures that is targeted at Russian individuals who may have violated restrictions imposed by the Russian government.

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As Russia’s ground advance stalls, Biden warns of an increase in cyberattacks

March 22, 2022 admin cisa, cyber conflict, cybersecurity, Featured, Russia, security operations, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:44:34 +0000

The U.S. President releases a statement that Russia’s cyber focus may be shifting towards cyber-offensive action against Western organizations and infrastructure

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Russia-Ukraine war: related cyberattack developments

March 21, 2022 admin cyber conflict, cyberthreats, ddos, Featured, geopolitics, Russia, security operations, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 08:15:48 +0000

The Russian war against Ukraine began on February 24, 2022. This article tracks some of the related cyberattack developments as they unfold. The article is updated regularly and the most recent update was on March 18

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Deepfake Zelenskyy video surfaces on compromised websites

March 18, 2022 admin deepfake, footage, Russia, Social engineering, Ukraine, video, zelenskyy

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:04:56 +0000

We look at a deepfake video claiming to be President Zelenskyy urging Ukrainians to lay down arms.

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Will Russia’s war on Ukraine result in less online crime?

March 15, 2022 admin cybercrime, cybersecurity, Featured, Russia, security operations

Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 07:37:51 +0000

Digital disruption and economic sanctions could reduce or power up Russia’s contribution to global cybercrime

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Four key cybersecurity practices during geopolitical upheaval

March 7, 2022 admin 2fa, awareness, cisa, covid-19, covid-19 scams, multi-factor authentication, phishing, phishing scam, privileges, rdp access, rdp ports, Russia, SCAM, Shields Up, small- and medium-sized business, SMB, two-factor authentication, Ukraine, us cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:37:29 +0000

In a time of rapid-changing crisis, here are four SMB cybersecurity best practices to help prevent the most common attacks.

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