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Cyber ​​risks for finance & KRITIS operators
17 January 2023
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Cyber ​​risks for finance & KRITIS operators

Fights against land and life, economic sanctions and trade restrictions are threatening cyber risks that Europe has to deal with in these times. Another danger are targeted cyber attacks by states that see their own interests or those of countries united in solidarity at risk. Finance is considered one of the most vulnerable sectors of critical infrastructure - despite strong legal regulations. Producers and operators as well as suppliers of critical infrastructure have become the target of attacks more often than average in the past twelve months. In about half of the cases, economic cycles, human life and ultimately our…

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Will the next WannaCry-like attack come in 2023?
16 December 2022
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Will the next WannaCry-like attack come in 2023?

The Kaspersky experts present their predictions in the area of ​​Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) for the next year: they fear attacks on satellite technologies and mail servers, an increase in destructive attacks and leaks, hacking via drones and a WannaCry-like cyber epidemic. Based on the observations of over 900 APT groups and campaigns The political changes of 2022 will also have an impact on cyber security in the years to come, leading to more complex attacks. The annual forecasts published by Kaspersky are based on research by the Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) and...

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Ransomware: A global target for educational institutions
11 December 2022
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Ransomware: A global target for educational institutions

Ransomware only managed to slip out of the top spot for most attacks in Q2. In Q3, the Cisco Talos Report lists that for the first time, education is the sector hardest hit by cyberattacks - by ransomware. According to Cisco Talos Incident Response (CTIR) analysis, ransomware returned to the top of all cyber attacks in the third quarter of 2022. As in the first quarter, blackmail attempts were the most common attack method. In addition to well-known ransomware representatives such as Hive and Vice Society, new variants such as Black Basta were used. There was a change...

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Cyber ​​attacks against foreign government
8 December 2022
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B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Researchers from Avanan report on attacks on the Caribbean island nation of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and explain how hackers threaten the government there on a daily basis. The islands, with a population of 100.000, experienced 34.000 phishing attacks a year. Check Point reports attacks against the government of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Researchers at Check Point subsidiary Avanan, a leading provider of email security solutions, have examined the attacks on the Caribbean island nation and placed them in the context of the increasing number of cyber attacks against authorities worldwide. Over 1.500 attacks on governments – per week! Noisy…

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Plus 56 percent: More attacks on Microsoft SQL Server 
23 November 2022
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Attacks via Microsoft SQL Server increased by 56 percent in September this year compared to last year. Malware disguised as a .PNG file was identified. These findings come from Kaspersky's latest Managed Detection and Response Report. Microsoft SQL Server is used worldwide by large companies and SMEs for database management. Kaspersky experts have identified an increase in attacks exploiting Microsoft SQL Server processes. In September 2022, the number of attacked SQL servers was more than 3.000; this corresponds to an increase of…

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Report 2022: 4 times as many ransomware attacks as in 2019 
18 November 2022
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Report 2022: 4 times as many ransomware attacks as in 2019

As Ivanti's Q2-Q3 2022 Ransomware Report shows, ransomware attacks have more than quadrupled since 2019 — including increased use in warfare. Organizations need to be aware of the threat landscape and their vulnerabilities. Ivanti, the provider of Ivanti Neurons, the automation platform that discovers, manages, secures and nurtures IT assets from the cloud to the edge, has released the results of its Q2-Q3 2022 Ransomware Index Report. The report shows that ransomware has increased more than four-fold (2019%) since 466. In addition, ransomware is increasingly…

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Remote access: VPN is out - Zero Trust is in
14 November 2022
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Remote access: VPN is out - Zero Trust is in

According to a survey, while many companies want to rely on zero trust, 95 percent of companies still use VPN to enable hybrid work and distributed work environments across branches. However, almost half of the companies also noticed the attacks on VPN. For decades, companies around the world have relied on VPN to secure remote access. For many IT security departments, going through a secure tunnel into the company network was the best way to protect the company from unauthorized access while still allowing employees remote access. But with the…

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Russian hacker gang Killnet: further IT attacks against the USA 
13 November 2022
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Killnet, which attacked many targets in the USA via DDoS, wanted to stop the attacks against the USA a few weeks ago. The aim was to improve the relationship between Russia and the USA. However, the group's statements are probably of little value: the attacks in the context of the Ukraine war continue. Check Point Software Technologies experts continued to monitor the APT group Killnet. Actually, the group wanted to let the attacks against the United States rest so that Russian-American relations improved. But the attacks continue. A comment by Sergey Shykevich, Threat Intelligence…

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Successful cyber attacks on KRITIS have doubled
1 November 2022
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B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Successful cyber attacks are also increasing in the area of ​​public administration and operators of critical infrastructures (KRITIS). Since January 2022, a total of 56 attacks on these facilities and on research and educational institutions in Germany have become public knowledge. In the same period of the previous year, there were only 24 successful attacks. “Unfortunately, the discussion about attacks on authorities and KRITIS operators too often focuses on the attackers and their technical skills. Questions, such as transparent risk management or the planning of measures to deal with an attack, are clearly neglected," says Jonas Rahe, Director Public…

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DDoS attacks, carpet bombing, DNS water torture
23 October 2022
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DDoS attacks, carpet bombing, DNS water torture

As the new NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report shows, attackers are continuing cyberattacks with greater precision and innovative attack methods. TCP-based, DNS water torture and carpet bombing attacks in particular dominate the DDoS threat landscape. NETSCOUT announced the results of its Threat Intelligence Report for the first half of 2022. The results show how sophisticated and successful cybercriminals have become in circumventing defenses using new DDoS attack vectors and other methods. ATLAS DDoS Attack Statistics NETSCOUT's Active Level Threat Analysis System (ATLAS™) collects DDoS attack statistics from most ISPs, major data centers, government and corporate networks worldwide. This data provides information about…

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