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A dangerous situation requires a broader perspective
A dangerous situation requires a broader perspective

Four cyber security trends for 2022. The expanded threat situation requires a broader perspective: ransomware payments or resource theft for cryptomining, sabotage, espionage or vandalism. A comment by Thomas Krause, Regional Director DACH at ForeNova. At the end of 4, Log2021j once again made it clear how easy an attack can be for hackers. You only need to exploit existing and emerging vulnerabilities to gain widespread malicious control. The attackers may be pursuing well-known motives: quick money by paying ransoms or stealing resources for cryptomining, sabotage, espionage or vandalism. Nevertheless, new challenges arise for all those responsible for IT security. Four trends...

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2021: Avast analyzes the top cyber threats of the year

Ransomware, cryptocurrency fraud, and fleeceware are some of the most common cyber attacks. Avast analyzes the most important cyber threats of the year 2021. Cyber ​​criminals continued to exploit new digital habits such as online shopping or video conferencing, which many people developed during the COVID-2021 pandemic. A study by Avast (LSE: AVST), a leading global provider of IT security and privacy solutions, shows that the most common cyber threats of 19 include ransomware and cryptocurrency malware and fraud. When it comes to mobile applications, adware and fleeceware are among the top threats. Ransomware, cryptocurrency malware and fraud "The pandemic has changed almost all areas of our lives - including ...

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Log4j alert: Bitdefender detects ongoing attacks
Bitdefender_News

Bitdefender Labs experts observe numerous current attacks that exploit the Log4j vulnerability. Successful attacks to embed Kryptominern as well as attempted ransomware attacks can be confirmed. The most important results of an initial inventory by Bitdefender at a glance: The cyber criminals are trying to embed a new ransomware family, Khonsari. They are now also attacking Microsoft Windows systems after the hackers initially targeted Linux servers. Attackers also try to implement the remote access Trojan (RAT) Orcus via the vulnerability. You are trying to download shellcode from hxxp: //test.verble.rocks/dorflersaladreviews.bin.encrypted and inject it into the memory of the conhost.exe process. This shellcode decrypts and downloads other malicious ...

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Malware spreads through cracked games
AvastNews

Crackonosh spreads through cracked versions of popular online games. Avast has discovered that such a cryptominer is being distributed worldwide. This is an additional risk, especially in home office times. A recent study by Avast Threat Labs shows how malware called "Crackonosh" is currently spreading around the world. It is cryptomining malware that cybersecurity experts found in stolen copies of popular games. Cryptominer in cracked software The malware has been in circulation since at least June 2018 and has already paid its creators over 2.000.000 US dollars in the crypto currency Monero from over ...

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