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100 malicious drivers signed by Microsoft detected
July 15, 2023
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Sophos experts have discovered 100 malicious drivers signed by Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher (WHCP). Most are so-called "EDR killers" specifically designed to attack and terminate various EDR/AV software on victims' systems. Sophos X-Ops has detected 133 malicious drivers signed with legitimate digital certificates; 100 of them were signed by the Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher (WHCP). Drivers signed by WHCP are fundamentally trusted by every Windows system, allowing attackers to install them without raising an alarm and then carry out malicious activities virtually unhindered….

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AI is changing everything we know about email cyberattacks
12 May 2023
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AI is changing everything we know about email cyberattacks

Generative AI changes attacks and makes them significantly more sophisticated than in the past. It requires a new defense strategy - preferably with a self-learning AI that also recognizes, learns and immediately implements completely new behavioral patterns. A survey by Darktrace of 6.700 employees on how they deal with email in companies. The most recent case shows what a generative AI can do – the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the resulting banking crisis. The attackers immediately used the situation to forge highly sensitive communications. To do this, they intercepted legitimate communications in which the…

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Evaluation 2022: Phishing attacks with a 100 percent increase
18. February 2023
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According to Kaspersky Telemetry, the number of such phishing attacks has doubled in the past year. The company's anti-phishing system successfully blocked 2022 attempts to access fraudulent content in 507.851.735, double the number of attacks blocked the year before. Although spam and phishing attacks are not technologically complex, cybercriminals sometimes use sophisticated social engineering tactics to get the job done. In addition, phishing websites are emerging that look confusingly similar to the legitimate ones, thereby enticing users to reveal personal information or online banking login details. Over 500 million phishing emails The fraudsters most frequently used delivery services…

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Expensive spam: False request for entry in the EU company register
11. February 2022
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Expensive spam: False request for entry in the EU company register

Fraudsters are currently again spreading spam e-mails with the supposed offer of the already well-known EU Business Register to be entered in a commercial register. Bitdefender Antispam Lab is currently monitoring a global campaign in North America, Asia and Europe. There is danger in the small print: it says that companies who fill out and sign the form undertake to pay an annual fee of 995 euros for three years. For its part, the European Business Registry Association (EBRA), which is responsible for the European company register – a network of commercial registers in Europe that has existed since 1992…

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Security deficiencies in the digital vaccination certificate
June 27, 2021
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Serious security deficiencies in the digital vaccination certificate. G DATA security experts take a close look at the Covid-19 vaccination certificate for smartphones. An investigation by the G DATA security experts of the digital vaccination certificate has shown that there are some serious failures in the implementation of security. If you want to, you can create proof of vaccination without having received a vaccination. List of safety problems is long A closer look at important components of the recently available vaccination certificate shows that it has some glaring weaknesses. The list of security problems is long: The Corona warning app checks the signatures of the digital ...

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