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Year: 2023

Anatsa Banking Trojan Targets Banks in US, UK and DACH Region

ThreatFabric said the ongoing campaign started in March and has witnessed over 30,000 installations

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Study Reveals Alarming Gap in SIEM Detection of Adversary Techniques

CardinalOps examined 4000 detection rules, one million log sources and many unique log source types

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Submarine Cables at Growing Risk of Cyber-Attacks

A report from Recorded Future highlights how digital cable management systems are vulnerable to nation-state attacks

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Submarine Cables at Growing Risk of Cyber-Attacks

A report from Recorded Future highlights how digital cable management systems are vulnerable to nation-state attacks

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Over Half of UK Banks Are Exposing Customers to Email Fraud

Recommended DMARC policy only implemented by a minority

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  • June 27, 2023

Anatsa Banking Trojan Targeting Users in US, UK, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

A new Android malware campaign has been observed pushing the Anatsa banking trojan to target banking customers in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Austria, and Switzerland since the start of March 2023. “The actors behind Anatsa aim to steal credentials used to authorize customers in mobile banking applications and perform Device-Takeover Fraud (DTO) to initiate fraudulent […]

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  • June 27, 2023

Survey reveals mass concern over generative AI security risks

A new Malwarebytes survey has revealed that 81% of people are concerned about the security risks posed by ChatGPT and generative AI. The cybersecurity vendor collected a total of 1,449 responses from a survey in late May, with 51% of those polled questioning whether AI tools can improve internet safety and 63% distrusting ChatGPT information. […]

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  • June 27, 2023

EncroChat Bust Leads to 6,558 Criminals’ Arrests and €900 Million Seizure

Europol on Tuesday announced that the takedown of EncroChat in July 2020 led to 6,558 arrests worldwide and the seizure of €900 million in illicit criminal proceeds. The law enforcement agency said that a subsequent joint investigation initiated by French and Dutch authorities intercepted and analyzed over 115 million conversations that took place over the encrypted messaging […]

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  • June 27, 2023

Beyond Asset Discovery: How Attack Surface Management Prioritizes Vulnerability Remediation

As the business environment becomes increasingly connected, organizations’ attack surfaces continue to expand, making it challenging to map and secure both known and unknown assets. In particular, unknown assets present security challenges related to shadow IT, misconfigurations, ineffective scan coverage, among others. Given attack surface sprawl and evolving threats, many organizations are

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