March 2022 – Page 10 – PossibleThreat Articles

‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

March 22, 2022 0 Comments aleksandr "nastra" zhukov, chronopay, dmitry artimovich, igor artimovich, Ne'er-Do-Well News, pavel vrublevsky, redeye, vladislav horohorin, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:33:35 +0000

Pavel Vrublevsky, founder of the Russian payment technology firm ChronoPay and the antagonist in my 2014 book “Spam Nation,” was arrested in Moscow this month and charged with fraud. Russian authorities allege Vrublevsky operated several fraudulent SMS-based payment schemes, and facilitated money laundering for Hydra, the largest Russian darknet market. But according to information obtained by KrebsOnSecurity, it is equally likely Vrublevsky was arrested thanks to his propensity for carefully documenting the links between Russia’s state security services and the cybercriminal underground.

Security Sophos

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

March 22, 2022 0 Comments 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

Security Wired

‘This Is Really, Really Bad’: Lapsus$ Gang Claims Okta Hack

March 22, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:27:50 +0000

Lapsus$ leaking Microsoft source code would be bad enough. Breaching Okta could be much, much worse.

ComputerWorld Independent

You can't keep quiet when you're hacked anymore

March 22, 2022 0 Comments Security

Credit to Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 03:00:00 -0700

One of the dirty little secrets of many businesses, perhaps even most, is that far more of them than ever admit to it have been hacked. Still others end up paying ransomware, but they’ve never revealed this deep, dark secret. After all, who wants to admit to the world — and their customers — that they’ve been caught with their security pants down.

Well, things are about to change. In the recently signed $1.5 trillion government funding bill were new cybersecurity laws requiring companies to quickly report data breaches and ransomware payments.

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Security TrendMicro

Mitigate Top 5 Common Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

March 22, 2022 0 Comments trend micro devops : article, trend micro devops : cloud native, trend micro devops : how to, trend micro devops : multi cloud, trend micro devops : open source security by snyk, trend micro devops : serverless security

Credit to Author: Melanie Tafelski| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Vulnerabilities in software and infrastructure are a fact of life for developers and SREs. But when you understand vulnerabilities, you can minimize their impact. Learn more about five common threats and how to mitigate them.

MalwareBytes Security

Fake Esports voting sites looking to phish Steam users

March 21, 2022 0 Comments esports, fake, phish, phishing, Scam, Social engineering, steam, team

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 21:41:07 +0000

We take a look at a popular Steam phish tactic involving fake Esports voting sites which refuses to go away.

The post Fake Esports voting sites looking to phish Steam users appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

MalwareBytes Security

AvosLocker ransomware uses Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities, says FBI

March 21, 2022 0 Comments avoslocker, cve-2021-26855, cve-2021-31207, cve-2021-34473, cve-2021-34523, exchange server, FBI, proxylogon, proxyshell, Ransomware

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 21:09:12 +0000

The AvosLocker ransomware as a service affiliates have been found to target multiple critical infrastructure sectors, using Exchange Server vulnerabilities.

The post AvosLocker ransomware uses Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities, says FBI appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.