Pawn Storm Uses Brute Force and Stealth Against High-Value Targets

Credit to Author: Feike Hacquebord| Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Based on our estimates, from approximately April 2022 until November 2023, Pawn Storm attempted to launch NTLMv2 hash relay attacks through different methods, with huge peaks in the number of targets and variations in the government departments that it targeted.

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Join us at InfoSec Jupyterthon 2024

Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Jupyter notebooks are continuing to grow in popularity in information security as an alternative or supplement to mainstream security operations center (SOC) tools. Notebooks can be used interactively for threat detection and response, or as automated tasks in a larger pipeline. Their flexibility and ability to combine code, data analysis, and visualization in a single, […]

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Best practices in moving to cloud native endpoint management

Credit to Author: Jason Roszak| Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +0000

This blog is the second of three that details our recommendation to adopt cloud native device management. Understand the lessons from various Intune customers in their journeys and how they achieved greater security, cost savings, and readiness for the future through their cloud transformations.

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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:07:18 +0000

On Jan. 9, 2024, U.S. authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. Sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity the accused was a key member of a criminal hacking group blamed for a string of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies during the summer of 2022.

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