Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Emotet Malware Still Evolving New Variants Detected February 23, 2020 Emotet malware campaigns continue to evolve, below we share a breakdown of samples of two new malicious downloader variants that appeared toward the end of January 2020 , including lists of IOCs and payload detections for each. To give a sense of timing, you can see in this chart the samples detected by Cyren per day during the month of January for the first Emotet variant, Downldr.IE.gen, which appeared in greater volume. What is Emotet Malware? Emotet malware is a type of trojan primarily spread through email spam that persuades users to click on a malicious link or file by using persuasive language in the copy of the email. The malware then enters the users system with the goal of stealing banking and financial credentials. A Brief History of Emotet Emotet was first identified in 2014 and was used with the intention of stealing bank account information. By 2015, a new version of Emotet appeared with new modifications to keep malware under the detection radar and target Swiss banks. Fast forward a few years, and in 2018 Emotet now had the ability to install other ransomware and trojans to infected machines. After going quiet for a short period, 2019 saw Emotet come back with a new campaign targeting German, Polish, Italian, and English victims with malicious emails containing subject lines like Overdue Invoice and Payment Remittance in order to get into their network and infect their system. Today, Emotet malware continues to pose a huge threat to the security of email recipients. How Does Emotet Spread? The most common way Emotet spreads is through malspam where Emotet hijacks a users contact list and sends itself to friends, family, and coworkers. Your contact list receives an email that they feel inclined to open since its coming from someone they know, they click on a malicious URL, and Emotet downloads infected files. Additionally, Emotet can spread using a list of common passwords to compromise someones system using bruteforce or password spraying attacks. Who Does Emotet Target? Unfortunately, no one is immune to an attack from Emotet. Since it first hit the scene in 2014, Emotet has targeted individuals, companies, and government entities throughout the United States and European Union. Breaking Down the Emotet Malware Variants Variants of the Emotet malware are continuing to present themselves. Here is a breakdown of the variants we know so far and how to detect them. 1st Emotet Variant Eldorado Malware This first variant Cyren detects as PP97MDownldr.IE.gen!Eldorado. It appeared in very small volumes during January, suggesting it was just being initially tested. This is what the email attachment looks like that delivers Emotet onto the users system when the macro runs The macro retrieves the text in the Form properties, in this case the Tag. A large amount of text, 10660 bytes, is retrieved. They get the malicious code from the string content, a combination of reverse, split,  join methods were used. The outcome is a PowerShell command line with its script encoded. Decoding the script reveals a downloader code. Indicators of Compromise IOC Listing SHA256URL Description 053fe92b89e3cce048dcbbe6452a52a6fc6317c39f32d3d2e2d5d9ec387e3012 Downloader hxxpdewakartu.infowp-includesBRVMFYvIR Payload Download URL hxxpdrhuzaifa.comwp-includes2i48k7-evv28gw-205510 Payload Download URL hxxpdewarejeki.infowp-includesup58jauc-pum2w-630352 Payload Download URL hxxperasmus-plius.tomasjs.comwp-adminKfesPCcG Payload Download URL hxxpeasytogets.comxfxvqqUXbKAbm Payload Download URL 2nd Emotet Variant The following sample, which we detect as PP97MPowload.C.gen!Eldorado , was first seen at the end of January. Here is an analysis of a sample that uses WScript Shell to execute the downloaded payload. The attachment to this variant also presents a Word document with the same text as the first sample. But here, opening the file and enabling the macro, we can see that there is a comment in the actual file. This comment is the malicious script retrieved by the macro. The toP argument is the random filename which has a .jse extension, where it will copy the contents. The file is dropped in the APPDATA folder and executed. The dropped .jse file is obfuscated. It also has anti -debugging and anti-console-logging features. This sample is similar to variants spotted last year. The b function is responsible for decrypting the strings. Here are some of the strings it will try to decrypt. It includes some of the URLs it will use to download the payload. This part of the function hooks into the console logging. It monitors for the different types of console logs and returns a call to an empty function. Anti-debugging Emotet malware For any analysts that attempt to debug the script using the developer tools on browsers like Chrome, be aware the script has a function to make it a little bit difficult to analyze. Here we can see that it tries to make a call to the gG function. Once initialized, the value of aS will be the function h9. Below is an excerpt of the code for the gG function that shows a scenario in what could happen if debugging the script in chrome. The h9 function is part of it. We remove some parts of the code just to show the scenario when h90 is called when debugging in chrome. It will execute an anonymous function to call the debugger. And create a loop with h9ha . So it will loop calling the debugger. Indicators of Compromise IOC Listing SHA256URL Description 5452b9448c3310adaa86f6020c32d6ae4727fce5049f613ad9242e2f35e94eff Downloader hxxpandarealestate.com.aukqmfgnPTNzCb Payload Download URL hxxpcopytak.irwordpressiBzrxYetL Payload Download URL hxxpnicewebs.irwp-includes4479qjck6-bso-9081935 Payload Download URL hxxpkanok.co.thwp-contentTDykCnZIC Payload Download URL hxxpessensetech.comcpyzf09wgwtrg-w2d3p8-322443 Payload Download URL Payload Detections W32Emotet.AGI.gen!Eldorado W32Emotet.AGN.gen!Eldorado W32Emotet.AFK.gen!Eldorado W32Emotet.BJX.gen!Eldorado W32Emotet.AGB.gen!Eldorado How to Protect Yourself from Emotet There are a number of ways you can protect yourself or your company from Emotet. Here is a short list Consider sandbox analysis of email attachments commonly associated with malware Enforce multi-factor authentication Implement an antivirus program Segment and segregate networks and functions Use caution when opening email attachments even if you know the sender Use strong passwords that are hard to guess Utilize a phishing protection software like Cyren that also includes an advanced malware analysis pipeline Final Thoughts While Emotet malware started out as a banking Trojan targeting European banks, it has now evolved into one of the most dangerous botnets in the world. As new Emotet variants continue to present themselves, Cyren Inbox Security 365 can help protect you and your business. 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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Day September 8, 2022 Data443 Appoints Greg McCraw as Chief Financial Officer September 8, 2022 Research Triangle Park, NC, Sept. 08, 2022  Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc. Data443 or the Company OTCPK ATDS, a data security and privacy software company for ALL THINGS DATA SECURITY, today announced the appointment of Greg McCraw as the Companys Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McCraw will be working out of Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Test the Effectiveness of Your Email Security July 20, 2019 Do you keep seeing phishing emails getting through to users, and wish you could quantify how effective your email security isor isnt? Email is the main vehicle for introducing malware into an organization, and is practically synonymous with phishing these days, so it is a sensible idea to get a grasp on whether your security is doing its job well or poorly  but lots of people dont. Here at Cyren we know how eye-opening such an evaluation can be, as the email security gap analyses that we performed for a series of organizations in 2018 showed that an average 7.2 of email protected by a number of email security products, but still reaching users, was spam or contained a threat. How to find out Do a Gap Analysis Cyren has been helping organizations assess their email security in the only way that is effectivereal-life, live testingand weve now expanded the availability of the free service. The Cyren Email Security Gap Analysis assessment is a non-intrusive mechanism for evaluating an existing email security infrastructure. In 2018 we ran Gap Analysis tests with a number of companies and processed a total of 2.7 million emails. These had all been scanned by the in-place email security solution, were considered clean, and were delivered to users. We found that 6.9 were spam, which is an annoyance for users, but of greater concern was the number of phishing 7,014 emails and malware threats 978 emails reaching users. Even though only a small percentage of total email delivered is malicious, considering the tremendous volume of email at any organization, having hundreds or thousands of malicious emails getting through is not really an acceptable riskand is certainly something you should try to get a handle on. Weve made available a full report with aggregated email security assessment results from the 2018 statistics, or feel free to visit our Gap Analysis web page or download our Gap Analysis data sheet for more information on having your own test done. Your Mileage Will Vary While the average statistics cited above are a useful rule-of-thumb, one key takeaway from our studies is that the results vary considerably, and that several factors influence email security performance at any given organization, as the chart below illustrates taken from the gap analysis report linked above Results in the past have even varied when organizations have essentially the same secure email gateway vendor or hosted email service, as real-world factors influence performance. The bottom line Do your own gap analysis to understand your own situation. What You Dont Know Can Hurt You Many IT security professionals assume their email security is performing reasonably enough, until a user reports or several that he has received a phishing email or his endpoint protection has detected a threat. Worse, of course, is when your security incident and event management SIEM, endpoint detection and response EDR or data loss prevention DLP solutions alert you that your network has been breached. Which is pretty commonaccording to Osterman Research, 70 percent of all organizations, and 78 percent of all organizations using Office 365, suffered a successful attack of some kind last year. That is if you are lucky enough to have the budget for this type of defense-in-depth, and the people to make sense of all the alerts and respond to them. If you are among the lucky minority that hasnt seen an attack recently, and assume that your email security is just fine because an attack has not been discovered, do keep in mind the statistics that indicate that 25 of breaches remain undiscovered for a month, during which time the bad guys are helping themselves to your sensitive data. Email security got commodotized and industry lost focus Is the email security industry doing enough to protect organizations, their employees and information, or have many of the players in this space become complacent? Recent successful, high-profile ransomware attacks suggest the latter, but how did we get here? Just over a decade ago, the email security industry was growing, buoyant and ready for a spate of acquisitions. Larger information security vendors, wanting to broaden their portfolios, acquired many of the appliance and SaaS companies. The major change in the industry came when, to add protection to their services, the largest hosted email providers acquired some of the larger email security SaaS providers. They integrated the technologies, and because of the scale of these businesses, they were able to offer the security element at a fraction of the then-current market price. The upshot was that email security quickly became a commodity. Around the same time, email threats were well understood and under control, so vendors, no longer able to realize much of a monetary return from email security, moved their innovation efforts and RD budget elsewhere. Many security vendors shifted focus to other, higher growth security technologies, and the few remaining pure-play email security SaaS companies switched to complementary higher-value services, such as email archiving. Paying the price for lack of security investment This brings us back to present day, where this lack of investment is obvious. The world has changed and cyber criminals have found easy, low-risk ways of monetizing attacks through ransomware and phishing . Every week there are reports of another successful attack, and these are just the ones that are discovered and reported. The malware authors and attackers are constantly evolving their evasion techniques to try to beat even the most sophisticated defenses, and traditional email security infrastructures have been struggling to keep upwith evident consequences. Want to learn more about cloud-based email security and archiving? Contact us here ! Try it for Free Instant Data Classification Cyren URL Category Chacker Prev 6 Phishing Techniques Driving Phishing-as-a-Service Operations Überprüfen Sie die Wirksamkeit Ihrer E-Mail-Security-Lösung Next Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Double Deceit Bad Things Come in Pairs May 23, 2018 A Chinese proverb may state, good things come in pairs, but this was not the case in 2017. In 2017, we discovered an email threat that was carrying not one, but two different malicious attachments as bait a PDF file and a Microsoft Template file OpenXMLDOTX. These were meant to target a previously reported Microsoft Office vulnerability in order to deliver the remote access trojan RAT known as NetWiredRC. What was NetWiredRC? According to MalwareBytes , Backdoor.NetWiredRC was the detection name for a large group of trojans , which were all targeting Windows systems. Backdoor.NetWiredRC is a flexible, versatile and dangerous threat which has also been utilized by state-sponsored groups such as APT33. It is known for stealing information, providing remote access, and even downloading additional malware. How did NetWiredRC Impact Users? Since Backdoor.NetWiredRC spreads primarily through malicious phishing campaigns, we believe the use of two attachments was intended to make the email seem more legitimate to recipients. Typically, hackers only send one malicious attachmentby sending two, the hackers increase the chances that the target will open at least one of them. In addition, the techniques applied within the attachments add a few layers of complexity in both the delivery of the exploit and the final payload, and are intended to help evade detection. How NetWiredRC Utilized the Fake Business Email The email being sent is in the guise of a business transaction purporting to be a request for quote RFQ, a sample of which is shown below. From a technical perspective, our analysis shows that neither attachment contains the actual exploit. Instead, the threat abuses feature in both the attached PDF and OpenXML documents to cause the automatic download and launch of the CVE-2017-11882 exploit, known as the Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability, for which Microsoft issued a patch in November 2017. This was one of the most well-known Microsoft Office virusesvulnerabilities of the year 2017, and caused a significant amount of damage to users. Cyren blocks this threat in its various elements as DOCXCVE-2017-11882.D.gen!Camelot, DOCXCVE-2017-11882.F.gen!Camelot, and W32NetWiredRC.CW. Figure 1. Email Sample containing two 2 bait attachments How the Malware PDF Works In examining the PDFs file structure , we find an embedded file named jon001.dotx, which appears to be a ZIP archive, but is actually a Word document using the Microsoft OpenXML format detected by Cyren as DOCXCVE-2017-11882.F.gen!Camelot. The embedded DOTX file jon001.dotx is the same as the attached DOTX specification.dotx, as shown below in the hash comparison between the two files. Figure 2.0. Shows the embedded and attached file hashes Figure 2.1. The PDF contains an embedded file called jon001.dotx which downloads and launches the DOCXCVE-2017-11882 exploit. The embedded document is set as an open action object, so it will also be loaded once the PDF is opened. Figure 2.2. PDF Stream showing the OpenAction object Avoiding Auto-Loading on Embedded Files When the intended victim tries to open the PDF file, he is also prompted to open the embedded file. It is important to note, however, that if the user has configured Adobe Reader to Always Allow the opening of similar file types, then this particular embedded object will automatically be loaded without prompting the user. Cyren recommends that to prevent the automatic loading of embedded files that may contain harmful content, computer users never set Adobe Reader to a default setting of Always Allow. Figure 3.0. Adobe Reader prompts users about opening the embedded document. Initially, the embedded document jon001.dotx does not appear to contain any exploits, but upon closer inspection into the document element worddocument.xml, we find the automatic loading of remote data via the linked OLEObject element. Figure 4.0. Linked OLEObject Following the reference ID _id_1437 for this OLEObject in relsdocument.xml.rels, reveals the URL from which the remote data will be downloaded. Figure 4.1. Remote data URL Understanding the Exploit Document The remote data is found in an RTF document called jon001.doc detected by Cyren as CVE-2017-11882.D.gen!Camelot. Similar to CVE-2017-0199, the CVE-2017-11882 RTF exploit takes advantage of the objupdate keyword to be able to trigger the malicious payload without user interaction. Figure 5.0. Preview of the RTF structure Unlike previous variants of malicious documents exploiting CVE-2017-11882 which usually trigger the exploit thru a URL moniker in a Microsoft Equation stream in the OLE object, this variant triggers the exploit using a shellcode found in an Ole10Native stream in the OLE object from the RTF document. Viewing the document in Microsoft Word would show the OleObject as an embedded Equation Object. Figure 6.0. Embedded Equation Object Figure 7.0. Shellcode found in the Ole10Native Stream. We first confirmed that the exploit was still taking advantage of the flaw in Equation Editor, and then used the Microsoft Global Flags Editor Gflags debugger utility to break on EQNEDT32.exe once the exploit is triggered. Figure 8.0. Global Flags Image File Debugger Configuration Based on an address range and data contained in a Palo Altos report on the CVE-2017-11882 exploit, we used the same information to debug the shellcode to confirm that the exploit attempts to download and execute a file from hxxpasurahomepg.rutwojon001.exe which is saved to disk using the filepath, APPDATAwindows.exe. Figure 9.0. CVE-2017-11882 Shellcode Debugging Backdoor Payload Unfortunately, the download URL was inaccessible at the time of our analysis, so we were not able to obtain the intended executable payload. However, we were able to download another payload using the same filename jon001.exe from a different directory at the same site hxxpasurahomepg.ruonejon001.exe. Cyren detects the jon001.exe file as a backdoor trojan named W32NetWiredRC.CW. A quick analysis of the jon001.exe downloaded executable shows that it is compiled in Visual Basic and is decompressed at runtime and injected into a suspended process of itself. By dumping the decompressed format of the payload into a file, we were able to identify it as a variant of a RAT known as NetWiredRC. The strings used in this backdoor are encrypted with two different encryption algorithms. Decryption 1 The first set of encrypted strings are encrypted with a custom Caesar Cipher using the following key _BqwHaF8TkKDMfOzQASx4VuXdZibUIeylJWhj0m5o2ErLt6vGRN9sY1n3Ppc7g and an offset modifier of 6. Figure 11.0. Base64 decryption routine The decryption routine can be written in Python as follows CIPHER_TEXT  _BqwHaF8TkKDMfOzQASx4VuXdZibUIeylJWhj0m5o2ErLt6vGRN9sY1n3Ppc7g-C OFFSET  6 def ceasar_decryptencoded, keyCIPHER_TEXT, offsetOFFSET return .joinkeykey.indexencoffset  0x3f if enc in key else enc for enc in encoded By writing an IDA Python script to use the above decryption function on the first set of strings, we are able to reveal strings used by the backdoor for its keylogging routine and other functionalities. Figure 11.1. Decrypted Keylogging Strings. Decryption 2 The second set of encrypted strings are decoded with RC4 using the following cipher key 3F738FEA334633468BA981AFE2C1A8E8 Using another IDA Python script to decrypt the second set of strings reveals the backdoors Command  Control CC configuration. Figure 12.0. CnC Config Decryption Routine This backdoor has many capabilities including but not limited to the following Key log strokes Figure 13.0. Keylogging Routine Steal Browser Login Data Internet Explorer Comodo Yandex Chrome Chromium Opera Firefox Steal User Credentials Windows Live Pidgin Steal Email Credentials Microsoft Office Outlook Figure 14.0. CredentialsLogin Data Stealer Routines Initiateterminate a remote shell SearchCopyMoveDeleteExecute Files Indicators of Compromise File Hashes 444455ccce5faecd9349604bef1ac0595e80e3b315809eb04e4e3bb57026436d 4f45983598fc0bca7df0c58063a892f34e492ab24ce1fda74bac505d49a08e51 cbb7017d9eb618a6d60dff3c59b1d788e0c57a42ced96328b1df7dd37c86664c cc1b07ced91684f23866fabb00a1b3c18a0ed542d6a5678fc3cfe44a97386b0f 80dba571dbd3bb49238df6256c872df9268a92e6794750cfcc255fc42c15aac9 Download URLs hxxputasarmsinc.rudocjon001.doc exploit doc hxxpasurahomepg.ruonejon001.exe payload hxxpasurahomepg.rutwojon001.exe payload CC Host dinesaad.hopto.org8123 Prevention and Mitigation for Phishing Attacks Cyren recommends that businesses take the following actions to protect from these and similar threats Patch Early and Often Microsoft issued a patch for the CVE-2017-11882 exploit in 2017. Outdated software, operating systems, browsers, and plugins are major vectors for malware infections. Deploy Cloud-Based Email Gateway Protection from a Security Provider Cloud-based Secure Email Gateways add more advanced security like time-of-click URL analysis and protection from attacks. Deploy a Web Security Gateway An effective web security gateway will block access to malicious sites, as well as stop new and zero-day malware downloads and communications with botnet CC servers. Train Users to Not Enable Always Allow on Adobe Acrobat By enabling always allow in Adobe Acrobat users risk the automatic download of malicious files. Final Thoughts While this Microsoft office phishing event occurred in 2017, these types of attacks are still happening, whether it be on a large or small scale. Learn more about Cyren Inbox Security for O365 , and how it helps your business avoid phishing attacks. 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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Chris Perram talks to Fintech Finance on Building Global Features Matrix May 11, 2018 Chris Perram talks to Fintech Finance on Building Global Features Matrix Chris Perram, CEO of FileFacets, talks to Fintech Finance in a new video about building FileFacets global feature matrix. Watch it here Try it for Free Instant Data Classification Cyren URL Category Chacker Prev GDPR Security  Breaches What You Must Know Neocol adds FileFacets to the Cloud Innovation Stack to bring ROT and compliance into check Next Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Why is the security industry telling you that your users should protect themselves? June 11, 2018 Im a technology marketer, and the annual Infosecurity and RSA security events are an opportunity for me to understand what my peers and competitors are saying to customers and potential customers. This year, as always, the events were similar. My takeaway from both is that many in the industry appear to be telling customers to shift the burden of protection to the end-user. As usual, my walk around the exhibit halls turned up a massive number of vendors whose booth messaging was completely incomprehensible. Im sure you looked at many booths and still did not know what problem the vendor might solve for you. Others did far better, with straight-forward headlines stating what they do. Some used games to attract people, and some, magicians, including Cyren. We thought it a fun way to engage and our magicians act was closely linked to our theme of How do you know your security is working? You know your security is not working when you focus all your efforts on blaming users for successful attacks. Yes, user training does form part of a defence-in-depth strategy, but a small part, and it only works if you continuously reinforce it using professional training companies. Doing this right is not within everyones budget. Yet there were an abundance of companies touting training, specifically to help detect email phishing threats. Is this really the users responsibility? We dont expect them to delete their own spam or avoid clicking executable malware attachments, but we seem to have given up on technologys ability to block phishing. And we actually get two attempts at doing so  when the email arrives over the email channel and when the user connects to the phishing site over the web channel. Surely at least one of either the email or the web security controls can protect the users. Not only are these user-education companies telling us that users are the weak link, but some of the larger infosec companies are too, with booths decked in messaging suggesting that protection starts with people. I agree that we should be thinking about how users work, what they do and how it affects the security posture of the business, but does security really start with them? Should IT not be an enabler to help them be more productive and should security not just protect them invisibly? The answer is, of course, yes. My advice is do not let your email security vendor get away with delivering phishing emails to your users  they should just block them. Do not let your web security vendor get away with allowing users to connect to phishing sites  they should just block the connections. Do you know whether they are or not? It is difficult to tell because your users might be giving away login credentials or other information and they may never realise. Cyren can help you understand if your security is working Try our Web Security Diagnostic Find out more about Email Security Gap Analysis Spend a few minutes to review our security event presentation Try it for Free Instant Data Classification Cyren URL Category Chacker Prev Double Deceit Bad Things Come in Pairs Data Breach Report Underscores Phishing Risk for Manufacturers Next Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Day August 31, 2018 Die DSGVO der EU hat das Interesse an E-Mail-Archivierung erneuert August 31, 2018 Egal, in welchem Geschäft Sie tätig sind, die EU-DSGVO wird sich wahrscheinlich auf Ihre Organisation auswirken. Die DSGVO ist eine Vorschrift, die für alle gilt, die in oder mit Europa Geschäfte tätigen. Falls Sie die personenbezogenen Informationen von EU-Ansässigen verarbeiten, müssen Sie die Verordnung einhalten. Die Einführung der DSGVO hat The EU GDPR has generated renewed interest in email archiving August 31, 2018 Whatever business you are in, the EU GDPR is likely having an impact on your organisation. GDPR is a regulation which applies to anyone doing business in or with Europe. If you process the personal information of EU subjects you need to comply. The introduction of GDPR has forced organisations Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo 6 Phishing Techniques Driving Phishing-as-a-Service Operations July 1, 2019 The phishing-as-a-service industry is making easy-to-use phishing attack tools and even full campaigns available at cheap rates. Full-service subscription prices typically vary from 50 to 80 per month, depending on the level of service, and realistic phishing web kits are available to download for as little as 50. Cyrens research lab has turned up 5,334 new, unique phishing kits deployed to the web so far this year, an indication of the scope and scale of turn-key phishing offerings. What is Phishing-as-a-Service? Phishing is a very common attack used by cybercriminals. Creating emails which imitate trusted individuals and organizations aim to encourage users to click on malicious attachments or links  potentially divulging sensitive information. Malicious phishing-as-a-service operations are the next stage in this type of cybercrime. The capability and resources needed to execute these threats are now being packaged and sold as a commodity to anyone who pays. What is a Phish Kit? Phishing kits are a one-time sale basis from phishing kit sellers and resellers. These are packaged as a ZIP file, which comes with ready-to-use email phishing templates. They are also designed to evade detection and are usually accompanied by a portal to access them. Fig. 1  Different style scam pages targeting Office 365 credentials on offer from a Phishing-as-a-Service web siteand with a 10 discount! Phishing-as-a-Service is embedding evasive phishing attacks A straight line can be drawn between the availability of such kits and turn-key phishing platform services and the growth in evasive phishingphishing attacks that use tactics to confound malware detection by email security systems. Todays reality is that we are seeing more evasive phishing campaigns in the hands of more attackers at less effort and lower cost than in the past, as technically sophisticated phishing attack developers have adopted a SaaS business model to let even the most amateur criminal wanna-be spoof targeted web sites with a high degree of authenticity and embedded evasive tactics. 87 of Phishing Kits Include Evasive Phishing Techniques Cyrens security lab also found that 87 percent of phishing kits sold on the dark web include at least one type of basic evasive phishing technique. As mentioned above, blocking or redirect functions are the most commonly included tactic, usually implemented via a .htaccess file containing a PHP script. One expectation for the future is that developers will begin to combine many phishing techniques together, as weve seen with malware . I recall a single piece of malware that did 26 different checks to try and avoid detectionwe expect phishing to continue to evolve in this direction, with layers of detection evasion techniques being used. Fig. 2  Fake Microsoft log-in page fools even discerning users with legitimate windows.net domain and legitimate SSL certificate 6 Common Phishing Techniques to Know Much like the evolution of evasive malware tactics over the past 30 years, professional phishing developers are utilizing more methods to fool automated defenses, and are including those methods in pre-packaged campaigns and phishing services made widely available on the dark web. Among the growing number of phishing techniques being used today to fool automated email security systems, the most common are HTML Character Encoding In this ruse, some or all of a phishing pages HTML code is encoded and is displayed normally by web browsers, but security crawlers looking through the code will not be able to read the content, missing keywords associated with phishing like password and credit card in an example from a spoofed PayPal site. Content Encryption A tactic similar to encoding, because the content in the code does not show as readable text. But here, rather than changing the representation of a word with character encoding, the entire content is encrypted, and a key is needed to decrypt it. The encrypted file usually looks very small, but when decrypted, often done by a JavaScript file, we see the real content. Inspection Blocking The technique most regularly incorporated into phishing kits, phishers employ block lists for connections from specific IP addresses and hosts in order to keep security systems and security analysts from evaluating and seeing the true nature of a phishing site, and to prevent access from security bots , crawlers or other user agents that are searching for phishing sites, like the Googlebot, Bingbot, or Yahoo! Slurp. When someone on the block list tries to access the page, they are usually presented with a 404 page not found message. URLs in Attachments A growing phishing trend over the past year has been to not place links in the body of emails, but instead hide them in email attachments, in order to make detection more difficult. A typical example might be a simple PDF constructed of images and made to look like a OneDrive document, with a single button that links to a phishing site. Content Injection This is not a new technique, but a tried and true method used to lull the user and complicate detection by changing a part of the content on the page of a legitimate website. The unsuspecting user is then taken to the phishing page, outside the legitimate website. Legitimate Cloud Hosting This is a tactic that has grown significantly recently. By hosting phishing websites on legitimate cloud services, like Microsoft Azure, phishers are able to present legitimate domains and SSL certificates, lulling even the most attentive user into thinking a given phishing page is trustworthy. Further, many security vendors whitelist certain domains. How Can Organizations Combat these Types of Phishing Attacks? Setting up an anti-phishing policy with mailbox intelligence settings as well as configuring impersonation protection settings for messages and sender domains, can help you combat these attacks. Additional Mitigations Enabling SafeLinks This Office 365 feature performs real-time scanning and rewriting of URLs for inbound emails clicked by users. Run Tests Ensure users are aware of phishing threats and consider running tests, whether that be internally or via a third-party provider. You will want to analyse click through rates and identify any areas of concern. EDR  NGAV Employing Endpoint Detection and Response EDR and Next Generation Anti-Virus NGAV across all hosts helps to detect where any phishing activity has been successful within the environment. Be Preventative Take steps to practice phishing scenarios like blocking macros when they arent required. Phishing-as-a-service Operations are Effective The impact on organizations everywhere is quite clear. According to a study , in 2021, 83 of organizations experienced a successful email-based phishing attack. That number is a massive 46 increase compared to 2020. Additionally, in a survey by Dark Reading , they found that 69 of respondents said their organizations experienced at least one phishing attack over the previous 12 months. How to Defend Against Phishing As a Service Attacks As phishing techniques continue to be utilized by the phishing-as-a-service industry, protocols and safety measures need to be put in place. A multi-layered approach, consisting of security awareness training, Microsoft ATP and an automated anti-phishing solution at the inbox, will help protect Office 365 users from advanced email phishing attacks. For a phishing protection solution at the inbox, check out Cyren Inbox Security for Office 365 . Want to learn more about our phishing protection solution? Contact us here ! Try it for Free Instant Data Classification Cyren URL Category Chacker Prev Attack Exploits Vulnerability in Half of Email MTAs Globally Test the Effectiveness of Your Email Security Next Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

Output: product_security_features,end_user_security,security_best_practices,threat_prevention,incident_response


Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Day May 11, 2018 Chris Perram talks to Fintech Finance on Building Global Features Matrix May 11, 2018 Chris Perram talks to Fintech Finance on Building Global Features Matrix Chris Perram, CEO of FileFacets, talks to Fintech Finance in a new video about building FileFacets global feature matrix.Watch it here Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Day May 23, 2018 Double Deceit Bad Things Come in Pairs May 23, 2018 A Chinese proverb may state, good things come in pairs, but this was not the case in 2017. In 2017, we discovered an email threat that was carrying not one, but two different malicious attachments as bait a PDF file and a Microsoft Template file OpenXMLDOTX. These were meant to Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

Output: incident_response,technical_documentation,security_best_practices


Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Day September 16, 2019 Suspected BEC Campaign Targeting Banks September 16, 2019 In the past week weve been receiving reports of differentbut seemingly relatedemail malware campaigns targeting banks in both the US and Europe, specifically in the form of Excel Workbooks containing a malicious macro being sent as an attachment to emails. Whats interesting is that even though the email themes used Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

Output: threat_prevention,end_user_security


Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Exploiting CAPTCHA The Latest Evasive Phishing Tactic November 20, 2019 The Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart CAPTCHA has been used in commercial applications since the early 2000s. As its name suggests, it is a mechanism for ascertaining that a real human is performing an action at a web site. CAPTCHA is generated by distorting letters and numbers in such a way that a computer using OCR cannot resolve it. Typical applications were originally centered on authentication. For example, if you enter an incorrect password multiple times, you might be presented with a CAPTCHA to ensure that a bot is not attempting to brute force a login. Today there are other applications, such as preventing bots automatically posting good product reviews to falsify scores on review sites. Hiding phishing sites behind CAPTCHA Phishing evasion tactics have evolved over time, each a new attempt to thwart cyber security companies, who, in turn, evolved their detection techniques. The latest tactic Cyrens security analysts are seeing on the increase is extremely simple. If you dont want security companies automated crawlers, bots and user agents to be able to access your phishing page, simply control that access using a mechanism devised specifically to block computers  CAPTCHA. Like the use of block lists, if the phishing page cannot be reached, even the best detection engine cannot do its job. If it is so simple, one might ask why it has not been widely used. The answer is that for it to be successful, it has to be presented prior to the phishing page, and this is unusual. Most users expect a CAPTCHA to appear on the same page as the request for credentials, and this unusual behaviour might lead perceptive users to realize they are being phished. Phishers are using multiple CAPTCHAs CAPTCHA has evolved over the years, with projects dubbed reCAPTCHA created to improve security and reduce user friction. Techniques now include a simple checkbox, clicking images that include specific objects, and tracking human-like behaviors. The latter requires no human intervention at all, so is not an appropriate evasive phishing technique, but Cyrens security lab have seen all other variants. This makes life even more difficult for cyber security companies, who have to figure out how to defeat each of the tactics in use. Here are a few examples found recently by Cyrens security analysts. A simple CAPTCHA that controls access to a PayPal phishing site CAPTCHA controlling access to an Apple phishing site. Note the URL attempts to appear as a genuine apple.com site, but the actual domain is apps-personal.services. When a cyber security companys bots, crawlers or analysts come across phishing evasion techniques, their very existence raises suspicion. For example, if a security bot attempts to access a suspected phishing page and is blocked, because its IP addresses are included in the phishers block lists, that very behavior is noted as potentially suspicious. The next step in this situation might be to access the page from an IP address unknown to the phishers, and if a different response is received, suspicion is increased significantly. Before discovering this new CAPTCHA evasion tactic, reaching a CAPTCHA page was not deemed suspicious, but now detection has evolved to understand how this combines with other attributes of the attack, to ensure that users are protected. To read more about other evasive phishing tactics, such as block lists, mentioned in this post, see Evasive Phishing Driven by Phishing-as-a-Service. Try it for Free Instant Data Classification Cyren URL Category Chacker Prev Suspected BEC Campaign Targeting Banks Top 20 Brands Targeted for Yuletide Phishing Next Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

Output: end_user_security,threat_prevention,incident_response


Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo 3 GDPR Principles Accuracy, Retention, and Transparency April 18, 2018 3 GDPR Principles Accuracy, Retention, and Transparency We have shared many details around the GDPR enforcement date beginning 25 May 2018  and there is a lot of information out there. Perhaps a question continues to pop up Why the GDPR? GDPR codifies principles and practices to help secure the personal data of the EU citizenry by holding organisations accountable for the data they collect, process, and store. With that in mind, lets explore three principles of the GDPR first addressed by the Data Protection Act of 1998  DPA  Accuracy While DPA does not define accurate, it qualifies inaccurate data as misleading or incorrect. The DPA established this principle and the GDPR codifies it to encourage organisations do four things Implement reasonable steps to ensure personal data accuracy Verify clear sources of personal data Consider challenges to data accuracy Consider necessary updates to data What are reasonable steps towards accuracy? It depends on the nature of the data and what its used for. When data accuracy is critical to services those that greatly impact individuals or the public, organisations should place greater effort to ensure their accuracy. When information sources are reliable or well-known, its reasonable to assume the data is reliable. Data should still be double-checked when serious consequences of error would severely impact individuals, or when common sense points to a mistake. Challenges to accuracy should be recorded and investigated. When data is verified as correct, organisations should document the challenge to help comply with other GDPR and DPA principles. How often should you update the data? Again, it depends on the data. If youre in human resources and an employee earns a raise or promotion, this data should be reflected immediately, so she receives the salary and benefits commensurate with her new status or position. Retention The DPA established practices and principles to encourage organisations to Review how long personal data is stored Determine why you have data and how long you need it Securely erase the data you no longer need Update, archive, or delete this data on scheduled cycles Personal data held longer than necessary is excessive, not to mention irrelevant and inefficient. It also increases organisational risk should a breach occur. Review your data regularly to determine its relevancy to your organisation and the individuals you serve. Stay ahead of the data tsunami If you need it, secure it. If its old, update it. If you dont need it, delete it. Transparency GDPR requires organisations to conduct information audits and map data flows. You must also document the personal data you store, its source, what youre doing with it, and with whom you share it. Legality Businesses must identify and document the legal bases for processing personal data. Document Consent How do you request and record consent? Are your data systems capable of recording and managing these consent documents? GDPR requires this review for your organisation. And if your business delivers online services directly to minors, you must have data systems capable of securing consent from their guardian. Registration Lastly, your organisation must register with the Information Commissioners Office. If you have additional questions regarding these principles, FileFacets can help you discover the answers for your organisation. FileFacets provides the platform and methodology to help businesses comply with the EUs GDPR. Try it for Free Instant Data Classification Cyren URL Category Chacker Prev Chris Perram on FinTech Financials RegTech Show GDPR Security  Breaches What You Must Know Next Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

Output: data_protection,compliance_certifications


Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Überprüfen Sie die Wirksamkeit Ihrer E-Mail-Security-Lösung July 31, 2019 Erreichen Phishing-E-Mails immer wieder Ihre Benutzer und möchten Sie einmal quantifizieren, wie effektiv Ihre E-Mail-Sicherheit tatsächlich ist? E-Mail ist der Hauptangriffsweg, um ein Unternehmen mit Malware zu infizieren, und wird heutzutage fast immer mit Phishing in Verbindung gebracht. Es ist also immer sinnvoll, sich einen Überblick darüber zu verschaffen, ob Ihre Sicherheit gut oder schlecht funktioniert. Bei Cyren wissen wir, wie aufschlussreich es sein kann, Lösungen neu zu bewerten. Die Email Sicherheits-Analysen, die wir 2018 für Unternehmen durchgeführt haben, zeigten, dass trotz der Verwendung einer E-Mail-Sicherheitslösung durchschnittlich 7,2 der E-Mails, die den End-User erreichten, entweder Spam oder eine Bedrohung enthielten. So finden Sie es heraus Führen Sie eine Cyren GAP-Analyse durch. Cyren hat Unternehmen dabei geholfen, ihre E-Mail-Sicherheit auf bestmögliche Weise zu bewerten, indem ein Vergleichstest mit den vorhandenen Lösungen durchgeführt wurde. Jetzt haben wir die Verfügbarkeit dieses kostenlosen Dienstes erweitert. In 2018 haben wir mit mehrere Unternehmen Gap-Analysen durchgeführt und insgesamt 2,7 Millionen E-Mails geprüft. Obwohl alle diese Email von der vorhandenen E-Mail-Sicherheitslösung gescannt und als sauber klassifiziert würden, haben wir festgestellt, dass durchschnittlich 6,9 Spam waren. Das ist für den User natürlich Ärgerlich, aber nicht ganz so ein Problem wie die Anzahl der Phishing- 7.014 E-Mails und Malware-Bedrohungen 978 E-Mails, die an den User ausgeliefert wurden. Auch wenn nur ein kleiner Prozentsatz der gesamten zugestellten E-Mails böswillig ist, ist es angesichts des enormen E-Mail-Volumen kein akzeptables Risiko, Hunderte oder Tausende von böswilligen E-Mails zu erhalten. Es ist sicherlich etwas, das Sie versuchen sollten, in den Griff zu bekommen. Wir haben einen vollständigen Bericht mit aggregierten Ergebnissen der E-Mail-Sicherheitsbewertung aus dem Jahr 2018 zur Verfügung gestellt. Besuchen Sie auch unsere Gap Analyse-Webseite oder laden Sie unser Gap Analyse-Datenblatt herunter, um weitere Informationen zur Durchführung Ihres eigenen Tests zu erhalten. Sie können mit unterschiedlichsten Ergebnisse rechnen! Während die oben genannten Durchschnittsergebnisse nützlich sind, so ist eine wichtige Erkenntnis aus unsere Studie, dass sich die Ergebnisse erheblich unterscheiden und dass mehrere Faktoren die Leistung der E-Mail-Sicherheit in einer bestimmten Organisation beeinflussen, wie die folgende Tabelle zeigt entnommen aus dem GAP-Aalyse-Bericht siehe oben Die Ergebnisse unterschieden sich sogar zwischen Unternehmen, die denselben Onpremise- oder Cloud-Anbieter verwenden, da die Leistung durch Realitätsfaktoren beeinflusst wird. Fazit Machen Sie Ihre eigene GAP-Analyse, um die möglichen Auswirkungen auf Ihr Unternehmen zu verstehen. Unbewusst ist ungeschützt! Viele Sicherheitsexperten gehen davon aus, dass ihre E-Mail-Sicherheit ausreichend ist, bis ein Benutzer eher mehrere  meldet, dass sie eine Phishing-E-Mail erhalten haben oder dass deren End Point-Schutz eine Bedrohung erkannt hat. Schlimmer ist es natürlich, wenn Ihre SIEM, Endpoint Detection and Response- EDR- oder DLP-Lösungen auf einen Network Breach hinweisen. Und dass kommt ziemlich häufig vor  laut Osterman Research hatten 70 Prozent aller Organisationen und 78 Prozent, die Office 365 verwendeten, haben letztes Jahr einen erfolgreichen Angriff erlebt. Vorausgesetzt, Sie haben das Glück, und Sie haben das Budget für diese Verteidigungsmechanismen, und die Leute sind soweit geschult, um die Warnungen verstehen und können richtig auf sie reagieren. Wenn Sie zu der glücklichen Minderheit gehören, die in letzter Zeit keinen Angriff gesehen hat, und davon ausgehen, dass Ihre E-Mail-Sicherheit in Ordnung ist, sollten Sie die Statistiken berücksichtigen, dass 25 aller Verstöße einen Monat lang unentdeckt bleiben, währenddessen die bösen Jungs auf Ihre Daten zugreifen. Durch die Kommodifizierung von E-Mail-Security hat die Branche den Fokus verloren Machen E-Mail-Sicherheitsanbieter genug, um Unternehmen, ihre Mitarbeiter und deren Daten zu schützen, oder sind viele zu selbstgefällig geworden? Die jüngsten erfolgreichen, hochkarätigen Ransomware-Angriffe lässt auf Letzteres schließen. Aber wie ist es so weit gekommen? Vor 10 Jahren war die E-Mail-Sicherheitsbranche lebhaft und bereit für zahlreiche Akquisitionen größerer Sicherheitsanbieter, die ihre Portfolios erweitern wollten. Die wesentliche Änderung erfolgte, als die größten E-Mail-Dienstleister einige der größeren SaaS-E-Mail-Sicherheitsanbieter erwarben, um ihr Angebot durch E-Mail-Security zu erweitern. Sie haben diese Technologien integriert und konnten aufgrund ihrer Größe E-Mail-Sicherheit zu einem Bruchteil des damaligen Marktpreises anbieten. Das Ergebnis war, die Kommodifizierung vom E-Mail-Security. Etwa zur gleichen Zeit wurden E-Mail-Bedrohungen gut verstanden und als unter Kontrolle empfunden. Anbieter, die mit der E-Mail-Sicherheit keinen finanziellen Gewinn mehr erzielen konnten, haben ihr Innovations- und Entwicklungsbudget auf andere Lösungen und Services übertragen. Jetzt zahlen wir alle den Preis für diese mangelnde Investition Dies bringt uns zurück zu heute, wo dieser Mangel an Investitionen offensichtlich ist. Die Welt hat sich verändert und Cyberkriminelle haben einfache und risikoarme Wege gefunden, um mit Ransomware und Phishing -Angriffen Geld zu verdienen. Jede Woche gibt es einen weiteren Bericht über einen erfolgreichen Angriff, und dies sind nur die, die entdeckt und gemeldet werden. Die Malware-Autoren und Angreifer entwickeln ihre Ausweichtechniken ständig weiter, um selbst die höchst entwickelten Abwehrmechanismen zu überwinden. Herkömmliche E-Mail-Sicherheitsinfrastrukturen haben Probleme mitzuhalten  mit offensichtlichen Konsequenzen. Möchten Sie mehr über cloudbasierte E-Mail-Sicherheit und Archivierung erfahren? Kontaktieren Sie uns bei Interesse hier ! Try it for Free Instant Data Classification Cyren URL Category Chacker Prev Test the Effectiveness of Your Email Security Open Source Ransomware Targets Fortnite Users Next Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

Output: product_security_features,end_user_security,security_best_practices,threat_prevention,data_protection,incident_response,technical_documentation


Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Day August 3, 2018 Was DSGVO-Compliance für Sie bedeutet August 3, 2018 Am 25. Mai 2018 trat die Datenschutz-Grundverordnung DSGVO der Europäischen Union in Kraft. Einer der Zwecke dieser neuen Verordnung besteht darin, personenbezogene Daten von EU-Bürgern besser zu schützen. Falls Sie in den letzten zwei Jahren in der IT-Abteilung eines Unternehmens in der EU gearbeitet haben, werden Ihnen diese fünf Buchstaben What does GDPR compliance mean to you? August 3, 2018 On May 25th 2018 the European Union General Data Protection Regulation GDPR came into effect. One of the purposes of this regulation is to better protect the personal data of EU subjects. If you have been working in the IT department of an EU organization any time in the past Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

Output: compliance_certifications,data_protection,privacy_policy,technical_documentation


Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Day July 20, 2019 Test the Effectiveness of Your Email Security July 20, 2019 Do you keep seeing phishing emails getting through to users, and wish you could quantify how effective your email security isor isnt? Email is the main vehicle for introducing malware into an organization, and is practically synonymous with phishing these days, so it is a sensible idea to get a Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Day April 26, 2022 Malicious Excel Add-in Variant Delivers Malware April 26, 2022 XLL is an Excel Add-in extension file that provides ways to use third-party tools and functions that are not available in Microsoft Excel. It is typically a Dynamic Link Library DLL file that can be loaded by Microsoft Excel provided the file uses the .xll extension. We have seen a Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Data Breach Report Underscores Phishing Risk for Manufacturers July 9, 2018 The business impact of phishing is becoming increasingly more pronounced. According to the recently released 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report , 93 of all reported IT security breaches are the direct result of some form of phishing. The manufacturing industry is likely feeling this impact more than most, with targeted attacks on the rise. The Verizon report underscores that most computer intrusions in the manufacturing industry begin with a well-crafted spear-phishing email, containing a malicious link or attachment sent to a company employee. Seagate Breach Underscores Risks A much-discussed example occurred in 2016, when a Human Resources employee at Seagate Technologies, a manufacturer of precision-engineered data storage technology, received an email purporting to be from the CEO requesting employee tax documents W2 forms, specifically. The dutiful employee complied with the request, sending materials that included social security numbers and salary data for 10,000 current and past employeesand their spouses! Unfortunately, it appears that cybercriminals carefully targeted the Seagate HR employee, using the imposter email attack technique. After Seagate discovered the breach, employees were given free two-year credit protection, but obviously this is a bit of closing the proverbial barn door, and doesnt stop the criminals from leveraging the data in myriad ways. In fact, within days of receiving the data, the hackers were filing fraudulent federal and state tax returns for not only the employees, but also their family members. The companys headache didnt end thereas a result of a lawsuit filed against the company by the current and former employees for negligent handling of data, the breach could end up costing Seagate north of 1 million. Why Are Manufacturers Being Targeted? While it would be nice to say that the Seagate cyberattack was unique, the sad truth is that phishing attacks aimed at stealing employee data or intellectual property are all too common. In a May survey by Osterman Research, 28 percent of IT managers reported suffering one or more phishing breaches in the prior 12 months, making it the top threat category reported. There are several reasons why the manufacturing industry is viewed as a preferred phishing target by cybercriminals 1 Manufacturers possess more valuable information than they realize As the incident with Seagate Technologies demonstrates, data on employees can garner a criminal thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars through false tax filings, or even resale on the dark web. Manufacturers may also possess intellectual property that cybercriminals find attractive. The 2017 Verizon report found that 91 of all breaches into manufacturing businesses involved the stealing of trade secrets, business plans, and valuable intellectual property. When it comes to what constitute trade secrets, criminals are interested in a surprising range of information, and well-developed sites on the dark web give them a ready ability to monetize the data. Hackers may steal intellectual property and sell it to interested parties e.g. other competitors on the dark web. Alternatively, foreign and domestic competitors may engage in direct cyber espionage against a U.S. or U.K. manufacturer, using their own internal hackers to breach a system. 2 Manufacturers are interconnected to suppliers, partners, and customers Manufacturing supply chains are connected, integrated, and interdependentsecurity of the entire supply chain depends on security at the smallest supplier or local factory. Cybercriminals know that accessing a key target may be as simple as breaching the weakest link in the supply chain. The infamous 2013 Target Corporation breach began with criminals hacking into the operational systems of Targets HVAC vendor a small business with only about 70 employees. The end result was the theft of forty million credit and debit cards, as well as email and mailing addresses for 70 to 110 million people. The fact that criminals could leverage an HVAC vendors access into their clients large-scale corporate system is unsurprising. According to Forrester Consultings research into the use of operational technologies and SCADA in manufacturing, more than 60 of the companies surveyed stated that they provide either complete or high-level access to their SCADAICS to other companies in their supply chain, including outsourced suppliers, business partners, and government agencies. 3 Small manufacturers under-estimate risk According to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, the vast majority of manufacturing companies are small. And, small companies tend to believe they can fly under the radar when it comes to cybercrime, choosing not to invest in cybersecurity technology. Yet, the 2018 Verizon study reports that small businesses are far more likely to be the target of cyberattacks, with small businesses victimized 58 of the time. 4 Manufacturers often have unsupported and unprotected operational technologies Operational technologies and control systems like supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA, have been in use for years, but have only recently begun to be connected to the corporate network, which in turn is connected to the internet. Because many SCADA systems are running embedded operating systems and applications that are unsupported or obsolete, the systems are highly vulnerable to attack by threat actors. In fact, according to a January 2018 study by Forrester Consulting, 56 organizations using SCADA or ICS indicated they experienced a breach in those systems in the past year. Perhaps more notably, only 11 indicated they had never been breached which suggests that many manufacturers dont know or arent willing to acknowledge that theyve been attacked and infiltrated. Business Email Compromise is the Most Common Attack The most common phishing attack on manufacturers is business email compromise BEC or imposter email attacks. Also known as spear phishing or whaling, these types of phishing attacks can take several forms. In the simplest rendition, the hacker may be after internal corporate data. So, they will send an email pretending to be someone that the recipient knows, such as the CEO or a trusted partner. The perpetrator may request user names and passwords to corporate networks, a list of employee social security numbers or email addresses, the names and email addresses for current clients, or even proprietary data, such as product schematics. Often this type of information can be sold on the black market or used as a starting point for additional phishing attacks on other partners, vendors, or customers. Critical Business Risk Requires Defense-in-depth Manufacturers are in a unique position. The operational technology OT that drives the machinery and equipment was traditionally safe from hacking due to air gapping. However, as OT becomes connected to corporate systems and servers, the risks associated with the interaction between unsupported embedded operating systems and modern corporate systems is magnified, and the dangers associated with this intersection should not be dismissed. A successful cyber attack against OT or a SCADA control system not only has the potential to damage the business financially, but also could result in physical consequences to such things as infrastructure and services, the environment, and possibly human life. As manufacturing operational technology grows more interconnected and cyberattacks occur at a faster rate, manufacturers need to view threats against OT as a critical business risk. Patching vulnerabilities is the first line of defense. However, today most threats appear more quickly than IT or production staff can patch. Further, some operating systems are currently running on unsupported OT, so patching simply isnt an option. To combat threats against OT and other corporate manufacturing systems, a defense-in-depth security approach is recommended by numerous manufacturing industry organizations, including the International Electrotechnical Commission IEC and National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST, as well as the Department of Homeland Security DHS. Manufacturers need to augment traditional security technologies with next generation detection, including both endpoint security and cloud-based web and email gateways to block access to phishing and other malicious sites, as well as stop new, zero-day malware downloads and outbound communications with botnet Command  Control servers from compromised endpoints, control systems, and IoT devices. Try it for Free Instant Data Classification Cyren URL Category Chacker Prev Why is the security industry telling you that your users should protect themselves? Cryptocurrency Exchange Targeted by Fake Phishing Site Next Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

Output: end_user_security,security_best_practices,data_protection,threat_prevention,incident_response


Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Data443 Expands Data Security Offerings with New Webex Integration November 16, 2022 Data443 will integrate DataHound  into Webex to protect organizations  sensitive meetings and content RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 16, 2022  Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc . Data443 OTCPK ATDS , a data security and privacy software company for ALL THINGS DATA SECURITY  , today announced the release of Data Hound  for Webex by Cisco , a leading provider of collaboration technologies powering hybrid work. Todays requirements for data privacy, governance and hybrid work forces every organization to know where all their data is, who has access to it and how sensitive it is. Data443s Data Hound  platform is an extension of its Data Identification Manager ecosystem with over 200 integrations that enable rapid data sensitivity scanning according to company requirements. This sets the foundation for a strong data privacy program, data compliance and governance capabilities that include 3 rd party partner organizations. We are excited to showcase our capabilities in identifying, reporting and migrating or deleting sensitive data together with Webex by Cisco. We plan to utilize Ciscos strong developer and marketing capabilities to support our cross platform corporate data discovery offering in a multi-cloud universe, stated Jason Remillard, CEO and founder of Data443. Customers choose Webex for data privacy capabilities and the ecosystem of privacy-focused technology partners, said Anurag Dhingra, CTO of Webex by Cisco. Now with Data443s Data Hound  , our customers can quickly integrate additional data security capabilities within critical workflows. Data443s committed goal of organizing the worlds information by identifying  protecting all sensitive data regardless of location, platform or format is reflected strongly within the Webex platform and its continued leadership in hybrid work settings. The platform is immediately available for trial and purchase natively in the Webex app at  . For further information about the product, please visit  About Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc. Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc. OTC ATDS  provides software and services to enable secure data across devices and databases, at rest and in flightin transit, locally, on a network, or in the cloud. We are All Things Data Security  . Trusted by over 10,000 customers, Data443 provides a modern approach to data governance and security by identifying and protecting all sensitive data regardless of location, platform or format. Our framework helps customers prioritize risk, identify security gaps and implement effective data protection and privacy management strategies. For more information, please visit  To learn more about Data443, please watch our video introduction on our YouTube channel  Data443 offers free trials of all its technologies using its shopping cart system at  About Cisco Cisco is the worldwide leader in technology that powers the Internet. Cisco inspires new possibilities by reimagining your applications, securing your data, transforming your infrastructure, and empowering your teams for a global and inclusive future. Discover more on The Newsroom and follow us on Twitter at Cisco . About Webex by Cisco Webex is a leading provider of cloud-based collaboration solutions which includes video meetings, calling, messaging, events, customer experience solutions like contact center and purpose-built collaboration devices. At Webex, we start with people and their experiences first. This focus on delivering inclusive collaboration experiences fuels our innovation, which leverages AI and Machine Learning, to remove the barriers of geography, language, personality, and familiarity with technology. Our solutions are underpinned with security and privacy by design. We work with the worlds leading business and productivity apps  delivered through a single application and interface. Learn more at webex.com. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by use of terms such as expect, believe, anticipate, may, could, will, should, plan, project, intend, anticipate, estimate, predict, potential, pursuant, target, continue, or the negative of these words or other comparable terminology. 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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Day July 1, 2019 6 Phishing Techniques Driving Phishing-as-a-Service Operations July 1, 2019 The phishing-as-a-service industry is making easy-to-use phishing attack tools and even full campaigns available at cheap rates. Full-service subscription prices typically vary from 50 to 80 per month, depending on the level of service, and realistic phishing web kits are available to download for as little as 50. Cyrens research Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Day May 16, 2018 Cybercriminals see real estate firms as profitable May 16, 2018 For the last two to three years, stories about real estate hacking and particularly phishing have appeared with increasing frequency in newspaper and blog headlines. Take for example the cybercriminals who stole client contact information from a DC-area real estate company, and then created a business email compromise BEC scam, Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Cyperpiraten nehmen Logistikunternehmen ins Visier May 14, 2018 Im Juni 2017 gab es für die Logistik- und Transportindustrie ein Novum, als fast 80 Häfen und Terminals weltweit entweder zum Stillstand kamen oder signifikante Verspätungen verzeichneten, darunter der Port of New York and New Jersey, der Port of Los Angeles und der Rotterdamer Hafen größter Hafen Europas sowie der Hafen in der Nähe von Mumbai Indiens größter Containerhafen. Dieser inzwischen berüchtigte Ransomware-Angriff auf die Reederei A.P Moller-Maersk kostete das Unternehmen geschätzte 300 Millionen US-Dollar. Und ohne Möglichkeit, die infizierten Computersysteme zu reinigen, musste Maersk einen signifikanten Teil seiner IT-Infrastruktur neu schaffen und über die folgenden zwei Wochen mehr als 50.000 neue PCs, Server und Anwendungen installieren. Dieser Angriff war alles andere als isoliert, denn aufgrund ihrer besonderen Beschaffenheit lockt die Logistik- und Transportindustrie besonders Phishing- und Malware-Autoren an. So schaffen beispielsweise die Digitalisierung von Logistikinformationen, internetbasierte betriebliche Prozesse, eine Vielzahl von Unternehmen, die unterschiedliche Technologiesysteme nutzen von denen einige evtl. extrem veraltet wird sowie eine stark verteilte mobile Belegschaft ganz spezielle Bedingungen, die von Cyberkriminellen ausgenutzt werden können. Große und kleine Logistik- und Transportunternehmen sind Risiken ausgesetzt Während solche Angriffe auf Maersk sowie andere große Transportunternehmen wie TNT Express ein Teil von FedEx und Delta Airlines für Schlagzeilen sorgen, zeigt die lange Liste von Angriffen auf Logistik- und Transportunternehmen, dass Cyberverbrecher insbesondere kleine bis mittelgroße Unternehmen wie Clarksons ein Schiffsmakler mit Sitz in London ins Visier nehmen. Clarksons beschäftigt weltweit ca. 1500 Mitarbeiter. In 2017 wurde festgestellt, dass ein Hacker unberechtigten Zugriff auf die Computersysteme des Unternehmens erhalten hatte, aus diesem Grund mussten Clarksons Kunden und Einzelpersonen benachrichtigen werden, um diese zu informieren, das deren vertrauliche Daten durch die Verletzung evtl. in Mitleidenschaft gezogen wurden. Kleinere Unternehmen spielen oft im umfassenderen Logistik- und Transportzyklus eine wichtige Rolle. Recherchen zeigen, dass kleine bis mittelgroße Unternehmen, insbesondere solche im Bereich Logistik und Transport, für Cyberkriminelle attraktive Ziele darstellen. Der 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report zeigt, dass in 58  aller Fälle kleinere Unternehmen wahrscheinlicher das Ziel von Cyberkriminellen werden. Eine Cybersicherheitsumfrage von IHS MarkitBIMCO aus dem Jahr 2016 zu Schifffahrtsunternehmen ergab, dass fast 60  der befragten Unternehmen bereits einem Cyberangriff zum Opfer gefallen waren. Zu den Befragten gehörten Reeder, Schiffsmanager, Handelsorganisationen, Aufsichtsbehörden, Hafenbehörden, Schifffahrts-Dienstleister, Ausrüstungsanbieter und Werften. Komplexe Lieferkette erhöht das Risiko Logistik- und Transportunternehmen jeder Größe tendieren dazu, geografisch weitreichende und vielfältige Lieferkettenverbindungen zu pflegen, durch die die Auswirkungen von Angriffen signifikant verstärkt werden. Die Distribution eines einzigen Containers umfasst wahrscheinlich Informations- und Warentransfers mit mindestens zehn unterschiedlichen Beteiligten, darunter der Versender, der Empfänger, eine Schifffahrtslinie, Ursprungs- und Zielhäfen, eine LKW-Spedition, Banken sowie Zoll- und Grenzbehörden, wenn der Artikel ins Ausland geschickt wird. Diese Interaktion zwischen großen und kleinen Unternehmen im Logistikzyklus trägt zum Angriffsprozess bei. Beim Maersk-Angriff 2017 waren zum Beispiel nicht nur Seehäfen und Containerschiffe betroffen. LKW mit Binnenzielorten wurden stunden- und manchmal sogar tagelang an verschiedenen Häfen aufgehalten und mussten bis die Systeme wieder online waren warten, sodass Sendungen abgefertigt und empfangen oder zugestellt werden konnten. Die Auswirkungen nahmen dadurch gewaltig zu und verzögerten den Produktvertrieb für längere Zeit. Und wenn wir schon beim Thema komplexer Lieferketten und Maersk-Angriff sind Interessanterweise spekulieren Forscher und Experten in der Cybersicherheitsbranche, dass Maersk evtl. gar nicht eines der anvisierten Ziele war. Während die NotPetya-Malware oberflächlich Petya ähnelte, einem älteren Ransomware-Typ, scheint es NotPetya auf etwas Ominöseres abgesehen zu haben. Im Verlauf des Maersk-Angriffs stellten IT-Experten fest, dass die Täter wenig Interesse an einer Lösegeldzahlung an den Tag legten. Es gab auch keine Möglichkeit zur Schlüsselgenerierung, um Systeme freizuschalten. Weil die Anfangsphasen des Angriffs auf Unternehmen in der Ukraine fokussierten es wird angenommen, dass eine gehackte Version eines beliebten ukrainischen Buchhaltungsprogramms zur Verteilung von NotPetya genutzt wurde, wiesen Analytiker darauf hin, dass es sich um einen staatlich gesponserten Angriff auf die Ukraine gehandelt haben könnte und andere Organisationen wie Maersk lediglich Kollateralschäden in der umfassenderen, komplexen Lieferkette waren. Unabhängig vom Typ des Hacks oder den politischen oder finanziellen Zielen der Angreifer ist es aber letztendlich die Vielzahl verschiedener Beteiligter, die alle potenziell in unterschiedlichen Zeitzonen operieren und verschiedene und potenziell ungeschützte Software und Mobilgeräte nutzen, die zu Rissen im Fundament der Logistik- und Transport-Lieferkette führt, über die Kriminelle angreifen und die Sicherheit von Unternehmen verletzen. Einer Studie des Ponemon Institute von 2017 zufolge waren 56  der großen Datenschutzverletzungen das direkte Ergebnis einer anfänglichen Verletzung bei einem Dritt-Lieferkettenanbieter. Die besten Bemühungen der Branche funktionieren nicht Forschungsergebnisse zeigen, dass Logistik- und Transportunternehmen Sicherheit einfach nicht ernst genug nehmen. Studien sowohl in der Logistik-Transportindustrie wie auch bei Unternehmen allgemein ergaben niedrige Cybersicherheitsstufen in Bezug auf sehr grundlegende Elemente, wie einfach zu erratende Passwörter, Wiederverwendung des gleichen Passworts in verschiedenen Systemen und zahlreiche Anfälligkeiten durch die mangelhafte Anwendung von Patches. Eine neue Studie von LogMeIn ergab, dass zwar 91  der Unternehmensanwender in Großbritannien, den USA, Australien, Frankreich und Deutschland angeben, die Risiken zu kennen, die mit einer Wiederverwendung von Passwörtern über mehrere Konten hinweg verbunden sind. Aber 60  dieser Anwender gaben auch an, dass sie trotzdem so verfahren! Mehr als die Hälfte gab zu, ihre Passwörter in mehr als einem Jahr nicht geändert zu haben. Sorgen um Geschäftsunterbrechungen und signifikante finanzielle Verluste Logistik- und Transportunternehmen verlassen sich stark auf Lieferzeitpläne, um Rentabilität und Kundenzufriedenheit zu gewährleisten. Ein Ransomware- oder Malware-Angriff reicht aus, um sich negativ auf Logistikzeitpläne auszuwirken. Dies kann Systemabschaltungen und potenziell signifikante Lieferverspätungen bedeuten. Dies hat wiederum finanzielle Folgen einschließlich der Reduzierung von Gebühren oder Geldstrafen wegen verspäteter Lieferungen. Phishing in Form von Business E-mail Compromise BEC-Angriffen richtet oft beträchtlichen finanziellen Schaden an. Laut dem 2016 Internet Crime Report des FBI kosten BEC-Betrugsversuche Opfer allein in den USA Hunderte von Millionen von Dollar. Zusätzlich zu direkten finanziellen Schäden können Phishing- und Malware-Angriffe zum Verlust sensibler Unternehmensinformationen führen, von Kunden-E-Mail-Adressen bis hin zu Geburtsdaten oder gar Versicherungsnummern von Mitarbeitern. Cyberangriffe sind ein Geschäftsrisiko Die Logistik- und Transportlieferkette von heute wird immer umfangreicher und komplexer. Kein mit dieser Industrie verbundenes Unternehmen möchte im Zentrum einer umfassenden Datenschutzverletzung mit nationalen oder gar globalen Auswirkungen stehen. Logistik- und Transportunternehmen müssen Cyberangriffe letztendlich als kritisches Geschäftsrisiko mit signifikanten finanziellen und geschäftlichen Auswirkungen betrachten. Daher müssen Internet- und E-Mail-Sicherheit ein Kernbestandteil jedes Geschäftsrisikoplans sein. Try it for Free Instant Data Classification Cyren URL Category Chacker Prev Cybercriminals Targeting Logistics and Transportation Companies Cybercriminals see real estate firms as profitable Next Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Suspected BEC Campaign Targeting Banks September 16, 2019 In the past week weve been receiving reports of differentbut seemingly relatedemail malware campaigns targeting banks in both the US and Europe, specifically in the form of Excel Workbooks containing a malicious macro being sent as an attachment to emails. Whats interesting is that even though the email themes used are varied, the attached bait documents are mostly similar. Below we have provided an example email and a step-by-step analysis of the malicious Excel Workbook attachment being utilized, along with Indicators of Compromise listed at the bottom. We have not been successful in acquiring the final payload from the malware servers, so we have no idea what the main purpose of this campaign is at this moment. We will update this blog with any new information. Example email from one of the related campaigns utilizing the Excel Workbook attachment. How It Works Payload Analysis Excel Workbook Attachment Once you open this Excel Workbook, you will see a decoy image prompting you to enable the macro content from the Office Security Options Drops embedded XLSX to the Windows temporary directory as 13.xlsx Renames XLSX file 13.xlsx.zip Extracts either carpc2.dll for 64-bit or carpc2.dll for 32-bit Windows Loads the extracted DLL with LoadLibrary API and calls the Get2 export function DLL Behaviour Once loaded, the DLL decrypts a needed function, which also decrypts and decompresses the main DLL at runtime. The 32-bit main DLL is packed with UPX unlike the 64-bit version which is not. The main DLL will then gather the following information from the affected system Computer Name User Name OS Version Currently running process names This information is then used as parameters for the beacon to its servers Depending on the servers response, it may attempt to download and execute a final payload into the affected system. URL Parameter format DCOMPUTERNAMEUUSERNAMEOSOS VERSIONPRURL ENCODED PROGRAM NAME LIST Example DPWNM3UM3PWNOS6.2PRApplicationFrameHost2eexe7cMSASCuiL2eexe7cMicrosoft2ePhotos2eexe7cOneDrive2eexe7cRuntimeBroker2eexe7cSearchUI2eexe7cShellExperienceHost2eexe7cSystemSettings2eexe7cdllhost2eexe7cexplorer2eexe7cida2eexe7cjusched2eexe7cloaddll2eexe7collydbg2eexe7cprocexp2eexe7cprocexp642eexe7csihost2eexe7csvchost2eexe7ctaskhostw2eexe7ctbzrcache2eexe7cvmtoolsd2eexe7c User-Agent Mozilla4.0 compatible MSIE 8.0 Windows NT 5.1 Trident4.0 .NET CLR 1.1.4322 .NET CLR 2.0.50727 .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152 .NET CLR 3.5.30729 InfoPath.2 CIBA MS-RTC LM 8 Indicators of Compromise and Cyren Detections Object ID Object Type SubjectFilenameRemarks Region Cyren Detections ad324e00e98a9997fa37d69cf35eede21f12bdf8cc4e00158856f2fb46fc7153 E-mail INSTRUKCIJE W32Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado 81eb3102810bd069ea810ada270eebaea22c20c423de565608a928010a0b806a OLE Workbook Inv.2019.xls W32Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado df7b6fef7a8050598c3a94a7aa97f49fa1aa89d04a49b03a3ef40e7842172ccd Win32 DLL carpc1.dll W32Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado b41def8d777a13dd709bfbb2b46f572ed69d08263e98a6868de5751b4b015bd4 Win64 DLL carpc2.dll W64Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado hxxpsupdate365-office-ens.comrb8 URL Malware Host W64Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado 3f13c868705e6b09194d2a5db4fc3a2bc991de718f4a4e89ae08f21fbacb34e6 E-mail Payment information W32Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado 8fbcc5e457c4e223148820cf4a1b6f760c819bf0bf0b5c61b92dcf8d5f8b5805 OLE Workbook PMT_2387718626_200054047_201112170000.xls W32Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado 24bfc5cb1ec25bd914d5561a9972f50ea4da6aae9013e2c9c0f7e19fd02d1d31 E-mail Document for Signature W32Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado 025a5d51b42f1c8868881d18a6043511c6dffdc402a4eefd988957e924711396 OLE Workbook SM_091019_44627044104226.xls W64Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado 27a328a7a46f6d6ad5e09accb2d1d54d53763645c3c479adef4b44df2e01f314 E-mail Document for Signature W32Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado 37e84a72f10d6776cdc73da0acabbc54d155f10e9ee1582b6355657b00740c42 OLE Workbook SM_091019_33138272845852.xls W64Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado 120721eb9a6b01afd9a7c2396b272216fe418da8495fa05cf89d4bf07d72f18f E-mail Document for Signature W32Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado df7316a4fb5b69a98bd2fc13c2feb5e3cb2b66e78e1f9edf153f35e7859c7b5e OLE Workbook SM_091019_10207745772443.xls W64Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado cf6ea94045e1c617740a868b63cf5ce1ac852847b3a65f31b45fe498fd2377ef E-mail Psr Emailing SKM_C78700614072127.xls W32Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado 19cf85cd5b43237c2aa22af41435e052c99eba5383768df3acdb60c1d664c8dc OLE Workbook SKM_C78700614072127.xls W64Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado dbcbb94f1ca2893d05d6a71cca719bff01ae4ce4a35060e9f78a8bfaa523d122 E-mail Scanned W64Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado 836d893a99137a0944d02caddea626586ce0ae081acfe2476997ebb2e6b49bc1 OLE Workbook scan0880.xls W64Agent.BEH.gen!Eldorado If you are thinking about evaluating new email security services, why not try Cyrens Email Security Gap Analysis assessment, which is easy to deploy alongside your existing email security and free of charge to qualifying companies. Try it for Free Instant Data Classification Cyren URL Category Chacker Prev Is The Email Security Industry About To Lose Another Major Vendor? Exploiting CAPTCHA The Latest Evasive Phishing Tactic Next Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo Cybercriminals see real estate firms as profitable May 16, 2018 For the last two to three years, stories about real estate hacking and particularly phishing have appeared with increasing frequency in newspaper and blog headlines. Take for example the cybercriminals who stole client contact information from a DC-area real estate company, and then created a business email compromise BEC scam , which resulted in 1.5 million being stolen in a phishingwire fraud scheme from a couple about to close on a home. The increase in these types of real estate-focused threats is not merely anecdotal. In 2017, the FBI warned of the dramatic increase in cyberattacks specifically targeting real estate companies. According to the agency, fraudulent real estate transactions as a result of cybercrime increased from 19 million in 2016 to almost 1 billion US 969M in 2017. The number of inbound complaints to the FBI on the topic of cyber attacks against real estate companies also grew between 2016 and 2017 by 480 Criminals are after two thingsinformation andmoney not necessarily in that order The type of attack most commonly targeted at real companies is phishing, typically business email compromise BEC or imposter email attacks. These types of phishing attacks can take several forms. In the simplest rendition, the hacker may be after internal corporate data. So, they will send an email pretending to be someone that the recipient knows, such as a trusted partner or vendor, or even someone that works at the same real estate company. The perpetrator may request user names and passwords to corporate networks, a list of employee W2s or email addresses, the names and email addresses for current clients, or even proprietary data, such as competitive market research. Often this type of information can be sold on the black market or used as a starting point for additional phishing attacks When money is at stake, particularly the large sums often seen during real estate transactions, hackers turn to more insidious criminal tactics. If the criminal has obtained the user name and password for the real estate agents email through an earlier phishing or malware attack, they may engage in a BEC scam, whereby they send an email directly from the agents account to a current customer about to close on a property. Pretending to be the agent, the criminal provides closing instructions, including fraudulent wire transfer details. The customer, not suspecting anything, transmits the money to the criminals account. Unfortunately, in many instance these large sums of money, often down payments, are lost forever unless the scam is discovered quickly enough to halt the wire transfer. In a similar version, the criminal may pretend to be someone from the settlement company or the sellers agentrepresentative, and send a phishing email directly to the buyers agent. As in the other scenario, this email includes closing instructions, including fraudulent wire transfer details, which the buyers agent may then pass along to the home buyers. That ounce of prevention could be worth a lot Cybercriminals already know that the real estate industry is the primary facilitator for high volume, high dollar figure wire transfers, as well as being the owner of a vast amount of highly sensitive personal information, such as customer names, addresses, emails, social security numbers, and banking data. Couple this with the fact that real estate agents often work in highly dispersed locations, such as their car or a café, using unprotected smart phones to connect to corporate networks, and you have the makings of an almost perfect crime. Thats why advanced cybersecurity protection is so critical. You dont get protection from browsers, email clients, and online freebie security solutions The recent story of the massive Target Corporation breach is one that most people have heard of. What is less well known is that the malicious email at the source of this highly destructive attack came from one of Targets small business partnersan HVAC companyand it probably wouldve been blocked had the HVAC vendor been using an effective email security service, instead of a downloaded freebie security tool that did not include real-time updates to protect its entire system, including access to all the passwords and portals for its various large clients. Free downloadable security tools are designed for individual consumers, and do not offer the type of protection businesses need. Since threats are evolving constantly, real-time security updates are key. Once a threat has been launched, a business only has seconds to block it. If your security tools, or email client such as Gmail or Office 365, or browser arent updated constantlyin real-timethen the protection simply isnt there. Training alone isnt the answer Email threats come in a variety of different shapes and sizes. Some are relatively easy to spot, others are highly curated so they appear entirely legitimatefor example, imposter emails. If a fake email arrives in your accounting department, pretending to be from your CEO with wire transfer directions, how much time do you think your accounting manager is going to take investigating and confirming the authenticity of the email. Chances are, if the email appears to come from the CEO or another high level executive, the target employee will get right on the task and transfer the money. In these instances, training your employees to spot fake or dangerous emails may simply be asking too much. Since operational activities with most real estate companies today take place in the cloud, an automated, systematic approach to security is keyone in which threats are evaluated and blocked in real-time, without relying on the human factor. Be prepared With the operational and transactional components of real estate growing by leaps and bounds in an online cloud environmentand cyberattacks growing at an even faster rateno real estate business wants to be at the center of a data breach that costs a customer their entire life savings and dreams for the future. Real estate businesses need to view cyberattacks as a critical business risk. Try it for Free Instant Data Classification Cyren URL Category Chacker Prev Cyperpiraten nehmen Logistikunternehmen ins Visier Double Deceit Bad Things Come in Pairs Next Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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Input: Search Free Trial Get Demo The Resurgence of Emotet May 12, 2022 Password Protected Docs One of the most recent Emotet samples we received were emails with password protected attachments. Although the malicious document needs an extra step to be accessed compared to just being attached as it is, the additional layer of security may cause an unsuspecting user to think that this came from a legitimate source. Figure 1. Email sample Same Code, Different Types Emotet downloaders are leveraging the different file types of excel. The two examples below have the same macro code but one is an OLE format Excel file .XLS and the other is an XML-based Excel file .XLSM. The difference between the two is the URL list it will use to download the main Emotet payload. As for your typical macro malware, an image is used to convey the instruction to enable macros. Figure 2. Both samples included prompts for the user to enable macros. The left image is OLE format and the right image is XML format. Figure 3. Both samples contained a hidden sheet with similar names Figure 4. Macro source code The font in red Figure 4 is the malicious macro code found in the AUTO_OPEN of both Excel files. The font in green is the decoded excerpt of the code. They both have similar macro code but use differrent URLs to download the main binary payload. Evasion Aside from changing the download URLs of the emotet binary payload, the strings used by the malware are modified from time to time to evade detection that relies on matching strings to identify malware. The images below are from a sample associated with an earlier wave and the other sample is from a more recent wave of attacks. Both samples have the same instruction message and hidden sheets. The newer sample splits the string for regsvr.exe and joins the substrings upon execution. Figure 5. The left image is from an older sample. The right image is from recent samples. Figure 6. The recent samples use a new image for the user prompt Figure 7. The recent samples also use new sheet names Figure 8. The left image is of the seemingly empty sheet. The right image reveals the hidden strings when the font color is changes from white to red. Figure 9. The URLs were placed in the Sheet tab with the image used to prompt the user to enable the macro. The URL and other strings were hidden using white font color. Guidance, Detection and IOCs Its important to note this Emotet campaign includes the use of email to deliver the payload. Its important to understand the limits of your current detection capabilities  including employees. If you havent evaluated your cyber threat intelligence providers recently, its never a bad time to survey the market for sources with more timely, more accurate, and more comprehensive malware threat intelligence. Make sure your malware detection engines are always using up to date definition files. Cyren detects these samples as XLSMDownldr.A.aggr!Camelot XFEmotet.B.gen!Eldorado Indicators of Compromise file hashes 01019e5d292134b5cc7d04107e71eee5bbb96c9607686ad40a7092011593b5b3 6309a7e12e3647f12f50ff5bdf3450ffe9855ca062cf34fd5537bb91da74d22d bbd95b19e8cf7b776b69062e99cb2609568ba23050a93904c46306827b82949d 234efc5c5c355aaa375461b56eef44a2b509dd25968fc76eb2e7f3e6396c2f40 db36207307284a28ac838dc4eb20ed98f2be8d31327504646229b0c11675efbd Try it for Free Instant Data Classification Cyren URL Category Chacker Prev Malicious Excel Add-in Variant Delivers Malware How the War in Ukraine Has Influenced the Scammers Underground Next Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443

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