O world everything is a constant target de cyber criminals. in the attempt de dehack computers, steal data, or use a breached system to launch additional scams, hackers they are always innovating with different methods. Malware, Phishing, ransomware, Man-in-the-middle are just some type de threats from de a dark and dangerous universe.
In an increasingly society closest digital, intrusions have become sophisticated and are only increasing. Furthermore, they are always aimed at a person, an organization or a country. The year de 2022, by the way, showed attacks hackers to institutions and companies de large worldwide. Regardless do type de threat, damage de all kinds can happen. Confidential data, from the company itself and de third parties, are always at stake, not to mention the financial damage to recover what was lost and, de actually enhance security.
To de pay attention still closest to this parallel universe, how about getting to know some dos main groups de cybercriminals dos recent times?
- The Shadow Brokers
This collective obtained the NSA files in 2013, allegedly extractingdos de a server de agency's own test de US National Security. This included information about all types de explorations de espionage. No one is quite sure where Shadow Brokers originates, but theories include a insider in the group de Operations de NSA Custom Access.
- Lazarus Group
The mysterious Lazarus Group may be behind do heist that took USD 81 million do central bank do Bangladesh in 2016. Not much is known about this organization, who is in it or de where it operates, but researchers do provider de Kaspersky security tracked her for closest de one year. Among its actions, the group implements malwares especially dedesigned to bypass security and then make transactions. As said, no one knows for sure the location de Operação do Lazarus, however, when studying a collection de samples de malware, Kaspersky encountered a strange connection to a server de command and control de a “very rare” IP address in Korea do North.
- Equation Group
The Equation Group refers to the dismal Unity de Operations de NSA Custom Access. The group became famous for being associated with Stuxnet, a highly sophisticated attack (especially in the year de 2010) that desuccessfully built nuclear centrifuges do Iran, although there are suspicions de that the unit has reported the attack instead de have perpetrated it. According to the company Kaspersky, the group is “unique in almost every aspect the their activities”.
They use tools that are extremely complicated and expensive to dedevelop as well as extract data and hide work de “exceptionally professional” manner. The group maintains a large infrastructure de command and control located at closest de 100 servers and 300 dominions, including hosts in countries such as the USA, the United Kingdom, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Germany and the Netherlands.
- Carbanak/Fin7
The group called Carbanak was wanted by agencies de international police for at least five years, dedue to theft de USD billion and a series de cybercrime and networks de hacked electronic boxes. Carbanak (also nicknamed de Fin7) sent campaigns de Phishing highly targeted, in other words, spear phishing, to deceive employees de banks doing the dodownload de malware.
Desince the end de 2013, the gang used a type de malware himself, Anunak and Carbanak, and debecause a modified version do with de tests de security called Cobalt Strike. The provider de American FireEye security noted that the group targeted its campaign de Phishing to the commission de Mobile values dos USA.
It is important to educate yourself about cybersecurity and invest in agility and protection at all times – regardless of do doors e do company segment. Being one step ahead on this issue can prevent attackers from taking advantage de loopholes to propagate malicious files and cause damage that is often irreparable.
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