Coveware’s Ransomware Attacks Report for Q4 2020

🔐 Neighbor Attack – Your Office Wi-Fi Could Be the Weak Link

🚨 A new cyber threat has emerged, exploiting the proximity of neighboring offices to infiltrate secure networks.

🕵️‍♂️ Attackers gain access to a neighboring office’s network, bridging the gap to your organization’s Wi-Fi, bypassing MFA protections.

💡 This highlights a critical oversight in traditional cybersecurity measures – assuming physical proximity doesn’t equate to network vulnerability.

🔒 Implementing strict network segmentation and continuous monitoring are essential defenses against such threats.

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🔐 Managers Doubt Employees’ Cyber Awareness – Here’s Why It Matters

🚨 A recent survey reveals that 80% of managers believe their employees lack basic cybersecurity awareness.

🤖 44% of managers fear their employees won’t recognize AI-driven attacks, highlighting the increasing sophistication of cyber threats.

📉 Despite acknowledging the importance of cybersecurity training, only 48% of managers are implementing regular programs.

🌍 In Israel, only 54% of employees view cybersecurity training positively, compared to 86% globally.

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🔐 Microsoft Elevates Security to Core Priority – What It Means for the Industry

🚨 Microsoft has announced that starting in 2024, all employees will be evaluated based on their contributions to the company’s cybersecurity efforts.

📊 This move underscores the growing importance of security in the tech industry and sets a precedent for other organizations to follow.

🛡️ As part of this initiative, Microsoft has introduced a new performance evaluation system called “Connect,” requiring employees to document their security-related activities.

📈 Managers will assess these contributions when determining promotions, salary increases, and bonuses.

🌐 This approach aligns with Microsoft’s broader “Secure Future Initiative,” emphasizing the integration of security into every aspect of the company’s operations.

🔧 For organizations looking to emulate Microsoft’s security-first approach, it’s essential to implement similar initiatives that prioritize cybersecurity at all levels.

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🚨 Professional Services Are in Cyber Focus

📊 Law, accounting, consulting firms handle privileged info that attackers want.

⚠️ Supply-chain vulnerabilities and third-party vendors create hidden risk ladders.

📧 Phishing, invoice fraud, business email compromise are frequent tactics.

🎯 Firms with fragmented governance and outdated tools suffer bigger consequences.

🔐 Clear detection, strong vendor control, and visibility over data flows matter most.

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📊 5 Mistakes Executives Make During Cyber Incidents

🚨 Many leaders act on partial or outdated data, making critical decisions blind.

⚙️ Focusing purely on technical fixes without business, legal, or reputational context limits effectiveness.

🗣️ Silent communication – internal or external – causes loss of trust and growing uncertainty.

📄 Policy documents that don’t reflect reality get ignored when crisis hits.

💡 Creative ideas are good, but untested ones fail when infrastructure doesn’t support them.

📈 Leadership needs scenario drills, communication rehearsals, and documented continuity plans.

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🎓 Universities Are High-Impact Targets – Not Just For Money

🚨 Attackers deface pages and leak records to expose perceived policy violations or to protest actions.

🔍 Academic networks hold sensitive research, personal data, and fragmented systems that invite exploitation by attackers.

⚠️ Ideological groups sometimes use breaches to make public statements and pressure institutional leaders.

💥 Some attacks include multi-year data dumps, causing reputational damage and regulatory exposure for schools.

📈 Attempts against higher education infrastructure have risen sharply, showing a global and persistent trend.

🛡️ Defenders must prioritize unified governance, visibility, and rapid incident response across all departments.

🔐 Implement identity hygiene, segmentation, and rapid patching to reduce attack surface and lateral movement risk.

🧪 Run red team simulations and tabletop exercises to test readiness and public communication plans effectively.

🔎 Monitor for spikes in submissions, unusual access patterns, and cross-departmental anomalies in logs to detect intrusions early.

🤝 Coordinate with legal, PR, and academic leadership to prepare rapid, transparent responses that limit fallout.

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🤖 AkiraBot Spam Campaign Exposes Weak Contact Forms

🚨 AkiraBot used GPT-based content and browser automation to send personalized messages to over 80,000 websites.

🧩 The messages embedded site names and service descriptions to bypass duplicate-content spam heuristics used by filters.

🔐 The bot simulated human browsing with Selenium, injected page scripts, and used CAPTCHA solving services when needed.

🕵️ Detection failed due to reliance on content similarity rather than behavioral analysis of submissions.

🛡️ Defenders must adopt layered controls including behavior analytics, strict validation, rate limits, and provenance checks.

💥 The campaign caused wasted marketing spend, potential brand damage, and increased remediation costs for victims.

🔎 Look for signals like spikes in form submissions, anomalous interaction timings, and diverse proxy networks in logs.

⚙️ Immediate steps include temporary form lockdowns, forensic captures, and coordinated takedowns with providers.

📈 Regular tabletop exercises and simulations improve readiness and reduce the risk of large-scale automated abuse.

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🛑 WordPress Ad Fraud Alert: Scallywag at Work

🚨 Scallywag injects malicious scripts into WordPress ad slots that reroute clicks or run hidden cryptomining.

⚠️ Sites appear normal—users don’t notice—but revenue and performance suffer silently over time.

🧩 Ad networks often allow third-party JavaScript without strict validation, making plugins or dependencies risky.

🔐 Defend by restricting script origins, applying CSP, sandboxing iframes, and auditing JS payloads regularly.

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🔔 Blue Shield Leak Shows Analytics Can Backfire

📉 A misconfigured Google Analytics setup exposed health details of 4.7 million members to Google Ads.

⚠️ Claims include medical claim dates, demographics, provider searches—not financial data or SSNs.

🧩 This wasn’t an attack—it was a misalignment between tool access and intent.

🛡️ Embedded analytics need contextual isolation and continuous auditing.

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🚨 Security Spending Isn’t Delivering ROI

🔍 88% of organizations still saw cybersecurity incidents last year even amid high investment levels.

⚠️ Nearly half of CIOs believe they have overpaid for tools with features they never use.

💡 Just 58% feel confident identifying gaps in their security coverage.

🔐 AI-driven attacks and deepfakes now rank among the top threats alongside phishing and malware.

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