Krebs on Security

JUNE 13, 2023

Security firm Action1 says all three bugs ( CVE-2023-32015 , CVE-2023-32014 , and CVE-2023-29363 ) can be exploited over the network without requiring any privileges or user interaction, and affected systems include all versions of Windows Server 2008 and later, as well as Windows 10 and later.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

How did America and Americans regress to being much less secure than before the Internet? Everyone knows the many amazing conveniences, benefits, and advances the Internet has enabled. The internet was designed that way.” A recent Council on Foreign Relations report confronts this irrational Internet utopianism. “

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Microsoft today released an emergency software patch to plug a critical security hole in its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser that attackers are already using to break into Windows computers.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

Launched in 2008, privnote.com employs technology that encrypts each message so that even Privnote itself cannot read its contents. Other Privnote phishing domains that also phoned home to the same Internet address as pirwnote[.]com The real Privnote, at privnote.com. And it doesn’t send or receive messages. com include privnode[.]com

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The State of Security

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

This organization was established back in 2008 to help public service organizations to work together to share resources and reduce duplication. Over time, the Internet has become suitable for most of the work that was previously managed by the […]… Read More.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2021

Top of the heap this month (apart from the ongoing, global Exchange Server mass-compromise ) is a patch for an Internet Explorer bug that is seeing active exploitation. “We strongly encourage all organizations that rely on Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-Based) to apply these patches as soon as possible.”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Both involve weaknesses in Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP, Windows’ built-in remote administration tool) running on Windows 7 through Windows 11 systems, and on Windows Server 2008-2019 systems. The flaws let an attacker view the RDP password for the vulnerable system.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 26, 2021

He also did something in 2008 that truly helped save the Internet. Last week, we unexpectedly lost Dan Kaminsky , one of the security research world’s best known researchers. Dan was very highly regarded and very well-liked. The post Remembering Dan Kaminsky | Avast appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

Launched in March 2008, AWM Proxy quickly became the largest service for crooks seeking to route their malicious Web traffic through compromised devices. com shows that in 2008 it displayed the personal information for a Dmitry Starovikov , who listed his Skype username as “lycefer.” But on Dec. and starovikov[.]com.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. ru in 2008. su from 2008. su from 2008.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. com was registered in 2008 to an Adrian Crismaru from Chisinau, Moldova. SocksEscort[.]com DomainTools says myiptest[.]com

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

It’s been going on since at least 2008. It sounds ridiculous on its face, but the Internet itself was a solution to a similar problem: a reliable network built out of unreliable parts. Bloomberg News has a major story about the Chinese hacking computer motherboards made by Supermicro, Levono, and others.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 12, 2019

Microsoft on Tuesday pushed out software updates to fix more than five dozen security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer , Edge , Office and Sharepoint. The bulk of the remaining critical bugs fixed this month reside in Internet Explorer, Edge and Office. SANS Internet Storm Center.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and Internet Security 360 have launched a technical analysis of the incident and confirmed that it was an activity conducted by Tailored Access Operations (TAO) division, an intelligence wing of NSA and established in the year 1998.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

At the outset of their federal criminal trial for hijacking vast swaths of Internet addresses for use in large-scale email spam campaigns, three current or former executives at online advertising firm Adconion Direct (now Amobee ) have pleaded guilty to lesser misdemeanor charges of fraud and misrepresentation via email.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Microsoft has issued an out-of-band security update to fix a critical zero-day flaw in the Internet Explorer (IE) browser. Microsoft has rolled out an out-of-band security update to address a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting the Internet Explorer (IE) browser. ” reads the security advisory.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

If it sounds unlikely that a normal Internet user could make millions of dollars unmasking the identities of REvil gang members, take heart and consider that the two men indicted as part this law enforcement action do not appear to have done much to separate their cybercriminal identities from their real-life selves. Among those was carder[.]su,

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Since 2008, we’ve remained dedicated to “protecting every website on the internet,” and SiteLock INFINITY helps us deliver on this mission. Once the initial site scan is complete, it scans again to ensure constant surveillance and protection with the highest degree of reliability.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2021

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) formally deprecates Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions 1.0 (RFC was recommended for IETF protocols in 2008 and became obsolete with the introduction of TLS version 1.3 was recommended for IETF protocols in 2008 and became obsolete with the introduction of TLS version 1.3

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Krebs on Security

JULY 13, 2021

“Both core and full installations are affected back to Windows Server 2008, including versions 2004 and 20H2,” said Aleks Haugom , also with Automox. Other products that got patches today include Microsoft Office , Bing , SharePoint Server , Internet Explorer , and Visual Studio. out of a possible 10.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2022

The flaw affects Windows 7 through 10 and Windows Server 2008 through 2022. For a more granular look at the patches released by Microsoft today and indexed by severity and other metrics, check out the always-useful Patch Tuesday roundup from the SANS Internet Storm Center. in certain situations.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

CVE-2021-31959 affects everything from Windows 7 through Windows 10 and Server versions 2008 , 2012 , 2016 and 2019. For a quick visual breakdown of each update released today and its severity level, check out the this Patch Tuesday post from the SANS Internet Storm Center.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In the year 2008, DHS opened up a National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) that helps in training government and private individuals and companies with new cyber security capabilities. And it includes identity theft, online criminal activity, threats related to internet routing, and other online incidents.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2021

The Microsoft advisory lists these Microsoft Server Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022. Further, stopping the Encrypting File System (EFS) service does not prevent the technique from being exploited. Vulnerable systems.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Themes can be selected in the Personalization Control Panel only in Windows 7 Home Premium or higher, or only on Windows Server 2008 R2 when the Desktop component is installed. MOTW was originally an Internet Explorer security feature. During that interval the file could be replaced by a malicious version.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

This organization was established back in 2008 to help public service organizations to work together to share resources and reduce duplication. Over time, the Internet has become suitable for most of the work that was previously managed by the […]… Read More.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

It’s been going on since at least 2008. Bloomberg News has a major story about the Chinese hacking computer motherboards made by Supermicro, Levono, and others. The US government has known about it for almost as long, and has tried to keep the attack secret: China’s exploitation of products made by Supermicro, as the U.S.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Mark talks about how the Internet community can come together ahead of the next vulnerability to make sure the. Mark talks about how the Internet community can come together ahead of the next vulnerability to make sure the mistakes that are evident in the response to Log4j aren’t repeated. . Read the whole entry. »

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 11, 2018

10 and Server 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2019. My apologies for the tardiness of this post; I have been traveling in Australia this past week with only sporadic access to the Internet. The zero-day bug — CVE-2018-8453 — affects Windows versions 7, 8.1,

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

The vulnerabilities could not be exploited through Internet Explorer or the Outlook preview pane. The security patches developed by 0patch address the issues for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 without ESU. The service will also release unofficial patches for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 with ESU, Windows 8.1,

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

DPD and the #PrivacyAware campaign are spearheaded by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a nonprofit, public-private partnership dedicated to promoting a safer, more secure and more trusted Internet. Data Protection Day began in the United States and Canada in January 2008 and commemorates the Jan.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2019

Microsoft has released patches for Windows 7, Server 2008, XP and Server 2003. Windows 7 and Server 2008 users can prevent unauthenticated attacks by enabling Network Level Authentication (NLA), and the threat can also be mitigated by blocking TCP port 3389. Enable Network Level Authentication.

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Google Security

MARCH 28, 2024

Tianhao Chi and Puneet Sood, Google Public DNS The Domain Name System (DNS) is a fundamental protocol used on the Internet to translate human-readable domain names (e.g., www.example.com) into numeric IP addresses (e.g., 192.0.2.1) so that devices and servers can find and communicate with each other.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Since 2008, we’ve remained dedicated to “protecting every website on the internet,” and SiteLock INFINITY helps us deliver on this mission. Once the initial site scan is complete, it scans again to ensure constant surveillance and protection with the highest degree of reliability.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2019

Microsoft has released patches for Windows 7, Server 2008, XP and Server 2003. Windows 7 and Server 2008 users can prevent unauthenticated attacks by enabling Network Level Authentication (NLA), and the threat can also be mitigated by blocking TCP port 3389. Many more within corporate networks may also be vulnerable.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

And while actual, measurable cyberrattacks and hacks surrounding The Olympics did not truly get rolling until 2008 in Beijing, The Olympic games have traditionally been quite the target for malicious acts of all kinds, dating back years. remember Sydney being referred to as “The Internet Olympics”. 2008 Beijing. 1996 Atlanta.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

Further analysis revealed that the actor behind the above operations has been active since at least 2008. “As our research demonstrates, their origins date back to 2008, the year the first Prikormka samples were discovered. . This means that the threat actor was able to avoid detection for more than 15 years.

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