Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

In 2017, crooks launched a phishing campaign against universities to compromise.edu accounts. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). ” reads the alert published by the FBI. To nominate, please visit:?. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cybercrime 131

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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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Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2020

The ad campaign follows a similar initiative launched in late 2017 that academics say measurably dampened demand for such services by explaining that their use to harm others is illegal and can land potential customers in jail. For example, search in Google for the terms “booter” or “stresser” from a U.K.

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Cybercrime DDOS Advertising Hacking 240

Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

Siemens Metaverse, a virtual space built to mirror real machines, factories, and other highly complex systems, has exposed sensitive data, including the company’s office plans and internet of things (IoT) devices. The most worrying discovery was that of exposed office management platform ComfyApp user credentials.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). LFI CVE-2018-16763 Fuel CMS 1.4.1 RCE CVE-2020-5902 F5 BigIP RCE No CVE (vulnerability published on 2019) ThinkPHP 5.X Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g.

Malware 142

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2019

The attackers are leveraging a still-unpatched zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-6526 , to gain full control over the targeted systems. The vulnerability in dnaLIMS was reported to the vendor in 2017, but it is still unpatched. ” reads a blog post published by the expert.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Constella Intelligence shows that in 2017, someone using the email address istanx@gmail.com registered at the Russian freelancer job site fl.ru A search in Google for that ICQ number turns up a cached version of a Vkontakte profile for a Denis “Neo” Kloster , from Omsk, Russia.

Advertising 267

Advertising Cybercrime System Administration Hacking 267

Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The victim, through no fault of their own, has been the target of numerous angry tweets designed to ridicule their role in internet security and suggest they are incapable of performing their duty. Obviously, the image is resized to the width of paragraphs on this blog, give it a click if you want to check it out at 1:1 size.

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Phishing Password Management Passwords Internet 362

Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

Google TAG shared indicators of compromise (IoCs) for both campaigns.

Spyware 79

Spyware Surveillance Mobile Education 79

Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

Previously seen to be exploited in the wild through 2017 and on-going.” ” continues the advisory.

Authentication 98

Authentication Retail Surveillance Education 98

Webroot

MARCH 15, 2021

Drafted by the Internet Engineering Task Force (ITEF) in 1998, it became an Internet Standard in 2017. IP addresses, those numbers assigned to every internet-connected device, or node, were designed to contain 32 bits. What continued IPv6 adoption means for internet security. IPv6 has been a long time coming.

Manufacturing 94

Manufacturing Internet Internet IoT 94

Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2022

The operators behind the RSOCKS botnet offered their clients access to IP addresses assigned to devices that had been compromised to route internet traffic. The initial undercover purchase in early 2017 identified approximately 325,000 compromised victim devices throughout the world with numerous devices located within San Diego County.”

Computers and Electronics 95

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2023

“Since the discovery of this case, we have not confirmed any secondary use of customer information on the Internet by a third party, or whether or not there are any copies remaining, regarding customer information that may have been viewed from the outside.” ” continues the notice.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2022

Despite all the emphasis around the shift from SHA-1 to SHA-2, 35% of websites were still utilizing SHA-1 certificates as of November 2016, according to research from Venafi in 2017. Both threat models should be considered because they present issues for current traffic and any traffic delivered in the future. UTM Medium. UTM Source.

Encryption 114

Encryption Authentication Architecture Backups 114

Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The first major piece of cybersecurity legislation to address vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices has passed in California, and is ready to be signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. While the bill represents a milestone in creating a legal basis for security standards, not every security expert likes it.

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Webroot

JANUARY 25, 2022

Depending on your level of comfort with your internet service provider (ISP) – and what country you live in – setting one up for your household may be a smart bet. Think of a VPN as a tunnel your internet traffic travels through to keep nosy onlookers from being able to see what you’re doing online. The VPN basics.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

Please vote for Security Affairs as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog” and others of your choice. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Elie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This blog post shed light on the inner workings of the ransomsphere economics and exposes which cybercriminal groups are the biggest earners. This is the second blog post in my series about ransomware economics. previous blog post about our methodology. The first post. final post. You can check out the slides.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The internet has drawn comparisons to the Wild West, making ransomware the digital incarnation of a hold-up. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 3,729 ransomware complaints in 2021, representing $49.2 Prevalence. million in adjusted losses. Sometimes ransom payments are recovered, but not always.

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Ransomware Education Financial Services Phishing 124

Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

Isolate Internet-facing services in a network Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to reduce the exposure of the internal network [ D3-NI ]. Enable robust logging of Internet-facing services and monitor the logs for signs of compromise [ D3-NTA ] [ D3-PM ]. To nominate, please visit:?. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Telecommunications 95

Telecommunications Authentication Passwords Accountability 95

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

and UK and found that ownership of internet-connected cars is on the rise. Survey data shows that ownership of connected cars in 2017 is 28% in the U.S. 59%) are more concerned about the security of internet-based vehicle technology now than they were five years ago. increased from 24% in 2016 ) and 18% in the UK. Methodology.

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Technology Internet Internet Manufacturing 103

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 29, 2024

The data of a significant portion of the global internet-using population, just freely flowing backwards and forwards not just in the shady corners of "the dark web" but traded out there in the clear on mainstream websites. If that was the case, why did we never hear of charges being laid as we did with We Leak Info and LeakedSource?

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Data breaches Passwords Advertising Personal Security 275

WIRED Threat Level

DECEMBER 27, 2017

” Big Wide Logic | Internet Stone Soup | July 10, 2017. “…instead of this promised blossoming of the modern mind, instead of education in an instant, we snapped our fingers and got entertainment, a medium without prerequisites, perplexity, and exposition.”

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Media Education Internet Internet 40

Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

Back to nowadays, Kaspersky analyzed historical telemetry data and was able to identify multiple installers associated with the CloudWizard framework that were used from 2017 to 2020. Since 2017, there have been no traces of Groundbait and BugDrop operations. ” reads the new report published by Kaspersky.

Malware 77

Malware Spyware Encryption Phishing 77

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Experts at Cisco Talos and other security firms quickly drew parallels between the two mass spam campaigns, pointing to a significant overlap in Russia-based Internet addresses used to send the junk emails. “We’ve reviewed the configuration of both our registrar and nameservers and have found no indication of misuse.

DNS 235

DNS Internet Internet Computers and Electronics 235

Krebs on Security

MARCH 3, 2020

This compromised extension tries to determine if the person using it is typing content into specific Web forms, such as a blog post editing system like WordPress or Joomla. Ads support most of the internet we all use and love; without them, the internet we have today would simply not exist.

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Insurance Advertising Internet Internet 284

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The internet is everywhere, thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT). The term “Internet of Things” applies to any nonstandard computing device that connects to wifi and can transmit data. Password security for IoT devices is all too important, as demonstrated by the CloudPets breach in 2017. Further reading.

IoT 52

IoT Passwords Internet Internet 52

Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2022

Facebook has long been a happy hunting ground for online crooks, who take great pleasure in turning unwary members of the internet community into their prey. phishing scam on its Messenger service that had been doing the rounds since at least 2017. To nominate, please visit:?. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Scams Phishing Media Passwords 121

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 19, 2017

As 2017 draws to a close, the trends and innovations that will shape the technology industry over the coming weeks, months and years were brought into sharper focus over the course of the last twelve months. The post Established and emerging technologies to watch out for in 2018 appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales e-Security.

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Technology Digital transformation IoT Encryption 72

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

“The operation copied and removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices that Sandworm used for command and control (C2) of the underlying botnet.” The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage.

Malware 79

Malware Government Firmware Firewall 79

Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

So I wrote a blog post. Shortly after that blog post, three things happened and the first was that it got press. — Timothy Dutton (@ravenstar68) December 17, 2017. DC — NatWest (@NatWest_Help) December 12, 2017. Business as usual there, just another day on the internet. The Register wrote about it.

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Media Accountability Passwords Mobile 261

Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2019

The first advertisements in hacker forums for the sale of WebMonitor began in mid-2017. RevCode was registered as an official Swedish company in 2018, according to Ratsit. Until recently, RevCode published on its Web site a value added tax (VAT) number, an identifier used in many European countries for value added tax purposes.

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Advertising Antivirus Software Malware 197

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

A historic records search at Domaintools on that tosaka1027@gmail.com address says it was used to register 24 Internet domain names , including at least seven that have been conclusively tied to the spread of powerful Android mobile malware. a firm that says it is “dedicated to the development and operation of Internet mobile games.”

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Mobile Technology Manufacturing Malware 247

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

The expert discovered the database using the BinaryEdge search engine that indexes data available on the internet. Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered the database named ‘doroshke-invoice-production’ using BinaryEdge search engine that allows to scan the entire internet space and acquiring data.

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Engineering Advertising Internet Internet 70

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

As described in our previous blog, the malware initiates a total of 33 exploit functions targeting different routers and IoT devices by calling the function “scannerInitExploits” (see figure 2). Maintain minimal exposure to the Internet on Linux servers and IoT devices and use a properly configured firewall.

Malware 81

Malware IoT Authentication Antivirus 81

Webroot

MARCH 29, 2021

Firewalls embed threat intelligence and DNS security solutions are used to both block malware and control internet use. Every employee’s home network has a different set of security protocols and internet use is unregulated. In fact, other than the infamous CC Cleaner hack of 2017, in which more than 2.3

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Hacking DNS Firewall Malware 116

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The malware maps each function with a string that represents a potential targeted system — such as a signature, which we’ll explain later in this blog (see figure 3). CVE-2017-6077. CVE-2017-18368. CVE-2017-6334. 4000898: AV EXPLOIT Netgear DGN2200 ping.cgi – Possible Command Injection ( CVE-2017-6077 ).

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Malware IoT Firmware Authentication 85