The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

His blog, Krebs on Security , was knocked down alright. The author of Mirai used a sledgehammer to kill a fly: the DDoS bombardment was so large that it also wiped out Dyn , a UK-based internet performance vendor. Here we are in 2019 and the same attack strategy continues to persist. Beyond DDoS.

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NopSec

MARCH 13, 2019

There are very few technical details on CVE-2019-5786, other than it being a use-after-free vulnerability in FileReader component of Chrome browser. They first reported it to Microsoft, and then publicly disclosed it in their Security Blog on March 7 th – while the Windows vulnerability was still unpatched by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2022

“Globally, in 2021, malicious cyber actors targeted internet-facing systems, such as email servers and virtual private network (VPN) servers, with exploits of newly disclosed vulnerabilities. This advisory also includes other frequently exploited vulnerabilities. ” reads the advisory published by CISA. To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2019

Malware researchers at Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB observed many attack attempts trying to spread malware abusing the CVE-2019-10149 issue. EW N030619 , CVE-2019-10149 ). Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge for Unix systems connected to the Internet. SecurityAffairs – CVE-2019-10149, Exim).

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

In 2019, a cybersecurity firm demonstrated security risks that could allow an attacker to disrupt engine readings and altitude on an aircraft. Hilderman Many components and systems within an aircraft can exchange data and communicate with each other or with the external internet. There was another warning from the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

GandCrab dissolved in July 2019, and is thought to have become “ REvil ,” one of the most ruthless and rapacious Russian ransomware groups of all time. Semen-7907 registered at Tunngle from the Internet address 31.192.175[.]63 63 , which is in Yekaterinburg, RU. Constella reports that tretyakov-files@yandex.ru

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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. In the ENKI blog post, the researchers said they will publish proof-of-concept (PoC) details after the bug has been patched.

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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 Boulevard

MAY 31, 2021

For the first 9 months of 2019, there were more than 11.2 million reports of internet crimes against children. However, […]. The post Tips to Keep Your Kids Safe Online This Summer appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 18, 2019

As more and more devices are connected to the internet, businesses, manufacturers and end users must be increasingly vigilant. Although there is still some time left for 2019, it’s time to look towards the new year and speculate what may be in store for the threatscape. 12 th Annual MPOWER Cybersecurity Summit.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 27, 2021

. “Chainalysis has traced more than $46 million worth of funds in NetWalker ransoms since it first came on the scene in August 2019,” the company said in a blog post detailing its assistance with the investigation. Each build is unique, in that the malware is inside the script – it is not downloaded from the internet.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2022

Multiple threat actors are exploiting this flaw since January, in January VMware urged customers to patch critical Log4j security vulnerabilities impacting Internet-exposed VMware Horizon servers targeted in ongoing attacks. “The attacker used NukeSped to additionally install infostealer. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

These so-called “push notifications” rely on an Internet standard designed to work similarly across different operating systems and web browsers. The company’s site currently is ranked by Alexa.com as among the top 2,000 sites in terms of Internet traffic globally.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

“According to the analysis of foreign law enforcement agencies, more than 50% of all phishing attacks in 2019 in Australia were carried out thanks to the development of the Ternopil hacker,” the attorney general’s office said, noting that investigators had identified hundreds of U-Admin customers. Image: fr3d.hk/blog.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

For example, in 2019 McAfee found that for targets in Japan, the 16Shop kit would also collect Web ID and Card Password, while US victims will be asked for their Social Security Number. Various 16Shop lures for Apple users in different languages. Image: Akamai. 16Shop documentation instructing operators on how to deploy the kit.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

A copy of the passport for Denis Kloster, as posted to his Vkontakte page in 2019. 2019, he obtained a visa from the American Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. That phone number is tied to the WHOIS registration records for multiple domain names over the years, including proxy[.]info info , allproxy[.]info It shows that in Oct.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2019

Hackers are targeting millions of mail servers running vulnerable Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) versions, threat actors leverage the CVE-2019-10149 flaw. Millions of mail servers running vulnerable Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) versions are under attack, threat actors are exploiting the CVE-2019-10149 flaw to take over them.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Microsoft has published a blog post/FAQ about the Exchange zero-day here. 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.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records. That changed on Jan.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2020

“Internet users found that 538 million Weibo user records are being sold on dark web marketplace. Weibo is a popular Chinese micro-blogging ( weibo ) website, it was launched by Sina Corporation on 14 August 2009, it claimed over 445 million monthly active users as of Q3 2018. .

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2020

Searching the Internet for some of these Web listing domains mentioned in the company’s Twitter account brings up a series of press releases once issued on behalf of the company. ” Historic WHOIS registration records from Domaintools [an advertiser on this blog] say Weblistingsinc.org was registered in Nov.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

CryptBot malware is active since at least 2019, it allows operators to steal sensitive data from the Google Chrome of the infected systems. This lawsuit targeting Cryptbot’s malware distributors shows our commitment to protecting users from each level of the cybercriminal ecosystem.” ” reads the announcement published by Google.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2021

” T-Mobile declined to comment beyond what the company said in its blog post today. Like Kenny “NexusZeta” Schuchmann , who pleaded guilty in 2019 to operating the Satori botnet. There’s also a database that includes credit card numbers with six digits of the cards obfuscated.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

In November 2019, the U.S. The Chinese giant Huawei was already excluded by several countries from building their 5G internet networks. The United States , Australia , New Zealand , Romania , and Japan announced the exclusion of Huawei technology from their 5G internet networks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Experts at Intezer researchers have spotted a strain of the Linux mining that also scans the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep. ” reads a blog post published by Intezer. ” reads a blog post published by Intezer. The new WatchBog variant, actively distributed since June.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Now that it’s September, the excitement is beginning to build in earnest for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Japan, the host country of both the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, is well-aware of these previous incidents. We urge you to take precautions to protect your personal information when you are on the Internet.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 21, 2022

From 3-year-old kids to our grannies, everyone uses the internet for one or the other reasons. According to the FBI’s 2019 Internet Crime […]. However, irrespective of age and purpose, everyone who uses it should know how to identify a phishing website.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020. “A domain hosting provider ‘GoDaddy’ that manages one of our core domain names incorrectly transferred control of the account and domain to a malicious actor,” Liquid CEO Kayamori said in a blog post. This latest campaign appears to have begun on or around Nov.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2022

The ransomware has been active since at least 2019, the last wave of ech0raix attacks was discovered in December 2021, at the time ransomware operators were demanding a ransom raising from.024 The Taiwanese vendor asked users to install the latest update on their NAS devices and avoid exposing them on the Internet. 024 ($1,200) up to.06

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2022

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks defined the PingPull RAT as a “difficult-to-detect” backdoor that leverages the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) for C2 communications. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2019

MS Web Services Client Protocol 2.0.50727.5485) @JAMESWT_MHT pic.twitter.com/rV0wzpulgW — JTHL (@JayTHL) May 11, 2019. Different groups of hackers are exploiting the CVE-2019-10149 flaw to take over them. The CVE-2019-10149 issue resides in the deliver_message() function in /src/deliver.c u/a Mozilla/4.0

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McAfee

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This blog was written by Wayne Anderson, previous Enterprise Security Architect at McAfee. Q1: What are some of the IT security trends for 2019? The post Securing the Unsecured: State of Cybersecurity 2019 – Part I appeared first on McAfee Blogs. We collate the insights from the course of the discussion ….

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Background This problem really came to a head when the internet rapidly grew from a government project to a major medium for electronic commercial transactions. Thanks to the application of advanced math and science, Public Key Cryptography was used to develop a means of securing ecommerce over the internet.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

A sophisticated cyberespionage campaign, dubbed Operation CuckooBees, conducted by the China-linked Winnti group remained undetected since at least 2019. Researchers from Cybereason uncovered a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign, dubbed Operation CuckooBees, aimed at stealing intellectual property from the victims. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

One of those companies, Sophos , published a blog post Tuesday detailing how the activity was tied to the Russian ransomware group Cuba , which has extorted an estimated $60 million from victims since 2019. Of course, not all scary and pressing security threats are Microsoft-based.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2019

to obtain sensitive information ( CVE-2019-1653 ), while the second one can be exploited for command injection ( CVE-2019-1652 ). After the disclosure of proof-of-exploit code for security flaws in Cisco RV320 and RV325 routers, hackers started scanning the Internet for vulnerable devices in an attempt to take compromise them.

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