Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

CISA revealed that threat actors breached an unnamed state government organization via an administrator account belonging to a former employee. The threat actor likely obtained the employee’s account credentials from a third-party data breach. ” reads the report published by CISA.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2020

There seems to be a new stealer in town called #TroyStealer , targeting Portuguese internet users EXE: [link] Exfil email address: domionhuby@gmail.com Has anyone seen this threat before? /cc The message sent in the email template is related to problems with the victim’s bank account. on Twitter, and targeting Portuguese users.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

million Pluto TV user accounts on a hacking forum for free, he claims they were stolen by ShinyHunters threat actor. Bleeping Computer, which has validated the authenticity of the archive, reported that the latest record in the database was created on October 12th, 2018. accounts exposed appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2022

Microsoft has now confirmed that the attackers have compromised the account of one of its employees gaining limited access to source code repositories. Our investigation has found a single account had been compromised, granting limited access. No customer code or data was involved in the observed activities. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a notification warning of ongoing vishing attacks attempting to steal corporate accounts. The threat actors are using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) platforms to obtain employees’ credentials. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They might even lock you out of your own accounts by resetting your passwords. Avoid entering any data if you see a warning message about a site’s authenticity. Most browsers will alert you if a site isn’t secure. Check your social media accounts for active sessions and log out of any you don’t recognize.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

.” To infiltrate the cloud-hosted network of the majority of victims, attackers have to authenticate themselves successfully with the cloud provider. In previous campaigns associated with this threat actor, APT29 used brute forcing and password spraying to compromise service accounts. ” continues the advisory.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

On April 10, Sisense Chief Information Security Officer Sangram Dash told customers the company had been made aware of reports that “certain Sisense company information may have been made available on what we have been advised is a restricted access server (not generally available on the internet.)”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The advisory published by the vendor states that the exploitation of the vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an account on an affected system with privilege level 15 access. This vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an account on an affected system with privilege level 15 access.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 14, 2020

I wrote an article recently on how to secure your home network in three different tiers of protection. In that piece I wanted to link to some safe internet practices—which some used to call Safe Hex—but I couldn’t find anything newer than nine years old. Enable two-factor authentication on all critical accounts.

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SecureList

MAY 28, 2024

But along with the advantages, such as saved time and resources, delegating non-core tasks creates new challenges in terms of information security. Access is set up using a certificate or a login/password pair, and in rare cases multi-factor authentication is added.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2020

Hackers have been scanning the Internet for SAP systems affected by RECON vulnerability, researchers from Bad Packets warn. Researchers from Bad Packets reported that threat actors have been scanning the Internet for SAP systems affected by RECON vulnerability , , tracked as CVE-2020-6287. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Microsoft revealed that the Chinese group Storm-0558 stole a signing key used to breach government email accounts from a Windows crash dump. The attackers forged authentication tokens to access user email using an acquired Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Slickwraps has disclosed a data breach that impacted over 850,000 user accounts, data were accidentally exposed due to security vulnerabilities. Lynx0x00’s Medium and Twitter accounts have mysteriously vanished but, fortunately, the Internet never truly forgets. ” reported Slashgear. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2024

Judge ordered NSO Group to hand over the Pegasus spyware code to WhatsApp Cybercrime BlackCat Ransomware Affiliate TTPs American Express credit cards EXPOSED in third-party vendor data breach – account numbers and names among details accessed in hack LockBit 3.0’S

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Sandworm were observed targeting open ports and unprotected RDP or SSH interfaces to gain access to the internet-facing systems. ’ The CERT-UA also reported that the state-sponsored hackers used compromised VPN accounts that weren’t protected by multi-factor authentication. “Note (!) .’ “Note (!)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

“Upon gaining an initial foothold into a telecommunications organization or network service provider, PRC state-sponsored cyber actors have identified critical users and infrastructure including systems critical to maintaining the security of authentication, authorization, and accounting.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Datacenter Proxies: this blog post examines the contours of each type and provides info on how to choose the perfect proxy option In the robust landscape of the digital era, our need for privacy, security, and accessibility on the internet has never been more acute. It really boils down to your specific needs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. Use a variation of unique passwords to access online accounts. Be aware of any changes in SMS-based connectivity.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

Broken Authentication 5. Broken Authentication 5. Recommendations provided in these rankings are general in nature and based on information security best practices standards and guidelines, such as OWASP and NIST. Mitigation: implement authentication and authorization controls according to the role-based access model.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

Below is the list of flaws exploited by the ransomware gang’s affiliate: CVE-2021-27876 : The communication between a client and an Agent requires successful authentication, which is typically completed over a secure TLS communication. It supports multiple authentication schemes: SHA authentication is one of these.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

. “Atlassian has been made aware of an issue reported by a handful of customers where external attackers may have exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in publicly accessible Confluence Data Center and Server instances to create unauthorized Confluence administrator accounts and access Confluence instances.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2024

In August 2021, the group asked $1 million for the entire database, or $200,000 for access, according to the RestorePrivacy website that examined a sample that appears authentic. million current AT&T account holders and approximately 65.4 million former account holders.” reads the RestorePrivacy website.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 7, 2022

By understanding the tools and methods used by those with ill intent, you’ll be better prepared to keep yourself safe and your information secure. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to follow along and find out everything the internet knows about… you! HOW DO I “DOX MYSELF”?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

A remote, unauthenticated attacker, can exploit the vulnerability to gain remote code execution (RCE) on Internet-exposed servers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.” An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

RIPE NCC has disclosed a failed credential stuffing attack against its infrastructure, it asking its members to enable 2FA for their accounts. RIPE NCC announced to have suffered a credential stuffing attack attempting to gain access to single sign-on (SSO) accounts.

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Google Security

MARCH 17, 2021

Posted by Harshvardhan Sharma, Information Security Engineer, Google We first announced the GCP VRP Prize in 2019 to encourage security researchers to focus on the security of Google Cloud Platform (GCP), in turn helping us make GCP more secure for our users, customers, and the internet at large.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

SMBs and enterprises alike have been struggling with APIs as a mechanism for information security. To protect against these attacks, businesses need to implement a wide range of strong API security measures such as authentication, authorization, encryption, and vulnerability scanning.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

UPnP is an insecure protocol, it uses network UDP multicasts, and doesn’t support encryption and authentication. ” The vendor also recommends enabling the VPN server function on the user router to access QNAP NAS from the Internet. Only use encrypted HTTPS or other types of secure connections (SSH, etc.).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2021

The FBI recommends users to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for smart devices exposed online. The FBI also recommends customers to don’t use an email account in 2FA for the second factor, instead recommends the use of a mobile device number. ” concludes the alert. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

PrivacySavvy experts discovered an OTP vulnerability in Airlift Express, which could lead to account hacks and exploits by cybercriminals. A team of security researchers from PrivacySavvy recently discovered an OTP vulnerability in Airlift Express, which could lead to account hacks and exploits by cybercriminals.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

As early as May 2021, the attackers took advantage of a misconfigured account set to default MFA protocols at a non-governmental organization (NGO), allowing them to enroll a new device for MFA and access the victim network. Contrary to best practices recommended, the account was still active in the organization’s Active Directory.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2022

. “The CSA—created in response to reports of increased activity against MSPs and their customers—provides specific guidance for both MSPs and customers aimed at enabling transparent discussions on securing sensitive data.” Improve security of vulnerable devices. Enforce multifactor authentication (MFA).

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 8, 2020

A lot of people are thinking about the security of their home network right now, and as one of the project leaders on the OWASP Internet of Things Security Project , I wanted to provide three levels of security you can do at home. Do you have internet-connected lights, appliances, gaming systems, media systems, etc?

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

The technologies for secure remote access can range from VPNs and multi-factor authentication to more advanced access and zero trust controls. We’ll cover a range of best practices for remote access security, from the simple and the practical to the more advanced. Avoid using default or simple-to-guess passwords.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 28, 2021

A crucial part of the Russians’ success was their ability to move through these organizations by compromising cloud and local network identity systems to then access cloud accounts and pilfer emails and files. This lack of understanding makes it hard to assess a cloud service’s overall security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2024

The state-sponsored hackers first gaining initial access to NERVE on December 31, then they deployed the ROOTROT web shell on The adversary deployed the ROOTROT web shell on Internet-facing Ivanti appliances. On January 4, 2024, the threat actors conducted a reconnaissance on NERVE environment. ” reads the update published by Mitre.

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