Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

Microsoft warns of a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms ahead of Tax Day. Tax Day, Microsoft has observed a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms. Ahead of the U.S. The phishing attacks began in February 2023, the IT giant reported. LNK) files.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2023

A flaw in Microsoft Azure could be exploited by attackers to gain access to storage accounts, perform lateral movements, and even execute remote code. Researchers from the security firm Orca demonstrated how to abuse Microsoft Azure Shared Key authorization to gain full access to storage accounts and potentially critical business assets.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2023

Google announced the introduction of the passwordless secure sign-in with Passkeys for Google Accounts on all platforms. Google is rolling out the passwordless secure sign-in with Passkeys for Google Accounts on all platforms. In 2022, Google announced it would begin work to support passkeys on its platform to replace passwords.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Threat actors are gaining access to AT&T email accounts in an attempt to hack into the victim’s cryptocurrency exchange accounts. Hackers are breaking into the AT&T email accounts and then using the access they are logging into the victim’s cryptocurrency exchange accounts to drain their crypto funds, TechCrunch reported.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 27, 2021

That the purpose of security is to “enable the business” — which for higher education means supporting teaching, learning, research, and operational efficiencies. What does transparency look like in higher education? We trust people when they are honest, reliable and accountable for their behavior.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

LinkedIn knows it has a problem with bots and fake accounts, and has acknowledged this on more than one occasion. In 2018, LinkedIn rolled out a way to automatically detect fake accounts. Accounts with positive detections will be removed before they can be used to reach out to members. What's new? Profiles with bad grammar.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 11, 2023

It went out silently on Sunday morning, nothing major broke so I published the blog post Monday afternoon then emailed all the existing API key subscribers Tuesday morning and now here we are! I expect I'll blog that this coming week and probably quietly slip out the documentation on the 2 new endpoints in advance.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

My email account has been hacked. Well, having your email account cracked could pose a serious problem given that your photos, contracts, invoices, tax forms, reset passwords for every other account, and sometimes even passwords or credit card PINs are all saved there. How much trouble am I in?

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PCI perspectives

MARCH 31, 2022

PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a global standard that provides a baseline of technical and operational requirements designed to protect account data. This PCI DSS Resource Hub provides links to both standard documents and educational resources to help organizations become familiar with PCI DSS v4.0. is now available.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2023

.” The experts discovered that other apps were impacted by the misconfiguration issue, including Mag News, Central Notification Service (CNS), Contact Center, PoliCheck, Power Automate Blog, and COSMOS. Below is the disclosure timeline: Jan. 31, 2023 – Wiz Research reported the Bing issue to MSRC Jan.

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Identity IQ

JULY 3, 2023

How to Detect and Respond to Account Misuse IdentityIQ As digital connectivity continues to grow, safeguarding your online accounts from misuse is becoming increasingly crucial. Account misuse can result in alarming repercussions, including privacy breaches, financial losses, and identity theft.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The best way to stay up-to-date with the recent trends is by reading the top cybersecurity blogs. Here’s our list of the best cybersecurity blogs to read and follow. Securing Tomorrow SecuringTomorrow is a blog by McAfee, one of the biggest security software providers. Their main focus is on cybercrime investigations.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

The FBI warns organizations in the higher education sector of credentials sold on cybercrime forums that can allow threat actors to access their networks. In 2017, crooks launched a phishing campaign against universities to compromise.edu accounts. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

But to expand on the conversation and share more of his experiences and expertise, Enric has kindly returned to the hotseat for our latest blog. . The following is a guest blog authored by Enric Cuixeres Saez, Head of IT at Leng-d’Or. During our 55-year history, Leng-d’Or – like our world – has been subject to a lot of change.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2023

This day serves as an annual reminder to increase awareness and education for leaders, IT decision-makers and the general public on the importance of identity management. These attacks have become more complex and challenging to detect, leading to increased instances of data breaches, account takeovers, and impersonation attacks.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2021

The crime gang announced it was closing up shop after its servers were seized and someone drained the cryptocurrency from an account the group uses to pay affiliates. The outage also took down its payment server and those that supply its distributed denial-of-service feature, which is used to turn up the heat on victims who balk at paying.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

The price for a stolen account was very cheap, paying a few dollars crooks were able to use it for a specific period. Genesis Market provided access to accounts of the most popular services, including Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Gmail, Netflix, PayPal, Spotify, and Zoom.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For example, your accounting technology should have features that work to protect your data, like internal controls, multi-factor authentication, or an audit trail that documents change to your data. Monitoring who has made what changes protects your business and holds team members accountable for safe IT practices. Stay educated.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2023

“Since March alone, our security analysts have found around 10 malware families posing as ChatGPT and similar tools to compromise accounts across the internet. In March, security experts at Meta found multiple malware posing as ChatGPT or similar AI tools. ” reads the Meta’s Q1 2023 Security Reports.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, vRealize ) The post VMware fixed a critical flaw in vRealize that allows executing arbitrary code as root appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, VMware ) The post VMware addressed two zero-day flaws demonstrated at Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

“On April 17, Point32Health identified a cybersecurity ransomware incident that impacted systems we use to service members, accounts, brokers and providers. At this time, most systems impacted are on the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care side of our business. ” reads the statement published by the insurer.

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NSTIC

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This blog will officially wrap up our 2022 Cybersecurity Awareness Month blog series — today we have a special interview from Marian Merritt, deputy director, lead for industry engagement for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)! This week’s Cybersecurity Awareness

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

Novi Survey contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code on the server in the context of the service account; Google addressed the vulnerability CVE-2023-20963 with the release of “ The Android Security Bulletin—March 2023 ” security updates.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

The tool was developed by a company named Kodex, which claims that the tool was developed for an educational purpose. FortiGuard Labs observed this malware in a phishing email campaign on 30 March, which we traced back to the samples included in this blog.” The malware environment checking and Anti-VM functions.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 4, 2023

Educational institutions own many sensitive data, such as personnel and financial information, as well as intellectual property. In this blog post, we’ll look at the factors that make schools susceptible to cyberattacks and discuss why it’s crucial to have robust cybersecurity measures to safeguard the academic community.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

.” In March, 2023, OpenAI addressed multiple severe vulnerabilities in ChatGPT that could have allowed attackers to take over user accounts and view chat histories.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Hikvision ) The post Hikvision fixed a critical flaw in Hybrid SAN and cluster storage products appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, April security updates) The post SAP April 2023 security updates fix critical vulnerabilities appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Sophos) The post Sophos patches three issues in the Sophos Web Security appliance, one of them rated as critical appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

. “MyBB admin logs show the account of a trusted but currently inactive member of the forum admin team was used to access the web-based MyBB admin console twice: on 16 February and again on 21 February. The account was used to create database backups which were then downloaded and deleted.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, MSI) The post Money Message ransomware group claims to have hacked IT giant MSI appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

.” The investigation launched into the incident revealed that that an unauthorized third party obtained usernames and hashed and salted passwords for members’ online accounts on the ABA website prior to 2018 or the ABA Career Center since 2018. According to BleepingComputer, 1,466,000 members were impacted by this breach.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

Educate your employees on threats and risks such as phishing and malware. Enforce strong passwords and implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) — by educating users about using a unique password for each account and enforcing higher security for privileged accounts (administrators, root). Accounting for humans.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2023

Capita, the UK outsourcing giant, confirmed that its staff was locked out of their accounts on Friday after a cyber incident. UK outsourcing services provider Capita confirmed that the outage suffered on Friday was caused by a cyberattack. The outsourcing firm signed numerous contracts with the Ministry of Defence.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections: The Teacher – Most Educational Blog The Entertainer – Most Entertaining Blog The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog Best Social Media Account to Follow (@securityaffairs) Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, CISA ) The post CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog appeared first on Security Affairs.

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