Krebs on Security

AUGUST 23, 2018

In September 2017, Equifax disclosed that a failure to patch one of its Internet servers against a pervasive software flaw — in a Web component known as Apache Struts — led to a breach that exposed personal data on 147 million Americans. The vulnerability affects all supported versions of Struts 2. Users of Struts 2.3

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Troy Hunt

JULY 12, 2019

I quite literally need people to remove the horizontal tabs and get the encoding right; it's such a simple thing but it's so easy to screw up when you're stretched too thin. References Scott will be running my Hack Yourself First workshop in Glasgow next week (this is the last stop on the UK tour, get in while you still can!)

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 5, 2022

Equifax failed to patch a known vulnerability that exposed the personal information of 147 million consumers. Due to the many software and services that are impacted and given the pace of updates, this is expected to have a long tail for remediation, requiring ongoing, sustainable vigilance.". But what specific legal consequences?

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Not only had the infrastructure been dismantled, but previously infected computers had received a special update that would effectively remove the malware at a specific date. Out of the woods again. On November 15, security researchers who’ve tracked Emotet announced that the threat was back. A return of malspam waves and ransomware?

InfoSec 82

InfoSec Ransomware Malware 82

Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

An example of the creation of such a scheduled task by the adversary: schtasks /create /ru "SYSTEM" /tn "update" /tr "cmd /c c:windowstempupdate.bat" /sc once /f /st 06:59:00. ps1 – Task automation Filename update.bat – Task automation Filename update*.bat 147 Q2 2019 Password spray IPv4 address 59.47.4[.]27

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This will likely be "a living document" as we update it with new information as we have time to integrate it. 147 Name: 1: GUL 2: AGHA 3: ISHAKZAI 4: na Name (original script): ??? ??? ??????? The Taliban announced the leadership of their new Afghan government this week. Probably too early to tell. Belongs to Sulaimankhel tribe.

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