Heimadal Security

MARCH 14, 2023

According to the FBI’s annual Internet Crime Report, investment fraud was the most common kind of internet criminal activity in 2022. billion paid by victims increased from $1.45 billion in 2021, which is a 127% jump.

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Internet Internet Cybersecurity 72

CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) celebrated its 20 th year of creating confidence in the connected world. As we shared fond memories, I captured some of their ideas and thinking from 2000 to help make the connection with what CIS is doing today. Contributing to Cybersecurity Over the Past 20 Years.

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Internet Internet Cybersecurity 96

CSO Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) recently celebrated 20 years of bringing confidence to the connected world with consensus-based security guidance. The first CIS Benchmark was released in 2000. Today, there are more than 100 CIS Benchmarks configuration guidelines across 25+ product vendor families.

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Mobile Internet Internet Technology 123

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The massive DDoS attack that has been targeting the internet giant Yandex was powered b a completely new botnet tracked as M?ris. The researchers discovered 328 723 active hosts on the Internet replying to the TCP probe on port 5678, however, Linksys devices also use TCP service on the same post. ris botnet. million RPS.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 25, 2023

A DDoS Attack is the bombardment of fake internet traffic onto an application server, thus disrupting its operations, leading to its unavailability to genuine traffic.

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DDOS Internet Internet Cybersecurity 113

Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The Internet Information Services (IIS) is Microsoft Windows web server software included with all Windows versions since Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003. Windows IIS servers were compromised by threat actors to add expired certificate notification pages asking visitors to download a malicious fake installer.

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Internet Internet Software Cybersecurity 75

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 20, 2022

A study that included a response from about 2000 respondents also confirmed that on average a hacking person was found using the internet of their neighbor without permission for a time frame of 52 days, while over 20 people were found using the connection all year long.

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Hacking Passwords Internet Internet 124

Scary Beasts Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

One of my side projects is as an adviser and panelist for the non-profit Internet Bug Bounty (IBB). It is also shows that when we give the reward range as "$2000 - $5000+", we are serious about that little plus character! Getting this bug fixed is a service to all internet users, democracy and human rights. David Rude is a hero.

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Internet Internet 90

Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

Today, 75% of adults ages 65 and older are using the internet , compared to just 14% of seniors in 2000. Social media is a wonderful way for seniors to reconnect with long-lost friends and stay in touch with family online. The post Social Media Security for Seniors | Avast appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Media Internet Internet 59

Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Sandworm group (aka BlackEnergy , UAC-0082 , Iron Viking , Voodoo Bear , and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). All mobile communications and internet access were temporarily interrupted.

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Mobile Telecommunications Cyber Attacks Internet 92

CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

When the Center for Internet Security (CIS) was formed in 2000, the IT and cybersecurity industries identified a clear need to understand how to secure IT systems and data. This need highlighted a lack of hardening recommendations, particularly prescriptive and industry-recognized standards.

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Cyber Attacks Mobile Software Internet 65

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Sandworm group (aka BlackEnergy , UAC-0082 , Iron Viking , Voodoo Bear , and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). ” reads the advisory published by the CERT-UA. “Note (!) .’ “Note (!)

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Telecommunications Authentication Data collection Passwords 108

Schneier on Security

APRIL 9, 2020

A few months ago, Brian Krebs told the story of the domain corp.com, and how it is basically a security nightmare: At issue is a problem known as " namespace collision ," a situation where domain names intended to be used exclusively on an internal company network end up overlapping with domains that can resolve normally on the open Internet.

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DNS Wireless Internet Internet 360

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2022

This month, the experts noticed that the number of infected hosts passed from 2000 to around 30,000. “While the group has operated for years, by mid 2021, the botnet was observed operating with roughly 2000 hosts globally. The 8220 Gang selects victims by identifying them through their internet accessibility.

Cryptocurrency 95

Cryptocurrency Malware Internet Internet 95

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It foreshadowed how encryption would come to be used as a foundation for Internet commerce – by companies and criminals. It was unleashed on the internet at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and began infecting computers at various universities. The ILOVEYOU Worm (2000). The Creeper Virus (1971).

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Cybersecurity Hacking Identity Theft Technology 140

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 30, 2022

In September 2022, the European Commission introduced the proposal of a new Cyber Resilience Act , which obliges manufacturers to protect their internet-connected electronic products from unauthorized access at all stages of their life cycle.

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IoT Manufacturing Internet Internet 87

Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

Sandworm (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). Experts warn of an increase of IoT attacks on a global scale, making internet routers one of the primary targets.

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IoT Firewall Malware Internet 98

SC Magazine

APRIL 12, 2021

By the researchers’ count, there have been at least 14 instances since the year 2000 where DNS message compression has caused vulnerabilities in a wide variety of products – everything from Cisco IP phones in 2005 to various TCP/IP stacks discovered as part of Amnesia:33 and Ripple20.

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DNS Internet Internet Media 108

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

” The arrest is the result of Operation Guardian led by AFP which became aware of a number of text messages demanding some Optus customers transfer $2000 to a bank account or face their personal information being used for financial crimes.

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Data breaches Scams Telecommunications Financial Services 76

The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To date, more than 2000 software packages have been identified that are potentially vulnerable to attacks targeting log4j. In the meantime, threat actors are scanning the Internet to identify servers vulnerable to exploitation. That’s out of a total population of 7.1 Supply Chain Risks: The New Normal.

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Cyber Risk Software InfoSec Risk 98

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Sandworm group (aka BlackEnergy , UAC-0082 , Iron Viking , Voodoo Bear , and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). ” Mandiant has yet to determine how Sandworm gained initial access to the target environment.

Telecommunications 111

Telecommunications Hacking Technology Internet 111

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

.” Expert at the ANSSI observed that the threat actors deployed a webshell on the compromised Centreon servers that were exposed on the internet, along with a backdoor dubbed Exaramel first spotted by ESET researchers in 2018. This backdoor is version 3.1.4.

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VPN Software Internet Internet 120

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Why should internet users be worried about them? ” XS-Leaks has been around since at least the year 2000 , and 34 of them have been identified and classified. But what is XS-Leak? And how can they protect themselves from such web threats? XS-Leak, explained.

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Mobile Internet Internet Risk 137

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

These devices are installed in airplanes to offer internet connectivity to the passengers, the above vulnerabilities can be exploited by an attacker to compromise the inflight entertainment system and potentially conduct other malicious activities. ” reads the advisory published by Contec.

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Wireless Firmware Passwords Engineering 95

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2022

Combating internet-wide opportunistic exploitation is a complex problem, with new vulnerabilities being weaponized at an alarming rate,” explained Andrew Morris , Founder and CEO, GreyNoise Intelligence “ Investigate 4.0 It offers security teams a better way to stay ahead of large opportunistic attacks such as Log4J.”.

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Internet Internet Phishing Firewall 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

The issue was discovered by Horizon3 researchers who reported that there are more than 3000 instances of the platform exposed to the Internet. Horizon3 found that at least 2000 servers are running with a dangerous default configuration. “Session Validation attacks in Apache Superset versions up to and including 2.0.1.

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Authentication Education Media Internet 89

Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2020

From February’s piece: At issue is a problem known as “ namespace collision ,” a situation where domain names intended to be used exclusively on an internal company network end up overlapping with domains that can resolve normally on the open Internet.

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DNS Wireless Risk Passwords 319

Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2022

These applications are at the center of the global economy, used by 92% of the Global 2000 and touch 77% of the world’s revenue. Onapsis and SAP partnered on the discovery and mitigation of a set of three vulnerabilities affecting the SAP Internet Communication Manager (ICM) component in SAP business-critical applications.

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Cyber Risk Risk Cyber Attacks Internet 96

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

I held this position from 2000 through 2014, during which time Windows emerged as a prime target for both precocious script kiddies and emerging criminal hacking rings. We’ve arrived at a critical juncture: to enable the full potential of the Internet of Everything, attack surface expansion must be slowed and ultimately reversed.

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Cyber threats Cyber Insurance Cybersecurity Threat Detection 190

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 20, 2023

Exploiting known vulnerabilities Hackers were able to infect over 2000 machines in only twenty-four hours on a Friday afternoon before the start of the weekend. Make sure the ESXi hypervisor is never exposed to the public internet. Another key takeaway from this attack is to keep vital systems far away from the public internet.

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Ransomware Software Internet Internet 117

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. com 2000-08-24 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com and rurimeter[.]com 2333youxi[.]com

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Mobile Technology Manufacturing Malware 239

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2022

Eight months later many Global 2000 firms are still fighting to mitigate the digital assets and business risks associated with Log4j. Report Highlights: Our exclusive analysis of Log4j examines the external attack surfaces of three dozen Global 2000 companies, securely protected by CyCognito solutions. INTRODUCTION. each month (PDF).

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Risk Media Cybersecurity Software 94

Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

Far from being jealously guarded assets with Fort Knox-level security, a new study of Forbes Global 2000 Companies suggests many domain names are imminently hackable. A whopping 97 percent failed to use DNSSEC , a domain security protocol designed to address core vulnerabilities in the foundations of the internet itself.

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Hacking Retail Cyber Insurance Authentication 130

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 2, 2020

Early enterprise customers include Oman’s largest oil refinery, a Forbes Global 2000 bank, and a leading Saudi Arabian MSSP. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW Last Watchdog’s Melanie Grano contributing.

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Risk Banking Technology Cybersecurity 140

Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

2000 Sydney. remember Sydney being referred to as “The Internet Olympics”. Nothing happened at the 2000 games, and it seems nothing happened at any earlier events either. A disaster is alluded to, but the disaster in question is down to slow websites for surfers, and faulty data transmission at the event itself. Not so much.

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Scams Hacking Malware Mobile 140

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.” government has previously attributed to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (the GRU).”

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Malware Government Firmware Firewall 85

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2022

This research is part of CSC’s latest report, “ Two Year Analysis: The Impact of COVID-19 on Internet Security and Safety. In today’s digital economy, domain name related cybercrime is exponentially rising and impacting organizations, customers, partners, and the connected internet supply chain.

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Artificial Intelligence Phishing Technology DNS 52