Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

In a typical PPI network, clients will submit their malware—a spambot or password-stealing Trojan, for example —to the service, which in turn charges per thousand successful installations, with the price depending on the requested geographic location of the desired victims. AWM Proxy’s online storefront disappeared that same day.

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Passwords Malware Internet Internet 250

Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net. form [sic] hackers on public networks.”

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Malware VPN Internet Internet 211

Anton on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

There are people moving to “next-gen” firewalls (a great innovation of 2005) in 2022. A password manager claimed “zero trust for passwords” while a SIEM/UEBA vendor promised to reveal all zero trust secrets (I bet they use VPN internally…). There are people buying their first SIEM in 2022. So still no money in it?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2022

There are people moving to “next-gen” firewalls (a great innovation of 2005) in 2022. A password manager claimed “zero trust for passwords” while a SIEM/UEBA vendor promised to reveal all zero trust secrets (I bet they use VPN internally…). There are people buying their first SIEM in 2022. So still no money in it?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The Outlaw Botnet uses brute force and SSH exploit (exploit Shellshock Flaw and Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability ) to achieve remote access to the target systems, including server and IoT devices. Shellbot is known since 2005 and even available on GitHub. Outlaw is Back, a New Crypto-Botnet Targets European Organizations.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2005, Sony BMG delivered millions of CDs with a rootkit that monitored listening habits and unintentionally left a backdoor to the device for cybercriminals. Always change the default passwords for any IoT devices you install before extended use. Good password hygiene is one of the best ways to prevent access to keyloggers.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. Once a penetration tester, Paul Asadoorian has been the founder and CEO of Security Weekly and host of a weekly show since 2005. Read more: Top IoT Security Solutions of 2021. Eugene Kaspersky | @e_kaspersky.

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