Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 23, 2023

4, 2022 story here about the emergence of “violence-as-a-service” offerings, where random people from the Internet hire themselves out to perform a variety of local, physical attacks, including firebombing a home, “bricking” windows, slashing tires, or performing a drive-by shooting at someone’s residence.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2022

Undersecretary for Digital Transformation Luukas Ilves announced that Estonia was hit by the most extensive wave of DDoS attacks it has faced since 2007. Yesterday, Estonia was subject to the most extensive cyber attacks it has faced since 2007. The DDoS attacks targeted both public institutions and the private sector.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 29, 2021

From the year 2007, BPL has been assigned with the service of free to use wireless internet across all of its 24 branches and from 2011 the premises were also holding pay-for-print services for local public. Populace living in the district can access over 24 million books and are also entitled to participate in over 10,000 programs.

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DoublePulsar

DECEMBER 22, 2023

toasty Something curious has been happened over the last few months — more and more ransomware group victims have Outlook Web App facing the internet. I contacted a few of the ransomware victim organisations with Exchange and not much else presented to the internet and asked what the deal was. Obviously, almost nobody replied.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

Emerging in 2007 as a banking trojan, QakBot (a.k.a. Estrada said Qakbot has been implicated in 40 different ransomware attacks over the past 18 months, intrusions that collectively cost victims more than $58 million in losses.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 26, 2023

Nilsen, who holds a doctorate in physics as well as advanced degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics, is a strong advocate for the decentralized Internet and supports the advancement of innovative analog and digital methods to address the growing threat of cyberattacks. About Flexxon.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This was so common that back in 2007, for a few months I collected all those scam emails that I received. The post Looking for love in all the wrong (internet) places appeared first on Security Boulevard. We have seen scams trying to lure guys into relationships for many years.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Orange Belgium is using Huawei equipment since 2007 for its mobile network in Belgium and Luxembourg, while the collaboration between Proximus and the Shenzhen-based company started in 2009 for the progressive upgrading of its network. The Chinese giant was already excluded by several countries from building their 5G internet networks.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 22, 2022

Microsoft’s file block feature in 2007 meant network administrators could lock down any attempt to open specific file types. Files from the internet can contain viruses. Originally an Internet Explorer security feature , you’ll now find it keeping you from harm’s way across the Microsoft product range.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The “web” has, in the space of 30 years, transformed from a funky little corner of the Internet full of pictures and text to become the bedrock of modern commerce. These days, every business is online and a huge – and growing – chunk of business activity is transacted online. The web: 100% hackable. But it wasn’t always that way.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

Security experts Adam Nichols from GRIMM and d4rkn3ss from the Vietnamese internet service provider VNPT have independently reported a severe unpatched security vulnerability that affects 79 Netgear router models. Oldest firmware versions have been released as far back as 2007. ” reads the analysis published by GRIMM.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 8, 2019

Launched as a one-man operation in 2007, DataLocker has grown into a leading manufacturer of encrypted external drives, thumb drives, flash drives and self-encrypting, recordable CDs and DVDs. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. Talk more soon.

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SC Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

The FBI’s Cyber Division leads the nation’s efforts to investigate and prosecute internet crimes. Tavakoli said the FBI report mentions Mimikatz, a tool created in 2007. health care and first responder networks, including law enforcement agencies, emergency medical services, 911 dispatch centers, and municipalities.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

In existence since around 2007, Evil Corp malware — also known as the Dridex gang — gradually became one of the largest malware and spam botnets on the internet. Department of Justice was charging high-profile Evil Corp hackers for their crimes.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. And there were many good reasons to support this conclusion.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. This made a lot of sense, especially in the earlier days of the Internet where cybersecurity measures were nowhere near as robust as they are today. since Q3 of 2007.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. ” continues the report.

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Since 2007 the InfoSec industry has been talking about TheBigOne™—the event that would change cyber threats from annoyances to existential concerns. The idea was that it’d be some massive blast that would take out the country’s power grid, or disable the entire internet, along with what they used to call e-commerce.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

probably since maybe 2006 or 2007 we started messing around with some of it. If it’s website, or internet-based, who wants to sit there forever. . >> Question: How long have you been using WordPress? >> >> Brandy Segraves: We’ve been using WordPress off and on for quite some time. I would say. When we actually.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

Winnti (aka APT41 , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly) is a cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. The attacks leverage a multi-step infection chain that starts with attacks on internet-facing servers in the attempt to deploy a web shell used for reconnaissance, lateral movement, and data exfiltration purposes.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 1, 2020

The company was founded in 2007, has 16,000 customers worldwide and venture backing from the likes of Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers, and Goldman Sachs. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW I’ll keep watch.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

Co-founder Jay took a business trip to South Korea in the fall of 2007. This could be in high security areas, relating to the government or military, or you might be in different countries, where secure Internet connections are not available. Related: How DataLocker got its start h. LW: Makes sense.

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SC Magazine

MAY 18, 2021

Flags and the Dow logo at the main entrance of the Dow world headquarters complex is shown April 12, 2007 in Midland, Michigan. Not surprisingly, one of the first priorities Dow Jones focused on was providing employees secure access to the internet and company IT resources while they worked from home.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Too much lye in water could cause skin burns and rashes—something residents in a small town in Massachusetts had experienced when they had a water supply treatment problem back in 2007. Internet-connected Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are not difficult to find. This is obviously a significant and potentially dangerous increase.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Ireland is a strategic place for intercontinental communications because it represents the place where undersea cables which carry internet traffic connect to Europe. This has raised concerns that Russian agents are checking the cables for weak points, with a view to tapping or even damaging them in the future.” Source [link].

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2022

In 2007, Estonia was subjected to a massive cyberattack which they blamed on Russia. The attacks on Estonia were DDOS attacks that brought down Internet infrastructure and major websites in the country. It’s not clear how big a role the Ukraine-Russia war played in this decision. But what is a war these days?

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2019

The websites still use the technology because of a 20-year old law that mandated the use of Internet Explorer and asked users to allow ActiveX controls to run. Microsoft no longer supports ActiveX in Microsoft Edge, which is the default recommended default browser over Internet Explorer.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 22, 2021

In that time period, roughly between 2007 to 2010, law enforcement was generally struggling to keep up. If you ended up in Internet trouble with trolls and / or doxers, you were essentially on your own. Bad people very quickly realised huge amounts of personal data was lurking on sites such as MySpace, just out of reach.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

.” The malware was able to steal data from both office IT networks and a restricted network (one containing mission-critical assets and computers with highly sensitive data and no internet access). ” The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Founded in 2007, Por t nox began selling a software-based NAC solution to be used in local networks. However, local RADIUS instances can be established to maintain protection even when internet connections are broken. While Portnox Cloud is the current focus of Portnox, they also continue to offer on-premises Portnox Core.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2019

Both of these entities are owned by Jesse Willms , a man The Atlantic magazine described in an unflattering January 2014 profile as “The Dark Lord of the Internet” [not to be confused with The Dark Overlord ]. Jesse Willms’ Linkedin profile.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

Since 2017, host Jack Rhysider has investigated some of the most noteworthy stories related to the darkside of the internet, specifically hacking, data breaches, and cybercrime. His style of storytelling is captivating and easy to follow for technical and non-technical listeners alike. Risky Business. stars, 293 ratings.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The updates cover Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, ChakraCore, Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps, Skype for Business and Microsoft Lync, Visual Studio,NET Framework, Exchange Server, Microsoft Yammer, and Team Foundation Server. ” reads the analysis published by the Zero Day Initiative.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 13, 2024

The criminal organization apparently has obtained and used fraudulent identification and travel documents to aid in its internet-based fraud and money laundering efforts. Well - back in 2007, Classic Baggie was very publicly known to be friends with two other famous Nigerian money launderers, named Hushpuppi and Mompha. (My

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

How a Hack Destroyed My First Internet Business. In 2007, shortly after discovering WordPress Multisite (a separate code base at the time), I created a free blogging platform for independent artists. Building sustainable internet businesses is my passion, and so is sharing my experience and knowledge to those doing the same.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Co-founder Jay Kim was running a family steel fabrication business when he took a trip to South Korea in the fall of 2007. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. Acohido Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V.

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