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Ragnar Locker Ransomware targets Greece Gas Company

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOTE- Donuts Leaks, a new data extortion group is also linked to Ragnar Locker and is responsible to target Sheppard Robson, the UK-based Architectural company, and Construction giant Sando and the same group was responsible to announce to the world the digital attack on DESFA.

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Cisco to pay $8.6 million fine for selling flawed surveillance technology to the US Gov

Security Affairs

Back in 2008, a whistle-blower identifies a vulnerability in Cisco video surveillance software, but the tech giant continued to sell the software to US agencies until July 2013. There was no allegation or evidence that any unauthorized access to customers’ video occurred as a result of the architecture.” Cisco is going to pay $8.6

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A Short History of WordPress: The Plugin

SiteLock

The Plugin Architecture Suggestion. Gravity Forms – 2008. iThemes (Billboard plugin) – 2008. Previous to this release, if a user wanted to extend WordPress or add specific features, they did so by using “hacks” created by themselves or others. CodeCanyon – 2010 (premium plugin marketplace).

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Unmasking the Cracks of Today’s Cyber Defence

Jane Frankland

You witnessed this during the 2008 recession when the FBI reported a 22.3% Like many of your peers, you’re aware that your IT architecture may be too complex or outdated to adequately protect your organisation, inadvertently creating gaps in your defence that threat actors can exploit. You know about tech complexities and optimisation.

CISO 147
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PurpleFox botnet variant uses WebSockets for more secure C2 communication

Security Affairs

The payload fetched by the PowerShell targets 64-bit architecture systems, it is a long script consisting of three components: Tater (Hot Potato – privilege escalation) PowerSploit Embedded exploit bundle binary (privilege escalation). Most of the servers are located in China and belong to the infrastructure of the PurpleFox botnet.

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Infrastructure Hygiene: Success and Consistency

Security Boulevard

The application team added a front-end web interface in 2008, but it’s been in maintenance mode since then. The architecture team weighed in at the end about migrating and refactoring the application in light of the vulnerability. We know 1998 called and wants their application back.

Risk 96
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Deception and Forensics for the Next Generation – Part 7: Device Forensics in a Deception Environment

SecureWorld News

Our decoy is a Windows server 2008 with nothing particularly special about it beyond the fact that it is configured as a decoy. The other thing that we need to know about the decoy is its architecture within the deception network. It is clear that the attacker knows MS Server 2008, but he is not very careful.