Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. This means that the threat actor was able to avoid detection for more than 15 years.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2019

The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-0863 could be exploited by an attacker with low-privileged access to the targeted system to deliver a malware. “This vulnerability is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction. As explained by Microsoft, this vulnerability could be exploited by malware with wormable capabilities.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

A cyberattack crippled the IT infrastructure of the City of Saint John Hundreds of female sports stars and celebrities have their naked photos and videos leaked online Romanians arrested for running underground malware services Threat actor shared a list of 49,577 IPs vulnerable Fortinet VPNs Computer Security and Data Privacy, the perfect alliance (..)

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Nine of the 56 vulnerabilities earned Microsoft’s most urgent “critical” rating, meaning malware or miscreants could use them to seize remote control over unpatched systems with little or no help from users. CVE-2021-24078 earned a CVSS Score of 9.8, which is about as dangerous as they come.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. 2008, wherein he addresses forum members with the salutation, “Hello Gentlemen Scammers.”

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Introduction It’s just another cryptocurrency miner… Nobody would even suspect the mining malware was merely a mask, masquerading behind an intricate modular framework that supports both Linux and Windows. This malware employed a custom EternalBlue SMBv1 exploit to infiltrate its victims’ systems.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2019

BlueKeep is a wormable flaw that can be exploited by malware authors to create malicious code with WannaCry capabilities. Microsoft has released patches for Windows 7, Server 2008, XP and Server 2003. Many security experts have already developed their own exploit code for this issue without publicly disclosing it for obvious reasons.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2019

A wormable flaw could be exploited by malware to propagate from vulnerable computer to vulnerable computer without any user interaction. This vulnerability is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction.” This vulnerability is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2019

Allegedly Western nation-state actors breached the systems of Russian tech giant Yandex in 2018, the attack involved a new variant of the Regin malware. According to the Reuters, Western state-sponsored hackers breached the systems of the Russian tech giant Yandex in 2018, the attack involved a new variant of the Regin malware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The flaw could be exploited by an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the local user, it ties the way Windows handles calls to Win32k.sys. The CVE-2018-8589 vulnerability only affects Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Kaspersky Lab described the CVE-2018-8589 flaw as a race condition in win32k!

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

BlueKeep is a wormable flaw that can be exploited by malware authors to create malicious code with WannaCry capabilities. Microsoft has released patches for Windows 7, Server 2008, XP and Server 2003. Security experts warned it was a matter of time before threat actors will start exploiting it in the wild and now it is happening.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2019

As explained by Microsoft, this vulnerability could be exploited by malware with wormable capabilities, it could be exploited without user interaction, making it possible for malware to spread in an uncontrolled way into the target networks. Enabling NLA mitigates the bug. Patch now or GFY!

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The flaw exploited in attacks in the wild is tracked as CVE-2018-8589 and could be exploited by an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the local user, it ties the way Windows handles calls to Win32k.sys. The CVE-2018-8589 vulnerability only affects Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2020

Cybersecurity researchers discovered a new version of the ComRAT backdoor, also known as Agent.BTZ , which is a malware that was employed in past campaigns attributed to the Turla APT group. Earlier versions of Agent.BTZ were used to compromise US military networks in the Middle East in 2008.

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SecureList

MAY 19, 2023

While there have been no updates about Prikormka or Operation Groundbait for a few years now, we discovered multiple similarities between the malware used in that campaign, CommonMagic and CloudWizard. The module’s configuration includes OAuth tokens required for cloud storage authentication.

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2021

Our attribution is based on the code overlaps between the second stage payload in this campaign and previous malware from the Andariel group. This second stage malware decrypts the embedded payload at runtime. The malware operator appears to deliver the third stage payload by using the above functionalities, as our telemetry reveals.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The first-ever large-scale malware attacks on IoT devices were recorded back in 2008, and their number has only been growing ever since. A successful password cracking enables hackers to execute arbitrary commands on a device and inject malware. Statista portal predicts their number will exceed 29 billion by 2030.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Malware, short for “malicious software,” is any unwanted software on your computer that, more often than not, is designed to inflict damage. Since the early days of computing, a wide range of malware types with varying functions have emerged. Best Practices to Defend Against Malware. Jump ahead: Adware. RAM scraper.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 23, 2024

Illustration : Adobe’s bold move during the 2008 crisis exemplifies this benefit. Examples include malware, phishing attacks, and insider threats. This process involves users providing at least two forms of identification, such as a password and a temporary authentication code.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2018

According to experts from Kaspersky Lab, threat actors leverage NSA tools DarkPulsar, DanderSpritz and Fuzzbunch to infect Windows Server 2003 and 2008 systems in 50 organizations in Russia, Iran, and Egypt. The hackers used the powerful cyber weapons to compromise systems used in aerospace, nuclear energy, R&D, and other industries.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

By 2008, the USPS job exam preppers had shifted to advertising their schemes mostly online. Mirza shows up in more than a year’s worth of “bot logs” created by a malware infection from the Redline infostealer. Postal Service are breaking federal law,” the joint USPS-FTC statement said.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 9, 2020

Eleven of the updates address problems Microsoft deems “critical,” meaning they could be exploited by malware or malcontents to seize complete, remote control over vulnerable systems without any help from users. A chief concern among the panoply of patches is a trio of vulnerabilities in the Windows file-sharing technology (a.k.a.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Microsoft is already providing passwordless features to Azure Active Directory, and for Google, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has become mandatory. While big tech phases in new authentication solutions, Dashlane — a password manager used by more than 20,000 companies and more than 15 million users — made a full switch.

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NopSec

APRIL 30, 2023

Researchers determined that authenticated threat actors could leverage the AutoDiscovery or OWA Exchange endpoints to trigger the deserialization sink. Exploitation is only possible if an attacker can reach port eighty (80) and the PowerShell entry point must use Kerberos for authentication.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

Stealers" are a kind of malware designed to run on an endpoint post-compromise, while their primary features center on the theft of user data. Together with our colleagues at InQuest, we present a deep dive technical analysis of the malware. The same way you do in the real world – the market becomes flooded.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

Phishing commonly tricks users into disclosing their login credentials or executing malware on their computers. Watering holes, or legitimate websites infected with malware, attempt to deliver malicious payloads or to steal credentials in a manner similar to phishing attacks only in a different media.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Out of Palo Alto, California, Cloudera started in 2008 by alumni of Google, Yahoo!, Born from Google in 2008, the Google Cloud Platform is a leading cloud infrastructure provider. One such example is the addition of cloud computing service Microsoft Azure in 2008. Also Read: Best Encryption Software & Tools for 2021.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2019

BlueKeep is a wormable flaw that can be exploited by malware authors to create malicious code with WannaCry capabilities. Microsoft has released patches for Windows 7, Server 2008, XP and Server 2003. Many security experts have already developed their own exploit code for this issue without publicly disclosing it for obvious reasons.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The Netlogon service is an Authentication Mechanism used in the Windows Client Authentication Architecture which verifies logon requests, and it registers, authenticates, and locates Domain Controllers. The Zerologon vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-1472 , is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

was used to register three domains between 2008 and 2010: ddosis.ru , best-stalker.com , and cs-arena.org. Lucky for him, XSS also demands a one-time code from his mobile authentication app. DomainTools.com [an advertiser on this site] reports mixfb@yandex.ru That last domain was originally registered in 2009 to a Mikhail P.

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Cisco Security

MAY 26, 2022

In 2005, I was lucky enough to become a Senior Editor at Tom’s Hardware Guide and attended Black Hat as accredited press from 2005 to 2008. It is a balance, as we must allow trainings and demos connect to malicious websites, download malware and execute. Network Visibility. is included in the Meraki Dashboard automatically!

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 2, 2021

Even the 2008 financial crisis was imbued with substantial safety nets for many of the organisations that needed to be bailed out. If you are using an online service for this purpose, then you must ensure that it is secured by at least two factor authentication (2FA). Are Cryptocurrencies a Bubble or a ‘Safe-haven’?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 21, 2023

He used a toy whistle from a cereal box to mimic the tone used by the phone company to authenticate calls. The 1980s also saw the emergence of computer viruses and malware as a significant threat to computer security. The early 2000s also saw the emergence of new forms of cybercrime, such as phishing and malware attacks.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

After being released in 2003, he uses WiFi to commit attacks, program malware and steal credit card information. 2003-2008 — Albert Gonzalez — Albert Gonzales is arrested in 2003 for being part of ShadowCrew, a group that stole and then sold card numbers online, and works with authorities in exchange for his freedom.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2022

Famously attributed to the SolarWinds and StellarParticle attack campaigns, this group has been operating since about 2008 and has targets ranging across most of the planet, including both the Democratic and Republican National Committees in the US. APT29 AKA CozyBear : This APT is associated with Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service.

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