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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Some possible avenues of infection include exploiting weak or default administrative credentials on routers, and outdated, insecure firmware that has known, exploitable security vulnerabilities. com was registered in 2008 to an Adrian Crismaru from Chisinau, Moldova. WHO’S BEHIND SOCKSESCORT? DomainTools says myiptest[.]com

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Novidade, a new Exploit Kit is targeting SOHO Routers

Security Affairs

A-Link WL54AP3 / WL54AP2 (CVE-2008-6823) D-Link DSL-2740R D-Link DIR 905L Medialink MWN-WAPR300 (CVE-2015-5996) Motorola SBG6580 Realtron Roteador GWR-120 Secutech RiS-11/RiS-22/RiS-33 (CVE-2018-10080) TP-Link TL-WR340G / TL-WR340GD TP-Link WR1043ND V1 (CVE-2013-2645). The latter attack hit websites worldwide.

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Feds Warn About Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks, Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

Update and patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates and patches are released. or Windows Server (2008 R2 SP1, 2012 Gold) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests. Review domain controllers, servers, workstations, and active directories for new or unrecognized user accounts.

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StripedFly: Perennially flying under the radar

SecureList

This archive is discreetly hosted on legitimate websites, cleverly disguised as firmware binaries for enigmatic devices labeled “m100” The Bitbucket repository was created on June 21, 2018, under the account of Julie Heilman, and it remains the sole repository associated with this profile. 8, 15.0.0.0/8, 8, 16.0.0.0/8,

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Overview of IoT threats in 2023

SecureList

The first-ever large-scale malware attacks on IoT devices were recorded back in 2008, and their number has only been growing ever since. Paul has discovered critical vulnerabilities in the firmware and protocols of certain webcam models, and one of the vendors he contacted never even got back to him to discuss remediation.

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Growing Cyber Threats to the Energy and Industrial Sectors

NopSec

In 2008, the United States Department of Defence was compromised by an unknown foreign intelligence agency when an employee inserted a compromised USB flash drive into a government laptop computer. Perhaps most troubling, attackers occasionally target the device firmware of industrial control systems.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

In 2008, the Kraken botnet with 495,000 bots infected 10% of the Fortune 500 companies. Since 2008, RAM scraping has been a boon for retailers. Firmware rootkit. However, a growing number of botnet attacks are used against IoT devices and their connected networks. Examples of RAM Scraper Malware Attacks. Rootkit Type.

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