Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

These issues impacts Windows Server 2019 and lower versions, including Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 SP2. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Operation Cyclone). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Some commercial Nespresso machines that are used in Europe could be hacked to add unlimited funds to purchase coffee. Some Nespresso Pro machines in Europe could be hacked to add unlimited funds to purchase coffee. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Nespresso). The vulnerability was disclosed by the security researcher Polle Vanhoof.

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Threatpost

MARCH 30, 2018

Microsoft released an out-of-band security update that corrected a faulty patch that left Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 open to attack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Attackers are targeting high-value servers using a three of hacking tools from NSA arsenal, including DarkPulsar, that were leaked by the Shadow Brokers hacker group. It shows how hackers combined the tool to carry out high sophisticated hacking operations. Security Affairs – NSA hacking tools, DarkPulsar ).

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Some of the exposed emails dated back to 2008; others were as recent as the present day. Holden said he also discovered that hackers have been abusing a Securence link scrubbing and anti-spam service called Url-Shield to create links that look benign but instead redirect visitors to hacked and malicious websites.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

That same day, AWM Proxy — a 14-year-old anonymity service that rents hacked PCs to cybercriminals — suddenly went offline. Launched in March 2008, AWM Proxy quickly became the largest service for crooks seeking to route their malicious Web traffic through compromised devices. ru , and the website web-site[.]ru

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Bloomberg News has a major story about the Chinese hacking computer motherboards made by Supermicro, Levono, and others. It’s been going on since at least 2008. The US government has known about it for almost as long, and has tried to keep the attack secret: China’s exploitation of products made by Supermicro, as the U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A Chinese-speaking hacking group exploited a Windows zero-day vulnerability in a wave of attacks on defense and IT businesses. A Chinese-speaking hacking group exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Win32k kernel driver to deploy a new remote access trojan (RAT), tracked as MysterySnail. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Windows).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

“ In 2017, the Shadow Brokers hacking group released a collection of NSA exploits and hacking tools targeting Microsoft’s Windows OS, some of them were developed to exploit the SMBv1 p rotocol to execute commands on vulnerable servers with administrative p rivileges. Please see this KB for more information.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Satnam Narang , senior research engineer at Tenable , said the vulnerability affects the following installations of IE: Internet Explorer 11 from Windows 7 to Windows 10 as well as Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019; IE 9 on Windows Server 2008; and IE 10 on Windows Server 2012.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 10, 2020

District Court for the Southern District of California allege Firsov was the administrator of deer.io, an online platform that hosted more than 24,000 shops for selling stolen and/or hacked usernames and passwords for a variety of top online destinations. An example seller’s panel at deer.io. Click image to enlarge.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Founded circa 2008, DuckDuckGo is a private metasearch engine based in the US. The post Avoid The Hack: 7 Best Private Search Engine Recommendations appeared first on Security Boulevard. While this search engine is certainly better than using Google or Bing, it is advised to use this search engine with discretion.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2021

The IE weakness — CVE-2021-26411 — affects both IE11 and newer EdgeHTML-based versions, and it allows attackers to run a file of their choice by getting you to view a hacked or malicious website in IE. “There is the outside chance this could be wormable between DNS servers,” warned Trend Micro’s Dustin Childs.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

ru in 2008. su from 2008. su from 2008. Intel 471 shows akafitis@gmail.com was used to register another O.R.Z. user account — this one on Verified[.]ru Prior to that, akafitis@gmail.com was used as the email address for the account “ Fitis ,” which was active on Exploit between September 2006 and May 2007.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Qakbot , also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing malware that has been active since 2008. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware) The malware spreads via malspam campaigns, it inserts replies in active email threads.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2019

Microsoft has released patches for Windows 7, Server 2008, XP and Server 2003. Windows 7 and Server 2008 users can prevent unauthenticated attacks by enabling Network Level Authentication (NLA), and the threat can also be mitigated by blocking TCP port 3389. SecurityAffairs – Metasploit, hacking). According to Z??osum0x0,

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2023

The PlugX backdoor has been used since 2008 by multiple China-linked APT groups, including Mustang Panda , Winnti , and APT41 In the attacks observed by ASEC, once exploited the vulnerability, threat actors executed a PowerShell command to create a file named esetservice.exe. ” reads the analysis published by ASEC.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2024

It was operating between 2008 and 2013. According to German media , one of the two operators was also involved in the operations of the site mega-downloads.net. Movie2k was a platform involved in the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted movies, TV shows, and other media content.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Some of these nicknames go back more than a decade on Russian cybercrime forums, many of which have been hacked and relieved of their user databases over the years. su, and that forum’s database says a user by the name “Damnating” registered with the forum in 2008 using the email address damnating@yandex.ru.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 , that dark_cl0ud6@hotmail.com address has been used in conjunction with the handle “ DCReavers2 ” to register user accounts on a half-dozen English-language cybercrime forums since 2008, including Hackforums , Blackhatworld, and Ghostmarket. An advertisement for the ButterFly Bot.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2023

Files are encrypted by Chacha 2008 ( D. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Akira ransomware ) The post Avast released a free decryptor for the Windows version of the Akira ransomware appeared first on Security Affairs. Bernstein’s implementation ).”

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

has been associated with the user Kerens on the Russian hacking forum Exploit from 2011 to the present day. Intel 471 found that Kerens used the email address pepyak@gmail.com , which also was used to register Kerens accounts on the Russian language hacking forums Verified and Damagelab. The WHOIS records for autodoska[.]biz

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Qakbot , also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing malware that has been active since 2008. In August, the FBI announced that the Qakbot botnet was dismantled as a result of an international law enforcement operation named Operation ‘Duck Hunt.’

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Qakbot , also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing malware that has been active since 2008. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware) The malware spreads via malspam campaigns, it inserts replies in active email threads.

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Ransomware Retail Malware Insurance 82

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Bloomberg News has a major story about the Chinese hacking computer motherboards made by Supermicro, Levono, and others. It’s been going on since at least 2008. The US government has known about it for almost as long, and has tried to keep the attack secret: China’s exploitation of products made by Supermicro, as the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2019

This means that security and IT staff at the Pentagon is ignoring the recommendations exposing it to the risk of hack. related recommendations, dating as far back as 2008. SecurityAffairs – Pentagon, hacking). Additionally, as of September 30, 2018, there were 266 open cybersecurity?related ” concludes the DoD OIG.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2020

Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 revealed that the US CIA has hacked Chinese organizations in various sectors for the last 11 years. Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 is accusing that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of having hacked Chinese organizations for the last 11 years. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CIA).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2023

’ Qakbot , also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing malware that has been active since 2008. The FBI announced that the Qakbot botnet has been dismantled as a result of an international law enforcement operation named Operation ‘Duck Hunt.’

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 26, 2022

The Insurance firm that was founded in 2008 has a background of selling over 19 million policies and is planning to expand its business reach after obtaining an insurance broker’s license from India’s IRDAI.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2021

was recommended for IETF protocols in 2008 and became obsolete with the introduction of TLS version 1.3 SecurityAffairs – hacking, TLS 1.0). The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) formally deprecates Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions 1.0 (RFC RFC 2246) and 1.1 (RFC TLS version 1.2 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

VPNLab was launched in 2008 and was offering online anonymity to criminal organizations. VPNLab operators were advertising their platform on several hacking forums and dark web forums. SecurityAffairs – hacking, VPNLab). The authorities seized 15 VPNLab.net servers across 10 countries. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2022

QBot, aka Qakbot and Pinkslipbot , has been active since 2008, it is used by threat actors for collecting browsing data and banking credentials and other financial information from the victims. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Black Basta ransomware). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Ransomware Backups Malware Firewall 139

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

In 2013, Kurittu worked on an investigation involving Kivimäki’s use of the Zbot botnet, among other activities Kivimäki engaged in as a member of the hacker group Hack the Planet (HTP).”

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2022

Qakbot , also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing malware that has been active since 2008. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware). Experts warn that operators behind the Qakbot malware operation are improving their attack chain in an attempt to avoid detection. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2020

The exploit used by Turla, referred to as CVE-2008-3431 , abuses two vulnerabilities, but only one was ever fixed in the aforementioned CVE. The other vulnerability was chained by Turla operators with the CVE-2008-3431 flaw in the first version of their exploit. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Turla). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The IE zero-day vulnerability impacts IE 9 on Windows Server 2008, IE 10 on Windows Server 2012, IE 11 from Windows 7 to Windows 10, and IE 11 on Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2. SecurityAffairs –Windows zero-day, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2021

and above 2008 Workspace ONE UEM patch 20.8.0.36 SecurityAffairs – hacking, VMware Workspace ONE UEM). .” Below is the list of impacted versions: I mpacted Versions Fixed Version 2109 Workspace ONE UEM patch 21.9.0.13 and above 2105 Workspace ONE UEM patch 21.5.0.37 and above 2102 Workspace ONE UEM patch 21.2.0.27

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