Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

On December 7, 2021, Google announced it was suing two Russian men allegedly responsible for operating the Glupteba botnet, a global malware menace that has infected millions of computers over the past decade. PPI programs) to generate new installations of their malware.” But on Dec.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Microsoft today released an emergency software patch to plug a critical security hole in its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser that attackers are already using to break into Windows computers. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2021

Ten of these earned Microsoft’s “critical” rating, meaning they can be exploited by malware or miscreants with little or no help from users. Top of the heap this month (apart from the ongoing, global Exchange Server mass-compromise ) is a patch for an Internet Explorer bug that is seeing active exploitation.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

INFINITY is a state of the art malware and vulnerability remediation service featuring unique, patent-pending technology. INFINITY combines deep website scanning and automatic malware removal with unrivaled accuracy and frequency. Websites experience 62 attacks per day on average.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 12, 2019

Microsoft on Tuesday pushed out software updates to fix more than five dozen security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer , Edge , Office and Sharepoint. Malware or bad guys can remotely exploit roughly one-quarter of the flaws fixed in today’s patch batch without any help from users.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2022

The flaw affects Windows 7 through 10 and Windows Server 2008 through 2022. Seven of the flaws fixed today earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” label, which it assigns to vulnerabilities that can be exploited by malware or miscreants to remotely compromise a vulnerable Windows system without any help from the user.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 13, 2021

Thirteen of the security bugs quashed in this month’s release earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning they can be exploited by malware or miscreants to seize remote control over a vulnerable system without any help from users. out of a possible 10.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

INFINITY is a state of the art malware and vulnerability remediation service featuring unique, patent-pending technology. INFINITY combines deep website scanning and automatic malware removal with unrivaled accuracy and frequency. Websites experience 22 attacks per day on average.

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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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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 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. Recently, the popular expert Robert Graham has scanned the Internet for vulnerable systems.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 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

MARCH 31, 2021

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) formally deprecates Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions 1.0 (RFC was recommended for IETF protocols in 2008 and became obsolete with the introduction of TLS version 1.3 was recommended for IETF protocols in 2008 and became obsolete with the introduction of TLS version 1.3

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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. After the disclosure of the flaw, the popular expert Robert Graham scanned the Internet for vulnerable systems.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

The VPN provider’s service, which aimed to offer shielded communications and internet access, were being used in support of serious criminal acts such as ransomware deployment and other cybercrime activities.” VPNLab was launched in 2008 and was offering online anonymity to criminal organizations.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

As per usual, most of the critical flaws — those that can be exploited by malware or miscreants without any help from users — reside in Microsoft’s Web browsers Edge and Internet Explorer.

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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 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. As explained by Microsoft, this vulnerability could be exploited by malware with wormable capabilities. ” It is important to highlight that the RDP itself is not vulnerable.

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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. Operation Groundbait was first described by ESET in 2016, with the first implants observed in 2008.

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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

MARCH 8, 2020

Venezuela – Power outage knocked out part of the internet connectivity. CIA Hacking unit APT-C-39 hit China since 2008. Malware campaign employs fake security certificate updates. Karkoff 2020: a new APT34 espionage operation involves Lebanon Government. Nemty ransomware LOVE_YOU malspam campaign.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Federal prosecutors in California have filed criminal charges against four employees of Adconion Direct , an email advertising firm, alleging they unlawfully hijacked vast swaths of Internet addresses and used them in large-scale spam campaigns. HOSTING IN THE WIND.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2019

The list of flaws addressed by the tech giant doesn’t include zero-days or publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, 29 issues were rated as ‘Critical’ and affect Microsoft’s Edge and Internet Explorer web browsers, Windows, Outlook and Office. Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008 are not affected.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

The two issues are a Windows spoofing bug and a remote code execution flaw in Internet Explorer. The flaw affects many Windows OSs, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, for which the IT giant will not provide security updates because the reached the end-of-life. MSI) files signed by any software developer. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2020

The two issues are a Windows spoofing bug and a remote code execution flaw in Internet Explorer. ” The flaw affects many Windows OSs, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, for which the IT giant will not provide security updates because the reached the end-of-life. ” reads the advisory.

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Adam Shostack

DECEMBER 1, 2019

It’s bad news for people and businesses who rely on technology, who are going to be subject to seeing their tax software hacked to distribute malware, as happened in Ukraine and led to NotPetya.

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SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

LuoYu is a lesser-known threat actor that has been active since 2008. In their initial disclosures on this threat actor, TeamT5 identified three malware families: SpyDealer, Demsty and WinDealer. Leaving the mystery of the delivery method aside for now, let’s look at the capabilities of the malware itself.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In total, 1,000 consumer facing websites were analyzed, including the Internet Retailer Top 500, FDIC 100 banks, top social networking companies, top 50 news and media companies, government agencies and leading Internet of Things (IoT) providers focused on home automation and wearable technologies.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2020

. “Several industry sectors have been targeted including aviation organizations, scientific research institutions, petroleum industry, Internet companies, and government agencies.” ” The US-linked hackers targeted the Chinese organizations between September 2008 and June 2019. time zone. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

0patch will provide micropatches for Windows 7 and Server 2008 after EoS. North Korea-linked malware ATMDtrack infected ATMs in India. Study shows connections between 2000 malware samples used by Russian APT groups. Malware-based attacks disrupted operations of Rheinmetall AG and Defence Construction Canada.

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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. Mr. Mirza declined to respond to questions, but the exposed database information was removed from the Internet almost immediately after KrebsOnSecurity shared the offending links. Ditto for a case the FTC brought in 2005. com and usps-jobs[.]com.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 19, 2022

VPNLab had been around since 2008 and had built its service around the OpenVPN technology, used strong encryption, and provided double VPN, with servers located in many different countries. “Our service is designed for a broad spectrum of clients who care about their personal security.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 20, 2020

First, please note that I will be dealing with three levels of cyber forensics: network, computer, and application (usually malware). Last week, if you recall, I introduced the deception network and told you that I had configured a decoy on the internet. Figure 1 - Deception net decoy on the internet. 106 device actually is.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Cyberattacks are usually caused by malware , which is software created for malicious purposes. Malware can: Slow or crash your website. Malware isn’t just damaging to your website – it can also be excessively expensive. SiteLock was founded in 2008 with one mission: to protect every website on the internet.

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