Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. “ DePriMon is a powerful, flexible and persistent tool designed to download a payload and execute it, and to collect some basic information about the system and its user along the way.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2020

An attempted attack requires user authentication.” The remote process execution is bound to a web service account, which depending on the web platform used may have restricted permissions. ” The issue affects OfficeScan versions XG SP1, XG (Non-SP GM build), 11.0 SP1 for Windows. ” reported ZDNet.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 3, 2021

Pam joins us with 25 years experience in the IT industry, with her most recent role being Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Anthem, Inc. I took an active role in understanding what the Security team were trying to achieve, and how my work and my team could help them.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

China-linked cyber espionage group APT20 has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) in recent attacks, cyber-security firm Fox-IT warns. The APT20 group has been active since at least 2011, but experts did not associate any campaign with this threat actors between 2016 and 2017. “Operation Wocao (??

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

The leak also included the JWT secret key, another type of token, which is usually used for authentication. As reported in 2011, the company fell victim to two cyberattacks, which are suspected to be part of an espionage attempt. Knowing them, a threat actor could be able to hijack the session and therefore the account.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. . In some instances, they gathered phone numbers belonging to their targets and used them to assist in authenticating password resets.”

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2022

You can also combine remote services with multifactor authentication. A common ransomware pitfall is leaving remote services unsecured. Provide a limit on password guess attempts for remote desktops. Avoid strange attachments. Booby-trapped Word/Excel documents are a big threat in these realms, especially where Macros are concerned.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2021

CVE-2021-3156 Sudo vulnerability has allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without authentication. sudo is a program for Unix-like computer operating systems that allows users to run programs with the security privileges of another user, by default the superuser.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Vamosi: At Black Hat USA 2011, hacker Jay Radcliffe demonstrated before a live audience how he could hack his own personal insulin pump.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Vamosi: At Black Hat USA 2011, hacker Jay Radcliffe demonstrated before a live audience how he could hack his own personal insulin pump.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

APT42’s TTPs overlap with another Iran-linked APT group tracked as APT35 (aka ‘ Charming Kitten ‘, ‘ Phosphorus ‘, Newscaster , and Ajax Security Team) which made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized by Iranian hackers using social media.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

“We recommend people evaluate the authenticity of emails they receive about major conferences by ensuring that the sender address looks legitimate and that any embedded links redirect to the official conference domain. ” suggest Microsoft. Saudi Arabia, and Iraq.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

Clear Text authentication still exists in 2023 Although not directly related to malware infection, we did discover a few other interesting findings during our threat hunt, including numerous examples of clear text traffic disclosing email credentials or authentication session cookies for variety of applications.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The ZeroAccess botnet, discovered in 2011, hit systems hard with fraudulent advertising clicks and Bitcoin mining malware, infecting at least 9 million computers worldwide. Schultz and Edward Ray and their chapter of the Information Security Management Handbook, Sixth Edition, Volume 2 for some expert guidance. Prevention.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

Why ChatGPT security concerns are both overblown and valid Artificial intelligence (AI) was once a science fiction cautionary tale—stories consistently warned against designing machines capable of surpassing human ingenuity. The program can help close the security knowledge gap by assisting in employee training.

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