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Vodafone discovered backdoors in Huawei equipment. But it was 2011.

Security Affairs

According to Bloomberg, Vodafone identified hidden backdoors in software that could have handed Huawei unauthorized access to the carrier’s fixed-line network in Italy used to connect to the internet. Bloomberg obtained Vodafone’s security briefing documents from 2009 and 2011 and spoke with people involved in the situation.

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News Alert: i2Coalition launches ‘VPN Trust Initiative’ to promote VPN operators’ best practices

The Last Watchdog

26, 2023 — The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) launched the VPN Trust Initiative (VTI) in 2020 to establish a baseline for how virtual private network (VPN) providers should operate. Social Responsibility: VPN providers will promote VPN technology to support access to the global Internet and freedom of expression.

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US Gov’s Cyber Survival Guide for Water Utilities

Centraleyes

Several facilities have faced the wrath of ransomware attacks, from the South Houston wastewater treatment plant in 2011 to a Pennsylvania water system in May 2021. Moreover, it stresses the importance of multifactor authentication and regular updates to patch known vulnerabilities. The bottom line is the threat is not hypothetical.

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Microsoft: Slow MFA adoption presents “dangerous mismatch” in security

Malwarebytes

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been around for many years now, but few enterprises have fully embraced it. In fact, according to Microsoft’s inaugural “ Cyber Signals ” report, only 22 percent of all its Azure Active Directory (AD) enterprise clients have adopted two-factor authentication (2FA), a form of MFA.

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Zloader, another botnet, bites the dust

Malwarebytes

There are a lot of those because the ZeuS banking Trojan source code was leaked in 2011, and so there’s been plenty of time for several new variants to emerge. A sinkhole is a way of redirecting malicious internet traffic so that it can be captured and analyzed by security professionals, and are often used to seize control of botnets.

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More than 3,000 Openfire servers exposed to attacks using a new exploit

Security Affairs

Any version released before then is not vulnerable, and these older versions make up nearly 25% of the internet-facing Openfire servers. released in 2011.” ” “We found there are a variety of Openfire forks that may or may not be vulnerable, making up about 5% of the internet-facing servers.

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The Origins and History of the Dark Web

Identity IQ

The Origins and History of the Dark Web IdentityIQ The dark web is a hidden part of the internet that cannot be accessed as easily. The dark web consists of websites and services that operate anonymously and aren’t accessible in the “public” part of the internet. The deep web is far and away the largest part of the internet.