The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Balaban This ransomware was doing the rounds over spam generated by the Gameover ZeuS botnet, which had been originally launched in 2011 as a toolkit for stealing victim’s banking credentials and was repurposed for malware propagation. The big names that pioneered in these targeted attacks are Sodinokibi (aka REvil) and Ryuk.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2020

Chinese hackers have exploited a zero-day vulnerability the Trend Micro OfficeScan antivirus in the recently disclosed hack of Mitsubishi Electric. This week, Mitsubishi Electric disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate data. SecurityAffairs – Mitsubishi Electric, hacking).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

It has already happened in the past that the popular antivirus software has identified Chrome as a malicious code, the website The Register reported a similar problem in 2011. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Windows Defender). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, CISA). The post CISA adds 12 new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog appeared first on Security Affairs. Last week, Google rolled out emergency fixes to address a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-3075 , in the Chrome web browser that is being actively exploited in the wild.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2019

NASA Office of Inspector General revealed that the Agency’s network was hacked in April 2018, intruders exfiltrated roughly 500 MB of data related to Mars missions. Unfortunately, this was not the first time hackers broke into JPL , it has already happened back in 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2017. The post NASA hacked!

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

US DoJ indicted four members of the China-linked cyberespionage group known as APT40 for hacking various entities between 2011 and 2018. Three of the defendants are said to be officers in a provincial arm of the MSS and one was an employee of a front company that was used to obfuscate the government’s role in the hacking campaigns.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I launched Security Affairs for passion in 2011 and millions of readers walked with me. Ten years ago I launched Security Affairs, the blog over the past decade obtained important successes in the cyber security community, but the greatest one is your immense affection. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Security Affairs).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2020

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 284 appeared first on Security Affairs. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2019

Security experts at Pen Test Partners (PTP) discovered a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Solution Centre (LSC) that exists since 2011. ” read the security advisory published by Lenovo. SecurityAffairs – Lenovo Solution Centre, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

At the time of this writing, no ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the security breach. CDHE provides free access to the identify theft monitoring Experian IdentityWorks SM for 24 months.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2021

FinCEN analyzed a data set composed of 2,184 SARs filed between 1 January 2011 and 30 June 2021 and identified 177 CVC (convertible virtual currency) wallets addresses that were used in ransomware operations associated with the above ransomware variants. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FinCEN). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2022

He joined the gang in August 2011 and worked for the organization for five-and-a-half years, DoJ states that he was among the most prolific and active members of the gang. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Since 2011 it was employed in attacks aimed at Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in many countries, including Bahrain, Ethiopia, UAE, and more. The new versions of FinSpy spyware were used by a new unknown hacking group, Amnesty International speculates the involvement of a nation-state actor that employed them since September 2019.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

million of its customers, two months after its Passenger Service System provider SITA was hacked. million of its customers, exposed data includes the personal information of customers registered between August. 26, 2011 and February. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Air India). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

Justice Department (DoJ) indicted four members of the China-linked cyber espionage group APT40 (aka TEMP.Periscope , TEMP.Jumper , and Leviathan ) for hacking tens of government organizations, private businesses and universities around the world between 2011 and 2018. SecurityAffairs – hacking, APT31). This week the U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Alexander Vinnik allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, he is charged with different hacking crimes in Russia, France, and the United States. The authorities reported that since 2011, 7 million Bitcoin went into the BTC-e exchange and 5.5 SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). million withdrawn. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

Some of the hacking campaigns that were publicly attributed to Russian state-sponsored APT actors by U.S. Russian state-sponsored APT actors’ global Energy Sector intrusion campaign, 2011 to 2018. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Russia-linked threat actors). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

It is estimated that the cryptocurrencies stolen between January 2011 and December 2021 amount to $12.1 SecurityAffairs – hacking, crypto security breaches). The post Crypto security breaches cause $4.25 billion losses worth of cryptos in 2021 appeared first on Security Affairs. PancakeBunny, $200M .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2021

and above 2011 Workspace ONE UEM patch 20.11.0.40 SecurityAffairs – hacking, VMware Workspace ONE UEM). The post VMware fixes critical SSRF flaw in Workspace ONE UEM Console appeared first on Security Affairs. and above 2105 Workspace ONE UEM patch 21.5.0.37 and above 2102 Workspace ONE UEM patch 21.2.0.27 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The way Facebook managed user data violated a 2011 privacy settlement with the FTC. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Meta). The post Facebook (Meta) to settle Cambridge Analytica data leak for $725M appeared first on Security Affairs. An FTC settlement obliged the company to review its privacy practices. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2021

The company was purchased by Intel in 2011 for more than $7.6bn. SecurityAffairs – hacking, McAfee). The post John McAfee found dead in prison cell ahead of extradition to US appeared first on Security Affairs. John McAfee was the founder of the homonym anti-virus maker and ran it until 1994, when he resigned from the company.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

According to the researchers who discovered the issue, the flaw was introduced in November 2011. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. SecurityAffairs – hacking, PHP Composer). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The way Facebook managed user data violated a 2011 privacy settlement with the FTC. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Meta). The post Facebook (Meta) to settle Cambridge Analytica data leak for $725M appeared first on Security Affairs. An FTC settlement obliged the company to review its privacy practices. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

Across the years, the researchers found analyzed multiple backdoors and hacking tools composing the arsenal of the cyberespionage group. Researchers at company firm Symantec reportedly linked the CIA hacking tools to a number of cyber attacks launched in recent years by a threat actor the company identified as the Longhorn group. “The

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Since 2011 it was employed in attacks aimed at Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in many countries, including Bahrain, Ethiopia, UAE, and more. The new versions of FinSpy spyware were used by a new unknown hacking group, Amnesty International speculates the involvement of a nation-state actor that employed them since September 2019.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimated that the Glupteba botnet was composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world as of December 2021. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Glupteba botnet). ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2023

After the incident at the Fukushima plant that was caused by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the water has been kept in tanks after going through the advanced liquid processing system that removes most radionuclides except tritium. The media reported that the storage vessels are nearing capacity.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The US had sanctioned Mahan Air in 2011 for providing financial, material, or technological support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Iran’s Mahan Air). The post Iran’s Mahan Air claims it has failed a cyber attack, hackers say the opposite appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

AridViper is an Arabic speaking APT group that is active in the Middle East since at least 2011. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Arid Viper). The post PyMICROPSIA Windows malware includes checks for Linux and macOS appeared first on Security Affairs. ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The carmakers will reimburse the purchase of steering wheel locks, to the owners of some 2011-2022 model-year vehicles without engine immobilizers that cannot install the software upgrade. The upgrade will be performed by Hyundai dealers, and the carmaker ensures that the process will take less than one hour to be completed.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimate that the Glupteba botnet is currently composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Glupteba botnet). The post Google disrupts the Glupteba botnet appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2020

.” The EU agency launched this project to improve the detection of network security incidents in the EU, by: Providing an inventory of available measures and information sources; Identifying good practices; Recommending possible areas for development. 2- Report – Measures and information sources.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimated that the Glupteba botnet was composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world as of December 2021.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2020

The vendor also fixed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-2011 , that could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition to all Panorama services by sending specially crafted registration requests. . SecurityAffairs – PaloAlto Networks, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2022

“In total, these hacking campaigns targeted thousands of computers, at hundreds of companies and organizations, in approximately 135 countries.” The group also attempted to hack the systems of a US company operating critical infrastructure in the United States. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Russian government employees).

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

In this episode, Mike Ahmadi draws on his years of experience in infosec, his years hacking medical devices. Listen to EP 12: Hacking Healthcare. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. ” So it’s not surprising that this recording coincided with another major security event.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

In this episode, Mike Ahmadi draws on his years of experience in infosec, his years hacking medical devices. Listen to EP 12: Hacking Healthcare. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. ” So it’s not surprising that this recording coincided with another major security event.

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