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Who Is the Network Access Broker ‘Babam’?

Krebs on Security

More commonly, that access is purchased from a cybercriminal broker who specializes in acquiring remote access credentials — such as usernames and passwords needed to remotely connect to the target’s network. com back in 2011, and sanjulianhotels[.]com The username associated with that account was “ bo3dom.”

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

Krebs on Security

Riley Kilmer is co-founder of Spur.us , a company that tracks thousands of VPN and proxy networks, and helps customers identify traffic coming through these anonymity services. The password chosen by this user was “ 1232.” relied on the passwords asus666 and 01091987h. also used the password 24587256.

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Op Wocao – China-linked APT20 was able to bypass 2FA

Security Affairs

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. In order to move laterally within the target networks, hackers used well-known techniques, such as dumping credentials from memory and accessing password managers on compromised systems.

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Patch now! Insecure Hikvision security cameras can be taken over remotely

Malwarebytes

According to global market data provider IHS Markit, Hikvision has 38% of the global market share, and it has been the market leader since 2011. No username or password is needed, nor are any actions needed from the camera owner. The company was founded on November 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China. The vulnerability.

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Reduce your helpdesk burden 20-50%

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The reputation is well-deserved when you consider that we (the cybersecurity team) tell users to create a unique password for each account to increase security. According to Gartner, 20 – 50% of help desk calls are for password reset – which is an expensive burden for any help desk.

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This hidden Chrome feature is my secret productivity trick - here's my favorite way to use it

Zero Day

As far back as 2011 or 2012, you could go into Google Image Search, upload an image, and get search results. You can feed it an image, and Lens will do its best to tell you what you're looking at. Also:  5 Android browsers that are better than Chrome (and why I prefer them) To be fair, this is not a new Google capability.

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Multiple schools hit by Vice Society ransomware attack

Malwarebytes

According to the BBC, the data includes: Passport scans of both pupils and parents which date back to 2011. Ensure your RDP points are locked down with a good password and multi-factor authentication. If you require a VPN to access it, ensure the VPN is locked down with MFA and other security measures appropriate to your network too.