Bleeping Computer

JULY 15, 2021

Microsoft has reminded Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 users that the products will reach their extended support end dates during the next two years, urging them to update to avoid security and compliance gaps. [.].

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire , a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. NetWire has been sold openly on the same website since 2012: worldwiredlabs[.]com. org , also registered in 2012.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

From Brian Krebs : A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. The arrest coincided with a seizure of the NetWire sales website by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 31, 2016

According to a recent report, a 2012 hack on cloud file sharing company DropBox put millions of users at risk. It also highlights the importance of good security hygiene for every employee.

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Graham Cluley

JUNE 1, 2023

an extremely popular WordPress plugin that provides a variety of functions including security features for around five million websites, has received a critical security update following the discovery of a bug that has lurked unnoticed since 2012. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The patent was issued by the United States Patent Office on September 6th, 2022, with a priority date going back over a decade, to June of 2012. The granting of this patent follows the patent office’s granting of four other related patents going back to the same priority date in June of 2012.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 1, 2023

released in 2012 — and it affects millions of websites. An audit uncovers an API-related security vulnerability dating back to Jetpack version 2.0

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The Hacker News

MAY 31, 2023

which was released in November 2012. WordPress has issued an automatic update to address a critical flaw in the Jetpack plugin that’s installed on over five million sites. The vulnerability, which was unearthed during an internal security audit, resides in an API present in the plugin since version 2.0,

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

BHProxies has authored 129 posts on Black Hat World since 2012, and their last post on the forum was in December 2022. BHProxies initially was fairly active on Black Hat World between May and November 2012, after which it suddenly ceased all activity. The website BHProxies[.]com

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

But way back in 2012, the Canadian CSEC—that’s their NSA—did some top-secret work on this kind of thing. Nowadays, it seems like an obvious thing to do—although the search is probably unconstitutional.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 24, 2023

The threat actor, active since at least 2012, is tracked by the broader cybersecurity community under Bronze President, HoneyMyte, Mustang Panda, RedDelta, and Red Lich. A recent campaign undertaken by Earth Preta indicates that nation-state groups aligned with China are getting increasingly proficient at bypassing security solutions.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 27, 2023

Alloy Taurus, a Chinese APT , has been active since 2012. Chinese state-sponsored threat actor Alloy Taurus has introduced a new variant of PingPull malware , designed to target Linux systems, Palo Alto Networks said in its research. Along with the new variant, another backdoor called Sword2033 was also identified by the researchers.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The post Ops, popular iTerm2 macOS Terminal App is affected by a critical RCE since 2012 appeared first on Security Affairs. . ~ Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – iTerms2, hacking).

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Anton on Security

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Note that this blog was informed by my observations of the previous wave of security data lakes ( dating back to 2012 ) and related attempts by organizations to build security data science capabilities. So, in 2012, we said : “Finally, “collect once?—?analyze However, we are not living in 2012 or 2018 anymore?—?we So, has it?

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

According to cyber intelligence firm Flashpoint , MrMurza has been active in the Russian underground since at least September 2012. 2012, from an Internet address in Magnitogorsk, RU. MrMurza also told the admin that his account number at the now-defunct virtual currency Liberty Reserve was U1018928.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 8, 2021

Patches to fix a severe flaw in the Windows Print spooler are now available for Windows 10 Version 1607, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday said it seized 50,676 Bitcoin in November 2021 that was stolen in the 2012 hack of the now-defunct Silk Road dark web marketplace. The bitcoin, which was obtained in 2012 and valued at $3.36 billion when it was discovered last year, is now worth $1.04

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

These issues impacts Windows Server 2019 and lower versions, including Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 SP2.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 24, 2020

However, the shake-up between 2010 and 2012 gave Beijing an impetus not only to go after bigger, riskier targets, but also to put together the infrastructure needed to process the purloined information. In 2012, senior U.S. intelligence agencies. intelligence personnel, these new capabilities made China’s successful hack of the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

One of the alleged hackers was first profiled here in 2012 as the owner of a Chinese antivirus firm. One of the men indicted as part of APT41 — now 35-year-old Tan DaiLin — was the subject of a 2012 KrebsOnSecurity story that sought to shed light on a Chinese antivirus product marketed as Anvisoft. Image: FBI.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 24, 2023

Notably, the Pentagon launched a surveillance campaign in 2012, which has received limited attention. It is important to note that while Western nations often attribute such incidents to countries like China and Russia, they remain relatively silent about their own surveillance campaigns.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 27, 2023

He told me the story when he heard about my new book , which he partially recounts his 2012 book, Ghost in the Wires. Early in his career, Kevin Mitnick successfully hacked California law.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 4, 2019

Really interesting paper calculating the worldwide cost of cybercrime: Abstract: In 2012 we presented the first systematic study of the costs of cybercrime. Our conclusions remain broadly the same as in 2012:it would be economically rational to spend less in anticipation of cybercrime (on antivirus, firewalls, etc.)

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Heimadal Security

MAY 18, 2023

At least since 2012, SideWinder has been active, using spear-phishing attacks to gain access to targeted environments. Researchers have uncovered previously unknown attack infrastructure used by Pakistani and Chinese entities operated by the state-sponsored group SideWinder.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Also, all these countries have been indulging in such tactics since 2012. With the USA using the NSA to conduct espionage since 2012, Russia using GRU since 2017, and China using various APT groups to know about the flaws of other nations. .

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Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Vulnerabilities in mobile apps exposed Hyundai and Genesis car models after 2012 to remote attacks that allowed unlocking and even starting the vehicles. [.].

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Massachusetts Attorney General announced settlements across multiple states for damages from Experian's 2012 and 2015 breaches that violated consumer protection and notification laws.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2022

United States Justice Department has accused four Russian government officials for launching cyber attacks on the critical infrastructure of the Joe Biden led nation between 2012 to 2018. Names of the accused are: Marat Valeryevich Tyukuv, 39; Mikhail Gavrilov, 42 and Pavel Akulov, 36.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The cryptocurrency stolen in 2012 was valued at $3.36 The cryptocurrency stolen in 2012 was valued at $3.36 Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Monday, October 7, 2022, the seizure of 50,676 Bitcoin stolen in the hack of the no-longer-existent Silk Road dark web marketplace. billion at the moment of discovery and now is worth $1.04

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A New Jersey grand jury indicted Kovalev in 2012 after an investigation by the U.S. The 2012 indictment against Kovalev relates to cybercrimes he allegedly perpetrated prior to the creation of Trickbot. . A copy of the now-unsealed 2012 indictment of Kovalev is here (PDF). Attorney’s Office in New Jersey.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne attributed the intrusions to a group it tracks as "ModifiedElephant," an elusive threat actor that's been operational since at least 2012, whose

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The PCLOB was established in 2004 (when it didn't do much), disappeared from 2007-2012, and reconstituted in 2012. So it can examine the program of TSA watchlists, NSA anti-terrorism surveillance, and FBI counterterrorism activities. It issued a major report on NSA surveillance in 2014.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Russian national Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin was sentenced to 88 months in prison for hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring in 2012. The Russian national Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin was sentenced to 88 months in prison in the United States for hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring in 2012. Source: US Defense Watch.com.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 4, 2021

The cover page says that the initial FOIA request was made in July 2012: eight and a half years ago. If there is any lesson for today, it’s that modern cryptanalysis is possible primarily because people make mistakes. The monograph a while to become public. And there’s more books to come.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Satnam Narang , senior research engineer at Tenable , said the vulnerability affects the following installations of IE: Internet Explorer 11 from Windows 7 to Windows 10 as well as Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019; IE 9 on Windows Server 2008; and IE 10 on Windows Server 2012.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 6, 2022

A man from California confessed his involvement in a large-scale and long-running Internet-based fraud scam that enabled him and other fraudsters to steal about $50 million from dozens of investors over an eight-year period, from 2012 to October 2020. From in or around 2012 through on or about October 27, 2020, in Morris County, in […].

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Kivimaki and other HTP members were involved in mass-compromising web servers using known vulnerabilities, and by 2012 Kivimäki’s alias Ryan Cleary was selling access to those servers in the form of a DDoS-for-hire service. The DDoS-for-hire service allegedly operated by Kivimäki in 2012. Kivimäki was 15 years old at the time.

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