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Red Cross Hack Linked to Iranian Influence Operation?

Krebs on Security

That FBI warrant came on the heels of an investigation published by security firm FireEye , which examined an Iranian-based network of inauthentic news sites and social media accounts aimed at the United States., Sheriff says they will only accept offers that are guaranteed through the forum’s escrow account. com, sachtimes[.]com,

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DNA testing company fined after customer data theft

Malwarebytes

What happened in the 2021 breach When DDC acquired Orchid Cellmark, a British company also in the DNA testing industry, as part of its business expansion in 2012, the company didn't know that it also inherited legacy databases that kept personally identifiable information (PII) in plain text form.

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Estonian National charged with helping Russia acquire U.S. hacking tools and electronics

Security Affairs

In 2012, the US government added Shevlyakov to Entity List, a ban list for procuring and delivering export-restricted items to Russia. In May 2020, Shevlyakov used one of his front companies to buy a licensed copy of the penetration testing platform Metasploit Pro. ” continues the press release.

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How to Prevent SQL Injection Attacks

eSecurity Planet

Because many powerful SQL injection tools are available open-source , your organization must test your applications before strangers do. . Also Read: Best Penetration Testing Software for 2021. . This step is critical in safeguarding the organization’s internal database structure, table names, or account names. .

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Analyzing the APT34’s Jason project

Security Affairs

Jason is a graphic tool implemented to perform Microsoft exchange account brute-force in order to “harvest” the highest possible emails and accounts information. which according to Microsoft documentation dates back to 2012. Michael Lortz. The attacker used an old version of Microsoft.Exchange.WebService.dll tagged as 15.0.0.0

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Mimecast Email security 2012 Nasdaq: MIME. a16z Investments. Bessemer Venture Partners. Greylock Partners.

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Fixing Data Breaches Part 4: Bug Bounties

Troy Hunt

When the LinkedIn data breach from 2012 finally surfaced in May 2016, it appeared for sale on a (now defunct) dark web marketplace called The Real Deal. Well, I've got bad news for you guys, you're already getting free penetration tests every day anyway, you're just not getting told of the results!