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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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

911 says its network is made up entirely of users who voluntarily install its “free VPN” software. In this scenario, users indeed get to use a free VPN service, but they are often unaware that doing so will turn their computer into a proxy that lets others use their Internet address to transact online. “The 911[.]re

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Giving Tuesday originated in the United States in 2012 to contrast the commercialism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It is meant to encourage people to give back to their communities through charitable donations, volunteering, or simply sharing kindness with others. It has since spread worldwide to more than 150 countries.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

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. Insight Partners.

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SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

In one case we investigated, we noticed that a signed executable qgametool.exe (MD5 f756083b62ba45dcc6a4d2d2727780e4 ), compiled in 2012, deployed WinDealer on a target machine. This can be done with the use of a VPN, but these may be illegal depending on the jurisdiction and would typically not be available to Chinese-speaking targets.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Okta was breached through one of its service providers, Sitel, itself compromised via the insecure VPN gateway of a recently acquired company. CobaltStrike, released in 2012, is a threat emulation tool designed to help red teams understand the methods an attacker can use to penetrate a network.

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