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Security firm accidentally exposed an unprotected database with 5 Billion previously leaked records

Security Affairs

The expert Bob Diachenko has discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch install belonging to a UK security firm that contained 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents that took place between 2012 and 2019. Most of the data come from previously known source s, it could expose affected people to scams and phishing campaigns.

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Padlocks, Phishing and Privacy; The Value Proposition of a VPN

Troy Hunt

I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. In the end I broke it down into 3 Ps: padlocks, phishing and privacy.

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Keepnet Labs accidentally exposed an unprotected database with 5 Billion previously leaked records

Security Affairs

The expert Bob Diachenko has discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch install belonging to the security firm Keepnet Labs that contained 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents that took place between 2012 and 2019. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko. Adobe, Last.

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Necurs Botnet adopts a new strategy to evade detection

Security Affairs

Necurs botnet is currently the second largest spam botnet , it has been active since at least 2012 and was involved in massive campaigns spreading malware such as the Locky ransomware , the Scarab ransomware , and the Dridex banking Trojan. Instead, the real IP address of the C2 is obfuscated with what is essentially an encryption algorithm.

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WarHawk: the New Backdoor in the Arsenal of the SideWinder APT Group

Security Boulevard

SideWinder APT, aka Rattlesnake or T-APT4, is a suspected Indian Threat Actor Group active since at least 2012, with a history of targeting government, military, and businesses throughout Asia, particularly Pakistan. Following is the Decoy PDF executed by the LNK File with the Subject: Phishing Site - Masqueraded Links (Advisory No.

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Cyber mercenaries group DeathStalker uses a new backdoor

Security Affairs

DeathStalker is a hack-for-hire group discovered by Kaspersky, it has been targeting organizations worldwide, mainly law firms and financial entities, since 2012. The backdoor uses multiple tricks to evade detection and leverages DNS over HTTPS (DoH) to communicate with its C2 server, using Cloudflare responders.

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10 Best CASB Security Vendors of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Security functionality for DLP, discovery, encryption, and digital rights management. McAfee’s MVISION Cloud claims the “largest and most accurate registry of cloud services,” AI and machine learning functionality, DLP, encryption and more. Encryption and tokenization. Cloud phishing and malware threats.

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