Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2022

A group of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered malicious plugins on tens of thousands of WordPress sites. The experts studied the evolution of CMS plugins in the production web servers dating back to 2012, to do this they developed an automated framework named YODA to detect malicious plugins.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

Nation-state backed hacking collectives have been around at least as long as the Internet. Military operatives and intelligence units today routinely hack to knock down critical infrastructure, interfere with elections, and even to exact revenge on Hollywood studios. Iran hacks Saudi plants. Rise of North Korea.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Cybersecurity researchers from CrowdStrike have discovered that China funded hacking group Aquatic Panda was busy indulging in spying and espionage activities related to industrial intelligence and military secrets. Note- Found in 2012, Aquatic Panda is found relying heavily on cobalt strike, the remote access exploiting tool.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A Chinese-speaking hacking group exploited a Windows zero-day vulnerability in a wave of attacks on defense and IT businesses. A Chinese-speaking hacking group exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Win32k kernel driver to deploy a new remote access trojan (RAT), tracked as MysterySnail. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Windows).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2022

A Russian hacking group may be responsible for a cyber attack against a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas that led to its explosion on June 8. Department of Justice brought charges against four Russian nationals suspected of using TRITON malware in cyber attacks on behalf of the Russian government between 2012 and 2018.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

” The APT32 group, also known as OceanLotus Group, has been active since at least 2012 targeting organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. The post Vietnam-linked Ocean Lotus hacked BMW and Hyundai networks appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) says the GRU’s hackers built Cyclops Blink by exploiting previously undocumented security weaknesses in firewalls and routers made by both ASUS and WatchGuard Technologies. SANDWORM AND TRITON. energy facilities. and international companies and entities, including U.S. ” HYDRA. . ” HYDRA.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

. “At the present time, no damage has been done, nor are there any indications that data has been stolen or modified,” This isn’t the first attack suffered by the company, in 2012, the company was targeted by another cyber attack that was classified as “heavy” and of “exceptional quality.”. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Law enforcement and intelligence worldwide are buying technologies that exploit weaknesses in vehicle systems. Recently security the security expert researcher Sam Curry warned of vulnerabilities in mobile apps that exposed Hyundai and Genesis car models after 2012 to remote attacks. ” Forbes reports.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Today marks eight years since the first Security Ledger post went live back on October 2, 2012. We're celebrating with a new look and exciting plans for 2021! The post Security Ledger Turns 8! appeared first on The Security Ledger.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The hacking technique was employed by an unidentified hacking group to avoid detection. The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Kraken). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. The APT32 also targeted peripheral network security and technology infrastructure corporations, and security firms that may have connections with foreign investors.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2021

Flushed with venture capital funding in 2012, Norse’s founders started hiring dozens of talented cybersecurity professionals. ” Frigg promises to include “elements that stems [sic] from major data hacks of known systems like Ashley Madison, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Fling.com, AdultFriendFinder and hundreds more.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 27, 2017

I am honored to share that ForAllSecure has been named to MIT Technology Review’s 2017 list of 50 Smartest Companies. According to the MIT Tech Review team, to make the list, a company must exhibit technological leadership and business acumen, which set them apart from competitors.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Between 2012 and 2016 she served as president and managing partner at cyber consulting firm Liberty Group Ventures. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Todt). Todt has been directing the Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI), a non-profit focused on developing cybersecurity tools for small businesses. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Meanwhile, the chairman of China's technology giant Huawei has pointed to NSA spying disclosed by Edward Snowden as a reason to mistrust US technology companies. Even so, these examples illustrate an important point: there's no escaping the technology of inevitable surveillance. That's an easier, and more fruitful, attack path.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. One such site — sun-technology[.]net

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

It is not the first time that such kind of leak has happened, in May 2012, Microsoft cut off Hangzhou DPtech Technologies Co. a MAPP partner company based in China, for leaking data related to CVE-2012-0002. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Microsoft Exchange). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 27, 2017

I am honored to share that ForAllSecure has been named to MIT Technology Review’s 2017 list of 50 Smartest Companies. According to the MIT Tech Review team, to make the list, a company must exhibit technological leadership and business acumen, which set them apart from competitors.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 27, 2017

I am honored to share that ForAllSecure has been named to MIT Technology Review’s 2017 list of 50 Smartest Companies. According to the MIT Tech Review team, to make the list, a company must exhibit technological leadership and business acumen, which set them apart from competitors.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 11, 2021

billion in incident response and an overhaul of their technology and data security program. Equifax’s Buzz Score -- an indication of how negative or positive people feel about a brand -- fell 33 points in the first 10 days after the hack was publicized. Initially, the hack was received with amusement and humor.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2021

Legitimate software abused by threat actors are: • ARO 2012 Tutorial 8.0.12.0 • VirusScan On-Demand Scan Task Properties (McAfee, Inc.) • Sandboxie COM Services (BITS) 3.55.06 (SANDBOXIE L.T.D) • Outlook Item Finder 11.0.5510 (Microsoft Corporation) • Mobile Popup Application 16.00 (Quick Heal Technologies (P) Ltd.).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

a United States defense research entity, a Turkish government agency managing public works, several large technology and communications firms headquartered in Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom, and medical organizations/medical research facilities located in Japan and Canada). SecurityAffairs – Coronavirus-themed attacks, hacking).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that Belarusian police have seized and shutdown XakFor, one of the largest hacking forums on the internet. net), a popular hacking forum a place frequented by hackers, malware authors, scammers and cybercriminals. Belarusian police have seized the servers of XakFor (xakfor[.]net),

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Most of DCReavers’s posts on Darkode appear to have been removed by forum administrators early on (likely at DCReavers’ request), but the handful of posts that survived the purge show that more than a decade ago DCReavers2 was involved in running botnets, or large collections of hacked computers.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 11, 2021

billion in incident response and an overhaul of their technology and data security program. Equifax’s Buzz Score -- an indication of how negative or positive people feel about a brand -- fell 33 points in the first 10 days after the hack was publicized. Initially, the hack was received with amusement and humor.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. The APT32 also targeted peripheral network security and technology infrastructure corporations, and security firms that may have connections with foreign investors.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2021

MoleRATs is an Arabic-speaking, politically motivated group of hackers that has been active since 2012, in 2018 monitoring the operation of the group, Kaspersky identified different techniques utilized by very similar attackers in the MENA region. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

The Defense Ministry was working on a prototype of supersonic missile known as HGV, a technology also being studied by the U.S., SecurityAffairs – Mitsubishi, hacking). China, and Russia. In January, the two media outlets attributed the cyber attack to a China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Tick (aka Bronze Butler ).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2019

Threat actors target engineering, transportation, and defense sectors, experts observed a specific interest in maritime technologies. The cyberspies also targeted research centres and universities involved in naval research with the intent to access advanced technology to push the growth of the Chinese naval industry.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 27, 2021

In this post, I will expand on why ForAllSecure’s Mayhem for Code is being recognized as a finalist in the Best Enterprise Security Solution and how a next-generation fuzz testing technology -- a decade in the making -- came to be a contender alongside names such as Checkmarx, Crowdstrike, Cybereason, and Darktrace.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 27, 2021

In this post, I will expand on why ForAllSecure’s Mayhem for Code is being recognized as a finalist in the Best Enterprise Security Solution and how a next-generation fuzz testing technology -- a decade in the making -- came to be a contender alongside names such as Checkmarx, Crowdstrike, Cybereason, and Darktrace.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2020

The Vietnam-linked cyberespionage group tracked as APT32 carried out hacking campaigns against Chinese entities to collect intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis. The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Looking back at past leaks of private companies providing such services, such as in the case of Hacking Team, we learned that many states all over the world were buying these capabilities, whether to complement their in-house technologies or as a stand-alone solution they couldn’t develop.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Vamosi: Welcome to the hacker mind, and original podcast from for all secure, it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. And that's useful when you're hacking, that's what hackers need to be right they need to be creative. How did pico CTF get started 2013 Well I guess technically 2012.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

CB Bowman, a Certified Master Coach, created the ACEC website in 2012 and runs additional websites with a focus on executive coaching. When her members informed her that the website was redirecting to an entertainment website, she was immediately concerned and quickly realized the website had been hacked. Company Background.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The modern era of mass data breaches perhaps began in 2009, with the hack of 32 million account credentials held by software developer RockYou, in which a SQL injection attack revealed that passwords were simple held in cleartext in a database table. The following year saw a leak from Gawker Media’s servers, with another 1.5

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