Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

BitSight researchers found significant overlap in the Internet addresses used by those domains and a domain called BHproxies[.]com. BHProxies has authored 129 posts on Black Hat World since 2012, and their last post on the forum was in December 2022. The website BHProxies[.]com

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2020

The Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin found guilty for LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring data breach back in 2012 and the sale of their users’ data. A jury found Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin guilty for the hack of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring back in 2012 and for the sale of the stolen data on cybercrime black marketplaces.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. “Why do I need a certificate? .” ru in 2008.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. As we’ll see in a moment, Salomon is now behind bars, in part because he helped to rob dozens of small businesses in the United States using some of those same harvested passwords.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

A historic records search at Domaintools on that tosaka1027@gmail.com address says it was used to register 24 Internet domain names , including at least seven that have been conclusively tied to the spread of powerful Android mobile malware. com 2012-11-26 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com and rurimeter[.]com 2333youxi[.]com

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2021

North Korea-linked InkySquid group leverages two Internet Explorer exploits to deliver a custom implant in attacks aimed at a South Korean online newspaper. APT37 has been active since at least 2012, it mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea. ” reads the post published by Volexity.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

More commonly, that access is purchased from a cybercriminal broker who specializes in acquiring remote access credentials — such as usernames and passwords needed to remotely connect to the target’s network. All of these domains date back to between 2012 and 2013. com , and portalsagepay[.]com.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

A historic records search at Domaintools on that tosaka1027@gmail.com address says it was used to register 24 Internet domain names , including at least seven that have been conclusively tied to the spread of powerful Android mobile malware. com 2012-11-26 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com and rurimeter[.]com 2333youxi[.]com

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In a report published at the end of 2012 on the growing hacking threat to websites, research firm Frost and Sullivan found that of all cyber security vulnerabilities, more than 98% were discovered by third-party researchers , while less than 2% were discovered by the people who made the applications that contained the vulnerabilities.

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Daniel Miessler

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

People talk about it like it’s the Internet Demogorgon. As far as they’re concerned, if you don’t say the name of your password manager 7 times before bed the Dark Web will haunt your closet. and in 2012 the New York Times said they had the largest commercial database on customers.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In 2012 a group of 250+ security vendors formed the FIDO (Fast Identity Online) Alliance to combat authentication challenges "with a focused mission: authentication standards to help reduce the world’s over-reliance on passwords”, and Web Authentication API, or WebAuthn for short, was born. How do users enroll?

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2019

Earlier this week, a cybercriminal on a Dark Web forum posted an auction notice for access to a Web-based administrative panel for an unidentified “US Search center” that he claimed holds some four million customer records, including names, email addresses, passwords and phone numbers. Jesse Willms’ Linkedin profile.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

. “Using relatively simple tools and techniques, testers were able to take control of systems and largely operate undetected, due in part to basic issues such as poor password management and unencrypted communications. ” In one case the GAO testers were able to guess an administrator password in only 9 seconds.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The above-mentioned AIDS Trojan hailing from the distant pre-Internet era was the progenitor of the trend, but its real-world impact was close to zero. The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked.

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NopSec

MAY 31, 2023

The MapUrlToZone function is used to determine if the trust zone of a provided URL is local, intranet, or Internet. Systems Impacted: Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Windows Server 2016 Windows 10 Windows 11 Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Read more : [link] [link] 2.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

com , a service that sold access to billions of passwords and other data exposed in countless data breaches. ” PicTrace appears to have been a service that allowed users to glean information about anyone who viewed an image hosted on the platform, such as their Internet address, browser type and version number.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Historical context There was strong anti-American sentiment woven into the Shamoon “wiper” virus that devastated Saudi oil company Aramaco in August of 2012. The report goes on to describe how a group of state-sponsored hackers, referred to as Elfin or APT33 , carried out extensive “password-spraying” attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2020

Here are key takeaways: Middle East motivation Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states of the Middle East, led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations. For a full drill down, give a listen to the accompanying podcast. It’s coming.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 1, 2024

The fix: Apply the emergency fixes issued by Microsoft for: Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Attackers Actively Exploit Fortinet Enterprise Management Server SQLi Flaw Type of vulnerability: SQL injection (SQLi) flaw. The fix: Update affected versions ASAP: FortiClient EMS 7.2: through 7.2.2

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

In June 2018, experts at Kaspersky were investigating attacks against government and military entities in South and Southeast Asian countries, The experts tracked the campaign as EasternRoppels, they speculate it may have started as far back as 2012. The malware can also get proxy settings from Internet Explorer.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states in that region, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations. Two meaningful steps every person can take, right now, is to begin routinely using a password manager and encrypted browsers.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2022

The last time we saw a bug of this scope was Heartbleed , the infamous attack on OpenSSL that lay undetected for two years (originating in 2012 and remaining unknown until 2014). Heartbleed: Have we learned our lesson? Prior to this, there had never been an exploited open-source vulnerability of this scale. What did Heartbleed teach us?

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2018

In June 2018 we have spotted a strange database publicly exposed to the public internet (no password/login required) along with a large number of credit card numbers and personal information inside.” ” reads the blog post published by Kromtech Security. ” reported Kromtech Security. Offered by. Android Users.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

Dashlane is a password management software that’s popular for business and personal uses alike. The company was founded in 2009, and the first software edition was released in 2012. Like many other password managers, Dashlane makes it easy for users to create new passwords and store existing ones in a secure vault.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This information includes website login usernames and passwords, as well as personal autofill data such as name, address, phone number, company, and job title. In contrast, the second thread periodically attempts to select a random internet IP address, with the following exclusions: Bogon networks like 0.0.0.0/8, 8, 10.0.0.0/8,

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2020

It might already be in memory, so now the server might be returning to the requesting client passwords, keys, even personally identifiable information (PII) that have been recently processed. In 2012, a change was made to OpenSSL-- that change allowed for Heartbleed to exist.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2020

It might already be in memory, so now the server might be returning to the requesting client passwords, keys, even personally identifiable information (PII) that have been recently processed. In 2012, a change was made to OpenSSL-- that change allowed for Heartbleed to exist.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2020

It might already be in memory, so now the server might be returning to the requesting client passwords, keys, even personally identifiable information (PII) that have been recently processed. In 2012, a change was made to OpenSSL-- that change allowed for Heartbleed to exist.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

What was compromised: names, email addresses, and passwords. A majority of the passwords were protected by the weak SHA-1 hashing algorithm, which resulted in 99% of the credentials being posted by LeakSource.com in 2016. What was compromised: email addresses, usernames, and passwords for some but not all affected accounts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Although LFI was interesting to grab some sensitive files since XML can’t handle binary data it was not possible to dump the SQLite database to get usernames and passwords. If you are using one of the above devices and they are connected on the WAN, make sure to remove your device from the internet. for the file XXE_CHECK.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2021

Dashlane is a password management software that’s popular for business and personal uses alike. The company was founded in 2009, and the first software edition was released in 2012. Like many other password managers, Dashlane makes it easy for users to create new passwords and store existing ones in a secure vault.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 20, 2017

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. across the internet.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 9, 2019

The researchers found the hackers got into one of the cell networks by exploiting a vulnerability on an internet-connected web server to gain a foothold onto the provider's internal network. From there, the hackers continued to exploit each machine they found by stealing credentials to gain deeper access.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

What was compromised: names, email addresses, and passwords. A majority of the passwords were protected by the weak SHA-1 hashing algorithm, which resulted in 99% of the credentials being posted by LeakSource.com in 2016. What was compromised: email addresses, usernames, and passwords for some, but not all affected accounts.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

FLASHBACK The new clues about Rescator’s identity came into focus when I revisited the reporting around an April 2013 story here that identified the author of the OSX Flashback Trojan , an early malware strain that quickly spread to more than 650,000 Mac computers worldwide in 2012.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

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. " It means "this is private." " You may be having a private conversation with Satan.

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