Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

out of 10 in severity by the industry-standard Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and impacts all versions of EtherNet/IP Adapter Source Code Stack prior to 2.28, which was released on November 21, 2012. Tracked as CVE-2020-25159 , the flaw is rated 9.8 This would leave many running in the wild still today.”

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

There is definitely a national security risk in buying computer infrastructure from a country you don't trust. The risk of discovery is too great, and the payoff would be too low. If there's any lesson from all of this, it's that everybody spies using the Internet. This is a complicated topic. The United States does it.

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Anton on Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Low awareness of removed or failed log sources  — SOCs with low awareness of removed or failed log sources are at risk of missing critical security events and failed — worse, quietly failed — detections. What data do we collect?” tends to predate “what do we actually want to do?”

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 18, 2024

The Dropbox and LinkedIn breaches, for example, occurred in 2012 before being broadly distributed in 2016 and just like those incidents, the alleged AT&T data is now in very broad circulation. It is undoubtedly in the hands of thousands of internet randos.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

“Microsoft is aware of limited targeted attacks that could leverage un-patched vulnerabilities in the Adobe Type Manager Library, and is providing the following guidance to help reduce customer risk until the security update is released.” The vulnerabilities could not be exploited through Internet Explorer or the Outlook preview pane.

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Bushnell first joined IDIQ in 2012 as the senior vice president for product, project and development. Most recently, Bushnell helped oversee the company’s partnership with Bitdefender® Total Security with Premium VPN to add award-winning internet security software to the IdentityIQ suite of benefits. Temecula, California, Nov.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2021

So, if HIBP says your email address was involved in the great big LinkedIn breach of 2012, the Canva breach of 2019, or any other notable episode of credential theft, you know to change your passwords on those systems, and not use them anywhere else. If it says a password you use has breached, you know to never use it again.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

However, open source CMS platforms and plugins can carry significant security risks in the form of vulnerabilities. If websites aren’t running the latest security patches, they are more likely to contain vulnerabilities, and their risk of attack increases significantly. which has not received security updates since 2012.

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NopSec

MAY 31, 2023

Through careful analysis, it was found that the initial attack vector of injecting a custom sound defined by a UNC, remained a risk. The MapUrlToZone function is used to determine if the trust zone of a provided URL is local, intranet, or Internet. Severity Complexity CVSS Score Moderate Low 6.5 x) and VMware Fusion (13.x)

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

This was before David Miranda, Greenwald’s partner, was detained at Heathrow airport by the UK authorities; but even without that, I knew there was a risk. Could agents take control of my computer over the Internet if they wanted to? From the NSA’s point of view, we’re all major security risks, myself included.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 24, 2021

This move began in 2012 and is still an ongoing process. Manilo Miceli, the Chief Information Officer of the library, told The Guardian this transition comes with risk. "We Swaths of history, previously explored only by white-gloved historians, are now made available to anyone with a internet connection.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2019

Both of these entities are owned by Jesse Willms , a man The Atlantic magazine described in an unflattering January 2014 profile as “The Dark Lord of the Internet” [not to be confused with The Dark Overlord ]. Jesse Willms’ Linkedin profile. The FTC has not yet responded to requests for comment. Nor has Mr. Willms.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2019

The list of flaws addressed by the tech giant doesn’t include zero-days or publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, 29 issues were rated as ‘Critical’ and affect Microsoft’s Edge and Internet Explorer web browsers, Windows, Outlook and Office. Unlike BlueKeep, the flaws cannot be exploited via the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

With the growing popularity of the Internet over the past decade, the retail holiday Cyber Monday debuted in 2005 as the online version of Black Friday. It is estimated that throughout the 2012 holiday season, online shoppers will spend over $54 billion, an increase of almost 17% from last year. 25% of U.S. 25% of U.S.

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Bushnell first joined IDIQ in 2012 as the senior vice president for product, project and development. Most recently, Bushnell helped oversee the company’s partnership with Bitdefender® Total Security with Premium VPN to add award-winning internet security software to the IdentityIQ suite of benefits. Temecula, California, Nov.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

This move began in 2012 and is still an ongoing process. Manilo Miceli, the Chief Information Officer of the library, told The Guardian this transition comes with risk. "We Swaths of history, previously explored only by white-gloved historians, are now made available to anyone with a internet connection.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

LOT stated that no ongoing flights or other airport computer systems were affected and the flights already in the air to scheduled to land at Warsaw were at no risk. US to Raise Breach of Government Records at Talks with China. Wikileaks began to publish the files under the heading “Espionnage Elysee” on Tuesday.

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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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SC Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Kristin Sanders, chief information security officer for the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, revealed last week how New Mexico’s largest water and wastewater utility has been addressing this challenge by leveraging a series of software solutions, sensors and internet-of-things tech.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Low awareness of removed or failed log sources  — SOCs with low awareness of removed or failed log sources are at risk of missing critical security events and failed — worse, quietly failed — detections. What data do we collect?” tends to predate “what do we actually want to do?”

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NopSec

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Though its CVSS score is relatively low, Heartbleed has definitely been one of the most severe security events the Internet has never seen. More than a half-million servers were found exposed to this vulnerability, which accounts for 30 – 70% of the Internet. The Technical Risk Scores, however, help to differentiate the risks.

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NopSec

MARCH 13, 2019

Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server version 1709, and Windows Server version 1803. Exploitation and Risk Google confirmed that CVE-2019-5786 (Chrome) was actively exploited in the wild along with the Microsoft 7 zero-day vulnerability (CVE – 2019 – 0808).

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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. Issued a few days after the killing, the report assesses cyber risks of North American electrical utilities, identifying 11 hacking groups that target energy sector companies.

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NopSec

MARCH 30, 2023

It’s possible to mitigate the risk of this issue by blocking inbound ICMP traffic to critical endpoints, specifically those endpoints prone to inspect network traffic. Four (4) of the most critical vulnerabilities permitted internet-to-baseband RCE. Github has since removed the malicious repos.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Qualys this week launched a new Ransomware Risk Assessment Service that’s designed to help enterprises understand their potential exposure to ransomware and automate the process of patching any associated vulnerabilities or misconfigurations. CVE-2012-1723. Qualys Ransomware Risk Assessment dashboard. February 2013.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 3, 2021

The internet and, now, cloud computing transformed the way we conduct business. Since its launch in 2012, Los Angeles, California’s IPVanish has garnered over 1,600 servers in 75 locations and 40,000 IPs. Started in 2012, NordVPN has long been a consumer-first vendor. Internet Protocol Security (IPSec).

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

Amid the current threat landscape, Kaspersky has conducted a comprehensive analysis of the financial risks, pinpointing key trends and providing recommendations to effectively mitigate risks and enhance security posture. This type of wallet, normally disconnected from the internet, is considered quite safe.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

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. ” concludes the post. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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McAfee

JANUARY 5, 2022

However, if your organization is using this software, you probably should have followed the disclosure last month, lest your “/etc/passwd” files are now known to the whole internet. Beyond that, there are two interesting points you can ponder while swirling your eggnog in its glass (side-rant on the disgustingness of eggnog redacted).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Inova is an actuarial consultancy company, which means they compile statistical analysis and calculate insurance risks and premiums. Inova has been operating since 2012 and has handled thousands of cases since then. While Amazon offers the necessary tools to secure their services, Inova has not implemented these measures properly.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2023

The standard enables email security solutions and internet service providers (ISPs) to filter in “good” emails and improve their ability to filter out “bad” emails. Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance is a protocol that was first proposed in January 2012 and widely adopted in 2018 by the U.S.

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NopSec

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This is similar in severity to the Heartbleed vulnerability that impacted OpenSSL from 2012 to 2014, however Citrix NetScaler deployments will (obviously) be far less prevalent than OpenSSL servers. It takes into account new critical vulnerabilities as they emerge, ensuring your risks are prioritized accordingly in your unique environment.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

.” 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. A copy of pictrace[.]com

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 10, 2023

But while it’s an easy experiment to run, it misses the real risk of large language models (LLMs) writing scam emails. In 2012, researcher Cormac Herley offered an answer : It weeded out all but the most gullible. Today’s human-run scams aren’t limited by the number of people who respond to the initial email contact.

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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. But s/he also took significant risks in doing so and according to the news just a couple of months ago, an individual linked to the breach has been arrested in Prague.

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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. Kink,” “Mr. Heppner,” and “Ms.

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