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. A statement from the U.S. energy facilities. and international companies and entities, including U.S. ” HYDRA. . ” HYDRA.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In any perimeter defense a key component is firewalls—the proverbial guard towers in your fortifications. In this Threat Trends release, we’ll be looking at Cisco Secure Firewall. The goal is to highlight the common threats that organizations encounter and block with Secure Firewall. Secure Firewall version 7.0

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2020

An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.” “Simply disabling UDP Transport, or firewalling the UDP port (usually port 3391) is sufficient to prevent exploitation,” explained the popular researcher Marcus Hutchins.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2020

. “Between May 29 and May 31, 2020, the Wordfence Firewall blocked over 130 million attacks intended to harvest database credentials from 1.3 At this point, attacks from this campaign accounted for 75% of all attempted exploits of plugin and theme vulnerabilities across the WordPress ecosystem.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

. “By leveraging compromised credentials, the cyber threat actor implanted sophisticated malware—including multi-stage malware that evaded the affected agency’s anti-malware protection—and gained persistent access through two reverse Socket Secure (SOCKS) proxies that exploited weaknesses in the agency’s firewall.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2020

Also, there is no firewall by default.” ” Experts also discovered the presence of backdoor accounts in MySQL. “MySQL is pre-configured with several static accounts. ” Experts also reported the use of predefined passwords for admin accounts. log escape sequence injection xmppCnrSender.py

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

“It is possible that an infected computer is beaconing, but is unable to egress to the command and control due to outbound firewall restrictions.” ” There are also two different Skype accounts registered to the ing.equipepro.com email address, one for Yassine Majidi and another for Yassine Algangaf.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The Home Depot recently reached a multi-state agreement which settles an investigation into a 2014 data breach. In 2014, hackers accessed the company's network and installed malware to the self-checkout point-of-sale system. The data breach compromised payment card information of roughly 40 million customers. million to 46 U.S.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In 2014, attackers primarily used command-injection attacks, such as SQL injection during the holiday season. While SQL injection was popular last season, two weeks before Black Friday, attackers switched to password guessing, which ended up accounting for half of all attacks. Leave it to cybercriminals to keep us all guessing.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2020

“During a routine research audit for our Sucuri Firewall , we discovered an Unauthenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) affecting 40,000+ users of the WP Product Review plugin.” Once the attacker has authenticated as an admin, it could add a new admin account to take over the site. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

Require strong and complex passwords for all accounts that can be logged into via RDP. At the perimeter firewall, disallow external connections to local machines on port 3389 (TCP/UDP) or any other RDP port. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2020

To limit access to your accounts, use IP Whitelist and IP Blacklist where possible. A good manager takes accountability, and a fantastic API does so too. Instead of creating an account on a website, you can connect via credentials from another provider, such as Facebook or Google. API Firewalling. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Set up a Web Application Firewall to block suspicious and malicious requests from reaching the website. Limit access to the administrative portal and accounts to those who need them. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Baka e-skimmer).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2020

. “ we found that the InfiniteWP Client and WP Time Capsule plugins also contain logical issues in the code that allows you to login into an administrator account without a password.” The request will bypass the password requirement and log in with only the username of an existing account. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The adversary may have used the ‘FRP’ utility to tunnel outbound Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) sessions, allowing persistent access to the network from outside the firewall perimeter.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2020

The malware made lateral movements by stealing admin account credentials, and in just eight days after the initial infection, the Fabrikam’s entire network was shut down. “He’d been told the organization had an extensive system to prevent cyberattacks, but this new virus evaded all their firewalls and antivirus software. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2020

Below some mitigations recommended by the Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Research Team to reduce risk from threats that exploit gateways and VPN vulnerabilities: Apply all available security updates for VPN and firewall configurations. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2019

Check Point released a security update to fix a vulnerability in its antivirus and firewall ZoneAlarm, the flaw could be exploited by attackers to escalate privileges on a system running it. The vulnerability could be exploited to add a user account with low privileges to the group of administrators. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2019

“In this case the attacker, using an external user account, exploited weaknesses in JPL’s system of security controls to move undetected within the JPL network for approximately 10 months.” While an investigation is still ongoing, the Agency announced to have installed additional monitoring agents on its firewalls.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2019

“ Crooks aim to empty the victim’s exchange account or wallet by using a combination of stolen login credentials, web cookies, and SMS data. Like DarthMiner, the malware leverages on the EmPyre backdoor as a post-exploitation agent, it checks if the Little Snitch firewall is running on the target host and aborts installation if it does.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2020

Two high severity vulnerabilities found in the Page Builder WordPress can be exploited by attackers to create new admin accounts and deliver malicious code taking over the compromised websites. We verify the Wordfence built-in XSS firewall rule offers sufficient protection. Below the timeline for the vulnerability: Disclosure Timeline.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Additionally, no firewall rules, port forwarding rules, or DDNS setup are required on the router, which makes this option convenient also for non-tech-savvy users.” The “P2P Cloud” feature bypasses firewalls and effectively allows remote connections into private networks. ” reads the report published by SEC Consult. !

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Consider installing a website scanner and using a web application firewall to defend against an attack. Research shows the going rate for stolen data is about $80 per card , so if 70 million accounts are compromised, the attacker collects $5.6 Don’t Offer Cybercriminals a Holiday Bonus. Retailers are one of the biggest targets.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2019

Leaked data includes personal information and payment card details, including real names, home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, birth dates, site usernames, account balances, IP addresses, browser and OS details, last login information, and a list of played games, deposits, and withdrawals. Source ZDNet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

THOMPSON posted about the Capital One hack on GitHub, she exploited a misconfigured web application firewall to get access to the data. Importantly, no credit card account numbers or log-in credentials were compromised and over 99 percent of Social Securitynumbers were not compromised.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2019

“Two backdoor accounts with hardcoded credentials exist, which may allow control over the database. This service is inaccessible to attackers if Windows default firewall settings are used by the end user.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

January 8th, 2020 – Full details disclosed to plugin developer and custom firewall rule released to Wordfence premium users. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. January 14th, 2020 – Patch released.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

George joined the team in 2014, “As I am also past 50, I welcomed the chance to work with Marg and Nancy on their website helping ‘experienced’ workers stay vital, valuable and fulfilled.” INFINITY includes SiteLock SMART, Secure Malware and Removal Tool, as well as SiteLock TrueShield web application firewall (WAF).

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2020

Below the timeline of the issue: April 27, 2020 19:00 UTC – Our Threat Intelligence Team discovers and analyzes the vulnerability and verifies that our existing Firewall Rules provide sufficient protection against XSS. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The ZoneAlarm suite includes antivirus software and firewall solutions to and users and small organizations, it has nearly 100 million downloads. The company sent a data breach notification mail to forum users urging them to change their forum account passwords. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2020

The firewall should also be enabled on all devices in the loop. The employees must use either face recognition or fingerprint recognition, along with their passwords, to get access to their accounts. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Protected Devices. Proper Infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

Your IP address represents your digital identity online, hacking it not only allows attackers to access your device or your accounts, but it may cause even bigger damage. It does not allow a hacker to access your device or your accounts but it may cause even bigger damage. Secure Your Router. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2019

Also, look for this string in your firewall/access logs: "an7kmd2wp4xo7hpr" – this is the TOR hidden service that this campaign is running from. Watch my twitter account for details. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. — Amit Serper (@0xAmit) June 13, 2019.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In other attacks, hackers have compromised plugins used by e-commerce platforms in a classic supply chain attack or have injected software skimmers inside a company’s cloud hosting account that was poorly protected. Anti-virus and anti-malware need to be up-to-date and firewalls strong. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Risk Management Framework doesn’t take into account that the human is the new perimeter of the enterprise. A clear set of authorities and governance for the CISO, to include authority commensurate with accountability, and the ability for any agency to create a different chain of command for the CISO apart from the CIO.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

They should also use firewall rules as well as the feature’s inherent security features, notably peer.key/peer.cert and client.key/client.cert, to secure communications between etcd members as well as between etcd and its clients. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. kube-scheduler. What is it?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The security researcher that handle the Twitter account Privacy First first reported the alleged unethical behavior and published a video that shows how the app harvest users ‘data. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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