Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The Internet was shutdown several days and more than 80 websites, most of them news and political sites, were blocked. Some of the blocking techniques used include Domain Name System spoofing, transparent proxies with hijacked HTTPS certificates and Deep Packet Technology (DPI) implementations. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Internet).

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. The homepage of Stark Industries Solutions.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Large-scale attacks are threatening the global Internet infrastructure, the alarm was launched by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). After an emergency meeting, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) confirmed that the global Internet infrastructure is facing large-scale attacks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies Security have discovered several vulnerabilities in communication protocol GPRS Tunnelling Protocol ( GTP ), that is used by mobile network operators (MNOs). phone number) of a real subscriber and impersonate him to access the Internet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2021

“And Norse’s much-vaunted interactive attack map was indeed some serious eye candy: It purported to track the source and destination of countless Internet attacks in near real-time, and showed what appeared to be multicolored fireballs continuously arcing across the globe.” White is RedTorch’s co-founder, “Mr.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. A records search at Domaintools for “Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co” returns 11 domains, including blazefire[.]net, net 2014-01-20 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO.,

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The crooks running the Trickbot botnet typically use these config files to pass new instructions to their fleet of infected PCs, such as the Internet address where hacked systems should download new updates to the malware. In 2014, for example, U.S. But the new configuration file pushed on Sept. million Windows PCs. .”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The dust-up over Pushwoosh came in part from data gathered by Zach Edwards , a security researcher who until recently worked for the Internet Safety Labs , a nonprofit organization that funds research into online threats. Around 2016, he said, the two companies both started using the Pushwoosh name. . terminated the contract.”

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The first centers on targeting healthcare organizations that offer consultations over the Internet and sending them booby-trapped medical records for the “patient.” ” The other involves carefully editing email inboxes of public company executives to make it appear that some were involved in insider trading. .”

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Prosecutors in Northern California indicted Kislitsin in 2014 for his alleged role in stealing account data from Formspring. Kislitsin also was indicted in Nevada in 2013, but the Nevada indictment does not name his alleged victim(s) in that case.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 10, 2022

Many threats that have until now been theoretical—like creation of a "Ru-net" as an alternative to the Internet—are becoming a reality. Cutting off Internet access to a country the size of Texas is not as simple as cutting a few cables or bombing a few cell towers. There are many tech angles to the war in Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

“The attackers inserted malicious computer code on these websites to steal some users’ login credentials,” reads a message posted to both site’s by the SFO’s Airport Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITT) director. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Proximus declared it made its choice “on the basis of technological, operational, financial and environmental criteria,”but the decision, according to sources cited by the Reuters, is the result of political pressure. The Chinese giant was already excluded by several countries from building their 5G internet networks.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records. That changed on Jan.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 13, 2018

Internet censors have a new strategy in their bid to block applications and websites: pressuring the large cloud providers that host them. Today's Internet largely reflects the dominance of a handful of companies behind the cloud services, search engines and mobile platforms that underpin the technology landscape.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. A records search at Domaintools for “Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co” returns 11 domains, including blazefire[.]net, net 2014-01-20 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO.,

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

Launched in 2013, Microleaves is a service that allows customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe. Microleaves works by changing each customer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address every five to ten minutes. I can’t say more and I won’t get into details.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2020

is pushing its allies for banning Huawei, ZTE and other Chinese companies, Washington highlighted the risks for national security in case of adoption of Huawei equipment and is urging internet providers and telco operators in allied countries to ban Chinese firms. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Norton got ‘ demergered ’ from Symantec in 2014 and then acquired LifeLock for $2.3 Mellen: Big initiatives like these are good for the security industry, but technology is not a silver bullet when it comes to consumer security. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then. billion in 2017; Avast acquired AVG for $1.3

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

“The system calls on companies and entities in the energy and water sectors to immediately exchange passwords from the Internet to the control systems, reduce Internet connectivity and ensure that the most up-to-date version of controllers is installed.” .” reads the alert issued by the Israeli government.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

Threat actors are scanning the Internet for Citrix systems affected by the recently disclosed vulnerabilities. ” reads the post published by the SANS Technology Institute. ” reads the post published by the SANS Technology Institute. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2018

A Czech cyber-security agency is warning against using Huawei and ZTE technologies because they pose a threat to state security. The Chinese firm was already excluded by several countries from building their 5G internet networks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2020

According to the NSA, hackers belonging to the Unit 74455, under the Russian GRU Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST), are exploiting the CVE-2019-10149 issue after an update was issued in June 2019. “The vulnerabilities leveraged impact Exim Internet Mailer version 4.87 – 4.92. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The head of Germany’s BSI admitted that since now there is no proof espionage activity conducted through Huawei technology. The United States is highlighting the risks for national security in case of adoption of Huawei equipment and is inviting internet providers and telco operators in allied countries to ban Huawei.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2018

“CyberMDX discovered a previously undocumented vulnerability in the device, noting that Qualcomm Life’s Capsule Datacaptor Terminal Server (a medical device gateway) is exposed to the “misfortune cookie” CVE-2014-9222. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. One such site — sun-technology[.]net w s, icamis[.]ru ru , and icamis[.]biz.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Without access to those solutions, these carriers will lose their ability to provide reliable and high-speed telecommunications and internet services,” reads the statement. The Chinese giant Huawei was already excluded by several countries from building their 5G internet networks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Roskomnadzor explained that the services were abused by cybercriminals and that Proton Technologies refused to register them with state authorities. The Russian government asks all Internet service providers and VPN providers operating in the country to provide information about their users. ” states Proton Technologies.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The CVE-2019-19781 vulnerability was discovered by Mikhail Klyuchnikov from Positive Technologies. “If that vulnerability is exploited, attackers obtain direct access to the company’s local network from the Internet. ” reads the post published by Positive Technologies. Citrix ADC and NetScaler Gateway 12.1,

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2019

US continues to warn its allies over China’s “predatory approach” especially for 5G technology, this time US Secretary of State alerts Italy. Once again US is warning its allies over Chinese 5G technology, but the Italian Government explained that its special powers over 5G supply deals would mitigate any risk.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2019

Demchak and Yuval Shavitt published a paper that detailed how China Telecom has been misdirecting Internet traffic through China over the past years. The term BGP hijacking is used to indicate the illegitimate takeover of groups of IP addresses by corrupting Internet routing tables maintained using the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Researchers from the Silesian University of Technology in Poland discovered several flaws that could be exploited to take over some D-Link routers. Waiting for a patch to address the vulnerabilities, users can make their devices not accessible from the Internet. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2020

“Over recent months, cyber-actors have demonstrated their continued willingness to conduct malicious cyber-activity against critical infrastructure (CI) by exploiting internet-accessible operational technology (OT) assets,” states the joint advisory published by the NSA/CISA, released on Thursday. aggression.”. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

officials say Huawei Technologies Co. The United States continues to highlight the risks to national security in case of adoption of Huawei equipment and is inviting internet providers and telco operators in allied countries to ban Huawei. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “U.S.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Also in the data set were mSpy user logs — including the browser and Internet address information of people visiting the mSpy Web site. In September 2014, U.S. Advertising and selling spyware technology is a criminal offense, and such conduct will be aggressively pursued by this office and our law enforcement partners,” U.S.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

The bug bounty program sees the involvement of the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) and the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2020

The APT41 has been active since at least 2012, it was involved in both state-sponsored espionage campaigns and financially-motivated attacks since 2014. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. concludes the report.

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