Schneier on Security

AUGUST 12, 2019

The Snowden disclosures and the public controversy that followed led Congress in 2015 to end bulk collection and amend the CDR authorities with the adoption of the USA FREEDOM Act (UFA). Second, we show how the architecture of modern telephone communications might cause collection errors that fit the reported reasons for the 2018 purge.

Surveillance 245

Surveillance Architecture Encryption Technology 245

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Today’s ENISA 5G Threat landscape complements the Coordinated Risk Assessment with a more technical and more detailed view on the 5G architecture, the assets and the cyber threats for those assets. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Understanding threat exposure. Pierluigi Paganini.

Architecture 144

Architecture Risk Telecommunications Advertising 144

Heimadal Security

JANUARY 21, 2022

TrickBot is a distant descendent of the ZeuS banking Trojan, which first appeared in 2005, although it is most commonly associated with Dyre or Dyreza, which went down in 2015. TrickBot appeared in 2016, replicating parts of Dyre’s malware while preserving its banking credential harvesting and web inject architecture.

Ransomware 125

Ransomware Banking Architecture Malware 125

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Don’t be surprised if the number of victims climbs higher, as we learned from the 2015 hack of 21.5 Traditionally, systems were designed, built and operated based on architectural and technical limitation decisions years ago, and as such, trust was decided upon contract award. military and civilian personnel were compromised.

Data breaches 178

Data breaches Architecture Government Accountability 178

Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

The experts discovered a desolating situation, a number of systems affected by critical vulnerabilities were publicly exposed on the Internet and the overall architecture was including outdated operation technology (OT) systems. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Energy and Utilities 145

Energy and Utilities Government Cyber Attacks Architecture 145

Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2020

If this level of access is acquired, an attacker could potentially manipulate the AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) to execute arbitrary code undetected by the operating system.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the analysis published by Odler.

Firmware 134

Firmware Architecture Advertising Manufacturing 134

Anton on Security

MARCH 19, 2021

Admittedly, it is related to the threat research, and is typically seen at even higher maturity levels (as I discuss here, back in 2015 ). Intel-supported or threat-informed decisions may be about changes in defense approaches, security architecture changes, activity prioritization, etc.

Firewall 238

Firewall Architecture Threat Detection Cyber threats 238

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

US Government is inviting its allies to exclude Huawei equipment from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures, reports the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal reported that the US Government is urging its allies to exclude Huawei from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures. Pierluigi Paganini.

Government 111

Government Architecture Advertising Internet 111

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Experts noticed that the malware supports multiple CPU architectures, including x86(32/64), ARM(32/64), MIPS(MIPS32/MIPS-III) and PPC, it is written in the Go open-source programming language. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes the post.

IoT 136

IoT Architecture Malware Advertising 136

Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered a new variant of the Mirai malware that is targeting more processor architectures than previous ones. Mirai botnet continues to be one of the most dangerous malware in the threat landscape, experts at Palo Alto Networks discovered a new variant that targets more processor architectures than before.

Architecture 111

Architecture DDOS IoT Internet 111

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In 2015, the hacker who breached the systems of the Italian surveillance firm Hacking Team leaked a 400GB package containing hacking tools and exploits codes. The MosaicRegressor framework was developed for cyber espionage purposes, its modular architecture allows operators to perform multiple actions. Pierluigi Paganini.

Firmware 145

Firmware Spyware Surveillance Hacking 145

Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2020

The company announced that is currently working to further enhance the security of its architecture with the help of “relevant experts” Customers can contact the support website to receive information about the security breach, the company is recommending them to change their passwords.

Data breaches 138

Data breaches Telecommunications Passwords Advertising 138

Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. Then the script downloads the actual Enemybot binary which is compiled for the target device’s architecture. The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion.

DDOS 145

DDOS Architecture Malware Cybercrime 145

Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

The second issue, tracked as CVE-2019-5525, is a use-after-free bug affecting the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) backend in Workstation 15.x. “VMware Workstation contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) backend. ” states the advisory. for Linux. .”

Architecture 110

Architecture Advertising Software Hacking 110

Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2020

Prevent zero-day attacks with a holistic, end to end cyber architecture. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. One way to do this is NOT to click on promotional links in emails, and instead, Google your desired retailer and click the link from the Google results page. Pierluigi Paganini.

Malware 144

Malware Advertising Architecture Retail 144

Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2020

2] It has modeling capabilities and a flexible plugin architecture and must be used on the Microsoft Windows platform. 3Ds Max is used by engineering, architecture, gaming, or software organizations. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the security alert.

Architecture 115

Architecture Malware Advertising Software 115

Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2020

The hacker claims to have obtained files related to several AMD graphics processing units (GPUs), including the Navi 10 architecture and the upcoming Navi 21, and Arden. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes TorrentFreak. Pierluigi Paganini.

Advertising 136

Advertising Architecture Hacking Data breaches 136

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The Netlogon service is an Authentication Mechanism used in the Windows Client Authentication Architecture which verifies logon requests, and it registers, authenticates, and locates Domain Controllers. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Don’t waste time, patch your system now!

Security Intelligence 141

Security Intelligence Authentication Advertising Architecture 141

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

In November 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported that the US Government was urging its allies to exclude Huawei from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures. 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.

Manufacturing 145

Manufacturing Surveillance Advertising Architecture 145

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

and lower) to compromise them and install the malicious code the exploit the CVE-2014-3120 and CVE-2015-1427 vulnerabilities. These attacks leverage CVE-2014-3120 and CVE-2015-1427, both of which are only present in old versions of Elasticsearch and exploit the ability to pass scripts to search queries.” Pierluigi Paganini.

Cryptocurrency 108

Cryptocurrency Advertising DDOS Malware 108

Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2019

GreyEnergy has been active at least since 2015, it conducted reconnaissance and cyber espionage activities in Ukraine and Poland, it focused its activities on energy and transportation industries, and other high-value targets. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Malware 104

Malware Advertising Architecture Phishing 104

Malwarebytes

MAY 25, 2022

Based on a case study in 2015 , Akamai strengthened the theory that the malware may be of Asian origin based on its targets. The only simple (yet effective) tactic it uses is to brute force its way to gain root access to various Linux architectures. MMD believed the Linux Trojan originated in China.

Malware 136

Malware IoT DDOS DNS 136

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

It extracts the binary for the relevant architecture in /tmp/udev2 and executes it. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Below the infection chain for the FinSpy for Linux, descrived by the researchers. Like its Mac OS counterpart, FinSpy for Linux is also obfuscated using LLVM-Obfuscator.”

Spyware 145

Spyware Surveillance Advertising Mobile 145

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

. “Our analysis of this particular sample indicates the file executes on microprocessor without interlocked pipelined stages (MIPS) architecture. This is an extension understood by machines running reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architecture, which is prevalent on many IoT devices.” ” continues the analysis.

IoT 145

IoT DDOS Architecture Passwords 145

eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

in 2015, it became part of a suite of cloud-based collaboration tools. In 2015, LastPass admins detected another instance of suspicious activity , which led to a more serious security breach. Those issues have created an opening for competitors who claim to have an impenetrable security architecture. LastPass pricing.

Password Management 133

Password Management Passwords Authentication Architecture 133

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2023

Understanding the Downfall vulnerability The Downfall vulnerability centers around an architectural feature found in Intel's CPUs, specifically in the x86 architecture. This architecture relies on a technique known as the "gather" instruction to speed up memory access and processing.

Risk 98

Risk Architecture Data breaches Encryption 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2019

This kind of threat, previously analyzed by third party firms, contains similarities with the infamous BlackEnergy malware, used in the attacks against the Ukrainian energy industry back in 2015. The entire malware architecture is modular and very difficult to neutralize. Background – Past Research. and “KdfrJKN”. Pierluigi Paganini.

Architecture 93

Architecture Malware InfoSec Advertising 93

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Steelcase is a US-based furniture company that produces office furniture, architectural and technology products for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world.

Ransomware 130

Ransomware Computers and Electronics Manufacturing Advertising 130

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The Netlogon service is an Authentication Mechanism used in the Windows Client Authentication Architecture which verifies logon requests, and it registers, authenticates, and locates Domain Controllers. “An Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Vendors supporting Samba 4.7 Pierluigi Paganini.

Authentication 145

Authentication Advertising Architecture Hacking 145

Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2020

Like all security architectures, Intel’s had a weakness: the boot ROM, in this case. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “Unfortunately, no security system is perfect. ” The CVE-2019-0090 vulnerability affects Intel CSME versions 11. x, SPS_E3_05.00.04.027.0.

Firmware 145

Firmware Technology Advertising Authentication 145

Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2020

“The leaked documents related to ATR seem to include multiple aircraft architecture designs, email conversations, transfer of responsibility documents, and much more.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the post published by Cyble. Pierluigi Paganini.

Business Services 144

Business Services Ransomware Mobile Telecommunications 144

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The Netlogon service is an Authentication Mechanism used in the Windows Client Authentication Architecture which verifies logon requests, and it registers, authenticates, and locates Domain Controllers. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Authentication 144

Authentication Advertising Architecture Cybercrime 144

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

According to experts from Avast, the Torii bot has been active since at least December 2017, it could targets a broad range of architectures, including ARM, MIPS, x86, x64, PowerPC, and SuperH. The Torii IoT botnet stands out for the largest sets of architectures it is able to target. ” reads the analysis published by Avast.

IoT 110

IoT Architecture Advertising DDOS 110

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2020

In the third place there are SSRF (Server Side Request Forgery) flaws, experts pointed out that the advent of cloud architecture and unprotected metadata endpoints has rendered these vulnerabilities increasingly critical. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. million / €33.4 million / ¥273.7

Accountability 136

Accountability Advertising Architecture Hacking 136

Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2019

.” Linux Kali distro for the Raspberry Pi 4 also supports an onboard Wi-Fi monitor mode and frame injection support, but it is only available for 32-bit architecture. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Offensive security plans to release a 64-bit version in the near future.

Advertising 111

Advertising Architecture Hacking Information Security 111

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

During the investigation, traces were found that show that the attacker collected data regarding the topology of the network, usernames, and passwords of multiple accounts, and other network architecture information,” reads the report. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Ransomware 143

Ransomware Cyber Attacks Backups Architecture 143

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

“For example, payloads are compiled for 12 different CPU architectures and dynamically delivered based on the victim’s configuration.” The experts discovered at customized payloads for at least 12 different CPU architectures. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

IoT 116

IoT DDOS Architecture Advertising 116