The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

billion in 2016, for instance. There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then. billion in 2017; Avast acquired AVG for $1.3

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Summary: Yahoo believes that "state-sponsored actors" compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and driver license images. Adult FriendFinder Networks data breach (2016).

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Data breaches Passwords Accountability Government 118

eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

Your business can use LastPass to maintain unique passwords for each employee’s online accounts—a critical practice for modern cybersecurity health. Two unique features that LastPass offers are support for multi-factor authentication (MFA) and single sign-on (SSO). Notable LastPass features: MFA, SSO, and more. LastPass pricing.

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Password Management Passwords Authentication Architecture 131

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Credit cards offer markedly better fraud protections than debit cards , which connect directly to your bank account. Virtual credit cards similarly allow online shoppers to mask their financial accounts. Many financial institutions offer free transaction alerts that notify you when charges hit your account. Look for the lock.

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Scams Retail Banking Passwords 243

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. ” The employees who kept things running for RSOCKS, circa 2016. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000.

Cryptocurrency 239

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 239

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Facebook shared details about a long-running ad-fraud campaign that’s been ongoing since 2016 targeting Facebook users with SilentFade malware. The social network giant revealed that malware has a Chinese origin and allowed hackers to siphon $4 million from users’ advertising accounts.

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Malware Advertising Accountability Authentication 104

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management.

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VPN Software Authentication Encryption 117

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The ransomware encrypts files on compromised Windows host systems, including physical and virtual servers, the advisory noted, and the executable leaves a ransom note in all directories where encryption occurs, including ransom payment instructions for obtaining a decryption key. CVE-2017-0144 : Similar to CVE-2017-0145.

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Ransomware Encryption Backups Accountability 126

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) set out the standards for managing Protected Health Information (PHI). As web and mobile apps became the norm, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a 2016 guidance around health applications. Ensure appropriate patient authentication.

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Healthcare Mobile Technology Encryption 105

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Summary: Yahoo believes that 'state-sponsored actors' compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images. Adult FriendFinder Networks data breach (2016).

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Data breaches Passwords Accountability Government 97

NopSec

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

We also analyze a Windows Kerberos vulnerability introduced by the use of legacy RC4-MD4 encryption. Kerberos RC4 CVE-2022-33647 This related set of vulnerabilities is present due to the implementation of legacy encryption algorithms used within the Kerberos protocol, specifically RC4.

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Encryption Authentication Accountability Risk 40

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 7, 2022

This particular scheme had been rumbling along since “at least” 2016, and the accused individual worked in the publishing industry. According to the FBI, multiple fake email accounts were created, impersonating real people in the publishing space. Be aware though that some forms of encryption are more secure than others.

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Phishing Identity Theft Encryption Scams 72

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Deployment routes like endpoints , agentless, web, proxy chaining, and unified authentication. A part of the vendor’s Autonomous Security Engine (ASE) solution, Censornet Cloud Access Security Broker comes integrated with adaptive multi-factor authentication and email and web security. . Recognition for Broadcom. Censornet.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

I have a Yahoo email account, I’ve shopped at Home Depot and Target , my father was in the military and had a security clearance, which included a dossier on his family, archived at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management , I’ve had insurance coverage from Premera Blue Cross and I’ve stayed at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco.

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Hacking eCommerce Social Engineering Authentication 157

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Reptile Rootkit employed in attacks against Linux systems in South Korea New PaperCut flaw in print management software exposes servers to RCE attacks A cyberattack impacted operations of multiple hospitals in several US states Married couple pleaded guilty to laundering billions in cryptocurrency stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 Malicious packages in (..)

Malware 76

Malware Cybercrime Cryptocurrency Social Engineering 76

Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

campaigns from around 2016. Enabling two-factor authentication is perhaps the most important step toward resisting such tactics (attackers have intercepted SMS codes, so use other methods, if possible). More broadly: Enable two-factor authentication everywhere. Don’t share user accounts with others on your team.

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Cybersecurity Social Engineering Authentication Software 111

Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

The files are then held for ransom and the victim is threatened by data loss, because of the encryption, and leaking of the exfiltrated data. Files are encrypted with a combination of AES-256 and RSA-4096 via the Microsoft CryptoAPI , as per CrowdStrike. Earlier versions appended the.CONTI extension to encrypted files.

Healthcare 109

Healthcare Ransomware Encryption Passwords 109

Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

As the FBI points out, the goal is not always a direct fund transfer: One variation involves compromising legitimate business email accounts and requesting employees’ Personally Identifiable Information, Wage and Tax Statement (W-2) forms, or even cryptocurrency wallet s. 43 billion vanished between June 2016 and December 2021.

Cryptocurrency 71

Cryptocurrency Scams Authentication Accountability 71

Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

Just last month, after the Twitter account of a famous digital artist was hacked, cybercriminals abused the account to send promotions for a fraudulent collaboration between the artist and the luxury brand Lous Vuitton. In 2016, I bought a new smartphone that, as part of a promotion, came with an additional smart watch.

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Internet Internet Scams Passwords 123

SecureList

MAY 19, 2023

Some of these APTs have long been forgotten in the past – such as Prikormka ( Operation Groundbait ), discovered by ESET in 2016. Encryption and communication As we have mentioned above, two modules (Crypton.dll and Internet.dll) are bundled with every installation of the CloudWizard framework.

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Encryption Malware Internet Internet 96

SecureWorld News

JULY 28, 2020

According to the Flash report, this threat is believed to have existed since 2016, with several encounters since the June 2020 incident: In July 2018, an employee of a US pharmaceutical company with business interests in China downloaded the Baiwang Tax Control Invoicing software program from baiwang.com.

Software 52

Software Banking Passwords Accountability 52

SecureWorld News

APRIL 4, 2022

It's slightly different from a standard ransomware attack—encrypting a user's files is a secondary concern. Before leakware came doxware, which was popular in 2016 and 2017. Government Accountability Office (GAO) data, 13 of the 16 agencies involved in the study reported a total cost savings of $291 million from using cloud services.

Digital transformation 81

Digital transformation Ransomware Phishing Small Business 81

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. banks using the Zeus Trojan virus to crack open bank accounts and divert money to Eastern Europe.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. SNMP v2 doesn’t support encryption and so all data, including community strings, is sent unencrypted.” ” The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 through 15.6 and IOS XE 2.2

Malware 84

Malware Firmware Government Education 84

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 17, 2022

Best Cybersecurity Solutions : Overall Vendor Top Startup EDR Firewall SIEM Intrusion Detection Breach and Attack Simulation Encryption Small Business Security Email Security IAM NAC Vulnerability Management Security Awareness Training. Best Encryption Solution: Micro Focus. See our full list of Top Encryption Software.

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Cybersecurity Firewall Marketing Security Awareness 131

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

However, all of them appear to attempt to exfiltrate victims’ data before starting the encryption process, gaining extortion power for subsequent requests. For these reasons, it has been voted as the “most loved programming language” in Stack Overflow since 2016. It first aims to stop any running VMs in ESXi.

Ransomware 119

Ransomware Encryption Malware Backups 119

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This is exactly what happened on October 12, 2016, when the Mirai botnet used an army of IoT devices — like security cameras, digital video recorders (DVRs) and routers — to execute a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack which left much of the internet inaccessible. The first IoT casualties?

IoT 98

IoT Spyware VPN Passwords 98

SecureList

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The traffic originated from a suspicious library loaded into the memory of a domain controller server and registered as a Windows password filter, which has access to plain-text passwords to administrative accounts. In 2016, our colleagues at ESET discovered a type of USB malware that featured a tricky self-protection mechanism.

Malware 143

Malware Computers and Electronics Telecommunications Encryption 143

SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It comes equipped with a built-in TOR network tunnel for communication with command servers, along with update and delivery functionality through trusted services such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, all using custom encrypted archives. Intriguingly, it attracted the attention of Taiwan News because of a rather amusing incident.

Malware 114

Malware DNS Encryption Cryptocurrency 114

Spinone

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

authentication (the technology that allows you to log into an app via your Google or Facebook account) can introduce many security flaws as apps using this type of authentication are granted access permissions to user account actions and data on install. Poorly implemented OAuth 2.0

Mobile 40

Mobile Data breaches Accountability Risk 40

NopSec

MAY 1, 2024

The analysis revealed that the SSL VPN end-point was shipped without disk encryption enabled, which made filesystem access trivial. Systems Impacted: Microsoft Office 2016 build 16.0.5435.1001 3. A second research team at watchTowr dove into the reported vulnerability. Proof of concept code is mature and ready to be weaponized.

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Firewall VPN Software Risk 59

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2022

There are many issues like API security, authentication, data residency, privacy and compliance. The startup manages an open source project for key management, authorization enforcement policies, and end-to-end encryption. Before that, he founded AppNeta (acquired by SolarWinds in 2016) and was a founding engineer at eJonesPulse.

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Cybersecurity Risk Technology Ransomware 145

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 26, 2021

approach in that the attackers copy and exfiltrate a company’s data just prior to encrypting it. This vulnerability allows an attacker to make an untrusted connection to Exchange server port 443, allowing them to send arbitrary HTTP requests and authenticate as the Exchange server. REvil uses the Ransomware 2.0

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Ransomware Authentication Financial Services Internet 56

eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

Permissioned blockchains, or private blockchains,aren’t truly decentralized because they’re organized by a governance structure and authentication process for nodes. Since the 1970s, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) has offered encryption , authentication, bootstrapping, and digital signatures to secure digital communications.

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Cybersecurity Cryptocurrency Technology Energy and Utilities 135

Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

This is what just doesn't seem to be understood by the DigiCert marketing folks because if it was, statements like this wouldn't exist: Because of the higher level of authentication and verification provided by an EV certificate, users know that you are who you say you are and feel safe transferring sensitive data.

Banking 334

Banking Mobile Phishing Advertising 334

The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2019

Russia’s tradecraft A lot of dots have been connected recently with respect to Russia’s cyber spying, initially thanks to Barack Obama’s leveling of sanctions on Russia for interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. presidential elections. WannaCry leveraged copies of cyber weapons stolen from the NSA.

IoT 171

IoT Hacking Banking Government 171

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2019

EMV Chip, Pointto -Point Encryption, Tokenization, etc.) FIN8 is a financially motivated group that has been active since at least 2016 and often targets the POS environments of the retail, restaurant, and hospitality merchants to harvest payment account data. and non-compliance with PCI DSS.

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Cyber Attacks Malware Cybercrime Advertising 63