Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In contemporary times, with the exponential growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), smart homes, connected cars, and wearable devices, the importance of RF pentesting has soared significantly. Its primary goal is to meticulously identify vulnerabilities inherent within wireless communication systems (Smith & Johnson, 2018).

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Since then Portnox continued to add capabilities, launched the first cloud-native NAC in 2017, and now offers a NAC SaaS solution, Portnox Cloud. Founded in 2007, Por t nox began selling a software-based NAC solution to be used in local networks. but allows organizations to maintain full control over the deployment.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2020

According to the Cybersecurity Ventures’ cybercrime statistics 2017 cybercrime damages will amount to a staggering $6 trillion annually starting in 2021. 7 million in 2017 to a new high of US$13. The cost of ransomware attacks accounts for 21 percent of the overall expenses, while the cost of malicious insider accounts for 15 percent.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The internet is everywhere, thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT). Well-known examples of IoT devices include smart speakers like Amazon Alexa or Google Home, smartwatches like the Apple Watch, internet-connected baby monitors, video doorbells, and even toys. IoT security issues. What can you do to keep your IoT devices secure?

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 20, 2018

From a certain perspective, 2018 hasn’t been as dramatic a cybersecurity year as 2017, in that we haven’t seen as many global pandemics like WannaCry. In 2017, roughly 63% of organizations experienced an attempted ransomware attack, with 22% reporting these incidents occurred on a weekly basis. IoT security issues will increase.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

Siemens Metaverse, a virtual space built to mirror real machines, factories, and other highly complex systems, has exposed sensitive data, including the company’s office plans and internet of things (IoT) devices. The most worrying discovery was that of exposed office management platform ComfyApp user credentials.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 5, 2023

Users, guests and internet-of-things (IoT) devices can be located, on-boarded, authenticated, and evaluated for compliance. This article was originally written by Drew Robb on July 7, 2017, and updated by Chad Kime on April 5, 2023. The post Extreme Networks ExtremeControl: NAC Product Review appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. Fast forward to 2017. Whoever was behind NotPetya, notably, leveraged the stolen NSA tools, to completely destroy global shipping company Maersk’s computer network in 2017. Privilege account credentials are widely available for sale.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

Here are a few of my takeaways: Seeds of the partnership In 2017, DigiCert acquired and commenced reviving Symantec’s PKI business. This was all part of the Lehi, Utah-based vendor’s efforts to support enterprise cloud migration and the rise of IoT systems, which were both gaining steam.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 20, 2022

The DOJ says RSOCKS initially targeted Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as industrial control systems, time clocks, routers, audio/video streaming devices, and smart garage door openers, though it expanded to targeting additional types of devices including conventional computers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 20, 2022

RSocks were being used by cybercriminals to launch credential stuffing attacks, account hijacks, phishing emails, and fraudulent induction of mining software. In the year 2019, RSocks was seen adding millions of android devices and small computers to its list.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2023

However, in view of its ability to infect MISP and ARM systems, it also poses a threat to IoT devices. A not-so-new attack vector Evidence collected and analyzed by GERT suggests that this attack exploited an old vulnerability related to Struts2 (CVE-2017-5638 – Apache Struts2), targeting a financial company. (#dm=@ognl.OgnlContext@DEFAULT_MEMBER_ACCESS).(#_memberAccess?(#_memberAccess=#dm):((#cont

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Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) isn’t limited to the consumer sector. How can we prevent a replay of the 2017 attacks against Ukraine’s power grid from happening here? Even private companies like Colonial, until now under less pressure than a public utility to account for compromises, should be invited in.

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Webroot

MARCH 15, 2021

Drafted by the Internet Engineering Task Force (ITEF) in 1998, it became an Internet Standard in 2017. Device manufacturers, too, should look to account for accelerated IPv6 adoption when it comes to securing their products. This is especially true for IoT devices. IPv6 has been a long time coming.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

A 20-year-old from Vancouver, Washington was indicted last week on federal hacking charges and for allegedly operating the “ Satori ” botnet, a malware strain unleashed last year that infected hundreds of thousands of wireless routers and other “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices. 2018 that Schuchman was Nexus Zeta.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2020

Justice Department today criminally charged a Canadian and a Northern Ireland man for allegedly conspiring to build botnets that enslaved hundreds of thousands of routers and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices for use in large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. ” Shwydiuk, a.k.a. — pleaded guilty in Sept.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

Previously seen to be exploited in the wild through 2017 and on-going.” ” continues the advisory.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2018

” AVTech rolled out security updates for the flaw at the beginning of 2017, but evidently many devices are still running old firmware. Recently, another botnet, the Hide ‘N Seek (HNS) botnet , started leveraging the same issue ((new) AVTECH RCE ) to target IoT devices.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

The first campaign likely began in early 2014 and continued until mid-2017, while the second started in late 2018 and was still active in late 2019. Enable IP and account access protection to prevent brute force attacks. CISA and NCSC have identified two campaigns of activity for QSnatch malware. Install and update Security Counselor.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Meanwhile, these attacks are cheap for cybercriminals, which is perhaps one reason they accounted for 35% of cyberattacks in 2017. As IoT devices continue to rise in popularity, DDoS attacks will continue to gain prevalence — and the cost of conducting them will likely go down even further.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2019

According to Group-IB’s annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2018 report, on average, from June 2017 to August 2018, the details of 1.8 With the advent of IoT technologies, big data and machine learning, attack tools become more advanced and encompass several information systems and resources. Map of Middle-Eastern Countries.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Default tracking settings for mobile, smart devices or the Internet of Things (IoT) are conveniently turned on by the manufacturer or service provider and device users are none the wiser. A5:2017-Broken Access Control. Application developers and their employers should be held accountable for introducing such remedial security flaws.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2018

“Unlike last year’s Apache Struts exploit ( CVE-2017-5638 ), which was at the center of the Equifax breach , this vulnerability appears easier to exploit because it does not require the Apache Struts installation to have any additional plugins running in order to successfully exploit it.”. continues the report from Volexity.

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Spinone

JANUARY 21, 2018

With the technologies in cloud computing moving so fast, and adoption rates increasing rapidly, we can expect to see some exciting developments in 2017. Let’s have a look at what’s in store for 2017: 1. 10% of enterprises with more than 1,000 employees plan to invest $10 million into cloud services in 2017.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Attempts to run malware designed to steal money via online access to bank accounts were stopped on the computers of 118,099 users. At the end of last year, the number of users attacked by malware designed to steal money from bank accounts gradually decreased, a trend that continued in Q1 2021. IoT attacks. IoT threat statistics.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 21, 2021

1 In order to better account for outages, blocking, jamming or spoofing of GPS/GNSS caused by unintentional or intentional actors, space weather, geographical obstructions, etc., AFWERX was established in 2017 by the Secretary of the Air Force and reports to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force. About Luminous Cyber Corp.

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Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

What’s remarkable about these record-breaking attacks is they were carried out via small, innocuous Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices like home routers, air-quality monitors, and personal surveillance cameras. At its peak, Mirai enslaved over 600,000 vulnerable IoT devices, according to our measurements. self-propagating worm.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Ransomware was proliferated in 2016 and 2017 and then seemed to be on the decline. However, the company suggests cybercriminals will target less common and more vulnerable victims, such as individuals with high net values and connected devices (IoT).

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Read Also: The IoT Cybersecurity Act of 2020: Implications for Devices. The attacker can then define an admin account, setting the home directory to the root of C: drive. In 2017, CyberArk published findings on a new attack vector related to certificate signing. Orion Vulnerabilities Keep Emerging. The SAML 2.0

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Mismanagement of user accounts – using admin privileges to upgrade user access may result in a data breach for personal profit or copying files with customer information. A lack of security features to upgrade or downgrade a user may result in mismanagement of user accounts. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In 2017, I presented findings on what gamers could expect to see in many EULAs and privacy policies. We often wonder how much security work goes into cheap IoT devices and regular mobile apps, and the same thing applies to VR and AR. Sure, they ended up with lots of black empty boxes but they felt it was preferable to the alternative.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 23, 2021

A 2017 agency letter to participating entities encouraged cybersecurity as part of development plans but did not require it. As cyberattacks continue to target the hospital environment, officials warned that it is critical for CMS to understand and hold accountable Medicare accredited organizations’ processes for device cybersecurity.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MAY 19, 2017

On May 15, 2017, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report entitled “ Internet of Things: Status and implications of an increasingly connected world.” Technological Advancements Leading To IoT Surge. The increase and availability of cloud computing is helping IoT devices expand.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 11, 2021

For instance, Winick cited a 2017 New York Post article that suggested credit rating company Equifax had blamed its software vendor for a major breach, “thus violating another crisis communications commandment of ‘Be accountable.’”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

To perform the experiment, we used Internet of Things (IoT) search engines to search for open devices that utilized common printer ports and protocols. To find out how many printers were on the menu for our experiment, we searched for IP addresses with open ports on specialized IoT search engines, such as Shodan and Censys.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Valid Accounts [ T1178 ]. Account Discovery [ T1087 ]. Valid Accounts [ T1078 ]. Valid Accounts [ T1078 ]. Valid Accounts [ T1078 ]. In the Credential Access tactic, credential dumping attacks appear to be targeting routers and IoT devices such as CCTV cameras. CVE-2017-9841. Percent of. Persistence.

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