Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2019

The software is broadly classified as malware by most antivirus companies, likely thanks to an advertised feature list that includes dumping the remote computer’s temporary memory; retrieving passwords from dozens of email programs; snarfing the target’s Wi-Fi credentials; and viewing the target’s Webcam.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2019

app), one very interesting Internet address is connected to all of them — 185.159.83[.]24. based company in 2016 and 2017. For example, in April 2017, someone using a Cognizant account utilized the “fiddler” hacking program to circumvent cyber protections that Maritz had installed several weeks earlier.”

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

It's also why the United States has blocked the cybersecurity company Kaspersky from selling its Russian-made antivirus products to US government agencies. If there's any lesson from all of this, it's that everybody spies using the Internet. China denied having done so , of course. The United States does it. Our allies do it.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2019

Consider that most of us spend more time navigating the Internet on our laptops and smartphones than we do behind the wheel of a car. But the larger point is that Xbash is just one of dozens of malware families circulating far and wide across the Internet. This has become an engrained pattern in our modern digital world.

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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. io emerged as subsidiaries of Microleaves between 2017 and 2018.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 3, 2020

The malicious link that set off antivirus alarm bells when people tried to visit Blue Shield California downloaded javascript content from a domain called linkojager[.]org. Ads support most of the internet we all use and love; without them, the internet we have today would simply not exist.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Those included spreadsheets chock full of bank account details tied to some of the world’s most active cybercriminals, and to a vast network of shell corporations created by Vrublevsky and his co-workers to help launder the proceeds from their various online pharmacy, spam and fake antivirus operations.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

A historic records search at Domaintools on that tosaka1027@gmail.com address says it was used to register 24 Internet domain names , including at least seven that have been conclusively tied to the spread of powerful Android mobile malware. a firm that says it is “dedicated to the development and operation of Internet mobile games.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

The Windows botnet has been active since late 2017, it was mainly used to mine cryptocurrency, but it was also involved in DDoS attacks in 2018. The module that implements the warm capabilities was spotted scanning the internet and performing password brute-force attacks against Windows systems with SMB port open online.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running. ru using the email address tretyakov-files@yandex.ru.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Most of us already know the importance of using antivirus , anti-malware, and VPNs to secure our computers, phones, and other devices against potential attacks. To perform the experiment, we used Internet of Things (IoT) search engines to search for open devices that utilized common printer ports and protocols. Original post: [link].

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

A survey of local media reports by Recorded Future tallied 38 ransomware attacks against cities in 2017, rising to 53 attacks in 2018. However, the operational imperatives in today’s world of internet-centric commerce often boil down to survival math, especially for SMBs. mayors attending the U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

CVE-2017-6077 NETGEAR DGN2200 devices with firmware through 10.0.0.50 Affected models that are end-of-support: NSA210, NSA220, NSA220+, NSA221, NSA310, NSA310S, NSA320, NSA320S, NSA325 and NSA325v2 CVE-2017-18368 ZyXEL P660HN-T1A v1 TCLinux Fw $7.3.15.0 Ax with firmware 1.04b12 and earlier CVE-2016-1555 Netgear WN604 before 3.3.3

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Related :Promise vs. pitfalls of IoT For small- and mid-sized businesses, firewalls, antivirus suites and access management systems represent the entry stakes for participating in today’s digital economy. CyCognito’s bot network actively crawls the Internet identifying and mapping all exposed IP assets, fingerprinting each asset.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

A historic records search at Domaintools on that tosaka1027@gmail.com address says it was used to register 24 Internet domain names , including at least seven that have been conclusively tied to the spread of powerful Android mobile malware. a firm that says it is “dedicated to the development and operation of Internet mobile games.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

BlackBerry Cylance addresses AI-based antivirus engine bypass. Kazakhstan wants to intercept all HTTPS Internet traffic of its citizens. WSJ says Equifax to Pay $700 million settlement for 2017 breach. Comodo Antivirus is affected by several vulnerabilities. New APT34 campaign uses LinkedIn to deliver fresh malware.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

Since March 2019, Fxmsp announced in cybercrime forums the availability of information stolen from major antivirus companies located in the U.S. Between 2017 and 2018, Fxmsp created a network of trusted proxy resellers to promote their breaches on the criminal underground.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Subsequent analysis revealed earlier instances of suspicious code dating back to 2017. Importantly, our investigation, which considered binary timestamps, indicated that this exploit was created prior to April 2017. It is worth noting that the EternalBlue exploit was publicly disclosed by the Shadow Brokers group on April 14, 2017.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

NEROWOLFE A search on the ICQ number 669316 at Intel 471 shows that in April 2011, a user by the name NeroWolfe joined the Russian cybercrime forum Zloy using the email address d.horoshev@gmail.com , and from an Internet address in Voronezh, RU. They just sit and wait. Contact with the owner of the key is lost over time.”

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The above-mentioned AIDS Trojan hailing from the distant pre-Internet era was the progenitor of the trend, but its real-world impact was close to zero. The WannaCry and NotPetya outbreaks in May and June 2017, respectively, were the most devastating in history. About the essayist.

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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? Just because the computer in the lobby of corporate HQ can’t crank up the sodium hydroxide in the drinking water doesn’t mean it’s not worthy of an antivirus.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Information Technology research and advisory company, Gartner, presented its top predictions for the cybersecurity industry for 2017 earlier this year. Adoption of Adaptive Security Architecture It’s no longer sufficient to install a firewall and the latest antivirus software and hope for the best.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2022

Ransomware attacks are about as old as the internet itself. Some infamous examples of ransomware attacks over the years include: WannaCry: This ransomware attack occurred in May 2017 and had devastating effects worldwide. If the victim does not pay the ransom, they could see their data damaged or erased permanently.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A good example is the infamous WannaCry ransomware attack in May 2017 that hit corporate networks running Microsoft Windows throughout the world as part of a larger global cyberattack. Other useful strategies for discovering these attacks include scanning the internet for malware, monitoring the dark web, and monitoring security forums.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2020

All the affected organizations had hosts with Internet-facing RDP and weak credentials. It was revealed that the operators scanned ranges of IPs for hosts with Internet-facing RDP and weak credentials in Russia , Japan , China , and India. In some attacks, they attempted to elevate privileges using exploit for CVE-2017-0213.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Usage increased 185% from 2016 to 2017 and 165% from 2017 to 2018. If, for example, a user resides in a country with major Internet restrictions (think: the Great Firewall of China ), he or she may connect to a VPN outside of that country and bypass local laws. Another SMB use for a VPN is to keep resources off the internet.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

éveillé from ESET joins The Hacker Mind podcast to talk about the challenges of building his own internet scanner to scan for elusive malware. What if you were dialed the entire Internet? But to find that information back in 2014, he had to scan the Internet, the entire internet and that was a very noisy process.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 13, 2023

Let’s face it, the Internet is kind of like the Wild West when it comes to threats to our privacy and security. When it comes to getting a good look at your browsing your ISP has a window seat, and in the USA ISPs have been allowed to sell your browsing data since 2017. Go beyond just antivirus. Malicious links.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. About the author: Salvatore Lombardo.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Germany and the Netherlands agreded to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. Germany and the Netherlands agreed to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. Firefox finally addressed the Antivirus software TLS Errors. US Cyber Command warns of Iran-linked hackers exploiting CVE-2017-11774 Outlook flaw.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

As of the publishing of this article, antivirus (AV) vendor detection for BotenaGo and its variants remains behind with very low detection coverage from most of AV vendors. Figure 8 shows the low level of antivirus detections for BotenaGo’s new variants. 2027093: ET EXPLOIT Possible Netgear DGN2200 RCE (CVE-2017-6077).

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IT Security Guru

JULY 19, 2021

It’s clear then that ransomware didn’t reach its zenith with WannaCry back in 2017 but remains a disruptive and profitable threat to business operations. Our own research report, the State of Encrypted Attacks Report 2020 , found that there had been a 500 per cent rise in ransomware compared to 2019.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Satori DataSecOps 2021 Private BluBracket Software supply chain 2021 Private Cape Privacy Data security 2021 Private ZecOps Digital forensics 2019 Private SecurityScorecard Risk ratings 2017 Private Carbon Black Security software 2015 Acquired: VMware AVG Antivirus software 2015 Acquired: Avast.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

As of the publishing of this article, BotenaGo currently has low antivirus (AV) detection rate with only 6/62 known AVs seen in VirusTotal: (Figure 1). CVE-2017-6077. CVE-2017-18368. CVE-2017-6334. Ensure minimal exposure to the Internet on Linux servers and IoT devices and use a properly configured firewall.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

From today, malicious and suspicious files shared by users of Kaspersky Lab products in Europe will start to be processed in data centers in Zurich, initiating the first part of a relocation commitment made by the company in late 2017 under its Global Transparency Initiative.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Confirmed thefts by Silence increased more than fivefold from just 100 000 USD in 2017 to 550 000 USD in less than a year. Since autumn 2017, the group has become more active. In 2017, Silence began to conduct attacks on ATMs. The current confirmed total thefts form Silence attacks stands at 800 000 USD.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

Mobile malicious installation packages for Android in 2017 through 2020 ( download ). Individuals who generate that many installation packages are obviously not worried about antivirus software. The verdict is applied where the antivirus databases still lack the signatures or heuristics for detection. Where did these come from?

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