Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

Credential theft and password spraying to Cobalt Strike. This adversary starts with obtaining usernames and passwords of their victim from previous breaches. These credentials are used in a credential stuffing or password spraying attack against the victim’s remote services, such as webmail or other internet reachable mail services.

VPN 68

VPN Accountability Passwords DNS 68

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

All of this process is completely transparent and open to the public: my written testimony will be made available publicly 48 hours before the hearing (I'll re-post it on this blog too), the whole things will be broadcast live on the day and members of the public can attend in person if they wish (ping me if you're in the area and plan on coming).

Data breaches 201

Data breaches InfoSec Backups IoT 201

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 21, 2022

In 2017, Formbook’s panel source was leaked, and subsequently, the threat actor behind Xloader moved to a different business model. Steal stored passwords. Previous blog posts have analyzed various aspects of Formbook and Xloader’s obfuscation. Capture keystrokes. Take screenshots. Download and execute additional binaries.

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Encryption Malware Backups Passwords 125

Elie

MARCH 10, 2018

from Check Point, at Botconf in December 2017, on the subject. tokens are the de facto standard for granting apps and devices restricted access to online accounts without sharing passwords and with a limited set of privileges. The final post discusses Gooligan various monetization schemas and its takedown. Oren Koriat. SnapPea adware.

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Malware Adware Accountability Backups 107

Elie

MARCH 10, 2018

in December 2017, on the subject. tokens are the de facto standard for granting apps and devices restricted access to online accounts without sharing passwords and with a limited set of privileges. final post. discusses Gooligan various monetization schemas and its takedown. This series of posts is modeled after the talk I gave with.

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Malware Adware Accountability Backups 91

Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

was used to register at least six domains, including a Russian business registered in Khoroshev’s name called tkaner.com , which is a blog about clothing and fabrics. used the password 225948. “Cryptolockers made a lot of noise in the press, but lazy system administrators don’t make backups after that.

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Ransomware Cybercrime Accountability Malware 244

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 14, 2018

Do note that I'm writing this before loading those 3 breaches; that'll happen immediately after I publish this blog post and they'll each reference it. The data included passwords stored in plain text and a quick password reset check on a Mailinator account delivers the precise password in the breach to the public mailbox.

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Data breaches Passwords Accountability Media 150

Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2022

If you work there, skip this blog and go read their report first! This attack framework was described in great depth in December 2017 by Mandiant in their report " Attackers Deploy New ICS Attack Framework 'Triton' and Cause Operational Disruption to Critical Infrastructure. CISA/FBI and the New Era of Transparency.

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Education Government Malware Financial Services 62

McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

For a brief overview please see our summary blog here. Braun Infusomat system were released in 2017. This is even more important since we are working on a software released in 2017. The backup archive can then be downloaded for later restore of the settings. Table of Contents. Background. What are Infusion Pumps?

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Computers and Electronics Authentication Software Risk 145

Spinone

JULY 8, 2020

While it has stopped doing this circa 2017, there is nothing to prevent Google from doing this again in the future with a free G Suite plan. Passwords have long been a weak point in most environments. End users have a tendency to choose weak passwords. Google has historically scanned content for advertising purposes.

Encryption 52

Encryption Backups Accountability Ransomware 52

Fox IT

JUNE 23, 2020

Evil Corp were previously associated to the Dridex malware and BitPaymer ransomware, the latter came to prominence in the first half of 2017. Hence, TA505 activity is sometimes still reported as Evil Corp activity, even though these groups have not worked together since the second half of 2017. WastedLocker.

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Ransomware Encryption Malware Architecture 45

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 8, 2020

This is a blog post about disclosure, specifically the difficulty with doing it in a responsible fashion as the reporter whilst also ensuring the impacted organisation behaves responsibly themselves. He also wrote about the other betting operators implicated in the database backups and how there appeared to be a common thread across them.

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Data breaches Backups Firewall Hacking 307

Fox IT

MAY 4, 2021

In 2017, yet another new version was detected in the wild with a number of major modifications compared to the previous main variant: Rebranded RM loader (called RM3 ) Used exotic PE file format exclusively designed for this banking malware Modular architecture Network communication reworked New modules. Backup controllers.

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