Anton on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

There are people moving to “next-gen” firewalls (a great innovation of 2005) in 2022. A firewall management vendor claimed to “simplify zero trust.” RSA 2017: What’s The Theme? RSA 2013 and Endpoint Agent Re-Emergence RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts! There are people buying their first SIEM in 2022.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

“The operation copied and removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices that Sandworm used for command and control (C2) of the underlying botnet.” The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

As described in our previous blog, the malware initiates a total of 33 exploit functions targeting different routers and IoT devices by calling the function “scannerInitExploits” (see figure 2). Maintain minimal exposure to the Internet on Linux servers and IoT devices and use a properly configured firewall. Conclusion.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The malware maps each function with a string that represents a potential targeted system — such as a signature, which we’ll explain later in this blog (see figure 3). CVE-2017-6077. CVE-2017-18368. CVE-2017-6334. 4000898: AV EXPLOIT Netgear DGN2200 ping.cgi – Possible Command Injection ( CVE-2017-6077 ).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2021

In this blog, we will detail the usage of MSR to disable the hardware prefetcher in the cryptomining malwares. The worm scans and exploits existing server based vulnerabilities like CVE-2020-14882 and CVE-2017-11610 from the victim machine. Figure 8: Scanner modules. Figure 9: Worm exploiting Path traversal vulnerability.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

To get this information, they’ll target sites you might not expect, such as blogs, small businesses and non-profits. Why Would a Cybercriminal Target a Blog? A small blog might seem like a random target, but not to cybercriminals. Use a website scanner to find SEO spam, vulnerabilities and malware on your website or blog.

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Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Introduction In May 2017, a worldwide ransomware attack infamously known as WannaCry was set in motion. This ransomware made use of the EternalBlue , an exploit of Microsoft’s implementation of their SMB protocol, released by The Shadow Brokers hacker group in April 2017, to gain access to remote Windows machines in most cases.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2022

There are people moving to “next-gen” firewalls (a great innovation of 2005) in 2022. A firewall management vendor claimed to “simplify zero trust.” RSA 2017: What’s The Theme? RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts! There are people buying their first SIEM in 2022. There are people adopting virtualization in 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We’ve seen similar vulnerabilities exploited before in breaches like the 2017 Equifax data breach.”. He added that web application firewalls should also be updated to include an appropriate rule to block such attacks. Anybody using Apache Struts is likely vulnerable. Vulnerability Tested.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

“It is possible that an infected computer is beaconing, but is unable to egress to the command and control due to outbound firewall restrictions.” He acknowledged that ing.equipepro@gmail.com is his email address, but claims the email account was hacked at some point in 2017.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Team82 researchers have disclosed an attack technique that bypasses industry-leading web application firewalls (WAFs) by appending JSON syntax to SQL injection payloads. The researchers used a WAF shortcoming against the firewalls: Lack of support for native JSON syntax. ” Also read: How to Prevent SQL Injection Attacks.

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Establishing Device Trust, Simplified Since 2017, Duo has enabled organizations to identify if a device is enrolled in the corporate management system and apply device-based access policies based on the management status.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In this blog, we’ll discuss what cyberattacks are, the most common types of attacks your website is likely to face, and most importantly, how you can prevent them. You’ve likely read about high-profile cyberattacks in the headlines after a major data breach, such as the Equifax breach in 2017. What is a cyberattack? Ransomware.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Password security for IoT devices is all too important, as demonstrated by the CloudPets breach in 2017. Use restriction options in your router/firewall to grant the device minimal access. You can also follow the SiteLock blog for more resources on cybersecurity! Connect the device to its own wifi network. Further reading.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Baltimore metropolitan area alone had more than 61,000 people working in computer and mathematical occupations as of May 2017, almost all in IT-related fields. According to the U.S. This made it the nation’s eighth-largest technology hub.

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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

The earliest and longest lasting intrusion by this threat we observed, was at a company in the semiconductors industry in Europe and started early Q4 2017. observed Q2 2017 Cobalt Strike v3.12, observed Q3 2018 Cobalt Strike v3.14, observed Q2 2019. com Q4 2017 – Q4 0218 – C2 domain UsMobileSos[.]com slim.min.js

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A web application firewall (WAF). Over 15 percent of malware attacks in Q4 2017 sought to exploit visitors for these resources. In fact, malware that is disguised, randomly generated, and difficult to detect made up 44 percent of malware found in Q3 2017. Q: I thought my hosting provider protects my site.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

If you have a blog on your site, pay special attention to the comment section; attackers often use it to flood a site with nefarious or irrelevant links, which damages your reputation and your site’s domain authority. Implement a web application firewall. Stealthy Cybersecurity Risks for SMBs.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Imperva shared details on the incident it has recently suffered and how hackers obtain data on Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) customers. In August, cybersecurity firm Imperva disclosed a data breach that exposed sensitive information for some customers of its Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) product, formerly known as Incapsula.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Krebs wrote for The Washington Post between 1995 and 2009 before launching his current blog KrebsOnSecurity.com. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017. Bruce Schneier | @schneierblog.

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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. It’s imperative to keep legacy anti-malware , firewall and intrusion prevention systems updated. 2017: WannaCry – Attackers leverage hacking tools stolen from the NSA. mayors attending the U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2022

Stories from the SOC is a blog series that describes recent real-world security incident investigations conducted and reported by the AT&T SOC analyst team for AT&T Managed Threat Detection and Response customers. WannaCry malware was first discovered in May 2017 and a patch was released roughly two months prior to its public release.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

WannaCry 2017 is well-known for the stir and panic it caused in May 2017 by affecting thousands of NHS hospitals, delaying critical medical procedures, and rerouting ambulances. A firewall can be effective in stopping the spread of worms through network endpoints. NotPetya shook the entire world in June 2017.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

Going back a bit, it was also the top attack vector in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and well, hopefully, you get the picture. According to this year’s research—and this should be no surprise to the Verizon fans like us—it’s still the top method of attack for external threat actors. Why should I care about Phish?

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Cisco Security

APRIL 29, 2021

All infrastructure within the enterprise was trusted and everything outside including the internet and DMZ was labeled as untrusted, so firewalls and other proper security devices were deployed at these boundaries mainly at the data center in order to protect the organization. Cisco acquired Viptela, a leading SD-WAN provider in 2017.

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Cisco Security

APRIL 29, 2021

All infrastructure within the enterprise was trusted and everything outside including the internet and DMZ was labeled as untrusted, so firewalls and other proper security devices were deployed at these boundaries mainly at the data center in order to protect the organization. Cisco acquired Viptela, a leading SDWAN provider in 2017.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In this blog, we’re rounding up some of the main events we were involved in during European Cybersecurity Month. Keeping with awareness raising, we began the month with a blog that took its cue from the theme of this year’s European Cybersecurity Month campaign. October was a busy month on all fronts here at BH Consulting.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 23, 2018

billion in 2017. While cybersecurity professionals previously had to worry about perimeter defenses, firewalls and intrusion detection, the massive increase in cloud adoption has shifted the focus to placing protections closer to data in multi-tenant environments. billion, up from $246.8

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

According to security firm Gemini Advisory, the Fin7 hacker group stole data on more than five million credit and debit cards that had been used at HBC credit card terminals beginning in May 2017. Evolving threats.

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Cisco Security

MAY 26, 2022

In part one of this issue of our Black Hat Asia NOC blog, you will find: . While the Cisco Meraki Dashboard is extremely powerful, we happily supported exporting of logs and integration in major event collectors, such as the NetWitness SIEM and even the Palo Alto firewall. Meraki MR, MS, MX and Systems Manager by Paul Fidler .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In 2017, Lovense customers complained that the app recorded users’ remote sex sessions. Lovense uses Cloudflare web application firewall (WAF) and IP proxying tools, meaning that a malicious actor would still have difficulty pinpointing the attack surface. Accessing test servers is shielded by Cloudflare firewall.

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NopSec

APRIL 26, 2017

This widespread exploitation prompted me to release this blog post that I have been mulling for a while. exploit ESSAYKEYNOTE EVADEFRED This list includes Windows SMB exploits including the previously undisclosed SMB 0-day labelled “ETERNALBLUE”, which was addressed by Microsoft with the March 2017 patch labelled “ MS17-010 ”.

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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. I0N8129AZR1A ImageCreator_v4.2

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Javali trojan is active since November 2017 and targets users of financial and banking organizations geolocated in Brazil and Mexico. exe Dbghelp.dll G DATA Personal Firewall GDFwAdmin.exe GDFwAdmin.dll G DATA Security Software AVK.exe Avk.dll COMODO Internet Security CisTray.exe Cmdres.dll NVIDIA 3D Vision Test Application Nvsttest.exe D3d8.dll

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Cisco Security

MAY 27, 2022

In part one of our Black Hat Asia 2022 NOC blog , we discussed building the network with Meraki: . Since 2017 (starting in Black Hat USA – Las Vegas), Cisco Umbrella has provided DNS security to the Black Hat attendee network, added layers of traffic visibility previously not seen. In this part two, we will discuss: .

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

For example, an IP tried AndroxGh0st Scanning Traffic against the Registration server, blocked by Palo Alto Networks firewall. In addition to the SPAN, we requested that Palo Alto send NetFlow from their Firewalls to CTB. You can find the code and guide at this GitHub repository and the guide in this blog post.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

For example, in a recent lawsuit that Google subsidiary Waymo filed against Uber in February 2017, the company alleges that a former Google employee downloaded 14,000 sensitive documents related to self-driving car technology before leaving the company. US State of Cybercrime Survey 2016, 2017. CMU SEI Insider Threat Insights.

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