Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

US authorities have indicted two men for hacking the exchange EtherDelta in December 2017, one of them was also accused of TalkTalk hack. US authorities have indicted two men, Elliot Gunton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka, for hacking the cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta in 2017. Six days later, on December 19, 2017.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Related: We’re in the midst of ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ Peel back the layers of just about any sophisticated, multi-staged network breach and you’ll invariably find memory hacking at the core. That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. This quickly gets intricately technical.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

The researchers believe that the Turkey-linked APT Sea Turtle has been active since at least 2017. Between 2017 and 2019, the APT group mainly used DNS hijacking in its campaigns. Reduce the number of systems that can be reached over internet using SSH. Enable 2FA on all externally exposed accounts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

A hacker collective claims to have hacked over 50,000 home security cameras and published their footage online, some of them on adult sites. “Clips from the hacked footage have been uploaded on pornographic sites recently, with several explicitly tagged as being from Singapore.” ” reported The New Paper.”

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Hacker Combat

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

A statement from the SEC read as follows: “According to SEC, it has penalized eight companies in three actions for negligence of their cyber protection guidelines and procedures that stimulated email account hacks exposing personal data of numerous clients and customers in each firm.” . Often, hackers use phishing emails to target employees.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

. “As part of a detailed study of the cyber threat, a study of the received samples of malicious programs was conducted, the peculiarities of the functioning of the management server infrastructure were established, and more than 2,000 affected computers were identified in the Ukrainian segment of the Internet.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2020

The source code of the infamous Dharma ransomware is now available for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. The source code of one of the most profitable ransomware families, the Dharma ransomware , is up for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. The source is offered for a price as low as $2,000, as reported by ZDNet.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2021

Among the most clamorous attacks against industrial organizations, there is the 2015 attack against the electric grid in Ukraine and the 2017 Triton attack against a Saudi petrochemical plant. SecurityAffairs – hacking, smart meters). Mandiant launched a spear-phishing attack to gain a foothold in the target enterprise network.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

And an official confirmation says that the attack was launched by notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group that is known for its social engineering attacks such as the Wannacry 2017. AstraZeneca that is now busy into the production of Corona Virus Vaccine was hit by a cyber incident by the same hacking group in November 2020.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

The international police organization INTERPOL said last week it had shuttered the notorious 16Shop, a popular phishing-as-a-service platform launched in 2017 that made it simple for even complete novices to conduct complex and convincing phishing scams.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2024

The activity of the TheMoon botnet was first spotted in 2014, and since 2017 its operators added to the code of the bot at least 6 IoT device exploits. The researchers believe that the malware connects the NTP to verify the infected device’s internet connection and confirm it is not operating within a sandbox environment.

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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.

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Webroot

MARCH 29, 2021

Firewalls embed threat intelligence and DNS security solutions are used to both block malware and control internet use. Every employee’s home network has a different set of security protocols and internet use is unregulated. In fact, other than the infamous CC Cleaner hack of 2017, in which more than 2.3

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Russia-linked APT group Sandworm has hacked eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between since May 2023. The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017. ” reads the advisory published by the CERT-UA. “Note (!) .’ “Note (!)

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

” In February 2005, Nordex posted to Mazafaka that he was in the market for hacked bank accounts, and offered 50 percent of the take. In 2017, U.S. That Bankir account was registered from the Internet address 193.27.237.66 com account created from that same Internet address under the username “Polkas.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017. The Kyivstar mobile network serves about 26 million mobile customers and more than 1 million broadband fixed internet customers in the country. All mobile communications and internet access were temporarily interrupted.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

A new botnet, tracked as Lucifer, appeared in the threat landscape, it leverages close to a dozen exploits to hack Windows systems. Once compromised the system, the attacker can execute arbitrary commands on the infected device, experts noticed that the bot could target Windows hosts on both the internet and intranet.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2020

According to ZDNet that first published the news, the list was leaked on a popular hacking forum by the operator of a DDoS booter service. The list appears to be the result of an Internet scan for devices using default credentials or easy-to-guess passwords. SecurityAffairs – Telnet credentials, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

If you’re into this sort of thing, it’s pretty much the most fun you can possibly have on the Internet without committing multiple felonies. Since 2017, China has held at least seven of these competitions—called Robot Hacking Games—many with multiple qualifying rounds. People train for months. Winning is a big deal.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2021

The master decryption keys work for victims that were infected between July 2017 and early 2021. The SynAck group has been active since 2017 and at the end of July 2021, the group launched El_Cometa ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS). The decryptor requires access to the internet in order to retrieve the victim’s key.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Facebook hacked – Attackers exploited a vulnerability in the “View As” feature that allowed them to steal Facebook access tokens of 50 Million Users. Facebook hacked, this is news that is rapidly spreading across the Internet. Security Affairs – Facebook hacked, data breach ). Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

New government rules coupled with industry standards meant to give formal shape to the Internet of Things (IoT) are rapidly quickening around the globe. Here are a few takeaways: Minimum requirements A few years back, a spate of seminal IoT hacks grabbed the full attention of governments worldwide. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2021

Data belongs to individuals that provided their information to Mercedez-Benz and dealer websites between 2014 and 2017. “It is our understanding the information was entered by customers and interested buyers on dealer and Mercedes-Benz websites between January 1, 2014 and June 19, 2017. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Mercedes).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers discovered a new variant of the Zerobot botnet (aka ZeroStresser) that was improved with the capabilities to target more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. SecurityAffairs – hacking, botnet). The IT giant is tracking this cluster of threat activity as DEV-1061.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Below the attack chain that was visible in the video PoC: The attacker takes control over the smart bulb by exploiting a vulnerability in smart light bulbs in 2017. SecurityAffairs – Smart Light Bulbs, hacking). The post Hacking Wi-Fi networks by exploiting a flaw in Philips Smart Light Bulbs appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Here are the key facts: This wasn't a breach of any Telstra system No customer account info was included The data includes first/last names and employee email addresses The data is from 2017 — Telstra (@Telstra) October 4, 2022. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Telstra Telecom). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

last week said they dismantled the “ RSOCKS ” botnet, a collection of millions of hacked devices that were sold as “proxies” to cybercriminals looking for ways to route their malicious traffic through someone else’s computer. Authorities in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2020

The ad campaign follows a similar initiative launched in late 2017 that academics say measurably dampened demand for such services by explaining that their use to harm others is illegal and can land potential customers in jail. For example, search in Google for the terms “booter” or “stresser” from a U.K.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

On August 2018, Schuchman has been indicted on federal computer hacking charges after rival hackers fingered him as the creator of a Mirai variant dubbed Satori that infected at least 500,000 internet routers around the word. Schuchman, Vamp, and Drake created the Satori botnet in between July and August 2017.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The first attack spotted by ANSSI experts dates back to the end of 2017 and the campaign continued until 2020. “The first compromises identified by ANSSI date from the end of 2017 and continued until 2020. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ANSSI). Threat actors mainly targeted IT service providers, particularly web hosting.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

According to a new report published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) almost any new weapon systems in the arsenal of the Pentagon is vulnerable to hack. “In some cases, system operators were unable to effectively respond to the hacks.” Security Affairs – weapon system, hacking ).

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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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Experts from Qihoo 360’s Network Security Research Lab discovered a new botnet, dubbed EwDoor , that targets AT&T customers using EdgeMarc Enterprise Session Border Controller (ESBC) edge devices that are publicly exposed to the Internet. SecurityAffairs – hacking, EwDoor ). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It is designed to address the limitations of current Internet infrastructure, which is centralized, inefficient, and vulnerable to censorship. ” The experts believe threat actors exploited an old Struts2 vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-5638 , while targeting a financial company. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

According to the experts, the BackdoorDiplomacy APT group has been active since at least 2017. The attack chain starts with exploits for vulnerable internet-exposed systems such as web servers and management interfaces for networking equipment. SecurityAffairs – hacking, APT). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Introduction Radio Frequency (RF) penetration testing, popularly referred to as RF pentesting, stands as a vital domain within ethical hacking. 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.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

Compared to the first half of 2017, experts observed an overall increase of 5% in the number of attack attempts. The main attack channel was the internet, 27 percent of attacks was originated from web sources, 8.4 Securi ty Affairs – ICS systems, hacking). of the industrial control systems protected by Kaspersky.

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