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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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2021

I’ve written this countless times: keep your antivirus updated, click judiciously, practice good password hygiene. VPNs give the individual user direct control over the unique data stream transmitting data between their laptop or smartphone and the Internet. Related: Privacy war: Apple vs. Facebook. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Kaspersky has addressed several vulnerabilities in the web protection features implemented in its antivirus solutions, including Internet Security, Total Security, Free Anti-Virus , Security Cloud, and Small Office Security products. As in: under some circumstances, antivirus would still crash. ” continues the analysis.

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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. RaaS rollout 2015 – 2018. The GandCrab RaaS that appeared in early 2018 was one of the last high-profile threats targeting individuals on a large scale. About the essayist.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

million Windows systems between 2018 and 2020. The software includes illegal Adobe Photoshop 2018, a Windows cracking tool, and several cracked games.” million entries) Opera (2 million entries) Internet Explorer/Microsoft Edge (1.3 Researchers from NordLocker have discovered an unsecured database containing 1.2-terabyte

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Malwarebytes

MAY 7, 2021

There has been much discussion of antivirus protection, patching your software, and using VPNs. a consumer watchdog in the UK, recently released its findings about routers issued by UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs). But what if the security flaws aren’t in your phones or laptops, but the router your ISP gave you?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2020

Microsoft declared that an Emotet attack took down an organization’s network by overheating all the computers and bringing its Internet access down. “He’d been told the organization had an extensive system to prevent cyberattacks, but this new virus evaded all their firewalls and antivirus software. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000 CVE-2018-10561, CVE-2018-10562 GPON home routers CVE-2013-3307 Linksys X3000 1.0.03 CVE-2018-10088 XiongMai uc-httpd 1.0.0 BotenaGo was written in Golang (Go) and at the time of the report published by the experts, it had a low antivirus (AV) detection rate (6/62). Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta,

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Experts at Intezer researchers have spotted a strain of the Linux mining that also scans the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep. In May, Internet scans found nearly one million systems vu lnerable to the BlueKeep flaw. ” reads a blog post published by Intezer. ” continues the analysis.

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Hacker Combat

JANUARY 6, 2022

The first discovery of Purple Fox was in 2018. The malware has now moved to take advantage of vulnerable internet-based systems and SMB services that are exposed. This folder is responsible for several tasks including shutting a wide spectrum of antivirus functions. The stealthy malware can be planted while evading detection.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The experts initially detected the specially-crafted PDF files in December 2018. “Since late December 2018, EdgeSpot has detected multiple PDF samples in the wild which exploit a Google Chrome zero-day flaw.” ” reads the analysis published by EdgeSpot. ” states the experts. Below the timeline.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

The threat actors are actively exploiting the following vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS: CVE-2018-13379 ; CVE-2020-12812 ; CVE-2019-5591. In March 2021, government experts observed state sponsored hackers scanning the internet for servers vulnerable to the above flaws, the attackers were probing systems on ports 4443, 8443, and 10443.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

Antivirus protection isn’t enough to protect against today’s advanced threats. Malware isn’t going away and even advanced monitoring and antivirus software can’t always catch what a malicious program will do when executed. Antivirus software is notable for its ability to scan programs being transferred, downloaded, and stored.

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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. In May 2018, Maritz Holdings Inc. , If one examines the subdomains tied to just one of the malicious domains mentioned in the IoCs list (internal-message[.]app), secure.wipro.com.internal-message[.]app. secure.elavon.com.internal-message[.]app.

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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. 2830690: ETPRO EXPLOIT GPON Authentication Bypass Attempt (CVE-2018-10561).

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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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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

On Christmas Eve 2018, cloud data hosting firm Dataresolution.net was hit with the Ryuk strain of ransomware. Other than different antivirus and not allowing RDP connections to the internet they don’t seem to have put any additional safeguards in place. More than a week later on Jan.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2019

Malware deliveries Upon reviewing Android usage data for all of 2018, Google identified a rise in the number of “potentially harmful apps” that were preinstalled or delivered through over-the-air updates. In a nutshell: lock your device; click judiciously; use antivirus. Here are a few key developments everyone should know about.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

That represents a 340% increase year-over-year, a 415% increase since 2018 and accounted for about 4% of the more than 6.3 This week, cybersecurity firm Akamai said they have observed more than 246 million web application attacks levied against the gaming industry between 2019 and 2020.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2019

When antivirus (AV) software first arrived in the late 1980s, the science of combating computer viruses was very straightforward. Another way is to test code samples against our backend, to try to fool our antivirus classifiers. The intent is to figure out which parts of the file are being detected by us as being malicious.

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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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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-2018-10561, CVE-2018-10562. CVE-2018-10088. Ensure minimal exposure to the Internet on Linux servers and IoT devices and use a properly configured firewall.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Widespread Cisco IOS XE Vulnerability Under Active Attack Type of attack: Attackers actively exploit vulnerabilities in internet-facing IOS XE systems to add new privileged users and back doors. The problem: Similar to 2018’s Spectre processor vulnerability, the iLeakage vulnerability stems from Apple CPU performing speculative execution.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get.

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McAfee

MAY 26, 2020

The Brave report issued by the Brave Community, a forum where people who care about the internet and their browsing experience come to discuss with each other, typically shows that only five of Europe’s 28 national GDPR enforcers have more than 10 tech specialists. Train your employees about why privacy and security are important generally.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

SI-LAB noted that Portuguese users were targeted with malscam messages that reported issues related to a debt of the year 2018. It downloads the next stage from the compromised server available on the Internet on an AWS S3 bucket. This is a clear signal that most of the antivirus engines don’t detect yet the malware signature.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2021

A malicious advertising campaign originating out of Eastern Europe and operating since at least mid-June is targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to home networks, according to executives with GeoEdge, which offers ad security and quality solutions to online and mobile advertisers. billion in 2018.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

The malware is also able to inject JavaScript adware in Internet Explorer, install Chrome/Opera extensions to inject JavaScript adware on these browsers as well, exfiltrate browsing history, silently display ads or muted YouTube videos to users via Chrome, and subscribe users to YouTube video channels.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

And at Black Hat USA 2018 , the company unveiled a new CyberFlood functionality that makes it possible for an enterprise to emulate a real-world attack in a live environment. Meanwhile, we also have a dedicated threat research team analyzing malware discovered by the engagement teams, as well as coming off the backbone of the Internet.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

He was quoted as saying that he and his co-conspirators would steal the data and if Tesla refused to pay the ransom the company's secrets would be placed on the internet. FBI Internet Crime Report 2020: Cybercrime Skyrocketed, with Email Compromise Accounting for 43% of Losses. Microsoft Exchange Zero-Day, Exploitations Led by Hafnium.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

That file was delivered via malscam campaigns around the world and its source-code is obfuscated in order to evade antivirus detection and complicate its analysis. The latter leverages the WinRar/Ace vulnerability ( CVE-2018-20250 ) dropping the malware itself into the Windows startup folder.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

Users attacked by adware in 2018 through 2020 ( download ). variant has been known since 2018, and we have never once had to adjust the process of detecting it in almost three years. Individuals who generate that many installation packages are obviously not worried about antivirus software. Where did these come from?

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This archive is discreetly hosted on legitimate websites, cleverly disguised as firmware binaries for enigmatic devices labeled “m100” The Bitbucket repository was created on June 21, 2018, under the account of Julie Heilman, and it remains the sole repository associated with this profile. 8, 10.0.0.0/8, 8, 100.64.0.0/10,

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) found that K–12 cyberattacks more than tripled over the pandemic, from 400 reported incidents in 2018 to over 1,300 in 2021. Install, regularly update, and enable real-time detection for antivirus software. When students turn 18, those rights are transferred to them.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2018

No one in cybersecurity refers to “antivirus” protection any more. since the nascent days of the antivirus market, I find in fascinating that the top dozen or so antivirus players have all managed to remain in the game. In the early days, antivirus suites were threat-centric and device-centric. Looming consolidation.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The vulnerability is in MSHTML, the Internet Explorer engine. After 2018, we observed falling detection rates for FinSpy for Windows. Melcoz had been active in Brazil since at least 2018, before expanding overseas. However, it never actually went away – it was simply using various first-stage implants to hide its activities.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

This technology is stored in the Workbook OLE stream in Excel 97-2003 format which makes it very difficult to detect and parse by antivirus (AV) engines. doc and.xlm) to evade antivirus detection and bypass spam filters as well. That malware is known as FlawedAmmyy RAT and was discovered by Proofpoint researchers in March 2018.

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