Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 10, 2019

By nearly all accounts, the chief bugaboo this month is CVE-2019-1458 , a vulnerability in a core Windows component (Win32k) that is present in Windows 7 through 10 and Windows Server 2008-2019. ’ An odd discrepancy on top of a CVE advisory for an outdated OS. It is very likely this is being exploited in the wild.”

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2019

According to security firm Rapid 7 , two of the vulnerabilities — CVE-2019-0803 and CVE-2019-0859 — are already being exploited in the wild. These patches apply to Windows , Internet Explorer (IE) and Edge browsers, Office, Sharepoint and Exchange.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 12, 2019

One interesting patch from Microsoft this week comes in response to a zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2019-0797 ) reported by researchers at Kaspersky Lab, who discovered the bug could be (and is being) exploited to install malicious software.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Microsoft patched a bug in Internet Exploder Explorer ( CVE-2019-0676 ) discovered by Google that attackers already are using to target vulnerable systems. That flaw, CVE-2019-0626 , could let an attacker execute malcode of his choice just by sending the target a specially crafted DHCP request. Windows DHCP client”).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 13, 2019

“According to Microsoft, at least two of these vulnerabilities ( CVE-2019-1181 and CVE-2019-1182 ) can be considered ‘wormable’ and [can be equated] to BlueKeep,” referring to a dangerous bug patched earlier this year that Microsoft warned could be used to spread another WannaCry-like ransomware outbreak.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2019

All things considered, this first Patch Tuesday of 2019 is fairly mild, bereft as it is of any new Adobe Flash updates or zero-day exploits. Among the more eyebrow-raising flaws fixed this week is CVE-2019-0547 , a weakness in the Windows component responsible for assigning Internet addresses to host computers (a.k.a.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 4, 2022

Data Protection Bill, that was presented in the Indian Parliament in 2019, has now been officially withdrawn by the government led by Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi. If we verify the facts, the Data Protection Bill of 2019 was giving more rights to the government to access sensitive information generated by the public.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Two of the bugs quashed in this month’s patch batch ( CVE-2019-1214 and CVE-2019-1215 ) involve vulnerabilities in all supported versions of Windows that have already been exploited in the wild.

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 2, 2019

2019 will be the year consumers start thinking more about cyber hygiene , and the year Congress becomes more proactive in the areas of privacy and cybersecurity. Identity theft has become the third certainty in life after death and taxes, and consumer-friendly solutions to protecting against it will profit nicely in 2019.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2020

According to the IC3 Annual Report released in April 2019 financial losses reached $2.7 The total cost of cybercrime for each company in 2019 reached US$13M. According to the 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report , 43% of all nefarious online activities impacted small businesses. Financial losses reached $2.7 billion in 2018.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

OWASP revealed that Broken Object Level Authorization is among the top 10 most critical API security risks list The post OWASP API1: 2019 – Broken Object Level Authorization appeared first on Indusface. The post OWASP API1: 2019 – Broken Object Level Authorization appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 9, 2020

After lagging 2019 numbers in the first quarter, vulnerabilities have surged in the rest of 2020, leading researchers to predict that final numbers for this year will meet or exceed those of last year, report says.

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The Hacker News

JUNE 21, 2022

for her role in the theft of personal data of no fewer than 100 million people in the 2019 Capital One breach. A 36-year-old former Amazon employee was convicted of wire fraud and computer intrusions in the U.S.

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Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 18, 2022

Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band (OOB) update for Windows Server 2019 that fixes numerous critical bugs introduced during the January 2022 Patch Tuesday. [.].

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Having said that I found Income Tax Department India and MIT Sloan was also vulnerable to CVE-2019-0604 a remote code execution vulnerability which exists in Microsoft SharePoint. Aside, MIT Sloan School of Management was also found to be vulnerable with CVE-2019-0604. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CVE-2019-0604).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2020

A new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-0090 , affects all Intel chips that could allow attackers to bypass every hardware-enabled security technology. Security experts from Positive Technologies warn of a new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-0090, that affects all Intel processors that were released in the past 5 years.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky have detailed the activity of a threat actor named WIRTE that is targeting government, diplomatic entities, military organizations, law firms, and financial institutions in Middle East since early 2019. “In our initial sample analysis, the C2 domain we observed was stgeorgebankers[.]com.

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Trend Micro

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This blog entry details our investigation of CVE-2019-8561, a vulnerability that exists in the macOS PackageKit framework, a component used to install software installer packages (PKG files).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2019 Internet Crime Report , a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. Here we are to analyze the annual FBI 2019 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) , one of the most interesting documents on the crime trends observed in the last 12 months.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2021

More clients of Capital One have been impacted in the 2019 data breach, the US bank is notifying them of their SSNs exposure. US bank Capital One notified a number of additional customers that their Social Security numbers were exposed in the data breach that took place in July 2019. District Court in Seattle. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2019

Wondering about the state of global cybersecurity in 2019? It’s not a surprise that 2019 is estimated to see more than $124 billion spent on cybersecurity — 8.7 2019 will probably see a kind of democratization of cybersecurity. This bodes ill for 2019. percent growth over the previous year.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

We are excited to announce that SiteLock ® INFINITY ™ was recently recognized as a winner of the 2019 Cloud Computing Excellence Product of the Year Award by TMC’s Cloud Computing Magazine. Thank you to TMC’s Cloud Computing Magazine for honoring SiteLock INFINITY with a 2019 Cloud Computing Product of the Year Award!

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2020

National Security Agency (NSA) is warning that Russia-linked APT group tracked Sandworm Team has been exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-10149) in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) software since at least August 2019. The CVE-2019-10149 flaw, aka “The Return of the WIZard,” affects versions 4.87

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

Google announced to have warned users of almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks during 2019. Google shared data on alerts related to state-sponsored attacks, the tech giant revealed that it issued almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks to its users during 2019.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

According to a report published by the industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty that focuses on the second half of 2020, the number of flaws discovered in industrial control system (ICS) products in 2020 (893 flaws) was 24,72% higher compared to 2019. ” reads the report published by Claroty. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2019

Pwn2Own 2019 Day 3 – Experts earned $35,000 and a Tesla Model 3 after hacking the vehicle’s web browser. Pwn2Own 2019 Day 3 – Hackers focused their efforts on car hacking, two teams participated in the competitions but only one of them reached the goal. SecurityAffairs – Pwn2Own 2019, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

According to IBM, OT attacks increased by over 2000 percent in 2019, most of them involved the Echobot IoT malware. IBM’s 2020 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report analyzes the threat landscape in 2019, the experts observed a spike in the number of OT attacks. “ OT attacks hit an all-time high. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2022

The post Nitrokod crypto miner infected systems across 11 countries since 2019 appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Nitrokod ).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Critical CVE-2019-19781 flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway could be exploited to access company networks, 80,000 companies at risk worldwide. The CVE-2019-19781 vulnerability was discovered by Mikhail Klyuchnikov from Positive Technologies. SecurityAffairs – Citrix, CVE-2019-19781). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2020

Citrix has released security patches for the recently disclosed CVE-2019-19781 flaw, but the number of attacks on vulnerable systems is increasing. Last week, Citrix addressed the actively exploited CVE-2019-19781 flaw in Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Citrix Gateway, and Citrix SD-WAN WANOP appliances. and 11.0.3.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 17, 2021

In 2019, Toyota Motor Company Australia was hit by a cyberattack, leaving employees with no access to their email accounts for days. The post Toyota Australia Rebuilt IT System Following the 2019 Cyberattack appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Two years later, the company managed to rebuild its entire […].

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

We are proud to announce the Duo has achieved ISO 27001:2013, 27017:2015, and 27018:2019 certification! What is ISO 27001:2013, 27017:2015 and 27018:2019? What’s the benefit of ISO 27001:2013, 27017:2015 and 27018:2019 certification to our customers? You can thank ISO for that!

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

The company also fixed the security flaws disclosed at the Pwn2Own 2019 hacking competition. VMware released updates to address vulnerabilities in vCloud Director, ESXi, Workstation and Fusion products, including ones disclosed at the Pwn2Own 2019. x running on macOS (CVE-2019-5514). Universal Host Controller Interface (UHCI).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

Microsoft has released its April 2019 Patch Tuesday updates that address over 70 vulnerabilities, including two Windows zero-day flaws. Microsoft has released the April 2019 Patch Tuesday updates that address 74 vulnerabilities, including two Windows zero-days under active attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2019

Pwn2Own 2019 hacking competition is started and participants hacked Apple Safari browser, Oracle VirtualBox and VMware Workstation on the first day. As you know I always cover results obtained by white hat hackers at hacking competitions, for this reason, today I’ll share with you the results of the first day of the Pwn2Own 2019.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2019

Experts discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, tracked as CVE-2019-11815, that affects the implementation of RDS over TCP. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-11815 could lead to privilege escalation, it received a CVSS base score of 8.1. . SecurityAffairs – Linux, CVE-2019-11815).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2019

The privilege escalation vulnerability ( CVE-2019-0211 ) affecting the Apache HTTP server could be exploited by users with the right to write and run scripts to gain root on Unix systems. — Mark J Cox (@iamamoose) April 2, 2019. The second one, tracked as CVE-2019-0215 , affects Apache 2.4.37 releases 2.4.17 and 2.4.38.

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