The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

They must be convoluted to be any good, which means they’re difficult to remember, especially since the average person has to juggle passwords to access dozens of online accounts. For most of the Internet era, we’ve learned to live with these tradeoffs. These are folks who otherwise would have been working on company premises.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

“Upon gaining an initial foothold into a telecommunications organization or network service provider, PRC state-sponsored cyber actors have identified critical users and infrastructure including systems critical to maintaining the security of authentication, authorization, and accounting. Enforce MFA on all VPN connections [ D3-MFA ].

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The nation-state hackers are scanning the entire internet, in search of vulnerable webmail and Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover servers that expose TCP ports 445 and 1433. In May 2019, the experts noticed that the group started using hacked email addresses of numerous high-profile targets to send credential spam messages.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Keep a close eye on your accounts. So, either check your bank and credit card accounts daily or sign up for free transaction monitoring programs which notify you whenever there is activity in your bank, credit union or credit card accounts. According to the Better Business Bureau, 37.9% On top of that, 80.5% Bottom line.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

On December 23, 2019, unknown attackers began contacting customer support people at OpenProvider , a popular domain name registrar based in The Netherlands. “But a registrar should not act on instructions coming from a random email address or other account that is not even connected to the domain in question.”

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 16, 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic for example, you may use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to connect to your organization’s network as if you’re sitting in the office, or you might use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to connect to your computer that’s now collecting dust on your office desk. million instances of RDP that were open to the internet.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2022

Microsoft occupied more than half the list, with Exchange Server accounting for eight of the vulnerabilities. Malicious actors tend to focus on internet-facing systems to gain entry into a network, such as email and virtual private network (VPN) servers, using exploits targeting newly disclosed vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-11510.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records. That changed on Jan.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The threat actors initially leveraged compromised credentials for Microsoft Office 365 (O365) accounts, domain administrator accounts, and credentials for the agency’s Pulse Secure VPN server. “First the threat actor logged into a user’s O365 account from Internet Protocol (IP) address 91.219.236[.]166

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2021

If your computer is connected to the Internet it can be found, quickly, and if it can be found, somebody will try to break in. It’s a front door to your computer that can be opened from the Internet by anyone with the right password. The login screen of a Windows computer in Rome, Italy, that the author found on the Internet.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The global pandemic and the increase of remote workers has led to a surge in online video conferencing using tools such as Zoom and Google Meet - Zoom alone has tripled its user base since 2019. However, don’t overlook the importance of protecting your password and any other accounts that are associated with your device or webcam.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

You probably don’t recall creating an account on the Verifications.io Email verifiers are online services that allow marketers and salespeople to verify that the email address you used to create an account, sign up for a newsletter or make an order on their website is real and valid. platform or River City Media.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Now that it’s September, the excitement is beginning to build in earnest for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Just a couple of months after that, World Rugby itself announced that one of its training websites had suffered a security breach that exposed subscribers’ account information.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2020

. “The current data leak includes snapshots of highly sensitive bank-related documents of the company such as account transaction details, vouchers, letters sent to bank managers, and much more.” Below one of the snapshots leaked by the CLOP ransomware operators as proof of the hack.

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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

NCC Group and Fox-IT observed this threat actor during various incident response engagements performed between October 2019 until April 2020. These credentials are used in a credential stuffing or password spraying attack against the victim’s remote services, such as webmail or other internet reachable mail services.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2021

However, the first-generation of SD-WAN solutions were notable for one key thing: they were solely focused on improving connectivity and did little to account for security. Early SD-WAN solutions “were built only to replace an MPLS-VPN with an Internet-based VPN,” Ahuja says. Any SASE solution must: •Be identity-driven.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

Between December 2019 and until February 2020, the experts observed a number of attacks between 70,000 and 40,000 on a daily basis. Below the recommendations provided by ESET on how to configure remote access correctly: Disable internet-facing RDP. Require strong and complex passwords for all accounts that can be logged into via RDP.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 28, 2020

Since at least March 2019, Baiwang released software updates which installed a driver automatically along with the main tax program. In April 2019, employees of the pharmaceutical company discovered that the software contained malware that created a backdoor on the company’s network.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

Launched in 2013, Microleaves is a service that allows customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe. Microleaves works by changing each customer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address every five to ten minutes. The same account continues to sell subscriptions to Shifter.io.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Twitter account of Huawei Mobile Brazil hacked. Europol seized 30,506 Internet domain names for IP Infringement. A flaw in Microsoft OAuth authentication could lead Azure account takeover. CVE-2019-14899 flaw allows hijacking VPN connections on Linux, Unix systems. The evolutions of APT28 attacks.

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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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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2019

The first one could be exploited by a remote and unauthenticated attacker with admin privileges to obtain sensitive information ( CVE-2019-1653 ), while the second one can be exploited for command injection ( CVE-2019-1652 ). Over 9,600 routers were found to be impacted, and all remained exposed due to the incomplete patches.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The global pandemic and the increase of remote workers has led to a surge in online video conferencing using tools such as Zoom and Google Meet - Zoom alone has tripled its user base since 2019. However, don’t overlook the importance of protecting your password and any other accounts that are associated with your device or webcam.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 3, 2021

Detailed credentials for more than 21 million mobile VPN app users were swiped and advertised for sale online last week, offered by a cyber thief who allegedly stole user data collected by the VPN apps themselves. So this is a mess, and a timely reminder of why trust in a VPN provider is so crucial. Past VPN errors.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 3, 2021

Besides a rare metal that chemically resembles zirconium, Hafnium is a newly identified attack group that is also thought to be responsible for other attacks on internet-facing servers, and typically exfiltrates data to file sharing sites. The Hafnium attack group.

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NopSec

MARCH 16, 2020

Practically, this in turns means setting up remote connectivity systems and security apparatuses such as VPN – Virtual Private Networks – Citrix Virtual Desktops servers, Remote Desktop connections, file sharing, FTP servers and several more. Are all file sharing accounts accounted for and adequately protected?

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In fact, holiday shopping can account for up to 30 percent of annual sales for online retailers. billion in 2019. As holiday shopping revenue reaches new heights, the number of internet shoppers continues to grow as well, with 55 percent. Or, you can secure your connection with a virtual private network (VPN).

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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. SIM-jacking or SIM swap fraud will increase: This sophisticated attack allows a hacker to steal your cell phone number and with that, any account associated with it.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

DNT (disabled by default) is part of Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Total Security, and Kaspersky Security Cloud. Our last report, published in 2019, took a close look at Google’s trackers: DoubleClick, Google AdSense, Google Analytics, and YouTube Analytics. Global web tracking giants.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 22, 2021

Gartner introduced Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) to the market in 2019. It’s also reckless to offer open access to anyone on the network because it doesn’t take into account the possibility of insider threats. They protect users and assets located on-premises or connected via VPN against a wide range of modern-day threats.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 9, 2020

Earlier this year, the FBI released the 2019 Internet Crime Report. It includes information from 467,361 complaints of suspected Internet crime with reported losses in excess of $3.5 billion, are due to BEC (Business Email Compromise) frauds, also known as EAC (Email Account Compromise) crimes.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 23, 2021

LockBit ransomware was initially discovered in September 2019. IABs are financially motivated individuals or groups who provide ransomware operators with access to a silently compromised network in exchange for receiving a small fee or direct employment from ransomware operators [5] (T1078 Valid Accounts, T113 External Remote Services).

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We saw many attacks using N-days, such as the attack that targeted the Brazilian Supreme Court (exploiting vulnerabilities in VMWare ESXI (CVE-2019-5544 and CVE-2020-3992). Also, many groups relied on vulnerabilities in VPN servers. Threat actors conducted a series of attacks using the Cring ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In new research conducted by Malwarebytes, internet users across the United States and Canada admitted to dismal cybersecurity practices, failing to adopt some of the most basic defenses for staying safe online. Just 35 percent of people have unique passwords for most or all of their accounts. Cybersecurity could be as easy as 1-2-3.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The CEO of a South Carolina technology firm has pleaded guilty to 20 counts of wire fraud in connection with an elaborate network of phony companies set up to obtain more than 735,000 Internet Protocol (IP) addresses from the nonprofit organization that leases the digital real estate to entities in North America. ”

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2019

But this story is about so-called “bulletproof residential VPN services” that appear to be built by purchasing or otherwise acquiring discrete chunks of Internet addresses from some of the world’s largest ISPs and mobile data providers. WHAT IS RESNET? com , are hidden behind domain privacy protection.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software. Meanwhile, the suspect server was connected to the CDOT domain with an administrator account and the internet. The Remote Access VPN enables more robust security with the encryption of transmitted data, system compliance scanning, and multi-factor authentication.

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