Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2019

NordVPN and TorGuard VPN firms were hacked, threat actors leaked the private keys used to secure their web servers and VPN configuration files. . Hackers have breached the systems used by NordVPN and TorGuard VPN companies and leaked the private keys used to secure their web servers and VPN configuration files. .

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NopSec

MARCH 6, 2019

Updates on Drupal (CVE-2019-6340) & A New Improper Input Validation Flaw Leading to RCE in Cisco Routers (CVE-2019-1663) The improper input validation flaw leading to remote code execution (RCE) in Drupal (CVE-2019-6340), which we covered in detail last week, is still trending this week.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Risk Level. 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. Category Awareness, Vulnerabilities.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Category Awareness, Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Guides, Privacy Risk Level In the musical words of Rockwell, ? “I 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.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

Group-IB , a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, found out that the year of 2019 was marked by ransomware evolution and was dominated by increasingly aggressive ransomware campaigns, with its operators resorting to more cunning TTPs, reminding those of APT groups to get their victims shell out.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 2, 2021

It is found hacking databases through brute force attacks or password spray via TOR and VPN servers. APT28 aka Fancy Bear or Strontium is a hacking group that is funded by Russian Military Intelligence. And then is seen accessing the entire network through stolen credentials and sometimes exploiting vulnerabilities in targeting systems.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2021

Expect that the risk from data stolen or modified (including credentials, accounts, and software) before a device was patched will not be alleviated by patching or simple remediation actions. Enable robust logging of Internet-facing services and authentication functions.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2023

Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager Aruba ClearPass provides role- and device-based network access control for employees, students, contractors and guests across any multi-vendor wired, wireless and VPN infrastructure. Applicable Metrics Aruba ClearPass is deployed in high-volume authentication environments (e.g. 30 points of presence).

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

Lil’ skimmer, the Magecart impersonator What is the WireGuard VPN protocol ? Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Is it Game Over for VR Advergaming ?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

As remote desktop solutions are prevalent among IT and managed service providers (MSP), downstream clients can be at risk, as Kaseya experienced in 2021. RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Reconnaissance. Calling into Robinhood.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2021

” The company states that organizations that fail to address known vulnerabilities in the firmware of SRA and SMA 100 series products are at imminent risk of a targeted ransomware attack. Continued use of this firmware or end-of-life devices is an active security risk,” states the alert. continues the alert. 34 or 9.0.0.10

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2022

Web-Facing Systems at Risk. 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. CVE-2019-19781. CVE-2019-18935. “U.S., CVE-2021-21972.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Category Awareness, Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Guides, Privacy Risk Level In the musical words of Rockwell, ? “I 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.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Financially motivated threat actors are using Cookie Theft malware in phishing attacks against YouTube creators since late 2019. a demo for anti-virus software, VPN, music players, photo editing or online games) to hijack the channel of YouTube creators. Below are the job descriptions used to recruit the hackers.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2019

A vulnerability in Sophos Cyberoam firewalls could be exploited by an attacker to gain access to a target’s internal network without authentication. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-17059, was discovered by the security expert Rob Mardisalu that reported it to Sophos. ” reads the advisory published by Sophos.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It turns out Ivanti is having a difficult time addressing a recent spate of critical vulnerabilities as last month’s patch resulted in the discovery of additional risk vectors. The attack chain is pretty interesting, but does require authenticated access. Ghost CMS is an open-source content management platform. include=roles” endpoint.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 15, 2021

It sells a range of Internet appliances primarily directed at content control and network security, including devices providing services for network firewalls, unified threat management (UTM), virtual private networks (VPNs), and anti-spam for email. Devices at risk. The devices that the security notice mentions are running 8.x

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

This includes an authentication by-pass vulnerability that can allow an unauthenticated user to perform remote arbitrary file execution on the Pulse Connect Secure gateway. This vulnerability has a critical CVSS score and poses a significant risk to your deployment.” A vulnerability was discovered under Pulse Connect Secure (PCS).

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2019

The list of flaws includes OS Command Injection, Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type, Cross-site Request Forgery, Small Space of Random Values, Cross-site Scripting, Exposure of Backup file to Unauthorized Control Sphere, Improper Authentication, and Use of Hard-coded Credentials. “Prima Systems FlexAir, Versions 2.3.38

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

” The SMOKEDHAM backdoor was associated by FireEye to the activity of the UNC2465 group that dates back to at least April 2019 and is considered a DARKSIDE RaaS affiliate. Figure 2 shows an image of the download page used for SmartPSS software.” ” concludes the report.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 28, 2020

The FBI identifies these groups are particularly at-risk, given China's previous tendencies toward the chemical and finance sectors paired with recent concerns about China's role in COVID-19 data theft. Since at least March 2019, Baiwang released software updates which installed a driver automatically along with the main tax program.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In other words, users were accessing company data either physically on site, or through a dedicated network or VPN. This mitigated risk in many ways, because the identity of the person themselves was verified by a physical or logical access point. Second is to manage risk.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 20, 2021

While specific companies were not named, defense contractors were among those targeted as part of a campaign by at least two hacking groups that leveraged vulnerabilities Pulse Secure VPN devices. Mandiant outlined 12 malware families that they observed actively exploiting vulnerabilities in Pulse Secure VPN devices dating back to last year.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2021

Early SD-WAN solutions “were built only to replace an MPLS-VPN with an Internet-based VPN,” Ahuja says. All of these tools became extremely necessary to ensure that you could authenticate the user before allowing them access to the right resources in the network,” Ahuja says. Those estimates may yet turn out to be conservative.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

PYSA, also known as Mespinoza, was first spotted in the wild in October 2019 where it was initially used against large corporate networks. Use multi-factor authentication wherever possible. Consider installing and using a VPN. link] pic.twitter.com/NOPAcEFxM8 — FBI Buffalo (@FBIBuffalo) March 16, 2021.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2020

One of the flaws is a remote command execution flaw , tracked as CVE-2019-17621, that resides in the code used to manage UPnP requests. “In order for this security exploit to be done a malicious user would have to get access to the LAN-side or in-home access to the device which narrows the risk of an attack considerably. .”

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2021

NAC was the highest IT security spending priority in eSecurity Planet’s 2019 State of IT Security survey – and is also one of the technologies users have the most confidence in. This NAC tool is built to enforce adaptive policies for wireless, wired or VPN accessed devices based on in-depth contextual analysis.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. Accel Investments. BVP Investments.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 22, 2021

We have discovered four issues, the bulk of which involve three vulnerabilities that were patched in 2019 and 2020: Security Advisory SA44101 (CVE-2019-11510), Security Advisory SA44588 (CVE-2020-8243) and Security Advisory SA44601 (CVE-2020-8260). We will be releasing a software update in early May.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

New applications no longer use TDES, but TDES-encrypted data can be found in legacy environments and Microsoft only retired 3DES from use within Office 365 in 2019. The RSA algorithm remains the most popular public key cryptographic system today and introduced the concept of digital signatures for authentication outside of academia.

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NopSec

JANUARY 31, 2024

Systems Impacted: Windows 10 Windows 11 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Read more : [link] [link] [link] [link] 2. This vulnerability has technically been patched for a year now, however recent campaigns from Chinese hacking groups inspired additional coverage of the risk.

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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. How many Citrix Virtual Desktops and where? The disclosure blog post can be found here.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

It’s mostly problems from the IT world, says Andy Norton, European Cyber Risk Officer at Armis. The Guru decided to ask Armis’ European cyber risk officer, Andy Norton for his thoughts. Armis’ own white paper on the topic mentions these for starters: July 2019: URGENT/11 affects billions of industrial and medical devices.

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SC Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

The massive exposures were first brought to light by ProPublica in September 2019. The vulnerabilities associated with PACS systems range from known default passwords, hardcoded credentials and lack of authentication within third-party software.”. Audit and monitoring tools can also support risk reduction efforts.

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2022

Request for access to corporate VPN. I sell VPN accounts of USA companies, revenue is 1kkk$. Access type: VPN. Access type: VPN. Sale] VPN-RDP accounts for network access. Access type: VPN-RDP. Revenue: 8kk+$ (information is current as of 2019). Access type: VPN-RDP. Access type: VPN-RDP.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

The truth is that solutions like single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) can spell disaster if initial access is all a malicious actor needs to traverse the network’s resources. Whether it’s a VPN , firewall , or remote access server, unauthorized entry via network gateways is a problem.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Misled : Many organized cybercriminals are sophisticated about tracking executives’ schedules and crafting authentic looking emails to impersonate them. Unaware : Password hygiene is a huge problem that puts personal and business data at risk. The FBI says BEC caused half of all US cybercrime losses in 2019 , at a total of $1.77

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