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Brute Force attack launched by Russia APT28 using Kubernetes

CyberSecurity Insiders

But a new discovery made by the National Security Agency(NSA) of United States has revealed that Russian hacking group APT28 is launching Brute Force Cyber Attacks using Kubernetes to ensure anonymity. It is found hacking databases through brute force attacks or password spray via TOR and VPN servers.

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Take action! Multiple Pulse Secure VPN vulnerabilities exploited in the wild

Malwarebytes

Most of the problems discovered by Pulse Secure and Mandiant involve three vulnerabilities that were patched in 2019 and 2020. The patched vulnerabilities are listed as: CVE-2019-11510 an unauthenticated remote attacker can send a specially crafted URI to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability. The old vulnerabilities.

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Dissecting the malicious arsenal of the Makop ransomware gang

Security Affairs

The Makop criminals were recently using version 2.5.3869 of the tool, which dates back to 2019. In fact, Makop criminals are still using tools built back in 2019 and 2020 to compromise small and medium enterprises around the world. Advanced_Port_Scanner_2.5.3869.exe Everything is freeware software maintained by Voidtools.

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FBI: Credential Stuffing Leads to Millions in Fraudulent Transfers

SecureWorld News

And this is just one recent example of this type of cyber attack. Financial industry targeted the most by credential stuffing attacks. From 2017 to 2019, the FBI says credential stuffing attacks were the most common type of attack against the financial sector, accounting for 41% of total incidents.

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MY TAKE: Memory hacking arises as a go-to tactic to carry out deep, persistent incursions

The Last Watchdog

A common thread runs through the cyber attacks that continue to defeat the best layered defenses money can buy. 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.

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Data Protection in the Digital Transformation Era

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

With more and more organizations embracing digital transformation and accelerating their pace to digitize every piece of information, they become increasingly vulnerable to sophisticated cyber-attacks and data breaches. The second layer of the stack covers system-level protection controls. To Sum It Up.

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NEW TECH: LogicHub introduces ‘virtualized’ security analysts to help elevate SOAR

The Last Watchdog

I had the chance to meet with him again at Black Hat 2019 in Las Vegas. He told me about recent breakthroughs LogicHub has made putting smarter tools into the hands of cyber analysts. For example, SOAR solutions must improve at detecting what’s referred to as “ living off the land ” cyber attacks.

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