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Let’s Encrypt CA is revoking over 3 Million TLS certificates due to a bug

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Let’s Encrypt is going to revoke over 3 million certificates today due to a flaw in the software used to verify users and their domains before issuing a certificate. A bug in Let’s Encrypt’s certificate authority (CA) software, dubbed Boulder, caused the correct validation for some certificates.

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New Ttint IoT botnet exploits two zero-days in Tenda routers

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The experts are monitoring the Mirai-based botnet since November 2019 and observed it exploiting two Tenda router 0-day vulnerabilities to spread a Remote Access Trojan (RAT). “Two zero days, 12 remote access functions for the router, encrypted traffic protocol, and infrastructure IP that that moves around. .

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PurpleFox botnet variant uses WebSockets for more secure C2 communication

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“However, instead of sending it in cleartext, the client deploys a symmetric AES encryption for any communication over the WebSocket for the first exchange, as no shared secret is established yet, and the AES encryption will generate a default key for this first exchange. ” continues the analysis.

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REvil ransomware demands 500K ransom to Managed.com hosting provider

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Impacted systems included WordPress and DotNetNuke managed hosting platforms, online databases, email servers, DNS servers, RDP access points, and FTP servers. Our Technology and Information Security teams are working diligently to eliminate the threat and restore our customers to full capacity.”

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InvisiMole group targets military sector and diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe

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They use DNS tunneling for stealthier C&C communications, and place execution guardrails on the malicious components to hide the malware from security researchers.” Experts also observed attackers using a DNS downloader that was designed for long-term, covert access to the target machine.

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Security firm accidentally exposed an unprotected database with 5 Billion previously leaked records

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The expert Bob Diachenko has discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch install belonging to a UK security firm that contained 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents that took place between 2012 and 2019. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko.

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GALLIUM Threat Group targets global telcos, Microsoft warns

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” The GALLIUM threat actor is active, but its activity was more intense between 2018 and mid-2019. link] — bk (Ben K) (@bkMSFT) December 12, 2019. The operators leverage on low cost and easy to replace infrastructure using dynamic-DNS domains and regularly reused hop points. ” continues the analysis.