Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2023

To overcome the user authentication, we used a known vulnerability, CVE-2019-9013 , which allows us to perform a replay attack against the PLC using the unsecured username and password’s hash that were sent during the sign-in process , allowing us to bypass the user authentication process.” ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2021

The eCh0raix ransomware has been active since at least 2019, when eExperts from security firms Intezer and Anomali separately discovered sample of the ransomware targeting Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. The Taiwanese vendor was informed of ongoing eCh0raix ransomware attacks that infected QNAP NAS devices using weak passwords.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2020

Fortinet published a security advisory for the issue that is tracked as CVE-2019-17659. Fortinet urges customers to install the patch for CVE-2019-17659 , or restrict the access to FortiSIEM’s “ tunneluser ” port (19999). reads the advisory. “A reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2021

Mozi is an IoT botnet that borrows the code from Mirai variants and the Gafgyt malware , it appeared on the threat landscape in late 2019. According to the researchers, in the last months of 2019, the botnet was mainly involved in DDoS attacks. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2019

The company has already fixed the issues with the release of firmware versions 1.2.2.S0, “The industrial managed switch series 852 from WAGO is affected by multiple vulnerabilities such as old software components embedded in the firmware. The expert also found hardcoded private keys for the SSH daemon in the device’s firmware.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020, IBM reported. Mozi is an IoT botnet that borrows the code from Mirai variants and the Gafgyt malware , it appeared on the threat landscape in late 2019. reads the analysis published by the experts. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Experts observed the bot attempting to gain access to the device by using a combination of eight common usernames and 130 passwords for IoT devices over SSH and telnet on ports 23 and 2323. Ensure secure configurations for devices: Change the default password to a strong one, and block SSH from external access.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2022

Once the ransomware has infected a device, it moves all the files on the NAS into password-protected 7z archives and demands the payment of a $550 ransom. Up to date apps and firmware seem not to help either.” Then it also deletes snapshots to prevent restoring of data from the backups and drops a ransom note (named !!!

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2019

Firmware updates that address this vulnerability are not currently available. 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 ). through 1.4.2.20.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

L inear eMerge E3 smart building access systems designed by N ortek Security & Control (NSC) are affected by a severe vulnerability (CVE-2019-7256) that has yet to be fixed and attackers are actively scanning the internet for vulnerable devices. Passwords can be found in p roduct documentation and compiled lists available on the Internet.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The number of infected devices is impressive, on 2019-11-30 a trusted security partner in the US informed Qihoo 360’s Netlab Cybersecurity reported to have observed 1,962,308 unique daily active IPs from the Pink botnet targeting its systems. According to the experts, Pink is the largest botnet they have observed in the last six years.

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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. The joint alert also states that attackers scanning also enumerated devices for the CVE-2020-12812 and CVE-2019-5591 flaws. Implement the shortest acceptable timeframe for password changes.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Show them these tips: Never use the same password twice. And if your child uses the same password across multiple accounts, when one gets breached they are all vulnerable. And if your child uses the same password across multiple accounts, when one gets breached they are all vulnerable. This is where a password manager comes in.

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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. To prevent attacks: Install security updates for operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as they are released. Use multi-factor authentication wherever possible.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

billion more than in 2019. Some 34% of those who filed a report lost money, another figure up significantly since 2019. They contain a wealth of information like credit card numbers, online passwords, photos, intellectual property, work documents and more. Change the password if you still have access to the account.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The vulnerabilities have been tracked as CVE-2019-13473 and CVE-2019-13474. . The hardware of the terminals is equipped with Shenzen technology, while the firmware is based on BusyBox Linux Debian. . The telnetd service is being deactivated and old and weak passwords are as well being removed or changed.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 5, 2023

Tens of thousands of new security vulnerabilities are discovered each year; the value of CISA’s KEV catalog is that it helps organizations prioritize the software and firmware flaws that threat groups are actively exploiting — and many of those exploited flaws are older ones that users have failed to apply patches for.

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SecureList

JANUARY 20, 2022

At the end of 2021, we were made aware of a UEFI firmware-level compromise through logs from our Firmware Scanner , which has been integrated into Kaspersky products since the beginning of 2019. This one is made up of implants found in the UEFI firmware within the SPI flash, a non-volatile storage external to the hard drive.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 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 ). Firmware updates that address this vulnerability are not currently available.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The Zeppelin ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in November 2019 when experts from BlackBerry Cylance found a new variant of the Vega RaaS, dubbed Zeppelin.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

“ Malware then guesses routers’ passwords , which new research from Avast shows are often weak. In April 2019, experts at Bad Packets uncovered a new wave of attacks mainly aimed at compromising D-Link routers, many of them hosted belonging to Brazilian users. . ” reads a blog post published by Avast. concludes Avast.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Weitere Informationen von unseren Kollegen bei @CERTFI : [link] — CERT-Bund (@certbund) October 31, 2019. “The original infection method remains unknown, but during that phase malicious code is injected to the firmware of the target system, and the code is then run as part of normal operations within the device. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2019

The first iLnkP2P flaw tracked as CVE-2019-11219 is an enumeration vulnerability that could be exploited by an attacker to discover devices exposed online. The second issue tracked as CVE-2019-11220 can be exploited by an attacker to intercept connections to vulnerable devices and conduct man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s safe to say that the volume and magnitude of high-profile data breaches and ransomware attacks that punctuated 2019 really kept the cybersecurity industry on its toes. shows that data breaches have increased by 54% — making 2019 “the worst year on record” for data breaches. In comparison to last year, research.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Authentication mechanisms such as Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) and Kerberos also rely heavily on time. And speaking from experience, the last GPS week number reset to zero occurred on April 6, 2019. The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is responsible in many cases to ensure that time is accurately kept. Mitigation.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2019

The most severe vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-7670, is an OS command injection flaw. Another issue, tracked as CVE-2019-7669, is an improper validation of file extensions when uploading files that was rated as CVSS score of 9.1. Another critical issue, tracked as CVE-2019-7672, received a CVSS score of 8.8.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2022

Observed since: September 2019 Ransomware note: Restore-My-Files.txt Ransomware extension: lockbit Kill Chain: Brute force attack on a web server containing an outdated VPN service > LockBit Sample hash: 9feed0c7fa8c1d32390e1c168051267df61f11b048ec62aa5b8e66f60e8083af. LockBit 2.0. Mitigations. Source: IC3.gov.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

The first is Ransom.Sodinokibi , which Malwarebytes has already profiled and has been detecting since 2019.). Below is a list of recommended mitigations from the FBI, which it issued along with an alert on Conti ransomware late last week: Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2019

It's been over 90 days since I reported it and @TPLINK never responded, so: arbitrary command execution on the TP-Link SR20 smart hub and router (and possibly other TP-Link device) — Matthew Garrett (@mjg59) March 28, 2019. Version 1 has no auth, version 2 requires the admin password.” ” wrote Garrett on Twitter.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

In 2019 alone, attacks on IoT devices increased by 300%. Staying current with firmware patches and updates is also key to enabling robust security. . Default passwords are bad, and you should be using strong, unique passwords. With the increase in connected devices comes an increase in IoT attacks.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 12, 2022

Patches that can cause problems include the following: KB5009624 for Server 2012 R2 KB5009595 for Server 2012 R2 KB5009546 for Server 2016 KB5009557 for Server 2019. The Windows Platform Binary Table is a fixed firmware ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) table. You can use any email and password here.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 30, 2022

By 2027, the IoT in Healthcare market is expected to reach $290 billion , up from just $60 billion in 2019. Change all default passwords. Secure IoT firmware and authenticated devices offer benefits that extend to the entire healthcare ecosystem. This can lead to cyberattacks in hospitals or other targeted healthcare attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 20, 2022

Mozi is a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet network that was first detected in 2019 and uses the distributed hash table (DHT) system. Mirai, a Linux Trojan that has been around since 2016, is similar to Mozi in that it exploits weak protocols and passwords to compromise devices by using brute-force attacks. Mozi, XorDDoS and Mirai.

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SecureList

JULY 19, 2023

Perform offline cracking to extract the password. msg VT First Submission 2022-10-25 10:00:00 UTC UNC path 168.205.200.55test (reminder time set to 2019-02-17 19:00) Sent by: 168.205.200.55 Note: as these are NTLMv2 hashes, they cannot be leveraged as part of a Pass-the-Hash technique.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2022

A Digital Alert Systems EAS encoder/decoder that Pyle said he acquired off eBay in 2019. It had the username and password for the system printed on the machine. That may be because the patches were included in version 4 of the firmware for the EAS devices, and many older models apparently do not support the new software.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Secure remote access with strong passwords, ensure only the necessary individuals have permission for remote access, disable remote access when not in use, and use two-factor authentication for remote sessions. In the event of a confirmed or suspected breach, refer to Visa’s What to do if Compromised (WTDIC) , published in October 2019.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

We started detecting some suspicious backdoored installer packages (including TeamViewer, VLC Media Player and WinRAR); then in the middle of 2019 we found a host that served these installers along with FinSpy Mobile implants for Android. logins, passwords, etc.), It also includes a Bitcoin wallet stealing module. Gamers beware.

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