Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2024

The Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) first spotted the threat actor CrystalRay on February 2024 and observed it using the SSH-Snake open-source software penetration testing tool. CVE-2022-44877 , CVE-2021-3129 , and CVE-2019-18394 ). zmap, asn, httpx, nuclei, platypus, and SSH-Snake). ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

” According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. Operators behind the Pysa ransomware, also employed a version of the PowerShell Empire penetration-testing tool, they were able to stop antivirus products.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

The following organizations are being recognized for delivering top programs that offer certifications to IT security professionals wishing to receive educational experience and credentials to enhance their knowledge and ensure they remain at the top of their game. FINALIST | BEST PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. labor market.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2019

The National Security Agency (NSA) is urging Windows users and administrators to install security updates to address BlueKeep flaw (aka CVE-2019-0708). Now the National Security Agency (NSA) is also urging Windows users and administrators to install security updates to address BlueKeep flaw (aka CVE-2019-0708).

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The real purpose of a vulnerability scan is to give security teams a big picture look at critical assets, system and network flaws and security. Despite their differences, both vulnerability scans and penetration tests are part of the wider vulnerability management framework or process.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Bug bounty program could represent an excellent opportunity to monetize your passion, in just one week crowdsourced security platform Bugcrowd announced it paid over $500,000 in bug bounty rewards at the end of October. In October, the platform paid a total of $1.6 million to over 550 hackers, the biggest payout was of over $40,000.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

While during Q1 (2019) most of the scraped websites were absolutely up- and-running on Q2 (2019) I see, most of the scraped hidden services, dismissed and/or closed even if they persists in the communication channels (IRC chat, Pasties, Telegram, etc.). This scenario changed dramatically in the past few months.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

In November 2019, the criminals behind a ransomware species called Maze started a new trend that is currently gaining momentum on the dark web. David Balaban is a computer security researcher with over 17 years of experience in malware analysis and antivirus software evaluation. They added data theft to the classic encryption scenario.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. New #Mespinoza #Ransomware [link] Ext: locked R/n: Readme.README Affected users, contact the support forum of @BleepinComputer pic.twitter.com/SbKxVEIXUd — Amigo-A (@Amigo_A_) October 25, 2019.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2021

Starting from 2016 the group developed a new custom malware using Cobalt Strike, a legitimate penetration testing framework. law enforcement and was extradited to the US where in September 2019, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit computer hacking.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

Security experts at Dragos Inc. According to Dragos, the Hexane group has been active since at least the middle of 2018, it intensified its activity since early 2019 with an escalation of tensions within the Middle East. reported that Hexane is targeting organizations in the oil and gas industry and telecommunication providers.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

First of all the attacker knew the target organization was protected by a SOC (Security Operation Center) so she sent a well crafted email claiming to deliver a Microsoft document wrapping out the weekly SOC report as a normal activity in order to induce the victim to open-it. SOC report 10 12 2019.doc

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. Operators behind the Pysa malware, also employed a version of the PowerShell Empire penetration-testing tool, they were able to stop antivirus products.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In 2019 Symantec researchers reported that the group was using the backdoors Hannotog (Backdoor.Hannotog) and Sagerunex (Backdoor.Sagerunex), which were both used in the recent campaign. Cobalt Strike, which is a penetration testing framework, is considered commodity malware by many due to how often it is used by malicious actors.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

group_d : from March 2019 to August 2019 The evaluation process would take care of the following Techniques: Delivery , Exploit , Install and Command. I do have experience on security testing since I have been performing penetration testing on several US electronic voting systems.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

Threat Actor Brief LockBit is a well-known ransomware affiliation program started back in September 2019, where the developers use third parties to spread the ransomware by hiring unethical penetration testing teams. He is a former member of the ANeSeC CTF team, one of the firsts Italian cyber wargame teams born back in 2011.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2023

The activity of the APT group was first detailed by Symantec in 2019, the experts analyzed a series of attacks against IT providers in Saudi Arabia and US entities. Re-use of open-source penetration testing tools that focus on web browsers was seen both in an Iranian campaign in 2017 and in this current campaign.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

pic.twitter.com/VdiKoqAwkr — Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) November 2, 2019. The vulnerability , tracked as CVE-2019-0708, impacts the Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and was addressed by Microsoft with May 2019 Patch Tuesday updates. huh, the EternalPot RDP honeypots have all started BSOD'ing recently.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2019

According to the many analyses made by Unit42 (available HERE ), FireEye ( HERE , HERE ) and TALOS ( HERE , HERE ) we might agree that APT28 has been very active (or at least very “spotted”) during the time frame between 2012 to 2019. However most of the new attacks, qualitative speaking, happened during the time frame between 2018 to 2019.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2023

Rocket was recently acquired [Dutch-owned OLX bought it back in 2019], and enforcement of parent company standards is in progress, along with architectural corrections. The company states that vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT test) was scheduled for January 2, which would have detected the security issues.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 30, 2020

To ease these burdens, SECaaS and SOCaaS vendors have emerged as cloud-based security as a service that can collect, analyze, and correlate your information from diverse systems and applications — turning former headaches into actionable information security intelligence. Security as a Service (SECaaS) .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2023

” The Lockbit gang has been active since at least 2019 and today it is one of the most active ransomware groups offering a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model. Artifacts of professional penetration-testing tools such as Metasploit and Cobalt Strike have also been observed.” “LockBit 3.0 and LockBit.”

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Daniel Miessler

DECEMBER 24, 2019

link] — Richard Bejtlich (@taosecurity) December 23, 2019 I was about to reply to him pointing out that OST are how Red Teams are able to convince Blue Teams that they need to take the situation seriously. Offensive Security Tools (OSTs) aid OFFSEC in serving the interests of security. And I was like, “What?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2021

All material from 2018-2019. Figure 5 – Screenshot from Group-IB Threat Intelligence & Attribution system Nevertheless, according to Group-IB’s findings, despite the post author’s claim that the cards were compromised from 2018-2019, 97% of the records in the database are still valid. Valid at 3%.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

From June 2018 to January 2019: cyber criminals targeted and accessed at least 65 healthcare payment processors throughout the United States to replace legitimate customer banking and contact information with accounts under their control. The attacker stole $3.1 million with this attack.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

Case in Point : In 2019, First American Title Insurance Company experienced a significant data exposure incident, revealing sensitive customer documents due to a vulnerability in their document-sharing application. Schedule periodic penetration testing and vulnerability assessments to identify weaknesses before attackers do.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Even through the Covid19 pandemic, trends in acquisition and consolidation of information security oriented companies remained quite strong. cybersecurity M&A deals hit 151 in the first three quarters of 2021, compared to 80, 88 and 94 in 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively, according to data from 451 Research.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Today’s columnist, Raj Badhwar of Voya Financial, says to prevent cloud-based breaches like the one that happened to Capital One in 2019, security teams need to develop an enterprise cloud operating model based on a cloud-first approach. Raj Badhwar, chief information security officer, Voya Financial.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

It looks like on April 2019 the engine extracted and analyzed a small set of samples if compared to the general trend, while on late August / first of September it analyzed more than 250k samples. I do have experience on security testing since I have been performing penetration testing on several US electronic voting systems.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 22, 2021

Are there policies and procedures in place to ensure good governance of information security? It’s common for multinationals to ask potential suppliers to answer questionnaires about security. Often, they also want bidders to produce supporting documents like the executive summary of a penetration test report.

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Centraleyes

JUNE 17, 2024

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Industry: Healthcare Requirement: HIPAA mandates the protection of patient health information through regular security assessments and the implementation of security measures to address vulnerabilities promptly.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The domain validtree.com is registered through namecheap.com on 2017-12-07T15:55:27Z but recently renewed on 2019-10-16T05:35:18Z. I do have experience on security testing since I have been performing penetration testing on several US electronic voting systems.

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SiteLock

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Some information security specialists confuse the concepts of WAF and NGFW. Let us start with the abbreviations that define the categories of information security products: WAF stands for Web Application Firewall , NGFW stands for Next Generation Firewall. We have an NGFW, do we need a WAF?" or "Why do we need WAF?"

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The CyberWire Daily podcast delivers the day's cyber security news into a concise format. Dave Bittner: [00:01:51] From the CyberWire studios at DataTribe, I'm Dave Bittner with your CyberWire summary for Monday, July 22, 2019. And a lot of that's actually about security testing. Does it slow the process down?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. lazydocker : A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose : [link] pic.twitter.com/HsK17rzg8m — Binni Shah (@binitamshah) July 1, 2019. Jason Haddix | @JHaddix.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The CyberWire Daily podcast delivers the day's cyber security news into a concise format. Dave Bittner: [00:01:51] From the CyberWire studios at DataTribe, I'm Dave Bittner with your CyberWire summary for Monday, July 22, 2019. And a lot of that's actually about security testing. Does it slow the process down?

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