The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

million in 2023, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, and over 700,000 small businesses were targeted in cybersecurity attacks in 2020, according to the Small Business Association. Monitoring who has made what changes protects your business and holds team members accountable for safe IT practices. Adequate IT compliance.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 28, 2020

January 28, 2020 marks the 13th iteration of Data Privacy Day. These controls should include the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) to safeguard users’ accounts even in the event that threat actors succeed in compromising their credentials. Its aim is to foster dialogue around the importance of privacy.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

And in May of this year, GoDaddy disclosed that 28,000 of its customers’ web hosting accounts were compromised following a security incident in Oct. 2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020. “This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts. .

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2022

The CFO commonly carries out such tasks and arranges a wire transfer using the account information provided on the invoice. In actuality, the request is coming from a BEC fraud ring, and the payment details direct the funds to an account controlled by the attackers. billion in annual losses during 2020, resulting from 19,369 incidents.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

“Upon gaining an initial foothold into a telecommunications organization or network service provider, PRC state-sponsored cyber actors have identified critical users and infrastructure including systems critical to maintaining the security of authentication, authorization, and accounting.

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Anton on Security

JANUARY 3, 2023

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our fifth Threat Horizons Report ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blogs for #2 , #3 and #4 ). Now, go and read the report!

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The CVE-2020-1472 flaw is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon. The Netlogon service is an Authentication Mechanism used in the Windows Client Authentication Architecture which verifies logon requests, and it registers, authenticates, and locates Domain Controllers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

In order to exploit the flaw, an attacker has to upgrade an affected device to a crafted version of the firmware. “This vulnerability is due to a missing authentication process within the firmware upgrade function.” The IT giant has not addressed the issue because SPA112 2-Port phone adapters reached EoL on June 1, 2020.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Those plug-ins include a phishing page generator, a victim tracker, and even a component to help manage money mules (for automatic transfers from victim accounts to people who were hired in advance to receive and launder stolen funds). Qbot) — to harvest one-time codes needed for multi-factor authentication. Image: fr3d.hk/blog.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In the largest hack of the year , a former AWS employee exploited a misconfigured Web Application Firewall (WAF) to steal the Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, and other sensitive information of more than 100 million Capital One customers and credit card applicants. Key Actions to Take in 2020 .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2023

1/4 pic.twitter.com/7JjOSbYEBx — ESET Research (@ESETresearch) April 17, 2023 The RedLine is an info stealing malware written in.NET that is active since at least early 2020. The removal of these repositories should break authentication for panels currently in use. No fallback channels were observed.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

One such measure is to authenticate the users who can access the server. Related: The case for quantifying cyber risks The most important factor that should be taken into account is a security risk assessment. Certain pre-emptive measures should be taken into considerations to provide security to the data.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In our last blog, Barcode Scanner app on Google Play infects 10 million users with one update , we wrote about a barcode scanner found on the Google Play store that was infected with Android/Trojan.HiddenAds.AdQR. Below we have the original message from LavaBird from February 10, 2020. Also, we reported that account and app to Google.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. Prosecutors say Noah Michael Urban of Palm Coast, Fla., Twilio disclosed in Aug. On July 28 and again on Aug.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2021

While looking for potentially malicious implants that targeted Microsoft Exchange servers, we identified a suspicious binary that had been submitted to a multiscanner service in late 2020. The malicious module was most likely compiled between late 2020 and April 2021. Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b07504c8144c2a49, preCondition: ).

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. That same email address also is tied to two forum accounts for a user with the handle “ O.R.Z.” account on Carder[.]su

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 3, 2021

Oh, and enrolling each of our devices individually with our accounts took a little bit of getting used to. But wow, it’s hard to think back to pre-2020 when we had to remember a mnemonic or series of semi-random words every time we wanted to do something online. See the video at the blog post. And doing that for each site?

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 3, 2023

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our fifth Threat Horizons Report ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blogs for #2 , #3 and #4 ). While it sounds like an obvious tactic, it really is!

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The malicious campaigns Charming Kitten are unleashing on unsuspecting victims makes use of superior social engineering, such as creating dummy accounts on Gmail that look realistic enough to trick users into clicking through. According to Google’s TAG blog, APT35 have been active since at least 2017, including attacks on the 2020 U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Using a WordPress flaw (File-Manager plugin–CVE-2020-25213) to leverage Zerologon (CVE-2020-1472) and attack companies’ Domain Controllers. Recently, a critical vulnerability called Zerologon – CVE-2020-1472 – has become a trending subject around the globe. w4fz5uck5) September 8, 2020. Figure 2: PoC – CVE-2020-25213.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Government Accountability Office in 2020 about increasing risk due to connected aircraft technology developments. So watch out for weak encryption protocols, insufficient network segregation, or insecure user authentication mechanisms. There was another warning from the U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2020

On Wednesday, the researcher Allison Husain published technical details of the email spoofing vulnerability in a blog post, which also includes a proof-of-concept (PoC) code. “I chose to send to another G Suite account to demonstrate that Google’s strong mail filtering and anti-spam techniques do not block or detect this attack. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 8, 2021

In this blog, I am joined by my colleague Pauline Pinzuti, Marketing Manager to discuss how the use of voice biometrics can help telecom operators fight ID fraud. How does identity i mpersonation fraud – also called account takeover fraud – actually happen? B in 2020 and will grow by 22.8% PP: You’re right.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 12, 2023

While reading SCCM Current Branch Unleashed and stepping through the site installation process, I found something interesting — the primary site server’s domain computer account is required to be a member of the local Administrators group on the site database server. fallback to NTLM authentication is enabled (default). AND either: 4a.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In a recent blog Microsoft announced that as of September 15, 2021 you can completely remove the password from your Microsoft account and use the Microsoft Authenticator app, Windows Hello, a security key, or a verification code sent to your phone or email to sign in to Microsoft apps and services. A long time coming.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

These types of attacks targeting organizations with time-sensitive financial events began picking up traction in early 2020, when a threat actor known as "Unknown" posted on a Russian hacking forum, encouraging others to use the NASDAQ stock exchange to influence the extortion process, according to the FBI.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

Well, the stats are even scarier with over 50% increase in ransomware attacks in 2021, compared to 2020. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) to access your applications and services, especially for admin access to platforms and backend systems. Ransomware? I think you may have heard of it, isn’t the news full of it?

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies found 88 new IAB sales on dark web marketplaces in the first quarter of 2020, compared to just three in all of 2017. These include: •Using multifactor authentication (MFA) on all accounts. IABs aren’t necessarily a new threat, but they’ve seen tremendous growth over the past few years.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 24, 2021

As #RansomwareWeek draws to a close here on the (ISC)² blog, we turn our attention to how organizations can defend themselves. Multifactor authentication should be in place wherever possible, especially for privileged accounts. Gartner says 27% of malware incidents reported in 2020 involved ransomware. User Training.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 21, 2021

I wager, there was no better way to prepare for my predictions blog. Personal workspaces outnumbered corporate offices in 2020. People working from home accounts for more than 66% of economic activity, and 42 percent of the labor force, in the U.S. in 2020 according to Stanford. Where is my encryption-breaking dolphin?

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

estimated that 44% of educational institutions were targeted by ransomware attacks in 2020 — more data breaches than we’d ever seen in prior years. However, adding two-factor or multi-factor authentication (MFA) cybersecurity may be a good place to start. It’s never been more important to protect our children against cybercrimes.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2021

One of the most concerning cybersecurity trends this year is closely connected to 2020. Additional authentication is also needed in case potential complications are indicated. This type of attack doesn’t take into account how complex your business’s program is if one of your vendors has been breached. Targeting remote workers.

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

In 2017, New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) passed cybersecurity regulation 23 NYCRR 500, requiring all financial services companies to implement multi-factor authentication (MFA). During the NYDFS cybersecurity investigation from January 2020 to July 2021, they found that more than 18.3

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Here are examples of these common configuration settings that reduce security risks: Disabling password-based authentication - choosing this configuration makes brute-force password attacks impossible. Disabling root account remote login - This prevents users from logging in as the root (super user) account. UTM Medium.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2020

cc @CNCSgovpt @sirpedrotavares pic.twitter.com/1bDK3BtYeE — abuse.ch (@abuse_ch) June 12, 2020. The message sent in the email template is related to problems with the victim’s bank account. When the problems are overcome, the victim will receive payment in your account. The binary file.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home. A Geek Squad car is parked at Pentagon Centre, in Pentagon City, Virginia.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. In fact, in 2020, 75% of organizations around the world reported to have experienced a phishing attack within the year, 74% of those attacks within the United States were reported to have been successful.

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