Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2020

ZDNet reported in exclusive that a list of passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servers has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum. ZDNet has reported in exclusive that a list of plaintext usernames and passwords for 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers, along with IP addresses, has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

From smart homes that enable you to control your thermostat from a distance to sensors on oil rigs that help predict maintenance to autonomous vehicles to GPS sensors implanted in the horns of endangered black rhinos , the internet of things is all around you. Source: DZone’s Edge Computing and IoT, 2020 . A Safer Internet of Things.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2020

Wider use of Internet of Things systems that can make daily living safer, healthier and more convenient is on the immediate horizon. I’m referring to the Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI, and the underlying TLS/SSL authentication and encryption protocols. “If What we’re seeing is pretty basic things around authentication.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 10, 2021

The company does not believe the botnet is exploiting vulnerabilities in its software, it’s simply going after weak or default passwords using brute force guessing. In this case, if a password is guessed successfully, the device is infected with malware that will carry out additional attacks on other devices. StealthWorker.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2020

There seems to be a new stealer in town called #TroyStealer , targeting Portuguese internet users EXE: [link] Exfil email address: domionhuby@gmail.com Has anyone seen this threat before? /cc cc @CNCSgovpt @sirpedrotavares pic.twitter.com/1bDK3BtYeE — abuse.ch (@abuse_ch) June 12, 2020. h/t: abuse.ch.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 6, 2020

The Ultimate Tor Browser Guide for 2020 The Best VPN for China 2020 How to know if someone is watching you on your camera 5 Ways to Stay Protected from Advanced Phishing Threats How to Access Windows Remote Desktop Over the Internet What We Need To Know About Bluetooth Security The Best Internet Browser for 2020 Two-Factor Authentication: ?What

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

Early June, researchers at F5 Networks have addressed a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-5902, that resides in undisclosed pages of Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) of the BIG-IP product. The CVE-2020-5902 vulnerability received a CVSS score of 10, this means that is quite easy to exploit.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

For example, in 2019 McAfee found that for targets in Japan, the 16Shop kit would also collect Web ID and Card Password, while US victims will be asked for their Social Security Number. A LinkedIn profile for Rizky says he is a backend Web developer in Bandung who earned a bachelor’s degree in information technology in 2020.

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SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

billion USD in 2021, which is slightly less than the total revenue in 2020 but still significantly above the pre-pandemic figures. Most of the statistics presented in the report were collected between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. Pandemic-related statistics cover the period of January 2020 through June 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2022

Not everyone adopts multi-factor authentication (MFA) to secure their accounts. Many stick with simple username and password combinations despite the weaknesses of this authentication method. The Problem with Passwords. Passwords are the most common method of authentication. Passwordless Authentication 101.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Last month’s passage of the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 means all IoT devices used by government agencies will soon have to comply with strict NIST standards. In May 2020, NIST released two foundational documents that serve as a foundation for the newly created guidelines.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2020

CISA is warning of the active exploitation of the unauthenticated remote code execution CVE-2020-5902 vulnerability affecting F5 Big-IP ADC devices. “This Alert also provides additional detection measures and mitigations for victim organizations to help recover from attacks resulting from CVE-2020-5902.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts. Turner said he created the account at Experian in 2020 to place a security freeze on his credit file, and that he used a password manager to select and store a strong, unique password for his Experian account.

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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. Enforce MFA on all VPN connections [ D3-MFA ].

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. That’s down from 53 percent that did so in 2018, Okta found.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2021

While you read these words, the chances are that somebody, somewhere, is trying to break in to your computer by guessing your password. If your computer is connected to the Internet it can be found, quickly, and if it can be found, somebody will try to break in. And computers can think of a lot of passwords. RDP explained.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 21, 2020

“In mid-July 2020, cybercriminals started a vishing campaign—gaining access to employee tools at multiple companies with indiscriminate targeting — with the end goal of monetizing the access.” authenticate the phone call before sensitive information can be discussed.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020. “At this moment in time, it looks like no emails, passwords, or any personal data were accessed, but we do suggest resetting your password and activate 2FA security,” the company wrote in a blog post. This latest campaign appears to have begun on or around Nov.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Keeping devices updated with the latest software, using multi-factor authentication, segregating management interfaces of network devices from the internet and changing passwords once or twice in a month is being advised by NCSC to safeguard their IT assets from being attacked by Cyclops Blink malware. billion malware attacks.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The victim, through no fault of their own, has been the target of numerous angry tweets designed to ridicule their role in internet security and suggest they are incapable of performing their duty. — NordVPN (@NordVPN) October 23, 2020 Ah, tricky! Been a lot of "victim blaming" going on these last few days. — Bartek ?wierczy?ski

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Threat actors are using a malicious Internet Information Services (IIS) Server module, dubbed Owowa, to steal Microsoft Exchange credentials. Once a user has successfully authenticated on the OWA authentication web page, the Owawa module captures its credential. “Owowa is a C#-developed.NET v4.0

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. Use a variation of unique passwords to access online accounts. Be aware of any changes in SMS-based connectivity.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The database containing personal information of over 600,000 clients of the US fitness chain Town Sports was exposed on the Internet. US fitness chain Town Sports has suffered a data breach, a database belonging to the company containing the personal information of over 600,000 people was exposed on the Internet.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

Government experts reported that threat actors are targeting Pulse Secure devices since June 2020 by attempting to exploit multiple know vulnerabilities, including CVE-2019-11510 , CVE-2020-8260 , CVE-2020-8243 , CVE-2021-2289. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The report also stated that the FBI received more than 1,600 SIM swap complaints in 2021, dramatically up from 320 from 2018 to 2020. It’s best to verify these requests by contacting your network provider or company to establish the authenticity before providing such details. Minimizing SIM Swapping Attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The crypto-miner Kinsing was first spotted by security firm Aqua Security in April 2020, at the time the experts spotted threat actors scanning the Internet for Docker servers running API ports exposed without a password. The Kinsing malware abuses the resources of the Docker installations to mine cryptocurrency.

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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. “Why do I need a certificate? WHO IS MEGATRAFFER? Intel 471 shows akafitis@gmail.com was used to register another O.R.Z. ru in 2008.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

.” Unfortunately, most organizations often neglect the protection of RDP accesses and workers use easy-to-guess passwords and with no additional layers of authentication or protection. Between December 2019 and until February 2020, the experts observed a number of attacks between 70,000 and 40,000 on a daily basis.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

.” Internet of Things. Agriculture may not be the first industry you associate with cybersecurity problems, but we all need to aware of the risks created by connecting this ancient part of our food supply chain to the Internet. Malwarebytes recorded a 607% increase in agriculture sector attacks in 2020.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), with the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), detailing the top Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) exploited by Chinese state-sponsored threat actors since 2020.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 14, 2021

This led to the cloud workloads of organizations growing by 20% from December 2019 to June 2020. In April to June of 2020 alone, security incidents increased by 188%. In their oversight, 35% of businesses made their cloud storage publicly accessible, meaning anyone could access it from the internet.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Recently disclosed data breach impacted several of its brands, including Domain Factory, Heart Internet, Host Europe, Media Temple, tsoHost and 123Reg. The intruders used a compromised password to access the provisioning system in the company’s legacy code base for Managed WordPress. We reset both passwords.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Probably the most interesting vulnerability is an undocumented backdoor, tracked as CVE-2020-15835, that can be exploited by attackers to gain root access to a router. “The authentication function contains undocumented code which provides the ability to authenticate as root without having to know the actual root password.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2021

Researchers from Eye Security have found thousands of unpatched ABUS Secvest home alarm systems exposed online despite the vendor has addressed a critical bug (CVE-2020-28973) in January. “The ABUS Secvest wireless alarm system FUAA50000 (v3.01.17) fails to properly authenticate some requests to its built-in HTTPS interface.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. SALOMON As an affiliate of Spamdot, Salomon used the email address ad1@safe-mail.net , and the password 19871987gr.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 29, 2022

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has revealed a sophisticated spyware activity involving ISPs (internet service providers) aiding in downloading powerful commercial spyware onto users’ mobile devices. CVE-2020-9907 internally referred to as AveCesare. Italian vendor RCS Labs developed Hermit.

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