Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2020

OGUsers, one of the most popular hacking forums, was hacked again, it is the second security breach it has suffered in a year. The popular hacking forum OGUsers was hacked again, it is the second security breach it has suffered in a year, the news was first reported by ZDNet. SecurityAffairs – OGUsers forum, hacking).

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The epidemic went truly mainstream with the release of CryptoLocker back in 2013, and it has since transformed into a major dark web economy spawning the likes of Sodinokibi, Ryuk, and Maze lineages that are targeting the enterprise on a huge scale in 2020. In early 2020, several cybercriminals groups followed suit. Time will tell.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

That vulnerability, assigned as CVE-2020-0674 , has been patched with this month’s release. It could be used to install malware just by getting a user to browse to a malicious or hacked Web site. lnk) files ( CVE-2020-0729 ) that affects Windows 8 and 10 systems, as well as Windows Server 2008-2012.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

In 2020 groups were demanding as much as $30 million to unlock a victim’s files and systems. By far the most prolific data leaker was Netwalker, the Ransomware-as-a-Service operation which released files and data for 113 different organizations between January 2020 and January 2021. High-end ransoms have gone up significantly too.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed 38TB of sensitive data via a public GitHub repository since July 2020. The Microsoft AI research team started publishing data in July 2020. 20, 2020 – SAS token first committed to GitHub; expiry set to Oct. 20, 2020 – SAS token first committed to GitHub; expiry set to Oct.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2020

According to a private industry notification alert (PIN), sent by the FBI to private organizations, the Bureau is aware of extortion activities that have been happening since February 2020. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FBI). This criminal practice is adopted since August by several gangs, including Sekhmet , Conti , and Ryuk.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The device was compromised two times, in July 2020 and June 2021. “While we attribute the 2020 and 2021 infections to NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware with high confidence, we are not conclusively attributing this activity to a specific NSO Group customer at this time. .” ” reported Citizen Lab.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The recently discovered Free Download Manager (FDM) supply chain attack, which distributed Linux malware, started back in 2020. The maintainers of Free Download Manager (FDM) confirmed that the recently discovered supply chain attack dates back to 2020. collect) that launches the /var/tmp/crond file every 10 minutes.”

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 22, 2024

Microsoft disclosed that it recently fell victim to a cyberattack by Nobelium, the Russian state-sponsored hacking group infamously responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds supply chain attack. The breach, detected on January 12th, allowed the hackers to access email accounts belonging to members of Microsoft's senior leadership team.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The startup started reporting the security incident to its customers that had their data accidentally exposed online, only users who registered on its platform before or on March 17, 2020, were impacted. ” The user details were contained in a file that appears to be an older backup. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data leak).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

Researchers warn of a security flaw recently addressed in the WPvivid Backup Plugin that could be exploited to obtain all files of a WordPress website. WebARX experts warn of a missing authorization check recently addressed in the WPvivid Backup Plugin that could be exploited to obtain all files of a WordPress website.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

SFile ransomware (aka Escal), has been active since 2020 , it was observed targeting only Windows systems. The principle is simple, according to the authors of the malware, recent files may be more important for some victims and typically they are not included in recent backups. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The data leak was first reported by experts from the security firm Under the Breach , the full SQL backup contains , emails, hashed passwords, and other information. Hacked due to exposed s3 AWS bucket. – Full SQL backup. pic.twitter.com/MA6lH6JKt6 — Under the Breach (@underthebreach) February 26, 2020.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

The University of Utah admitted having paid a $457,059 ransom after the ransomware attack that took place on July 19, 2020, that infected systems on the network of the university’s College of Social and Behavioral Science [CSBS]). SecurityAffairs – hacking, University of Utah). “It was determined that approximately.02%

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

FBI is warning private industry partners of a surge in Ragnar Locker ransomware activity following a confirmed attack from April 2020. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a flash alert (MU-000140-MW) to warn private industry partners of an increase of the Ragnar Locker ransomware activity following a confirmed attack from April 2020.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

” Another curious bug fixed this month is CVE-2020-24587 , described as a “Windows Wireless Networking Information Disclosure Vulnerability.” You’ll also note this CVE is from 2020, which could indicate Microsoft has been working on this fix for some time.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2021

“The Multimedia Console, Media Streaming Add-on, and Hybrid Backup Sync apps need to be updated to the latest available version as well to further secure QNAP NAS from ransomware attacks. The company also recommends updating the Multimedia Console, Media Streaming Add-on, and Hybrid Backup Sync apps to the latest versions.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2021

ChaChi has been first observed in the wild in the first half of 2020, but cybersecurity experts underestimated it. It is not uncommon for schools and hospitals to have legacy systems, poor email filtering, no data backups, or unpatched systems in their environments. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware). ” . .

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2023

The primary task of the Google TAG is to investigate and mitigate targeted and sophisticated cyber threats, including state-sponsored hacking and hacking groups involved in coordinated attacks. According to Zimbra users, the vulnerability is actively exploited since early September 2020.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

“In the summer of 2020, Google determined that Glupteba malware was being disseminated on numerous third-party software download sites, online movie streaming sites, and video downloader sites, often advertised as “free downloads.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Glupteba botnet). ” reads the post published by Google.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A series of messages published on Barnes & Noble’s Nook social media accounts state that it had suffered a system failure and is working to restore operations by restoring their server backups. 1/2 — NOOK (@nookBN) October 14, 2020. (2/2) — NOOK (@nookBN) October 14, 2020. Thank you for your patience.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, Babam has set up numerous auctions on the Russian-language cybercrime forum Exploit , mainly selling virtual private networking (VPN) credentials stolen from various companies. Verified was hacked at least twice in the past five years, and its user database posted online.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

While we can all rejoice that 2020 is over, cybersecurity experts agree we haven’t seen the last of the pandemic-related rise in cyberattacks. As the threat reports Webroot produces each year have shown — not to mention the increasing number of major hacks in the headlines — threats keep evolving, and their growth is often exponential.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 14, 2021

Note 1- The incident came to light when the whole world was busy discussing the developments related to the Colonial Pipeline hack that halted the gas delivery system in the South East States of North America. . The post Ransomware attack on Ireland Health Service HSE appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

The fresh alert is the second one related to this threat, the first one (MI-000125-MW Flash Alert) was published on May 4th, 2020. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ProLock). The FBI has issued the 20200901-001 Private Industry Notification about ProLock ransomware stealing data on September 1st. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2021

Google noted a more than 600% spike in phishing attacks in 2020 compared to 2019 with a total of 2,145,013 phishing sites registered as of January 17, 2021, up from 1,690,000 on Jan 19, 2020. So did the 2020 Twitter hack. Two in five small and medium businesses were impacted by ransomware in 2020. Spear Phishing.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

“Experience in backup, increase privileges, mikicatz, network. In April 2020, Truniger was banned from two of the top Russian cybercrime forums, where members from both forums confirmed that Semen7907 was one of Truniger’s known aliases. Details after contacting on jabber: truniger@xmpp[.]jp.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The data leak was first reported on May 30, 2020, the data have been posted online by the collective KelvinSecTeam. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Airlink International UAE). It has more than than 200 employees with around $250 million in revenue. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

Ahead of the 2020 municipal elections in Marseille that will take place on 15 and March 22, a ‘massive and widespread’ cyber attack hit the city of Marseille as well as the metropolis Aix -Marseille-Provence. The backup and recovery systems should help limit the damage and recover most of the data,” Vassal added.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

in Australia since 2020. SecurityAffairs – hacking, LockBit 2.0). Most of the attacks have been reported in July, the organizations hit by the ransomware gang operate in professional services, construction, manufacturing, retail, and food industries. ” states the advisory. Organizations that have been hit by Lockbit 2.0

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The gang has been active since at least 2020, threat actors hit organizations from various industries. Below are the recommended mitigations included in the alert: Implement regular backups of all data to be stored as air gapped, password protected copies offline. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ranzy Locker ransomware).

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 13, 2020

That means it’s once again time to backup and patch up. Worst in terms of outright scariness is probably CVE-2020-16898 , which is a nasty bug in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 that could be abused to install malware just by sending a malformed packet of data at a vulnerable system. CVE-2020-16898 earned a CVSS Score of 9.8

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2020

Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators announced on Friday to have hacked Brown-Forman, one of the largest U.S. As a proof of the hack, Sodinokibi ransomware operators posted on their leak site multiple screenshots showing directories and files allegedly belonging to the company, and internal conversations between some employees.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

A few days ago the group released a press release in which they warned the companies to not try to recover their files from their backup, it also announced the forthcoming LG Electronics data leak. One screenshot showed that hosts on “eu.xerox.net,” managed by Xerox Corporation, was hacked. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In another incident that occurred in March 2021, a ransomware attack blocked the operations at a US beverage company, while in a November 2020 attack on a US-based international food and agriculture business threat actors requested the payment of a gigantic $40 million ransom. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FBI). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Cybercriminal behind the most prominent carding marketplace on the dark web Joker’s Stash retires, he will shut down its servers and destroy the backups. The administrators always claimed the exclusivity of their offer that is based on “self-hacked bases.”. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Joker’s Stash). Pierluigi Paganini.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

Can you hack an airplane? Vamosi: Maybe you remember this: In 2014, researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek succeeded in hacking a Jeep Cherokee while a reporter was driving it on a freeway during rush hour in St Louis, Missouri. So, given that we can now hack into cars remotely, could we hack into other systems as well?

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