Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. Five months later, Gunnebo disclosed it had suffered a cyber attack targeting its IT systems that forced the shutdown of internal servers.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The hacked server was used by the company to manage customer information for the Queensland water supplier. The security breach took place between August 2020 and May 2021, the intrusion has been attributed to a financially motivated attacker that deployed a custom implant to redirect visitor traffic to an online video platform.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

Malicious hacks are significant problems for the public and companies alike. For example, data from a recent report showed that just two data breaches during 2020 resulted in more than 18 billion compromised records. Utilizing false data could further challenge attackers by making their efforts less fruitful.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Officials said the group has been targeting dozens of US state, local, territorial, and tribal (SLTT) government networks since at least February 2020. Energetic Bear successfully compromised the infrastructure and as of October 1, 2020, exfiltrated data from at least two victim servers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Energetic Bear).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2020

A flaw in the impacting Avast and AVG AntiTrack privacy software could expose users to browser hijacking and Man-in-The-Middle (MiTM) attacks. “A remote attacker running a malicious proxy could capture their victim’s HTTPS traffic and record credentials for later re-use. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, Avast).

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2021

The American multinational investment bank and financial services firm Morgan Stanley discloses a data breach caused by the hack of an Accellion FTA server of a third-party vendor. The hack of the FTA server took place in March, but the hacker had access to the data of Morgan Stanley customers in May. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, according to McAfee the cybercrime gang has earned more than $25 million since March 2020. McAfee researchers believe that the NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, the gang is believed to have earned more than $25 million since March 2020. reads the alert.

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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.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The UN and other international agencies are privileged targets for cyber criminals and nation-state actors and unfortunately, it is quite easy to find login credentials belonging to their employees available for sale on the dark web. One of the offices that were hit by a sophisticated cyber attack is the U.N. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, according to McAfee the cybercrime gang has earned more than $25 million since March 2020. McAfee researchers believe that the NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, the gang is believed to have earned more than $25 million since March 2020. reads the alert.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 11, 2021

A survey conducted by Gartner in 2019 said that 88% of companies operating worldwide were hit by a cyber attack and out of those, 51% of them experienced the incident for password steal. billion by 2023. Norton Security that recently acquired Avast business for $8.3 Then what happened to the other cases…?

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

More commonly, that access is purchased from a cybercriminal broker who specializes in acquiring remote access credentials — such as usernames and passwords needed to remotely connect to the target’s network. Verified was hacked at least twice in the past five years, and its user database posted online.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

This exposure of sensitive credential and network access information, especially privileged user accounts, could lead to subsequent cyber attacks against individual users or affiliated organizations.” Crooks obtain the information by conducting spear-phishing and ransomware attacks, or other means. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 3, 2021

After admitting that its source code related to its windows operating system could have been stolen in SolarWind hack of 2020, tech giant Microsoft has issued a fresh warning that a cyber attack apparently originating from China could have taken down some of its Exchange Server software using customers across the world.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

A group of Iranian hackers gained access to a un unprotected ICS at an Israeli Water Facility and posted a video as proof of the hack. The threat actors accessed a human-machine interface (HMI) system that was left unsecured online and published a video hack. SecurityAffairs – hacking, water facility). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Microsoft researchers are warning that threat actors are continuing to actively exploit the ZeroLogon vulnerability in attacks in the wild. The CVE-2020-1472 flaw is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon. ENABLE enforcement mode to address CVE-2020-1472 in your environment.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2020

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Pierluigi Paganini. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 293 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Microsoft experts spotted the Zerologon attacks involving fake software updates, the researchers noticed that the malicious code connected to command and control (C&C) infrastructure known to be associated with TA505. TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. states Microsoft.

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Security Through Education

MARCH 3, 2021

According to Forbes , Cyber intelligence firm CYFIRMA, revealed cyberthreats related to coronavirus shot up 600% from February to March of 2020. Many Corporations are taking extensive measures to protect themselves from cyber-attacks. However, they often overlook the role of social engineering in cyber security.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The FBI is warning companies about the use of out-of-date Windows 7 systems, desktop sharing software TeamViewer, and weak account passwords. The alert comes after the recent attacks on the Oldsmar water treatment plant’s network where attackers tried to raise levels of sodium hydroxide, by a factor of more than 100.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have hacked the European gas pipeline Creos Luxembourg S.A. The company Encevo, which owns the majority of Creos, published a security advisory to announce that the gas pipeline form has suffered a cyber attack that took place between July 22 and 23. Creos Luxembourg S.A.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The White House hosted a summit with 30 other countries to discuss ways to crack down on hacking and cyber attacks. Every country agreed to fight hacking by adding an exclamation point to all their passwords! No, way—no I'm not gonna stop hacking. I only hack when I'm drinking.". 1-2-3-4-5-6-7!".

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

According to the advisory that was issued with the help of leading cybersecurity firms (Dragos, Mandiant, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, and Schneider Electric), nation-state hacking groups were able to hack multiple industrial systems using a new ICS-focused malware toolkit dubbed PIPEDREAM that was discovered in early 2022.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2022

Video game company Ubisoft has suffered a ‘cyber security incident’ that had a severe impact on games, systems, and services. The rumors of a cyber attack against Ubisoft circulated online in the last few days, while data extortion group LAPSUS$ claimed to have hacked the company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed a cyber attack and that the threat actors have exposed the customers’ data. 1/2 — NOOK (@nookBN) October 14, 2020. (2/2) — NOOK (@nookBN) October 14, 2020. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware). Barnes & Noble, Inc. , Thank you for your patience.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

ObliqueRAT, a new malware employed in attacks on government targets in Southeast Asia. FBI recommends using passphrases instead of complex passwords. FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report: 500+ new Malware strains in 2019. Lampion malware v2 February 2020. New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Makop gang did not conduct any significative retooling since 2020, which is a clear indicator of their effectiveness even after three years and hundreds of successful compromises. Introduction The Makop ransomware operators started their infamous criminal business in 2020 leveraging a new variant of the notorious Phobos ransomware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2020

.” T-Mobile said that threat actors did not access names on the account, physical or email addresses, financial data, credit card information, social security numbers, tax ID, passwords, or PINs. T-Mobile discovered that the attackers had access to the CPNI (Customer Proprietary Network Information). Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 9, 2021

Tillie Kottman, a threat actor from the hacking group, reportedly told Bloomberg that they did the hacking because of curiosity and accessed the live streaming and stored footage from nearly 150,000 cameras.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

What this tells me is that the presidential candidates, at least, actually appear to be heeding lessons learned from the hacking John Podesta’s email account – and all of the havoc Russia was able to foment in our 2016 elections. Denial-of-service attacks against election offices. Phishing campaigns directed at election officials. “We

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2021

jailbreaking tool Attackers took over the Perl.com domain in September 2020 Bug bounty hunter awarded $50,000 for a Microsoft account hijack flaw Clop ransomware gang leaks data allegedly stolen from cybersecurity firm Qualys Cyber Defense Magazine – March 2021 has arrived. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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SC Magazine

MARCH 12, 2021

A judge approved the merger of three separate class action lawsuits filed against SolarWinds over the 2020 hack. (“ “SolarWinds letters” by sfoskett is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ). For example, the NYC Carpenters complaint covers individuals and organizations who bought SolarWinds stock between Oct.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

And yet our pervasive deployment of IoT systems has also vastly expanded the cyber attack surface of business networks, especially in just the past few years. IoT-enabled scams and hacks quickly ramped up to a high level – and can be expected to accelerate through 2021 and beyond. This has brought us many benefits.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. How not to disclosure a Hack. UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack. review Active Directory password policy.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

IPStorm botnet continues to infect systems across the world, its size passed from around 3,000 infected systems in May 2019 to more than 13,500 devices in October 2020. The bot was also targeting Linux and Mac devices and performing dictionary attacks against SSH services to guess their username and passwords. and proxx.net.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

SecurityAffairs – newsletter, hacking). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. adrotate banner=”13″].

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2020

According to the FBI, Iranian hackers are actively attempting to exploit an unauthenticated RCE flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-5902, in F5 Big-IP ADC devices. Early June, researchers at F5 Networks addressed the CVE-2020-5902 vulnerability, it resides in undisclosed pages of Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) of the BIG-IP product.

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