Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

Pulse Secure has fixed a zero-day flaw in the Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) SSL VPN appliance that threat actors are actively exploiting in the wild. In all the intrusions, the attackers targeted Pulse Secure VPN appliances in the breached networks. “In These malware strains have many similarities with other code families used by UNC2630.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

Europol this week announced the shutdown of VPNLab, a VPN service that is very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. An international operation conducted by law enforcement bodies from 10 countries took down VPNLab.net, a VPN service provider that is very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. SecurityAffairs – hacking, VPNLab).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2021

Attackers are actively exploiting the CVE-2018-13379 flaw in Fortinet VPN to deploy the Cring ransomware to organizations in the industrial sector. Upon compromising the domain administrator account, threat actors could distributee malware to other systems on the same network. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Fortinet VPN).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2021

The Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for computers in the ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. In H2 2020, 39.3%

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. CISA published five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Pulse Secure).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service now includes credentials for 441K accounts that were stolen by RedLine malware. The Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service now allows victims of the RedLine malware to check if their credentials have been stolen. The malicious code can also act as a first-stage malware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Google revealed to have sent roughly 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or hacking attempts to customers since January. Google announced to have sent roughly 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or hacking attempts to customers during 2021. Most of APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers. Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten, also known as Fox Kitten or Parisite, is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2021

Threat actors are attempting to hack Zyxel devices exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerability CVE-2020-29583, security researchers warn. The Taiwanese vendor Zyxel has recently addressed a critical vulnerability in its firmware, tracked as CVE-2020-29583 , related to the presence of a hardcoded undocumented secret account.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

The Akira ransomware has been active since March 2023, the threat actors behind the malware claim to have already hacked multiple organizations in multiple industries, including education, finance, and real estate. Earlier versions of the ransomware were written in C++ and the malware added the.akira extension to the encrypted files.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

Researchers at ESET say this job offer from a phony HSBC recruiter on LinkedIn was North Korean malware masquerading as a PDF file. Mandiant found the compromised 3CX software would download malware that sought out new instructions by consulting encrypted icon files hosted on GitHub. Image: Mandiant.

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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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2021

Malware researchers from ESET uncovered an ongoing surveillance campaign, dubbed Operation Spalax , against Colombian entities exclusively. The campaign has been active at least since 2020, the attackers leverage remote access trojans to spy on their victims. . In the second half of 2020 alone they used 24 IP addresses.

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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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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Nation-state actors, allegedly Russia-linked hacked, have compromised the networks of several US government agencies, including the US Treasury, the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The hack allowed the threat actors to spy on the internal email traffic.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Experts found a critical flaw in Real-Time Automation’s (RTA) 499ES EtherNet/IP stack that could allow hacking industrial control systems. Tracked as CVE-2020-25159 , the flaw is rated 9.8 The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-25159, has received a CVSS score of 9.8 SecurityAffairs – hacking, industrial automation systems).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

A threat actor has published online a list of one-line exploits to steal VPN credentials from over 49,000 vulnerable Fortinet VPNs. A threat actor, who goes online with the moniker “pumpedkicks,” has leaked online a list of exploits that could be exploited to steal VPN credentials from almost 50,000 Fortinet VPN devices.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Bansal (@0xrb) December 16, 2020. The attackers used VPN servers in the same country as the victim to obfuscate the IP addresses and evade detection. of the SolarWinds Orion Platform software that was released between March and June 2020. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Supply chain attack). The domain avsvmcloud[.]com

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 15, 2021

In addition, we tune in to a special presentation from Adam Kujawa about the 2021 State of Malware report , which analyzed the top cybercrime goals of 2020 amidst the global pandemic. After all, malware detections for both consumers and businesses decreased in 2020 compared to 2019.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2021

The Hacker News reported in exclusive that the security firm SonicWall was hacked as a result of a coordinated attack on its internal systems. TheHackerNews revealed in an exclusive that the security provider SonicWall was hacked on Friday. Below the list of affected products shared by THN: NetExtender VPN client version 10.x

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2020

A jury found Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin guilty for the hack of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring back in 2012 and for the sale of the stolen data on cybercrime black marketplaces. Nikulin also hacked into an employee account of a Formspring engineer and used it to access the company network between June 13, 2012, and June 29, 2012.

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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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SC Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

Together they can be used to access and read a victim’s emails, plant malware and conduct other post-compromise activities. Short for “Uncategorized Groups,” UNCs are the label FireEye gives to observed clusters of hacking activities that may (or may not) be related. million SonicWall user groups. million SonicWall user groups.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2021

If you must connect your NAS to the internet, we highly recommend using a trusted VPN or a myQNAPcloud link.” ” QNAP NAS devices continue to be under attack, earlier March, researchers at 360Netlab warned of a cryptocurrency malware campaign targeting unpatched QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

“As of June 2020, the FBI has received notifications of Netwalker ransomware attacks on U.S. “Netwalker became widely recognized in March 2020, after intrusions on an Australian transportation and logistics company and a U.S. Install and regularly update anti-virus or anti-malware software on all hosts.

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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

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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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

Black Kingdom ransomware was first spotted in late February 2020 by security researcher GrujaRS , the ransomware encrypts files and appends the.DEMON extension to filenames of the encrypted documents. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Microsoft Exchange). If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

3 (@pancak3lullz) October 15, 2020. KPOT Stealer is a “stealer” malware that focuses on exfiltrating account information and other data from web browsers, instant messengers, email, VPN, RDP, FTP, cryptocurrency, and gaming software. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware). pic.twitter.com/fJ3BwlaHsR — ??????3

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Zerobot operators are offering the botnet as a malware-as-a-service model, one domain (zerostresser[.]com) the malware operators have removed CVE-2018-12613, a phpMyAdmin vulnerability that could allow threat actors to view or execute files. SecurityAffairs – hacking, botnet). “Since the release of Zerobot 1.1,

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). Pierluigi Paganini. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 291 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2021

Then a global pandemic came along and laid bare just how brittle company VPNs truly are. Criminal hackers recognized the golden opportunity presented by hundreds of millions employees suddenly using a company VPN to work from home and remotely connect to an array of business apps. Two sweeping trends resulted: one bad, one good.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2021

The UNC2447 gang targeted organizations in Europe and North America using a broad range of malware over the past months. The malware employed by the group since November 2020, includes Sombrat, FiveHands, the Warprism PowerShell dropper, the Cobalt Strike beacon, and FoxGrabber. SecurityAffairs – hacking, UNC2447).

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2020

The Meow attack began recently and attackers did not leave any ransom note or disclaimer after the hack of the install. One of the recent Meow attacks targeted the Hong Kong-based VPN provider UFO VPN , hackers targeted its Elasticsearch database. pic.twitter.com/YbQCSKBOK9 — Bob Diachenko (@MayhemDayOne) July 20, 2020.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

The technique is really simple as it only requires an email account that sends messages to itself containing stolen credentials for each victim that executed the malware on their computer. Fast forward to 2020, and the threat actor has graduated to malware distributor. Test successful! ” from the same machine.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2020

hacked, data of 600k users available for sale Updated: Italian email provider Email.it supports the Secure Boot Fake Cisco ‘Critical Update used in phishing campaign to steal WebEx credentials Hackers accessed staff mailboxes at Italian bank Monte dei Paschi SFO discloses data breach following the hack of 2 of its websites.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

Experts noticed that the malware also downloads more shell scripts that retrieve brute-forcers that could be used to target devices protected with weak passwords. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Mirai). “The attacks are still ongoing at the time of this writing. “The attacks are still ongoing at the time of this writing.

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