Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

By all accounts, the most pressing priority this month is CVE-2021-31166 , a Windows 10 and Windows Server flaw which allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute malicious code at the operating system level. 5, 2021 to Microsoft was in Exchange Server.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

Profile of participants and applications We collected the data from a sample of the application security assessment projects our team completed in 2021–2023. SQL Injection Most high-risk vulnerabilities in 2021–2023 were associated with SQL Injection. More than a third (39%) used the microservice architecture.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 2, 2021

23, 2021 Twitter booted a gaggle of accounts from its platform, including those determined to be associated with the Russian government and the well-known disinformation machine Internet Research Agency (IRA). The post Twitter Removes Russian Disinformation Accounts appeared first on Security Boulevard. president, are banned.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 27, 2021

Whether it is fake new account registration – where fraudsters use stolen or synthetic credentials to create new digital accounts – or account takeover fraud, fraudsters are impersonating authentic users to abuse and monetize digital accounts.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 8, 2021

Our sincere thanks to CPDP 2021 - Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference for publishing their well-crafted videos on the organization's YouTube channel. The post CPDP 2021 – Moderator: Eduard Fosch-Villaronga ‘Artountability: Accountability, Ai And Art’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureList

JULY 7, 2021

Last week Microsoft warned Windows users about vulnerabilities in the Windows Print Spooler service – CVE-2021-1675 and CVE-2021-34527 (also known as PrintNightmare). CVE-2021-1675.*. CVE-2021-34527.*. HEUR:Exploit.MSIL.CVE-2021-34527.*. HEUR:Exploit.Script.CVE-2021-34527.*. CVE-2021-1675.*.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Microsoft warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group is actively exploiting the CVE-2023-23397 Outlook flaw to hijack Microsoft Exchange accounts. The researchers noticed that the attackers also commonly employed multiple known vulnerabilities, including CVE-2023-38831 in WinRAR or CVE-2021-40444 in Windows MSHTML.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

China-linked group UNC3886 has been exploiting vCenter Server zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-34048 since at least late 2021. Mandiant researchers reported that China-linked APT group UNC3886 has been exploiting vCenter Server zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-34048 since at least late 2021. ” concludes the report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 28, 2021

T Mobile that suffered a massive data breach in August this year has again fallen prey to a similar hack in December 2021 that saw information leak of a small set of the telecom company customers. The post Details of T-Mobile December 2021 Data Breach appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Ducktail is a malware family that has been active since the second half of 2021 and aims to steal Facebook business accounts.

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Threatpost

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Dave Stewart, Approov CEO, lays out six best practices for orgs to avoid costly account takeovers.

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Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Google announced today that they plan on auto-enrolling 150 million accounts into two-factor authentication by the end of 2021. [.].

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Threat actors have launched a phishing campaign targeting more than 125 TikTok ‘Influencer’ accounts in an attempt to hijack them. Researchers from Abnormal Security uncovered a phishing scam aimed at hijacking at least 125 TikTok ‘Influencer’ accounts. ” reads the report published by Abnormal Security. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

0patch released free unofficial patches for Windows local privilege escalation zero-day ( CVE-2021-24084 ) in Windows 10, version 1809 and later. 0patch released free unofficial patches for Windows local privilege escalation zero-day (CVE-2021-24084) in Windows 10, version 1809 and later. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

Experts spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap, that compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021. ” Experts believe that FlyTrap belongs to a family of trojans that employ social engineering tricks to compromise Facebook accounts as part of a session hijacking campaign. .

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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 service now includes credentials for 441K accounts stolen by the popular info-stealer. Internationally sourced data, exfiltrated in Sept and Aug 2021. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2022

million accounts. Threat actors compromised the FlexBooker accounts of more than 3.7 FlexBooker recommends users stay vigilant and review account statements and credit reports for suspicious transactions. The data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned reports that 3,756,794 accounts were compromised in the attack.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 13, 2021

According to the cloud-based hosting service provider GitHub, as of August 13th, 2021, account passwords are no longer accepted for validating Git operations. The post GitHub Expresses Disapproval of Account Password Authentication for Git Operations appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. As they […].

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The Hacker News

AUGUST 9, 2021

A new Android trojan has been found to compromise Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021 via fraudulent apps distributed through Google Play Store and other third-party app marketplaces.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 20, 2021

From sleeper accounts to phishing evolutions, we’ve summarized the major trends from 2021. The post Risk management got a little messy in 2021, here’s what you can do in 2022 appeared first on NuData Security. Read on for our predictions for 2022.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 11, 2021

Our sincere thanks to CPDP 2021 - Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference for publishing their well-crafted videos on the organization's YouTube channel. The post CPDP 2021 – Moderator: Eduard Fosch-Villaronga ‘Artountability: Accountability, AI, And Art’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2022

Which are the cyber attacks of 2021 that had the major impact on organizations worldwide in terms of financial losses and disruption of the operations? Colonial Pipeline ( May 2021 ) – The Colonial Pipeline facility in Pelham, Alabama, was hit by a cybersecurity attack in May and its operators were forced to shut down its systems.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Twitter confirmed that the recent leak of members’ profile information resulted from the 2021 data breach disclosed in August 2022. Twitter confirmed that the recent data leak of millions of profiles resulted from the 2021 data breach that the company disclosed in August 2022. Source: Twitter account @sonoclaudio.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The year 2021 was eventful in terms of digital threats for organizations and individuals, and financial institutions were no exception. share in 2020 to the second most common in 2021 with 12.2%. The mass change in cybercriminals’ objectives and methods seen in 2020 continued in 2021. Phishing: In 2021, 8.2%

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Astonishingly, most of the information steals cases where or are yet to be solved and surged to 55% from 30% between 2020 to 2021. Concernedly, all such siphoned info is being used for launching phishing attacks or to siphon money from bank accounts.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The post NIST Password Guidelines 2021: Challenging Traditional Password Management appeared first on VeriClouds. The post NIST Password Guidelines 2021: Challenging Traditional Password Management appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 5, 2022

For about six months, more than 100 National Health Service (NHS) employees in the United Kingdom had their email accounts used in various phishing attacks, some of which intended to steal Microsoft logins.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2022

cybersecurity agencies joined their counterparts around the globe to urge organizations to address the top 15 vulnerabilities exploited in 2021. Microsoft occupied more than half the list, with Exchange Server accounting for eight of the vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-44228. CVE-2021-40539. CVE-2021-34523. “U.S.,

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 27, 2021

CVE-2021-3156 sudo Vulnerability. Last week (26th January 2021) a new critical rated LinuxUnix vulnerability was made public under CVE-2021-3156. See CVE-2021-3156: Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Sudo (Baron Samedit) | Qualys Security Blog. administrative) privileges. Patches are available.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 5, 2022

million in 2021). The post Attackers Work Hard to Engineer Trust; SharePoint, OneDrive Accounts at Risk appeared first on Security Boulevard. In the first report, Trend Micro said it blocked more than 33.6 million cloud-based email threats last year, including a 138% uptick in phishing emails (16.5

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Microsoft announced that users can access their consumer accounts without providing passwords and using more secure authentication methods. Microsoft says the feature will be rolled out over the coming weeks, it already provides passwordless methods to enterprise users since March 2021, and plans to roll out it for Azure AD accounts.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 13, 2021

And darkness we found – from million-dollar ransoms to supply chain attacks, these malware variants were The 6 Nastiest Malware of 2021. Discover more about 2021’s Nastiest Malware on the Webroot Community. The post The 6 Nastiest Malware of 2021 appeared first on Webroot Blog. How malware disrupted our lives.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The most common targets of ransomware in the second quarter of 2021 were governmental, medical and industrial companies along with scientific and educational institutions, says Positive Technologies.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2022

A vulnerability in the implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Box allowed threat actors to take over accounts. A vulnerability in the implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Box allowed attackers to take over accounts without having access to the victim’s phone, Varonis researchers reported.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

New account registration was the top attack type during the third quarter of 2021. Attacks on registrations nearly doubled in Q3 2021, a four-fold increase compared to attack volume in Q1 Fraud attacks continue to get more sophisticated and more frequent.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

A researcher received a $50,000 bug bounty by Microsoft for having reported a vulnerability that could’ve allowed to hijack any account. Microsoft has awarded the security researcher Laxman Muthiyah $50,000 for reporting a vulnerability that could have allowed anyone to hijack users’ accounts without consent.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

Microsoft warns of a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms ahead of Tax Day. Tax Day, Microsoft has observed a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms. Ahead of the U.S. The phishing attacks began in February 2023, the IT giant reported.

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