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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SecureBlitz

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Whenever you access the internet, you must stay protected, and VPNs are among the best options for that. VPN encrypts your traffic, masks your real IP address, lets you browse anonymously, and unlocks restricted websites. The problem many internet users seem to have is […].

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2023

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for January 2023 fixed 97 flaws and an actively exploited zero-day. One of the flaws addressed this month, tracked as CVE-2023-21674 (CVSS score 8.8), is listed as being in the wild at the time of release. Another issue fixed by Microsoft is the CVE-2023-21549 (CVSS Score 8.8)

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Internet Internet Backups Hacking 96

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 21, 2023

August 18 , 2023 Vulnerability Allows Code Execution When Opening WinRAR Archives Vulnerability CVE-2023-40477 in the popular WinRAR utility allows for arbitrary code execution (ACE) to automatically occur during the opening of the archive container. Organizations are urged to scan, remediate, and patch these NetScaler devices.

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Encryption Cybersecurity Security Defenses Software 77

Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2023

The MOVEit encrypts files and uses secure File Transfer Protocols to transfer data with automation, analytics and failover options. On 31-May-2023, Progress Software disclosed a critical vulnerability CVE-2023-34362 in the MOVEit application. What is the issue?

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 13, 2023

In a surprising turn of events for the ransomware landscape, Cl0p has emerged as the most used ransomware in March 2023, dethroning the usual frontrunner, LockBit. Known ransomware attacks by Cl0p, March 2023 Cl0p's ability to exploit a zero-day to such effect is akin only in recent memory to the Kaseya VSA ransomware incident in July 2022.

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SecureBlitz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In this post, I will show you the best VPN for 2023. These virtual networks employ encryption, IP masking, and dependable protocols to maintain online privacy, security, and anonymity. If you’re not using a VPN, you’re exposing your device and yourself to several internet dangers. […].

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Notable progress was made in 2023 in the quest to elevate Digital Trust. We met at DigiCert Trust Summit 2023. Each time we use a mobile app or website-hosted service, digital certificates and the Public Key Infrastructure ( PKI ) come into play — to assure authentication and encrypt sensitive data transfers.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

30, 2023 NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes Flaws Can Lead to Credential Theft Type of Attack: Path sanitization bypass and injection vulnerabilities discovered in the NGINX Ingress controller can allow for credential theft, arbitrary command execution, and critical data access. CVE-2023-5044 (Code Injection): This CVSS score 7.6

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2023

Researchers warn that threat actors started exploiting Citrix ShareFile RCE vulnerability CVE-2023-24489 in the wild. Citrix ShareFile is a widely used cloud-based file-sharing application, which is affected by the critical remote code execution (RCE) tracked as CVE-2023-24489 (CVSS score of 9.1). the company said in an advisory.

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Encryption Internet Internet Hacking 84

Malwarebytes

MAY 8, 2023

Known ransomware attacks by gang, April 2023 Known ransomware attacks by country, April 2023 Known ransomware attacks by industry sector, April 2023 Cl0p ransomware, which gained prominence in March by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in GoAnywhere MFT, went comparatively silent with just four attacks in April.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The Internet of Things ( IoT ) is on the threshold of ascending to become the Internet of Everything ( IoE.) This was the theme of Infineon Technologies’ OktoberTech 2023 conference, which I had the privilege of attending at the Computer History Museum in the heart of Silicon Valley. Very well said!

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

The new year brought few new vulnerabilities, and only Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) and Kyber, the quantum resistant encryption algorithm, publicized new vulnerabilities or fixes. and older of the Perl Spreadsheet::ParseExcel library ( CVE-2023-7101 ) contain a RCE vulnerability exploited by Chinese hackers, as noted on December 24th.

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Encryption Security Defenses Cybersecurity Internet 104

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 14, 2023

August 12 , 2023 Ford Auto’s TI Wi-Fi Vulnerability The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to expand and become a threat to connected businesses. August 11 , 2023 DEFCON and Black Hat Vulnerabilities Security researchers at DEFCON and Black Hat discussed a number of vulnerabilities with significant impact for affected organizations.

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Software Malware Internet Internet 85

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

We conducted an analysis of the IoT threat landscape for 2023, as well as the products and services offered on the dark web related to hacking connected devices. Brute-force attacks on services that use SSH, a more advanced protocol that encrypts traffic, can yield similar outcomes. BTC to recover the data.

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NopSec

JUNE 30, 2023

VMWare VRealize Network Insight CVE-2023-20887 VMWare Network Insight, now called Aria Operations Networks, is a microservice deployment and management platform for enterprise environments. This vulnerability was assigned CVE-2023-20887. This is a very serious vulnerability that will impact tens of thousands of Internet exposed nodes.

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VPN Backups Authentication Encryption 52

BH Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It also found instances where virtual machines are exposed to the internet. Cloud security was also a theme in Microsoft’s ‘Cybersecurity Trends in Ireland 2023’ report. Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, used by more than a billion people.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 17, 2023

Between April 2022 and March 2023, Germany was a globally significant target for ransomware gangs. Editor-in-chief Uwe Ralf Heer reported that a well-known cybercriminal group encrypted its systems and left ransom demands, but did not specify further.

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Ransomware Backups Encryption Accountability 64

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As the holidays put people closer to family and friends (and ransomware gangs closer to attacking— seriously, watch out for that ), Malwarebytes Labs is sharing some of the brighter moments of 2023 in which ransomware gangs didn’t get what they wanted. Here are four times ransomware gangs failed in 2023. Stop malicious encryption.

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Ransomware Malware Backups Encryption 84

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Persistent ransomware threats, increasing risk to critical infrastructure, state-sponsored activity, more bad actors, and new, disruptive technologies are the five cyber threat narratives noted in the National Cyber Threat Assessment 2023-2024 recently released by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2023

Related: In pursuit of a security culture It’s not at all unusual to find law enforcement agents and private sector threat intelligence analysts concocting aliases that permit them to lurk in unindexed forums, vetted message boards and encrypted code repositories. At RSA Conference 2023 , which gets underway on Monday, Apr.

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Risk Engineering Encryption Internet 235

IT Security Guru

AUGUST 17, 2023

The 2023 Edition of the National Risk Register predicts that, in the next two years, there is a 5 to 25% chance that a devastating attack will target critical infrastructure and cause physical harm. A nationwide loss of power could create a ripple effect, causing disruption to internet telecommunications, water, sewage, fuel and gas supplies.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 5, 2023

Between June 2022 and May 2023, there were 190 known ransomware attacks against educational institutions, and many more that went unreported and unrecorded. Top ten ransomware used in attacks against education, June 2022-May 2023 In total, 26 separate ransomware-as-a-service gangs contributed to the onslaught on education.

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Education Ransomware Backups Accountability 73

The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2023

Mobile apps work by hooking into dozens of different APIs, and each connection presents a vector for bad actors to get their hands on “API secrets,” i.e. backend data to encryption keys, digital certificates and user credentials that enable them to gain unauthorized control. So be careful out there.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 8, 2023

On May 19, Barracuda identified that the malicious traffic was taking advantage of a previously unknown vulnerability in its ESG appliances, and on May 20 the company pushed a patch for the flaw to all affected appliances ( CVE-2023-2868 ). Because a ransomware actor doesn’t care about that level of access. They don’t need it.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2023

Researchers from the Synack Red Team found multi flaws ( CVE-2023-33871, CVE-2023-38257, CVE-2023-35763 and CVE-2023-35189 ) in the ScrutisWeb ATM fleet monitoring software that can be exploited to remotely hack ATMs. Lagona addressed the vulnerabilities in July 2023 with the release of ScrutisWeb version 2.1.38.

Software 95

Software Hacking VPN Firewall 95

Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This means that Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies need to remediate this vulnerability by November 11, 2023 in order to protect their devices against active threats. The group was first seen in November 2020 and typically uses the double extortion method of both stealing and encrypting data. Stop malicious encryption.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

I recently discussed the current state of tech standards with DigiCert’s Mike Nelson , Global Vice President of Digital Trust and, Dean Coclin , Senior Director of Trust Services, at DigiCert Trust Summit 2023. Matter works much the way website authentication and website traffic encryption gets executed. identification.”

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Manufacturing Authentication Marketing Encryption 276

eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Encryption: This protects sensitive data by converting it into a coded form that can only be accessed or decrypted with the appropriate key. Encryption ensures that data remains confidential and secure, even if intercepted or accessed by unauthorized parties.

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Software Risk Encryption Marketing 94

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2024

The Rise of the Bad Bots madhav Tue, 04/23/2024 - 05:13 Imperva's annual Bad Bot Report is always a fascinating – albeit alarming – insight into the nature of non-human internet traffic. The 2024 Imperva Bad Bot Report is no different, revealing that bots made up nearly half (49.6%) of all internet traffic last year. in 2022 to 39.6%

Internet 71

Internet Internet Digital transformation Accountability 71

Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

Launched in 2008, privnote.com employs technology that encrypts each message so that even Privnote itself cannot read its contents. Other Privnote phishing domains that also phoned home to the same Internet address as pirwnote[.]com The real Privnote, at privnote.com. And it doesn’t send or receive messages. com include privnode[.]com

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

“In March 2023, cyber actors used the software vulnerabilities of security authentication and network-linked systems in series to gain unauthorised access to the intranet of a target organisation.” “This malicious code was able to exfiltrate initial beacon data and download and execute encrypted payloads.

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Software Authentication Internet Internet 108

Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2023

Experts warn of a severe privilege escalation, tracked as CVE-2023-30799 , in MikroTik RouterOS that can be exploited to hack vulnerable devices. VulnCheck researchers warn of a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-30799 (CVSS score: 9.1), that can be exploited in large-scale attacks to target over 500,000 RouterOS systems.

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Hacking Passwords Authentication Encryption 94

Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2024

The group focuses on internet-facing services, in at least one instance the group exploited the vulnerability CVE-2024-21887 in Ivanti Connect Secure VPN. The malware uses AES encryption for C2 communication, however, depending on the transmitted data, RSA may also be utilized.

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Malware VPN Encryption Hacking 101

Malwarebytes

MARCH 5, 2023

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Fighting online censorship, or, encryption's latest surprise use-case, with Mallory Knodel: Lock and Code S04E05 How to work from home securely, the NSA way TikTok probed over child privacy practices iPhone users targeted in phone AND data theft campaign US Marshals Service hit by ransomware and data breach LastPass (..)

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Data breaches Banking Ransomware Mobile 82

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Cyber Security Awareness Month – Answering Google’s Most Commonly Asked Questions madhav Wed, 10/18/2023 - 05:25 This month is Cyber Security Awareness Month , highlighting how far security education needs to go in order to enable a secure interconnected world. Encryption What is encryption?

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

26, 2023 — The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) launched the VPN Trust Initiative (VTI) in 2020 to establish a baseline for how virtual private network (VPN) providers should operate. We protect innovation and the continued growth of the Internet’s infrastructure which is essential to the global economy.

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