Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

They aim to exploit modular, internet-exposed Industrial Control Systems (ICS), targeting software components like human machine interfaces (HMIs). The threat actors were observed using methods such as exploiting virtual network computing (VNC) remote access software and default passwords. In early 2024, several U.S.-based

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

9, 2024, U.S. The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. technology companies during the summer of 2022.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 7, 2024

According to a new joint cybersecurity alert , the hacktivists have been observed gaining remote access to small-scale industrial control systems used in water/wastewater, dams, energy, and food and agriculture by exploiting internet-exposed human-machine interfaces (HMIs) and using default or weak passwords.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 1, 2024

Follow HYAS on LinkedIn Follow HYAS on X Summary of Top ASNs and Malware Origins AS9318 - SK Broadband Co Ltd (South Korea) AS9318, also known as SK Broadband Co Ltd, is a significant Internet Service Provider (ISP) based in South Korea. AS7684 - Sakura Internet Inc. Japan) AS7684, managed by Sakura Internet Inc.,

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

In January 2024, The Manipulaters pleaded with this author to unpublish previous stories about their work, claiming the group had turned over a new leaf and gone legitimate. 14, 2024, KrebsOnSecurity heard from the same bluebtcus@gmail.com address, apropos of nothing. Why you destroy our lifes? We never harm anyone. Please remove it.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2024

A new malware named Cuttlefish targets enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to harvest public cloud authentication data. Cuttlefish has a modular structure, it was designed to primarily steal authentication data from web requests passing through the router from the local area network (LAN).

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2024

Employ robust password management techniques, two-factor authentication (2FA), and regular backups of essential data. April 8, 2024 Multiple Vulnerabilities Discovered in LG WebOS Smart TVs Type of vulnerability: Authorization bypass, privilege escalation, command injection. Consider exploring virtual desktop infrastructure.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

January 19, 2024 Critical VMware vCenter Server Zero-Day Under Attack Since 2021 Type of vulnerability: Remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. January 22, 2024 Apple Fixes 16 Vulnerabilities, Including Exploited Zero Days Type of vulnerability: A type confusion issue enables arbitrary code execution (ACE) attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 1, 2024

March 22, 2024 Emergency Out-of-Band Windows Server Security Updates Type of vulnerability (or attack): Memory leak. When either on-premise or cloud-based Active Directory domain controllers process Kerberos authentication requests, the leak causes the LSASS process to stop responding and the domain controller will unexpectedly restart.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

April 22, 2024 CISA Adds 2022 Windows Print Spooler Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Type of vulnerability: Elevation of privilege. Federal agencies have until May 14, 2024, to apply patches or disable vulnerable software. Broadcom Patches Brocade SANnav Flaw 19 Months After Discovery Type of vulnerability: Password storage.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 2, 2024

Gary McGraw On LLM Insecurity Episode 254: Dennis Giese’s Revolutionary Robot Vacuum Liberation Movement Malicious Python Packages Target Crypto Wallet Recovery Passwords In this Spotlight episode of the Security Ledger podcast, I interview Jim Broome, the President and CTO of the managed security service provider DirectDefense.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 12, 2024

Last week, Apple pushed out an urgent software update to its flagship iOS platform, warning that there were at least two zero-day exploits for vulnerabilities being used in the wild (CVE-2024-23225 and CVE-2024-23296). 4, 2024, Google published Secure by Design , which lays out the company’s perspective on memory safety risks.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. As we’ll see in a moment, Salomon is now behind bars, in part because he helped to rob dozens of small businesses in the United States using some of those same harvested passwords.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Implement authentication and authorization controls for all human-to-software and software-to-software interactions regardless of network location. Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs. Enhance IT and OT network segmentation and monitoring.

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SecureList

MAY 7, 2024

Additionally, we take a close look at several noteworthy vulnerabilities discovered in Q1 2024. The number of newly registered CVEs, 2019 — 2024. The decline in 2024 is due to data being available for Q1 only ( download ) As the chart illustrates, the number of new vulnerabilities has been steadily increasing year over year.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

” For instance, educational robots that connect to the internet and support video calls. ” Interactive features include gaming and educational applications for children, a voice assistant, internet access and connection to the parent app for smartphones. In other words, this is a “tablet on wheels.”

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Webroot

JUNE 2, 2022

But there are some good reasons for this trend: The global gaming market is booming—and is expected to reach $219 billion by 2024. Use a strong, unique password for every account that you have. If possible, enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on your gaming accounts as well. Avoid pirated games.

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SecureList

JANUARY 25, 2024

Australia has also unveiled a national strategy for digital identity resilience, aiming for mainstream use in 2024. However, the internet continues to split, with certain resources being banned in certain countries, so the tracker landscape will most likely change in the near future. This is no longer adequate in 2024.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

Dashlane is a password management software that’s popular for business and personal uses alike. Like many other password managers, Dashlane makes it easy for users to create new passwords and store existing ones in a secure vault. The company was founded in 2009, and the first software edition was released in 2012.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Passkeys and The Beginning of Stronger Authentication madhav Fri, 02/02/2024 - 05:23 How passkeys are rewriting the current threat landscape Lillian, an experienced CISO, surveyed the threat landscape. Despite solid cybersecurity defenses within her enterprise, the reliance on age-old passwords left it vulnerable.

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SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

For example, LB3_pass.exe is a password-protected version of the ransomware, while the reflective DLL can be used to bypass the standard operating system loader and inject malware directly into memory. The TXT files contain instructions on how to execute the password-protected files.

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

Fake Louis Vuitton store on Instagram As new and more secure, authentication technologies appear, scammers find ways to evade these, too. The phishing page in the screenshot below, mimicking the Shopify sign-in form, implements a scenario for when the victim uses a passkey as the authentication method. Zbot/Zeus Trojan-Banker.Win32.Zbot

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 7, 2024

7, 2024 — Badge Inc. , The new Badge Partner Program further accelerates the adoption and integration of Badge’s privacy-preserving authentication, enabling even more users to benefit from seamless MFA experiences across any device or application without storing user secrets or private keys. “We San Francisco, Calif.,

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams. Crooks created a new tool that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) for creating fraudulent invoices used for wire fraud and BEC.

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Many of the applications that historically integrated with the on-premise corporate directory for Single Sign-On will now require manual, password-based authentication, increasing the burden on users and also further extending the attack surface for malicious actors. If they thought this year was bad, they ain’t seen nothing yet.”

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The European Union is poised to place more demands on manufacturers to design greater security into their wireless and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Once in place, manufacturers will have 30 months to begin meeting the new legal requirements, giving them until mid-2024 to bring the devices into compliance.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Passkeys and The Beginning of Stronger Authentication madhav Fri, 02/02/2024 - 05:23 How passkeys are rewriting the current threat landscape Lillian, an experienced CISO, surveyed the threat landscape. Despite solid cybersecurity defenses within her enterprise, the reliance on age-old passwords left it vulnerable.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2020

As cloud computing has become increasingly popular, bucket breaches have exposed millions of records to the public Internet. These breaches left contact information, account passwords, credit card numbers, private photos, and more exposed. Also Read : Top Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) for 2021. Reliance on cloud computing grows.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2024

If updates can’t be performed immediately, consider deploying additional security controls or at least disconnecting vulnerable devices from direct internet access. April 13, 2024 Delinea Secret Server Patched After Researcher’s Public Disclosure Type of vulnerability: Authentication bypass.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Clorox estimates the costs of the August cyberattack will exceed $49 Million Mastodon fixed a flaw that can allow the takeover of any account Iranian hackers breached Albania’s Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) Operation Synergia led to the arrest of 31 individuals Ex CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte sentenced to 40 years in prison Cloudflare breached (..)

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The initial disclosure involved two CVEs (CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2023-21887) allowing a remote attacker to perform authentication bypass and remote command injection exploits. How It Works The attackers were observed exploiting two vulnerabilities CVE-2023-46805 (an authentication-bypass vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.2)

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 22, 2024

Digital Onboarding: Convenience Meets Security in Banking madhav Tue, 01/23/2024 - 06:34 What onboarding in consumer banking was five years ago, where it stands today, and where it's heading is a business-critical change worth both understanding and optimizing. Passkeys, replacing passwords, emerge as the superior authentication choice.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Most organizations express confidence in their current status and budgets, but also expect to experience at least one data breach in 2024. Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

As networks evolved and organizations adopted internet communications for critical business processes, these cryptographic systems became essential for protecting data. For users familiar with password management and the value of complex passwords, this makes sense. The Importance of Encryption.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Threat modeling can be applied to a wide range of things, including software, applications, systems, networks, distributed systems, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and business processes. The CoP includes the following recommendations for manufacturers: No default passwords. Encryption is important when: Sending a password.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

According to the White House order , agencies have until the end of the government’s fiscal year 2024 to reach the target goals laid out in the strategy and based on a zero-trust model developed by the U.S. In addition, enterprise applications will be tested internally and externally and made available in a secure manner over the internet. “A

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 14, 2024

which gracefully exits in March 2024, making way for the solo performance of v4.0. identify users and authenticate access to system components. C Merchants with payment application systems connected to the Internet, noelectronic cardholder data storage. Introducing PCI DSS Version 4.0 We’re in the twilight of v3.2.1,

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