Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

. “The reason that it is infeasible for them to use in-browser injects include browser and OS protection measures, and difficulties manipulating dynamic pages for banks that require multi-factor authentication,” Holden said. It also has other options for stalling victims whilst their accounts are drained.

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Anton on Security

JANUARY 3, 2023

We anticipate an increase in targeting of identities that allow cross-platform authentication as actors recognise the value in compromising identities rather than endpoints. ” [A.C. — this Monitor for events on backups and create alerts for these” While it sounds like an obvious tactic, it really is! Now, go and read the report!

Cybersecurity 185

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

11, when the company’s Twitter account started fielding reports from users who said they were no longer receiving messages. VFEmail’s Twitter account responded that “external facing systems, of differing OS’s and remote authentication, in multiple data centers are down.” Just attack and destroy.”

Hacking 253

Hacking DDOS Backups Accountability 253

Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

The SBU said they found on Sanix’s computer records showing he sold databases with “logins and passwords to e-mail boxes, PIN codes for bank cards, e-wallets of cryptocurrencies, PayPal accounts, and information about computers hacked for further use in botnets and for organizing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.”

Passwords 347

Passwords Accountability Hacking Password Management 347

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The victims were informed in these letters that their house bank would change their security system – and their own account would be affected.” With the TAN, they were then able to withdraw funds from the accounts of the victims.” ” reads the statement issued by BKA and shared by BleepingComputer.

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Phishing Banking DDOS Accountability 94

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

Malicious bots can be used to carry out a range of cyber threats like account takeovers and DDoS attacks, so bot protection is an increasingly important defense for web-facing assets. Bot protection products can also help prevent DDoS attacks.

Software 109

Software DDOS Accountability Firewall 109

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

bank accounts. In 2007, Salomon collected more than $3,000 from botmasters affiliated with competing spam affiliate programs that wanted to see Spamhaus suffer, and the money was used to fund a week-long distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Spamhaus and its online infrastructure. ws was registered to an Andrew Artz.

Cybercrime 213

Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 213

IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

An attacker could use an internal API to launch DDoS attacks against companies by sending large volumes of traffic over a short period. Tools like two-factor authentication, rate limiting, and DDoS protection can go a long way in securing APIs. Two-factor authentication helps add a layer of security to your API.

DDOS 114

DDOS Authentication Architecture Social Engineering 114

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4 Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

Spyware 124

Spyware Manufacturing Small Business Surveillance 124

Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2021

This is notable because ICQ numbers tied to specific accounts often are a reliable data point that security researchers can use to connect multiple accounts to the same user across many forums and different nicknames over time. Everyone’s account passwords were forcibly reset. Pass this information to people you know.

Cybercrime 363

Cybercrime Hacking Passwords Accountability 363

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

authentication to gather endpoint information for reporting and enforcement. Agents Portnox does not require an agent. Agentless options use root certificates, simple certificate enrollment protocol (SCEP), Microsoft InTune integration, and EAP-TLS 802.1x

IoT 98

IoT Authentication VPN Backups 98

Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

RapperBot has limited DDoS capabilities, it was designed to target ARM, MIPS, SPARC, and x86 architectures. “Unlike the majority of Mirai variants, which natively brute force Telnet servers using default or weak passwords, RapperBot exclusively scans and attempts to brute force SSH servers configured to accept password authentication.

IoT 135

IoT Malware Passwords Authentication 135

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Authentication guarantees that users are who they say they are, typically through usernames and passwords or multi-factor authentication (MFA). Authorization governs what activities users are permitted to take after being authenticated. To enhance security in a public cloud environment: Use strong authentication.

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Encryption DDOS Authentication Firewall 109

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Google delivered 33,015 alerts to its users during the first three quarters of 2020 to warn them of phishing attacks, launched by nation-state actors, targeting their accounts. The threat actor behind this campaign was primarily acquiring or hijacking existing accounts and using them to spread content crafted for their intent.

DDOS 88

DDOS Phishing Advertising Accountability 88

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

In some cases, the gang also threatened and conducted distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks during negotiations. In some cases, AvosLocker negotiators also threaten and launche distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks during negotiations, likely when the victims are not cooperating, to convince them to comply with their demands.

Ransomware 100

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 3, 2023

We anticipate an increase in targeting of identities that allow cross-platform authentication as actors recognise the value in compromising identities rather than endpoints. ” [A.C. — this Monitor for events on backups and create alerts for these”. While it sounds like an obvious tactic, it really is! Now, go and read the report!

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Backups DDOS Accountability 98

Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2023

The team discovered that the DepositFiles config file contained highly sensitive information such as credentials for multiple databases, email credentials, and payment system credentials, as well as credentials for social media accounts. What DepositFiles data was exposed? researchers said.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Cybernews research team discovered that Strendus, a Mexican-licensed online casino, had left public access to 85GB of its authentication logs, with hundreds of thousands of entries containing private gamblers’ data. The data was likely compromised by unauthorized actors. Amount of leaked data.

Passwords 105

Passwords Identity Theft Social Engineering Spyware 105

Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

million Twitter accounts available for sale. and Blackmatter ransomware U.S. increased rewards for info on North Korea-linked threat actors to $10 million Threat actors leverages DLL-SideLoading to spread Qakbot malware Zero Day attacks target online stores using PrestaShop? and Blackmatter ransomware U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

Firmware 74

Firmware Surveillance Malware DDOS 74

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 15, 2022

Without proper functions, security testing, authentication checks, and input validation, APIs can become a perfect target. For example, Pelton, a fitness company exposed three million customer data due to a flawed API, which allows access to a private account without proper authentication. API Security Breaches are Piling Up.

Firewall 106

Firewall DDOS Authentication Threat Detection 106

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 19, 2024

Frequent Ransomware Target QNAP Discloses 3 Vulnerabilities Type of vulnerability: Improper authentication, injection vulnerability, SQL injection (SQLi). The other two vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-21900 and CVE-2024-21901, only merit medium ratings because they require authentication.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 417 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

Cybercrime 91

Cybercrime Malware Hacking Accountability 91

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On February 16th, an account linked to that email uploaded a batch of files including marketing documents, images, screenshots, and a substantial collection of WeChat messages exchanged between I-SOON employees and clients. An analyst based in Taiwan, known as Azaka, discovered the data leak and shared their findings on social media.

Hacking 110

Hacking Government Spyware Marketing 110

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cloud Storage Security Risks Despite its obvious benefits, cloud storage still faces common challenges, including misconfiguration, data breaches, insecure interface, unauthorized access, DDoS attacks, insider threats, lack of control, encryption problems, patching issues, compliance, and monitoring issues.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2024

The report shows that almost half (46%) of all Account Takeover (ATO) attacks are aimed at API endpoints. Nearly one-third (28%) of all DDoS attacks on APIs focus on financial services organizations, the most targeted industry for this type of attack. The sheer volume of API traffic gives attackers a larger and more attractive target.

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Risk Financial Services Authentication DDOS 87

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 22, 2024

Evolving from NIS to NIS2 Initially adopted in 2016, the original Network and Information Security Directive (NIS) relied heavily on the discretion of individual member states and lacked accountability. Multi-factor authentication or continuous authentication solutions. Cybersecurity risk management. Cryptography and encryption.

Marketing 62

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 10, 2024

The exploit combines an authentication bypass ( CVE-2024-4358 ) with a deserialization issue ( CVE-2024-1800 ). The authentication bypass permits the establishment of rogue admin accounts, but the deserialization flaw allows remote code execution, potentially giving attackers complete control over the affected servers.

Malware 75

Malware Authentication Software Telecommunications 75

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The file contained credentials for various business accounts throughout India, including 19 other dealerships, logins to the platform to send marketing-related SMS, tokens, and API keys that give access to internal systems and their own WhatsApp account. env) accessible to the public.

Risk 102

Risk Identity Theft Data breaches Accountability 102

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Kiwi Farms, which gained a reputation for sophisticated trolling and doxxing , was recently dropped by Cloudflare after a sustained campaign to have the DDoS mitigation and cloud hosting service abandon the forum. Assume any IP you've used on your Kiwi Farms account in the last month has been leaked. You should assume the following.

DDOS 86

DDOS Accountability Passwords VPN 86

Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2022

Sophos Firewall affected by a critical authentication bypass flaw Mar 20- Mar 26 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict Security Affairs newsletter Round 358 by Pierluigi Paganini Western Digital addressed a critical bug in My Cloud OS 5 CISA adds 66 new flaws to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. And how to prevent it?

Firewall 81

Firewall Hacking DDOS VPN 81

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Twitter account of Huawei Mobile Brazil hacked. A flaw in Microsoft OAuth authentication could lead Azure account takeover. China used the Great Cannon DDoS Tool against forum used by Hong Kong protestors. OpenBSD addresses authentication bypass, privilege escalation issues. The evolutions of APT28 attacks.

Advertising 54

Advertising DDOS VPN Authentication 54

Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2024

The report shows that almost half (46%) of all Account Takeover (ATO) attacks are aimed at API endpoints. Nearly one-third (28%) of all DDoS attacks on APIs focus on financial services organizations, the most targeted industry for this type of attack. The sheer volume of API traffic gives attackers a larger and more attractive target.

Risk 65

Risk Financial Services Authentication DDOS 65

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Between January and August 2020, unidentified actors used aggregation software to link actor-controlled accounts to client accounts belonging to the same institution, resulting in more than $3.5 Alert customers and employees to this scheme and actively monitor accounts for unauthorized access, modification, and anomalous activities."

Banking 57

Banking Passwords Accountability DDOS 57

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 10, 2021

Or your device can be used in DDoS or click-fraud campaigns. Synology also recommends enabling auto block and account protection. Finally, you should set up multi factor authentication (MFA) where possible. Botnets can be used to spread other malware like cryptojackers and ransomware. This performs a regular, off-site backup.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 8, 2021

Missing authentication/authorization. This vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization or authentication limitations. Attackers step in to take advantage where weak authentication or privilege limitations exist. Using default accounts with default credentials. Cross-site scripting and forgery.

DDOS 76

DDOS Encryption Authentication Firewall 76

Security Boulevard

MAY 9, 2022

However, they also use some less common tactics, like threats of DDoS and discounts for fast payment, both of which play directly on a victim’s initial panic. Use multifactor authentication where possible. Regularly change passwords to network systems and accounts, and avoid reusing passwords for different accounts.

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Antivirus Backups Passwords 98

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2020

Indusface seeks to enable its customers to account for vulnerabilities not just in the live environment, but also when software is being developed and tested. LW: Broken authentication and simple misconfigurations also keep turning up as widespread types of exposures; are these the unintended consequences of agile development?

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Software Firewall Digital transformation Penetration Testing 189