Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Germany’s Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) arrested an individual (24) suspected of having stolen €4,000,000 from internet users via phishing attacks along with a two accomplices who are suspected. The victims were informed in these letters that their house bank would change their security system – and their own account would be affected.”

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Phishing Banking DDOS Accountability 86

The Last Watchdog

MAY 15, 2023

The physical safety of things like airbags, rearview mirrors, and brakes is well accounted for; yet cybersecurity auto safety concerns are rising to the fore. Funso Richard , Information Security Officer at Ensemble , highlighted the gravity of these threats. Acohido Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2023

Researchers warn of an ongoing Tsunami DDoS botnet campaign targeting inadequately protected Linux SSH servers. Researchers from AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) have uncovered an ongoing hacking campaign, aimed at poorly protected Linux SSH servers, to install the Tsunami DDoS botnet (aka Kaiten).

DDOS 78

DDOS Malware Passwords Accountability 78

Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2022

Mar 29 – Compromised WordPress sites launch DDoS on Ukrainian websites. Threat actors compromised WordPress sites to deploy a script that was used to launch DDoS attacks, when they are visited, on Ukrainian websites. Mar 28 – While Twitter suspends Anonymous accounts, the group hacked VGTRK Russian Television and Radio.

DDOS 97

DDOS Hacking Mobile Internet 97

Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2019

Austin Thompson (23) from Utah, the hacker who carried out massive DDoS attacks on Sony, EA, and Steam gets a 27-months prison sentence. The hacker who brought offline with massive DDoS attacks online gaming networks between December 2013 and January 2014 has been sentenced to 27 months in prison. SecurityAffairs – Sony, DDoS).

DDOS 91

DDOS Computers and Electronics Advertising Internet 91

Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2022

Fronton is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet that was used by Russia-linked threat actors for coordinated disinformation campaigns. This release noted that DDoS “is only one of the many capabilities of the system.” SANA allows operators to create and manage fake social media persona accounts.

DDOS 105

DDOS Media Hacking Engineering 105

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. March 12 – Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram. March 10 – Crooks target Ukraine’s IT Army with a tainted DDoS tool.

Hacking 80

Hacking DDOS Malware Phishing 80

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Threats against availability: Largest Denial of Service (DDoS) attack ever was launched in Europe in July 2022; Internet: destruction of infrastructure, outages and rerouting of internet traffic. Supply chain targeting : Third-party incidents account for 17% of the intrusions in 2021 compared to less than 1% in 2020.

Cyber threats 113

Cyber threats Phishing Social Engineering Ransomware 113

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

builder Over 39K unauthenticated Redis services on the internet targeted in cryptocurrency campaign Hackers stole $160 Million from Crypto market maker Wintermute U.S. gov adds more Chinese Telecom firms to the Covered List Imperva blocked a record DDoS attack with 25.3

Cryptocurrency 79

Cryptocurrency Data breaches DNS DDOS 79

Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

A person’s credit card details and account balance are sold for 150 USD if the account balance is under 1000 USD, but 240 if it is under 5000 USD. Stolen Paypal account details, Neteller, PerfectMoney, TransferGo, and other payment services are also on the list. Cryptocurrency trading accounts. What about services?

Accountability 105

Accountability Marketing Hacking Cryptocurrency 105

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Source: Cybernews Usernames Names Government ID numbers (CURP) Phone numbers Email addresses Home addresses Dates of Birth Gender KYC status IP addresses used to register for an account IP addresses used to log in Deposit amounts Withdrawal amounts Notes on users, submitted by admins and customer support agents.

Passwords 95

Passwords Identity Theft Social Engineering Spyware 95

Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

Data breaches 84

Data breaches DDOS Artificial Intelligence Ransomware 84

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Market Size: The AI cyber security market was worth around $17.4 IoT Vulnerabilities: With the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the number of IoT-related cyber attacks is expected to increase by 25% in 2024. billion in 2022 and is expected to grow to about $102.78 billion by 2032, with a yearly growth rate of 19.43%.

Social Engineering 115

Social Engineering Cyber Attacks Cyber Insurance IoT 115

Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2023

accounted for more than 40% of the total number of attacks. Palo Alto Networks also observed a new distributed IoT denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet developed in Golang, tracked as RedGoBot. The RedGoBot can perform DDoS attacks on HTTP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, VSE and OpenVPN protocols. “Realtek Jungle SDK version v2.x

DDOS 89

DDOS IoT Manufacturing Malware 89

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

.” The analysis of the bot revealed that it supports seven functions: reverse shell, self-uninstall, gather process’ network information, gather Bot information, execute system commands, run encrypted files specified in URLs, DDoS attack, etc.

DDOS 78

DDOS System Administration Advertising DNS 78

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

” This was announced directly by the international network of hackers through their twitter account. So, while people around the globe smash your internet providers to bits, understand that it’s entirely directed at the actions of the Russian government and Putin.” We want a future for all of humanity. Wait for us.”

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Government DDOS Cyber Attacks Media 110

Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2023

Lolek Hosted is a bulletproof hosting service provider used to facilitate the distribution of information-stealing malware, and also to launch DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks, manage fictitious online shops, manage botnet servers and distribute spam messages worldwide. A joint operation conducted by European and U.S.

Cybercrime 72

Cybercrime DDOS Ransomware Cryptocurrency 72

SecureWorld News

MARCH 31, 2022

He is the Chief Information Security Officer at Veterans United Home Loans in Columbia, Missouri. He has more than 25 years of experience in both public entities and private industry, having built several Information Security programs from the ground up. In this installment, we introduce you to Randy Raw.

Cybersecurity 71

Cybersecurity InfoSec Authentication DDOS 71

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The botnet was created to launch DDoS attacks and to insert advertisements in the legitimate HTTP traffic of the victims, most of which are in China (96%). Qihoo 360’s Netlab Cybersecurity researchers discovered a huge botnet, tracked as Pink, that already infected over 1.6 million devices.

Architecture 116

Architecture DDOS Advertising Firmware 116

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

An investigation into indexed information from internet-connected devices provided a list of universities with compromised website security. All this could enable attackers to hijack accounts and have admin access. That could allow arbitrary admin account creation and access to files and personal information.

Cybersecurity 116

Cybersecurity Penetration Testing Passwords DDOS 116

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Twitter account of Huawei Mobile Brazil hacked. Europol seized 30,506 Internet domain names for IP Infringement. 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.

Advertising 53

Advertising DDOS VPN Authentication 53

Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

This wave is a significant timeline as a technology step-up for DDoS botnet and IoT malware development. Figure 1 – Vamp’s account on Twitter).

DDOS 123

DDOS IoT Malware Advertising 123

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020, IBM reported. The Mozi botnet was spotted by security experts from 360 Netlab, at the time of its discovered it was actively targeting Netgear, D-Link, and Huawei routers by probing for weak Telnet passwords to compromise them.

IoT 119

IoT DDOS Architecture Passwords 119

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2023

million in critical infrastructure cyber projects via new program Ivanti Ships Urgent Patch for API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Defense contractor Belcan leaks admin password with a list of flaws Leaseweb is restoring ‘critical’ systems after security breach Microsoft is now a cybersecurity titan.

Cybercrime 74

Cybercrime Hacking Cryptocurrency Ransomware 74

Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Slickwraps discloses data leak that impacted 850,000 user accounts. European Commission has chosen the Signal app to secure its communications. Silence Hacking Crew threatens Australian banks of DDoS attacks. Threat actors scan Internet for Vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers. Lampion malware v2 February 2020.

Banking 85

Banking Malware Advertising Ransomware 85

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Source: Verizon DBIR [1] In last year’s DBIR report [2], Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all cybersecurity data breach events, with Denial of Service being the number one cybersecurity incident covering almost 50% of all events. For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g.

Cybersecurity 106

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Data breaches Engineering 106

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, February 2021. I wrote a blog post about my concerns given Linux is embedded everywhere, yet many of these systems are rarely, and even never updated with security updates.

Energy and Utilities 145

Energy and Utilities Ransomware DDOS Accountability 145

Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2022

And how to prevent it?

Firewall 73

Firewall Hacking DDOS VPN 73

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In their 2021 report, Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all breach events. In their 2022 report, System Intrusion took the lead, accounting for 40% of all breach events. What did “the internet” think caused breaches in 2021? Source: DBIR [1]. “So So what do these categories mean?”

Data breaches 106

Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 106

Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2020

Call Security Experts. It is better to use ICAP (Internet Content Adaptation Protocol) servers or excellent Antivirus systems to protect the data of your company. For API security, it’s okay to be paranoid and show very little information, particularly in error messages. Share as Little as Possible. OWASP top 10.

Authentication 108

Authentication Firewall Encryption Passwords 108

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2022

Yes, one lapse on a spam email, one inadequate password, one abandoned account, or a malfunctioning asset can cause havoc. . IoT devices could be used like botnets so as to execute DDoS attacks. . . ITAM can help security professionals enhance the precision of their reports. Track non-conventional assets. . Conclusion.

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Cyber Risk Software Risk IoT 122

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

This dollar amount is scary enough, but we also need to add on the consequences of other incidents such as business email compromise (BEC) , distributed denial of service (DDoS) , or even something as mundane as severed internet access. The building manager to handle threats to physical security at a specific office.

Insurance 122

Insurance Backups Data breaches Ransomware 122

eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Botnets : Networks of compromised computers are controlled by a central attacker and used for various malicious activities such as launching coordinated distributed denial of service ( DDoS ) attacks, providing a staging point for attacks on other victims, or distributing spam.

Software 98

Software Data breaches DDOS Ransomware 98

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Source: Verizon DBIR [1] In last year’s DBIR report [2], Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all cybersecurity data breach events, with Denial of Service being the number one cybersecurity incident covering almost 50% of all events. For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Data breaches Engineering 52

Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

According to DBIR, social engineering and basic web application attacks account for over 50% of all incidents of breaches. If the news media and the internet are leading us astray, maybe we can pinpoint what those influences are and systematically reduce our bias on those topics. But that isn’t what Verizon’s data showed.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 98

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 25, 2022

Dancho Danchev’s “Astalavista Security Group – Investment Proposal” Presentation – A Photos Compilation. Dancho Danchev’s “Building and Implementing a Successful Information Security Policy” White Paper – [PDF]. Dancho Danchev’s Primary Contact Points for this Project – Email/XMPP/Jabber/OMEMO and PGP Key Accounts.

Cybercrime 96

Cybercrime Hacking Scams Ransomware 96

SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Botmasters and account resellers are tasked with providing initial access inside the victim’s network. They interact with each other through internet handles, paying for services with cryptocurrency. A more detailed account of the technical capabilities of REvil is available in our private and public reports.

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