Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

PuTTY.exe Rhysida actors have been observed creating Secure Shell (SSH) PuTTy connections for lateral movement. In one example, analysis of PowerShell console host history for a compromised user account revealed Rhysida actors leveraged PuTTy to remotely connect to systems via SSH [ T1021.004 ].

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

According to state investigators, Dunkin' Donuts failed to respond to a series of successful cyber attacks that left tens of thousands of customer's online accounts vulnerable. Now the company is being forced to take certain information security measures and pay a $650,000 fine to the state of New York.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

Attackers often exploit current events or emergency situations to elicit emotional responses and induce victims to act hastily without carefully evaluating the legitimacy of the communications. Following the request, you end up handing over your login information to the scammers while being redirected to your organization’s home page.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

As early as May 2021, the attackers took advantage of a misconfigured account set to default MFA protocols at a non-governmental organization (NGO), allowing them to enroll a new device for MFA and access the victim network. Contrary to best practices recommended, the account was still active in the organization’s Active Directory.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

“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. The bulk of the malware code contains an implementation of an SSH 2.0 ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The subject of the emails reads “Important Notification About Your Account” in an attempt to urge recipients to open it. Once opened, the email appears as a legitimate email communication from American Express, while the content instructs the cardholder on how to view the secure, encrypted message attached.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Remote access security acts as something of a virtual barrier, preventing unauthorized access to data and assets beyond the traditional network perimeter. Keys, such as strong passwords, unique codes, or biometric scans, can be given to trusted individuals to access your resources from a distance.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The threat actor was able to use these session tokens to hijack the legitimate Okta sessions of 5 customers, 3 of whom have shared their own response to this event.” The three customers who shared their own responses to the event are Cloudflare, 1Password , and BeyondTrust. ” continues the update.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

By neglecting to set a password, a BMW dealer in India has jeopardized the entire network of car dealerships in the country and put its clients at risk. Cybernews has no information on how the companies are connected. The BMW Kun Exclusive put its systems at risk by leaving an environment configuration file (.env)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

.” Cybercriminals will attempt to entice their victims in multiple ways including: E-mails advertising hot-ticket or products that are hard to find on the market, such as event tickets or gaming systems. Do not click on links or provide personal or financial information to an unsolicited email. Use safe passwords or pass phrases.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Below is the list of actions recommended by the agencies to increase the level of security of their infrastructure: Identify IT security employees for weekends and holidays who would be available to surge during these times in the event of an incident or ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The password management and security application 1Password announced it had detected suspicious activity on its Okta instance on September 29, but excluded that user data was exposed. Security confirmed that the act of downloading the file would be captured in the activity logs by downloading the file from the support case.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

The database was posted on a different underground forum and contained 12,344 records of the card shop admins, sellers and buyers including their nicknames, hashed passwords, contact details, history of activity, and current balance. The total amount deposited on all the accounts was at $18,145.73 ever since.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2022

The company launched an investigation into the claims of a data breach, while Todd McKinnon, CEO at Okta, confirmed that in late January 2022, the company detected an attempt to compromise the account of a third-party customer support engineer working for one of its subprocessors. I hope no-one can read passwords? – Uhm?

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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. Threat actors are spreading password-stealing malware disguised as a security tool to target Ukraine’s IT Army. Below is the timeline of the events related to the previous weeks: [link].

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2022

“ Credential stuffing is a type of attack in which hackers use automation and lists of compromised usernames and passwords to defeat authentication and authorization mechanisms, with the end goal of account takeover (ATO) and/or data exfiltration.” You can’t access an account with recycled credentials if there aren’t any.

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Passwords Authentication Data privacy Accountability 74

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Below is the list of actions recommended by the agencies to increase the level of security of their infrastructure: Identify IT security employees for weekends and holidays who would be available to surge during these times in the event of an incident or ransomware attack.

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Ransomware Scams Cybersecurity Accountability 121

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

According to the developers, the app is aimed at helping users “form a worldwide community of citizen journalists, reporting and discovering local news and events happening around them.”. If you have a Snewpit account, there is a high chance that your records may have been exposed in this breach. Who had access to the data?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2023

The group also used fake social media or networking profiles that impersonate respected experts, and used supposed conference or event invitations as lures. .” reads the alert published by the UK Agency. In some attacks, the threat actors also used false approaches from journalists.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

After extracting some of the samples and investigating the situation, China believes that the " overview, technical characteristics, attack weapons, attack paths and attack sources of the relevant attack events" originated from the NSA's Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO). TAO is a tactical implementation unit of the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2019

“Backups of employees’ OneDrive accounts were also present and spanned the wide range of information that employees need to perform their jobs: email correspondence, system passwords, sales and marketing contact information, project specifications, and more.” ” reads the post published by Upguard.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

. “The compromised data sets were originally posted for sale on a prominent deep web hacking forum on January 12th, 2020 by a threat actor named “DonJuji” and attributed to a January 2019 breach event. ” Experts at Risk Based Security (RBS) verified the validity of the data against the official MobiFriends website.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 31, 2022

In the SecureWorld Spotlight Series, we learn about the speakers and Advisory Council members that make our events a success. He is the Chief Information Security Officer at Veterans United Home Loans in Columbia, Missouri. He is the Chief Information Security Officer at Veterans United Home Loans in Columbia, Missouri.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

x.xPerforming authentication attempts… =Target vulnerable, changing account password to empty stringResult: 0Exploit complete! This vulnerability is critical and is based on an encryption flaw, and allows changing the account machine password to empty. DOMAIN_NAME 192.168.x.xPerforming Final Thoughts.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

of polled executives report that their organizations' accounting and financial data were targeted by cyber adversaries.” ” And, “Nearly half (48.8%) of C-suite and other executives expect the number and size of cyber events targeting their organizations’ accounting and financial data to increase in the year ahead.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2021

The UNC2630 group was harvesting credentials from various Pulse Secure VPN login flows, then used legitimate account credentials to move laterally into the affected environments. UNC2630 CLEANPULSE CLEANPULSE is a memory patching utility that may be used to prevent certain log events from occurring. and Europe.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

Your IP address represents your digital identity online, hacking it not only allows attackers to access your device or your accounts, but it may cause even bigger damage. But in reality, your IP address is as prone to theft as your other information. Use Strong Passwords.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

An attacker could also exploit the flaw to disable security features in the Netlogon authentication process and change a computer’s password on the domain controller’s Active Directory. FIND which devices are making vulnerable connections by monitoring event logs. ADDRESS non-compliant devices making vulnerable connections.

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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. . It aids in the enforcement of IT security practices when dealing with cyber assets. As you might expect, developing a specific strategy leads to quicker response times in the event of an incident. . .

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. ” Security news site Bleeping Computer reported on the T-Systems Ryuk ransomware attack on Dec.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2020

A security event that compromises the integrity, confidentiality or availability of an information asset. Errors were causal events in 22% of breaches. The top malware type is Password Dumper, because it really is about getting those creds. Within hacking, web applications accounted for over 95% of breaches.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2020

Any detections from security products or anomalies found in event logs should be investigated immediately. In the event of a compromise, ensure that any account used on these devices has a password reset, as the credentials could have been exfiltrated.

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Ransomware VPN Healthcare Cyber Attacks 106

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). Firewalls and Network Security Firewalls serve as a barrier between cloud resources and external networks in a public cloud environment.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The primary job of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is to exercise continuous diligence in reducing risk, within the risk appetite and risk tolerance of the organization, so that the likelihood of a boom is low, and the corresponding magnitude of harm is limited.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 30, 2021

Using this list as a backdrop the following best practices are presented as a call to action to help organizations take a proactive approach at addressing API security risk. Your team many find the resources and community support on Cisco DevNet as a great way to connect, secure, and automate APIs. Maps to API1,API2,API5, and API6.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2023

Infected devices were used for multiple malicious activities, including traffic redirections through mobile proxies, info-stealing, click fraud, and social media and online messaging accounts and monetization via advertisements. It targets various platforms, including WhatsApp, JingDong, and Facebook.

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NopSec

AUGUST 16, 2022

The CIS Critical Security Controls can be seen as a roadmap for implementing a successful cybersecurity program. SANS is an organization dedicated to information security training and security certification, and the Critical Security Controls effort focuses on prioritizing security controls that have demonstrated real-world effectiveness.

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