Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

. “Since the beginning of March, the number of Bruteforce.Generic.RDP attacks has rocketed across almost the entire planet” Attackers attempt to brute-force the username and password used to protect RDP access to systems exposed online, they can use combinations of random characters or leverage dictionary of most popular passwords.

Passwords 109

Passwords Advertising VPN Authentication 109

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The Iranian hackers belong to an Iran-based threat actor that was behind attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in Pulse Secure VPN, Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway , and F5’s BIG-IP ADC products. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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VPN Passwords Advertising Password Management 92

Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2020

Last week, security experts from MalwareHunterTeam detected new ransomware dubbed CoronaVirus has been distributed through a malicious web site that was advertising a legitimate system optimization software and utilities from WiseCleaner. exe,’ which is the Kpot password-stealing Trojan. Pierluigi Paganini.

Ransomware 100

Ransomware Cryptocurrency Advertising Passwords 100

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2020

Only use secure networks and avoid using public Wi-Fi networks. Consider installing and using a VPN. Use two-factor authentication with strong passwords. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Ransomware VPN Advertising Marketing 107

Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2023

Threat actors behind the campaign aimed at building a botnet to use for a range of criminal activities from password spraying to digital advertising fraud. This is a complex operation that infects small-office/home-office (SOHO) routers, deploying a Linux-based Remote Access Trojan (RAT) we’ve dubbed “AVrecon.””

Malware 81

Malware Advertising Cybercrime Passwords 81

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The threat actors initially leveraged compromised credentials for Microsoft Office 365 (O365) accounts, domain administrator accounts, and credentials for the agency’s Pulse Secure VPN server. 166 and then browsed pages on a SharePoint site and downloaded a file (Data from Information Repositories: SharePoint [ T1213.002 ]).

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VPN Malware Cyber threats Accountability 96

Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

More than 15 billion username and passwords are available on cybercrime marketplaces, including over 5 billion unique credentials, states the experts. According to the company, most of the username and password combinations are available for free, and 5 billion of the above credentials are “unique.” ” continues the report.

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Cybercrime Antivirus Marketing Accountability 118

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

VPN or Virtual Private Network is the most secure way of connecting with the online world. VPN also provides an encrypted tunnel for all your online activities and closes all doors for spies and cybercriminals. VPN also provides an encrypted tunnel for all your online activities and closes all doors for spies and cybercriminals.

Hacking 90

Hacking VPN Internet Internet 90

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Sophos addressed a vulnerability in its Cyberoam firewalls that could be exploited by an attacker to gain access to a company’s internal network without providing a password. MR-5 and earlier was recently discovered and responsibly disclosed to Sophos by an external security researcher.” said the spokesperson. Pierluigi Paganini.

Firewall 81

Firewall VPN Passwords Internet 81

Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

The campaign is worrisome due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that caused the spike in the number of employees working from home and the increase in the use of corporate VPN and elimination of in-person verification. Restrict VPN access hours, where applicable, to mitigate access outside of allowed times. Pierluigi Paganini.

Social Engineering 119

Social Engineering VPN Phishing Authentication 119

Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2023

Threat actors behind the campaign aimed at building a botnet to use for a range of criminal activities from password spraying to digital advertising fraud. The first activity is part of an advertising fraud effort, and the second activity is likely linked to password spraying attacks and/or data exfiltration.

Malware 90

Malware Small Business Advertising Passwords 90

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

“Some of their goals include accessing sensitive information, user names and passwords, conducting denial of service attacks, spreading disinformation, and carrying out scams,”. Below the list of suggestions included in the agency’s memo: Use the NASA VPN, prior to beginning to work. ” continues the memo.

Cyber Attacks 145

Cyber Attacks Computers and Electronics VPN Phishing 145

Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2022

ALPHV has been advertising the BlackCat Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) on the cybercrime forums XSS and Exploit since early December. Regularly back up data, air gap, and password-protect backup copies offline. Regularly change passwords to network systems and accounts, and avoid reusing passwords for different accounts.

Ransomware 107

Ransomware Antivirus Passwords Malware 107

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2022

Threat actors are spreading password-stealing malware disguised as a security tool to target Ukraine’s IT Army. Once downloaded, these files infect unwitting users rather than delivering the tools originally advertised.” It is injected with the malicious code, which consists of the Phoenix information stealer.”

DDOS 84

DDOS Digital transformation Malware Advertising 84

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The RedLine malware allows operators to steal several pieces of information, including credentials, credit card data, cookies, autocomplete information stored in browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, credentials stored in VPN clients and FTP clients. The malicious code can also act as first-stage malware.

Malware 85

Malware Cryptocurrency Hacking Passwords 85

Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2020

Nikulin first breached LinkedIn between March 3 and March 4, 2012, the hacker first infected an employee’s laptop with malware then used employee’s VPN to access the LinkedIn’s internal network. The Russian man stole roughly 117 million user records, including usernames, passwords, and emails. Pierluigi Paganini.

Hacking 79

Hacking Cybercrime Data breaches Advertising 79

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Only use secure networks and avoid using public Wi-Fi networks. Consider installing and using a VPN. Use two-factor authentication with strong passwords. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Ransomware VPN Data breaches Advertising 107

Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2019

They can see the passwords you use, your email address, your name and physical address, phone numbers and any other type of personal information that you might happen to enter into a website. For instance there are automated tools that look for passwords and write them into a file whenever they see one. Pierluigi Paganini.

VPN 85

VPN Encryption Passwords Small Business 85

Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2020

According to Cyberintelligence firm Bad Packets , hackers allegedly exploited the CVE-2019-19781 vulnerability in the Citrix Netscaler ADC VPN gateway exposed by Indiabulls. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Hacking 102

Hacking Ransomware Banking Mobile 102

Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2020

So if our ‘warehouse worker’ or equivalent connects through a properly configured VPN, that person’s access within the corporate network is restricted to what they need— from that particular system and email, for example. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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VPN Advertising Authentication Passwords 97

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Only use secure networks and avoid using public Wi-Fi networks. Consider installing and using a VPN. Use two-factor authentication with strong passwords. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Ransomware 139

Ransomware Advertising Engineering VPN 139

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

In at least one compromise, the APT actor laterally traversed an SLTT victim network and accessed documents related to sensitive network configurations and passwords, standard operating procedures (SOP), IT instructions, such as requesting password resets, vendors and purchasing information. printing access badges.

Government 115

Government Hacking Advertising Passwords 115

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Information shared about the cyber attacks suggests that the company was the victim of a ransomware attack. In August, the website ZDNet reported in exclusive that a list of passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servers has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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Cyber Attacks VPN Backups Ransomware 113

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Never use them without proper security measures such as using a VPN. A VPN removes all traces leading back to your original IP address and encrypts your connection to allow safe and private browsing. Software updates often come with releases that patch bugs and security vulnerabilities upon discovery. Avoid Public WI-Fi.

Data privacy 104

Data privacy Computers and Electronics Government VPN 104

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In order to move laterally within the target networks, hackers used well-known techniques, such as dumping credentials from memory and accessing password managers on compromised systems. Attackers use stolen VPN credentials to securely connect the target network. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – APT20, hacking).

VPN 66

VPN Hacking Software Advertising 66

Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2020

“We do what we can to increase our OpSec when using our laptop in public-such as using a good VPN provider, 2FA, and password database auto-fill to prevent network or shoulder-based eavesdropping,” says Altfield. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Advertising 70

Advertising VPN Engineering Authentication 70

Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2020

Security researchers Pierre Kim and Alexandre Torres have discovered several vulnerabilities Zyxel Cloud CNM SecuManager software that could expose users to cyber attacks. ” Experts also reported the use of predefined passwords for admin accounts. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Accountability 84

Accountability Advertising Software Authentication 84

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The attackers connects to a dedicated commercially-shared VPN server using OpenVPN and then uses compromised email credentials to send out credential spam via a commercial email service provider. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Phishing 135

Phishing Accountability Advertising DNS 135

Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The affiliates used to deliver the threat via brute-forcing attacks on RDP servers or exploiting known vulnerabilities in VPN servers and firewalls. Two of the most common vulnerabilities exploited by actors using Netwalker are Pulse Secure VPN (CVE-2019-11510) and Telerik UI (CVE-2019-18935).” continues the alert.

Ransomware 78

Ransomware VPN Cybercrime Advertising 78

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Simple or reused passwords are still a problem. While the cybersecurity industry has presented options for every netizen, the recommendation to use original and complex passwords continues to be disregarded. Instead, people come up with passwords that are comfortable. It can be prevented through the use of an online VPN.

IoT 135

IoT Cybersecurity Manufacturing Internet 135

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Rhadamanthys is an info stealing malware that was initially advertised for sale on underground forums since the middle of 2022. It can steal crypto wallets, steam accounts, passwords from browsers, FTP clients, chat clients (e.g. Telegram, Discord), email clients, VPN configurations, cookies, grab files, and more.

Malware 82

Malware Phishing Spyware Cybercrime 82

SecureList

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Some of them are repeated advertisements on the same leakage. Typically, hacked access to corporate infrastructure includes accounts for a corporate VPN service and some servers or hosts in the internal networks (in general, access is performed via RDP or web shells). By November 2023, we have already found more than 3100 offers.

Data breaches 81

Data breaches Accountability Telecommunications Malware 81

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Privilege Escalation flaw found in Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows. Thinkful forces a password reset for all users after a data breach. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data breaches Advertising Malware VPN 53

Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

Unlike some other underground cybercriminal gangs, Wizard Spider doesn’t openly advertise on underground forums, perhaps for security reasons. Use strong passwords and regularly change passwords to network systems and accounts, implementing the shortest acceptable timeframe for password changes.

Healthcare 105

Healthcare Ransomware Encryption Passwords 105

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Bad Packets warns of over 14,500 Pulse secure VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510. Foxit Software discloses a data breach that exposed user passwords.

eCommerce 49

eCommerce Data breaches Malware Advertising 49

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Resecurity researchers discovered a new Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) called EvilProxy advertised on the Dark Web. Resecurity has recently identified a new Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) called EvilProxy advertised in the Dark Web. Original post: [link].

Phishing 99

Phishing Accountability Hacking Advertising 99

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The first half of 2019 saw a 10-fold increase in the number of password-protected objects, such as documents and archive files, being used to deliver malware. In 2017, password-protected archives accounted for only 0.08% of all malicious objects. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Ransomware 72

Ransomware Antivirus Malware Banking 72