Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Latin American Javali trojan weaponizing Avira antivirus legitimate injector to implant malware. After that, the following files are extracted, namely: Avira.exe : Legitimate injector from Avira Antivirus. In the last few years, many banking trojans developed by Latin American criminals have increased in volume and sophistication.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

Macs running the M1 chip now support the same degree of robust security Apple consumers expect from their iOS devices, which means features like Kernel Integrity Protection, Fast Permission Restrictions (which help mitigate web-based or runtime attacks), and Pointer Authentication Codes. Securing themselves in the foot.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

SMS and Call Log Access: Apps requesting access to read your SMS messages and call logs can potentially extract sensitive information, such as authentication codes and contact details. antivirus) require this access, malicious apps could abuse it to take full control of your device. While some legitimate apps (e.g.,

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Protecting Authentication. If environments have backup servers joined to the domain, the vCenter setup for SSO against the domain, and the SAN storage set for LDAP authentication against the domain, the backups, hosts, and SAN are compromised every single time. Read more about Firewall , Microsegmentation , NDR and IDS products.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

His 1994 book detailing cryptographic algorithms ( Applied Cryptography ) was just the beginning of his contributions to technical perspectives on system design, cybersecurity, privacy, and more. Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 8, 2020

There are security/hacker types that maintain massive repositories of passwords. Change all default passwords to something unique and strong. Most home networks get broken into through either phishing or some random device they have with a bad password. This is the most important thing in this article.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That story about the Flashback author was possible because a source had obtained a Web browser authentication cookie for a founding member of a Russian cybercrime forum called BlackSEO. When ChronoPay’s internal emails were leaked in 2010, the username and password for its MegaPlan subscription were still working and valid.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

VAMOSI: So obtaining user credentials or finding a flaw in the authentication, that gets you inside. So a hacker is able to do misconfiguration, able to escalate to a local system, and then maybe extract hashes and maybe someone is not using labs or maybe they are so they are randomizing administrators passwords or not.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2024

The authorization can be associated with specific hardware, shared encryption keys, passwords, and more. Claims Ownership of Content Applying DRM to content stakes an ownership claim as unobtrusive as a watermark for photos or marketing material or as complete as password-protected content with highly restrictive use restrictions.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

For example, Malwarebytes asked ChatGPT to write the opening paragraph of a novel about an antiquated antivirus program that relies on signature-based detection to stop new and emerging threats. Here's what the program came back with: “The antivirus program blinked to life, its archaic interface flickering on the outdated CRT monitor.

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