Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The attack chain starts with scans for the Redis server exposing port 6379 to the internet, then threat actors attempt to connect and run the following Redis commands: INFO command – this command allows adversaries to receive information about our Redis server. to the disk of the replica. ” reads the analysis published by AquaSec.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2023

Loader Script acts as a loader, it supports multiple functions for downloading and deploying the GobRAT. The researchers observed samples for multiple architectures, including ARM, MIPS, x86, and x86-64. The researchers observed samples for multiple architectures, including ARM, MIPS, x86, and x86-64. ssh/authorized_keys.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2024

Researchers at Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs discovered a new malware family, named Cuttlefish, which targets enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to harvest public cloud authentication data from internet traffic. The bash script also downloads and executes Cuttlefish. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Upon exploiting one of the above vulnerabilities, a shell script downloader “l.sh” is downloaded from hxxp://194[.]180[.]48[.]100. Upon executing the script, it deletes logs and downloads and executes various bot clients to target specific Linux architectures. ” reads the analysis published by Fortinet.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Written in Go, it is flexible enough to generate binaries compatible with various architectures. After the vulnerability is exploited, a command is executed on the system to download the initial script. The setup process checks the OS type and, depending on that, it downloads the second stage, which is the actual malware implant.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Dark Mirai botnet is based on Mirai’s code that is publicly available, in the latest campaign detailed by Fortinet it is exploiting the flaw to force vulnerable routers to download and execute a malicious script, tshit.sh , which then downloads the main binary payloads.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2023

The researchers warned that as of May 19, there were at least 42,000 instances of Zyxel devices on the public internet. Internet-wide sweeps seen by over 700 of our IKEv2 aware honeypot sensors, since May 26th. The attackers were spotted using tools such as curl or wget to download scripts for further malicious actions.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Deploy Anti-DDoS Architecture : Design resources so that they will be difficult to find or attack effectively or if an attack succeeds, it will not take down the entire organization. Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) or ping requests. Anti-DDoS Architecture. All resources should be patched and fully updated.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. Once exploited one of the above flaws, the bot runs a shell command to download a shell script from a URL that is dynamically updated by the C2 using the command LDSERVER. Upon installing the threat, the bot drops a file in /tmp/.pwned

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The botnet leverages a robust architecture based on a combination of third-party services, P2P, and Command & Control servers. This architecture was implemented to make the botnet resilient to takedowns by law enforcement and security firms with the support of the vendors of the infected devices.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Experts noticed that the malware supports multiple CPU architectures, including x86(32/64), ARM(32/64), MIPS(MIPS32/MIPS-III) and PPC, it is written in the Go open-source programming language. Upon gaining access to the device, the bot downloads one of seven binaries that install the HEH malware. ” concludes the post.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. Everything You Need to Know. Firewalls should be hardened to close unneeded ports.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Secure web gateway (SWG) solutions help keep enterprise networks from falling victim to ransomware , malware , and other threats carried by internet traffic and malicious websites. Secure web gateways, then, provide fast, secure access to the Internet and SaaS, making digital business a safe and productive experience. SSL inspection.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

After gaining an initial foothold, the attacker can steal configuration data, modify existing files, download remote files, and reverse tunnel from the devices. Reduce your attack surface and the risk of lateral threat movement—no more internet-exposed remote access IP addresses, and secure inside-out brokered connections.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 11, 2024

The rapid proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) represents vast opportunities for the public sector. Today’s Internet of Things might as well be called the Internet of Threats. Zscaler ThreatLabz recommends that you: Implement a zero trust security architecture: Eliminate implicit trust.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2024

Improved Network Traffic Performance Traditional solutions use VPNs to route traffic within the corporate network only to send many connections right back out to the internet. SSE extends security to all users, Internet of Things (IoT), operations technology (OT), cloud assets, and applications that reside outside of the internal network.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 7, 2023

The analyzed campaign employs a series of custom-developed modules, including: Downloader Module: Downloads further stages, evades sandboxes through system reboots, and maintains persistence using LNK files. Figure 4 - Malicious ZIP archive downloaded from the Amazon EC2 instance. services/upthon. exe" resides.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2023

The attack chain commences with the exploitation of one of the above issues, then the threat actor tries to download a shell script downloader from a remote server. Upon executing the script, it would download and execute the proper bot clients for the specific Linux architectures: hxxp://185.225.74[.]251/armv4l

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2024

6 Benefits of Digital Rights Management 5 Challenges & Limitations of DRM Common Use Cases of DRM-Protected Contents DRM License Models & Architecture 6 DRM Technologies to Use Now Legal Considerations of DRM Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Bottom Line: DRM Provides Special-Use Encryption How Does Digital Rights Management (DRM) Work?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

” Recently, experts at Intezer researchers have spotted a strain of the Linux mining that also scans the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep. The installation script also retrieves the contents of a Pastebin URL containing a Monero wallet ID and mining information, then it downloads the miner.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

You also don’t want unscrupulous individuals to download your content in bulk or re-host it on their own websites without permission. As every computer security professional knows, if anything is on the Internet, it’s subject to increasingly sophisticated attacks. A big concern on Wikipedia is vandalism.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Over the years, Trickbot has acquired dozens of auxiliary modules that steal credentials and sensitive information, spread it over the local network using stolen credentials and vulnerabilities, provide remote access, proxy network traffic, perform brute-force attacks and download other malware. This module is a simple downloader.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

Here are some best practices recommendations to safeguard your organization against ransomware: Get your applications off of the internet. The more applications you have published to the internet, the easier you are to attack. Use a zero trust architecture to secure internal applications, making them invisible to attackers.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

But the NCSC warns that it is likely that Sandworm is capable of compiling the same or very similar malware for other architectures and firmware. Internet access to the management interface of any device is a security risk. Mitigation and detection. All WatchGuard appliances should be updated to the latest version of Fireware OS.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The infection The first detected shellcode was located within the WININIT.EXE process, which has the ability to download binary files from bitbucket[.]org Notably, the Downloads folder, which would normally contain compiled project binaries, contains five binary files: delta.dat , delta.img , ota.dat , ota.img , and system.img.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

” Cyclops Blink is nation-state botnet with a modular architecture, it is written in the C language. Experts warn of an increase of IoT attacks on a global scale, making internet routers one of the primary targets.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

A new variant of the Mirai botnet, tracked as Moobot, was spotted scanning the Internet for vulnerable Tenda routers. Researchers from AT&T Alien Lab have spotted a new variant of the Mirai botnet, tracked asu Moobot, which was scanning the Internet for the CVE-2020-10987 remote code-execution (RCE) issue in Tenda routers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

To download the full study, see the Zscaler 2021 VPN Risk Report. However, the increased demand for remote work solutions, a shift to the cloud, and advancements in digital transformation have uncovered increased incompatibility between VPNs and true zero-trust security architectures.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Adoption and usage of the cloud is evolving to combine with technologies like artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, 5G and more, according to Sid Nag, Research Vice President at Gartner. “In Read more in the full article. Want to learn more about CCSP?

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SecureList

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The actors behind the attack used spear-phishing mails to target several victims, some were infected with Windows executable malware by downloading files through an internet browser. Each phishing document contains an external link to fetch a remote page containing a CVE-2021-26411 exploit. The last one we named MATA gen.5

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It’s safe to say that APIs are now a critical part of modern application architectures today. In the age of SaaS applications and infrastructure, many architectures are designed around being API-first for managing data ingestion and retrieval. This architecture allows testing to be ingrained into all aspects of the SDLC.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2022

.” Threat actors attempt to gain initial access to a target environment by exploiting the VMWare Identity Manager Service issue, then they deploy a PowerShell stager that downloads the next stage payload dubbed by PowerTrash Loader. The PowerTrash Loader is a heavily obfuscated PowerShell script with approximately 40,000 lines of code.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The tools in the arsenal of the XDSpy APT are quite basic, although efficient, their primary tool is a downloader dubbed named XDDown. ESET described XDDown as a “downloader” used to infect a victim and then download secondary modules that would perform various specialized tasks. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2018

“Since early September, SophosLabs has been monitoring an increasingly prolific attack targeting Internet-facing SSH servers on Linux-based systems that has been dropping a newly-discovered family of denial-of-service bots we’re calling Chalubo.” The IoT malware ran only on systems with an x86 architecture.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 10, 2022

Many threats that have until now been theoretical—like creation of a "Ru-net" as an alternative to the Internet—are becoming a reality. Cutting off Internet access to a country the size of Texas is not as simple as cutting a few cables or bombing a few cell towers. There are many tech angles to the war in Ukraine.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

An example of industrial network architecture including safety systems is shown in figure 3. The attackers obtained remote access to a workstation used to control and program the SIS machines, they then used a customized implementation of the TriStation protocol to download the code to the Triconex controller. 0-day exploit.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This includes products from internet giants such as Apple iCloud, Steam, Samsung Cloud storage, but thousands of additional products and services will likely be vulnerable. To complete this process, it will download and execute any remote classes required.

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