The Last Watchdog

JULY 8, 2021

Last Friday, July 2, in a matter of a few minutes, a Russian hacking collective, known as REvil, distributed leading-edge ransomware to thousands of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) across the planet — and succeeded in locking out critical systems in at least 1,500 of them. Gary Phipps, VP of solution architecture, CyberGRX.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 7, 2023

Budapest, Hungary, July 07, 2023 — Silent Signal, a leading technology provider of state-of-the-art ethical hacking services and solutions, discovered and reported a vulnerability to IBM, that has been confirmed and identified under CVE-2023-30990. Discovery and exploitation of the legendary IBM i System. IBM i 7.3, and IBM i 7.5

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2024

The data exfiltrated by the gang included classified information and sensitive personal data from the Federal Administration. Government experts discovered sensitive information, including personal data, technical information, classified details, and passwords, in approximately half of the Federal Administration’s files (5,182).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

LastPass disclosed a new security breach, threat actors had access to its cloud storage using information stolen in the August 2022 breach. Password management solution LastPass disclosed a new security breach, the attackers had access to a third-party cloud storage service using information stolen in the August 2022 breach.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2024

The Oldsmar water treatment plant hacking is an excellent example of this fact, as a city of 15,000 people would have drank caustic water without realizing it. Hackers can steal a wealth of personally identifiable information (PII) from smart city critical infrastructure to sell or trade on the dark web. Zero-trust architecture.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2024

A vulnerability in the Fluent Bit Utility, which is used by major cloud providers, can lead to DoS, information disclosure, and potentially RCE. The vulnerability can trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, lead to an information disclosure, and potentially remote code execution (RCE). and exists thru 3.0.3.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Permalink The post DEF CON 31 – Panel: ‘Hack the Future – Why Congress & White House Support AI Red Teaming’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Originating from the conference events at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada ; via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2024

The macOS version of LightSpy supports 10 plugins to exfiltrate private information from devices. ” The plugins for the macOS version are different from those for other platforms, reflecting the architecture of the target systems. The difference was in lateral local privilege escalation, which is OS-specific.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

The Akira ransomware has been active since March 2023, the threat actors behind the malware claim to have already hacked multiple organizations in multiple industries, including education, finance, and real estate. Like other ransomware gangs, the group has developed a Linux encryptor to target VMware ESXi servers. .

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 12, 2021

Swiss hacker and member of the hacking collective “APT-69420 Arson Cats,” Tillie Kottmann, claimed credit for the Verkada hack. The hack raises serious questions about who had access to what, and why, and highlights both the security and privacy risks that come with admin and super-admin accounts. The attack.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Permalink The post BSides Buffalo 2023 – Brent Patterson – Creative Hacking With Blender appeared first on Security Boulevard. Many thanks to BSides Buffalo for publishing their presenter’s outstanding BSides Buffalo security content on the organizations’ YouTube channel.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Every user a page of the e-commerce site of a Feedify customer will load the malicious script that allowed the crooks to siphon personal information and payment card data. The post Feedify cloud service architecture compromised by MageCart crime gang appeared first on Security Affairs. js ,” which was compromised by MageCart.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2022

Password management software firm LastPass disclosed a security breach, threat actors had access to portions of the company development environment through a single compromised developer account and stole portions of source code and some proprietary technical information. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

The legal action alleges that the Israeli surveillance firm tried to compromise approximately 1,400 individuals through WhatsApp hacking attempts. The Judge, however, decided that NSO Group would not be forced to reveal the names of its clients or information about its server architecture.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The malware impersonates a Visual Studio update and was designed to support Intel and Arm architectures. All the variants support commands that allow operators to gather and upload files, and gather information about the machine. RustDoor is written in Rust language and supports multiple features. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The number of infected devices is impressive, on 2019-11-30 a trusted security partner in the US informed Qihoo 360’s Netlab Cybersecurity reported to have observed 1,962,308 unique daily active IPs from the Pink botnet targeting its systems. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Pink botnet). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2023

The Loader Script includes multiple functions, such as disabling Firewall, downloading GobRAT for the target machine’s architecture, creating Start Script and making it persistent, creating and running the Daemon Script, and registering a SSH public key in /root/.ssh/authorized_keys. ssh/authorized_keys.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The malicious code can target various architectures, it supports both flooder and backdoor capabilities. The primary target of NKAbuse is Linux desktops, however, it can target MISP and ARM architecture. NKN (New Kind of Network) is a decentralized peer-to-peer network protocol that relies on blockchain technology.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2021

As wake up calls go, the Colonial Pipeline ransomware hack was piercing. Requiring federal agencies to produce an actionable plan to implement Zero Trust Architecture is a lot taller order than it sounds. This is rightly motivated by the SolarWinds hack that brought third-party supply chain risks to the forefront.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 1, 2023

With the ever-evolving threat landscape, it is crucial to stay informed about the latest trends and challenges in the field of cybersecurity. Additionally, APTs, orchestrated by nation-states or skilled hacking groups, aim to gain prolonged unauthorized access to networks, often remaining undetected for extended periods.

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Cybersecurity IoT Architecture Artificial Intelligence 105

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Permalink The post DEF CON 31 – Will Kay’s’ Packet Hacking Village – Death By 1000 Likes’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Originating from the conference events at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada ; via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 28, 2021

There, an Amazon Web Services cloud vulnerability, compounded by Capital One’s own struggle to properly configure a complex cloud service, led to the disclosure of tens of millions of customer records, including credit card applications, Social Security numbers, and bank account information.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Permalink The post DEF CON 31 Car Hacking Village – Euntae Jang’s, Donghyon Jeong’s, Jonghyuk Song’s ‘Automotive USB Fuzzing’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Originating from the conference events at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada ; via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

They included a lot of sensitive information, such as database credentials, login information for the SMTP server, enterprise payment processing information, and others. Environment files typically contain sensitive configuration information and credentials. env) attributed to New England Biolabs (NEB).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

China-linked cyberespionage group LightBasin hacked mobile telephone networks around the world and used specialized tools to access calling records. ” The hacking group initially compromised one of the telecommunication companies by leveraging external DNS (eDNS) servers which are part of the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network.

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Telecommunications Mobile Hacking Architecture 111

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Cisco reported that multiple threat actors are customizing the SapphireStealer information stealer after the leak of its source code. SapphireStealer is an open-source information stealer written in.NET, which is available in multiple public malware repositories since its public release in December 2022.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Permalink The post DEF CON 31 Packet Hacking Village – Mike Raggo’s, Chet Hosmer’s ‘OSINT for Physical Security Intelligence’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Originating from the conference events at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada ; via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Permalink The post DEF CON 31 Car Hacking Village – Martin Petran’s ‘Abusing CAN Bus Spec For DoS In Embedded Systems’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Originating from the conference events at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada ; via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Permalink The post DEF CON 31 Packet Hacking Village – Pete Hay’s ‘The Importance Of Arts And Crafts In ThreatOps’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Originating from the conference events at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada ; via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Hacking Architecture Education Information Security 59

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2023

SASE is an architectural framework that merges wide-area networking (WAN) capabilities with security functions, all delivered as a cloud-based service. Zero Trust Architecture: SASE embodies the principles of zero-trust security. Deployment: SASE is a transformational architecture encompassing network and security functions.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 31, 2024

By separating which companies see what parts of our data, and in what contexts, we can gain control over data about ourselves (improving privacy) and harden cloud infrastructure against hacks (improving security). When you purchase something with a credit card, that transaction is shared with unknown third parties.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Permalink The post DEF CON 31 – Tabor’s, Tindell’s ‘Car Hacking Village – How An Auto Security Researcher Had His Car Stolen’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Originating from the conference events at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada ; via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Permalink The post BSides Buffalo 2023 – Magno Logan – Hacking GitHub Actions – Abusing GitHub And Azure For Fun And Profit appeared first on Security Boulevard. Many thanks to BSides Buffalo for publishing their presenter’s outstanding BSides Buffalo security content on the organizations’ YouTube channel.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2019

. “The threat actor was attempting to steal all data stored in the active directory, compromising every single username and password in the organization, along with other personally identifiable information, billing data, call detail records, credentials, email servers, geo-location of users, and more.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Telecommunications Hacking Mobile Advertising 73

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2024

These environments house a significant amount of valuable and sensitive information, making them attractive to malicious actors. Managing cloud alerts effectively requires overcoming the unique complexities introduced by cloud architectures. Storing data in the cloud also comes with a heightened risk of data breaches.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 30, 2021

The Solarwinds hack has brought vendor supply chain attacks — and the lack of readiness from enterprises to tackle such attacks — to the forefront. Let’s discuss how the SolarWinds hack relates to a regular website supply chain. Related: Equipping Security Operations Centers (SOCs) for the long haul.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Chipmaker AMD has addressed a vulnerability in PSP driver, tracked as CVE-2021-26333 , that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from the targeted system. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CVE-2021-26333). The flaw was reported by Kyriakos Economou from ZeroPeril. ” reads the security advisory. Pierluigi Paganini.

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