The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 25, 2021

Thanks to a couple of milestone hacks disclosed at the close of 2020 and start of 2021, they will forever be associated with putting supply-chain vulnerabilities on the map. Similarly, the SolarWinds and Mimecast hacks are precursors of increasingly clever and deeply-damaging hacks of the global supply chain sure to come.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The Internet of Things ( IoT ) is on the threshold of ascending to become the Internet of Everything ( IoE.) Latency build-up has become intolerable, Rosteck noted, as more and more IoT devices send larger and larger rivers of data up into the Internet cloud for processing. Very well said! I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2023

Experts warn of a severe privilege escalation, tracked as CVE-2023-30799 , in MikroTik RouterOS that can be exploited to hack vulnerable devices. A remote and authenticated attacker can escalate privileges from admin to super-admin on the Winbox or HTTP interface.” “MikroTik RouterOS stable before 6.49.7

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Each time we use a mobile app or website-hosted service, digital certificates and the Public Key Infrastructure ( PKI ) come into play — to assure authentication and encrypt sensitive data transfers. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

They are often unaware of the risks they take on, which can include hacking, fraud, phishing, and more. To protect against these attacks, businesses need to implement a wide range of strong API security measures such as authentication, authorization, encryption, and vulnerability scanning.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2021

For instance, many smart home and internet-of-things devices are rarely updated, and Wi-Fi security is the last line of defense that prevents someone from attacking these devices. CVE-2020-24587 : mixed key attack (reassembling fragments encrypted under different keys). SecurityAffairs – hacking, FragAttacks ).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Public Wi-Fi users are prime targets for MITM attacks because the information they send is often not encrypted, meaning it’s easy for hackers to access your data. Look for the “https” in the website’s URL—it means there’s some level of encryption. Most browsers will alert you if a site isn’t secure.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2021

Braun ‘s Infusomat Space Large Volume Pump and SpaceStation that could be remotely hacked. CVE-2021-33885 – Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity (CVSS 9.7) CVE-2021-33882 – Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CVSS 8.2) An attacker doesn’t need any authentication to conduct the attack.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Since a majority of business IT traffic now accesses or passes through the internet, DNS plays an increasingly important — and vulnerable — role. DNS security protects the domain name system (DNS) from attackers seeking to reroute traffic to malicious sites.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

The threat of bad actors hacking into airplane systems mid-flight has become a major concern for airlines and operators worldwide. Back in 2015, a security researcher decided to make that very point when he claimed to have hacked a plane , accessed the thrust system, and made it fly higher than intended.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

“In March 2023, cyber actors used the software vulnerabilities of security authentication and network-linked systems in series to gain unauthorised access to the intranet of a target organisation.” “This malicious code was able to exfiltrate initial beacon data and download and execute encrypted payloads.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity the accused was a key member of a criminal hacking group blamed for a string of cyber intrusions at major U.S. Multiple security firms soon assigned the hacking group the nickname “ Scattered Spider.” 9, 2024, U.S. technology companies during the summer of 2022.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2021

From January through March 2021, TLS concealed 45 percent of the malware Sophos analysts observed circulating on the Internet; that’s double the rate – 23 percent – seen in early 2020, Dan Schiappa, Sophos’ chief product officer, told me in a briefing. How TLS works is that there is an encryption point and a decryption point.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2023

WordPress sites using the Ultimate Member plugin are under attack LockBit gang demands a $70 million ransom to the semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC Avast released a free decryptor for the Windows version of the Akira ransomware Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT enhanced its POWERSTAR Backdoor miniOrange’s WordPress Social Login and Register plugin (..)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

. “ our research has uncovered new vulnerabilities, which we collectively dubbed USBAnywhere , in the baseboard management controllers (BMCs) of Supermicro servers, which can allow an attacker to easily connect to a server and virtually mount any USB device of their choosing to the server, remotely over any network including the Internet.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Threat actors are using a malicious Internet Information Services (IIS) Server module, dubbed Owowa, to steal Microsoft Exchange credentials. Once a user has successfully authenticated on the OWA authentication web page, the Owawa module captures its credential. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Owowa). Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 1, 2023

Internet of Things (IoT) Security: The proliferation of IoT devices has opened a new frontier for cybersecurity concerns. The challenge lies in implementing robust security measures across the entire lifecycle of IoT devices, including secure development, strong authentication, encryption, and regular updates to patch vulnerabilities.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Password Security: Investigate different password security techniques, such as password hashing algorithms, two-factor authentication (2FA), and biometric authentication. Cryptography: Dive into the world of cryptography, studying symmetric and asymmetric encryption, digital signatures, and cryptographic algorithms.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2022

OpenSSL Patches New Bug Targeting Encryption [Lessons from Heartbleed]. A flaw in the encryption algorithm used to underpin OpenSSL was exploited, triggering an infinite number of requests when certain input value(s) are used. “The Because OpenSSL is everywhere, infiltrating it is like hitting the hacking jackpot.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

Ueland said after hearing about the escrow.com hack Monday evening he pulled the domain name system (DNS) records for escrow.com and saw they were pointing to an Internet address in Malaysia — 111.90.149[.]49 The attacker also obtained free encryption certificates for escrow.com from Let’s Encrypt.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The confidentiality of information in internet communications. Internet communications use the protocol called TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), which allows information to be transmitted from one computer to another through a series of intermediate computers and networks. The hash function.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2018

The communications are not encrypted, however the WiFi password is sent encrypted during set up (albeit trivial to decrypt).” “As the communications are not encrypted, it is simple to Man-in-the-Middle the traffic and analyse the API.” ” reads the analysis published by MWR InfoSecurity.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2021

Brent Waters, a rock star computer scientist at the University of Texas, enthusiastically accepted a distinguished scientist post to continue his award-winning studies on a couple of breakthrough areas of cryptography: attribute-based encryption and functional encryption. More about these paradigm shifters below. Need to know basis.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

PKI and digital certificates were pivotal in the formation of the commercial Internet, maturing in parallel with ecommerce. This is how we authenticate human and machine identities and move encrypted data between endpoints. Related: A primer on advanced digital signatures. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

They come in all shapes and sizes, lurking in the shadowy corners of the internet. You can also be a good internet citizen by forwarding these scams to the U.S. By encrypting your internet connection and masking your IP address, a good VPN shields your online activities from prying eyes, hackers, and nosy advertisers.

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 7, 2019

Dan Timpson, the Chief Technology Officer at DigiCert joins us to talk about some of the high profile hacks at this week's "hacker summer camp" and the common weaknesses and security lapses that are common to all of them. Authentication, Encryption and Code Authenticity Core Issues.

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 13, 2018

Security researchers at the recent Black Hat and Def Con security conferences in Las Vegas have placed malware on pacemakers as a proof-of-concept hack to highlight the potential for security vulnerabilities in IoT-enabled medical devices. Another separate demonstration revealed that patients’ vital signs could be falsified in real time.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

UPnP is an insecure protocol, it uses network UDP multicasts, and doesn’t support encryption and authentication. ” The vendor also recommends enabling the VPN server function on the user router to access QNAP NAS from the Internet. Only use encrypted HTTPS or other types of secure connections (SSH, etc.).

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

Related: Poll confirms rise of Covid 19-related hacks. Set-up 2-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication or two-step verification involves adding a step to add an extra layer of protection to accounts. A VPN encrypts all internet traffic so that it is unreadable to anyone who intercepts it.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

On deck this month are patches to quash a wormable flaw, a creepy wireless bug, and yet another reason to call for the death of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) web browser. “This patch fixes a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to disclose the contents of encrypted wireless packets on an affected system,” he said.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Seismic monitoring devices linked to the internet are vulnerable to cyberattacks that could disrupt data collection and processing, according to Michael Samios of the National Observatory of Athens and his fellow colleagues who put together a new study published in Seismological Research Letters.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The first centers on targeting healthcare organizations that offer consultations over the Internet and sending them booby-trapped medical records for the “patient.” First spotted in mid-August 2022 , Venus is known for hacking into victims’ publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

Authentication. Two-factor authentication is another important security measure for the cloud era. Increasingly, passwordless authentication is becoming the norm. Data encryption. In the cloud era, data encryption is more important than ever. In the cloud era, data encryption is more important than ever.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2023

Most of us connect our mobile devices to a Wi-Fi router for internet access, but this connection can leave our network and data vulnerable to cyber threats. To protect against those threats, a Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption protocol is recommended. Although WPA3 has been around for five years, its uptake remains less than 1%.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2021

The agency also recommends implementing layer 2 protections, implementing authentication mechanisms for all UC/VVoIP connections and implementing an effective patch management process. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Unified Communications). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2021

Emsisoft has released a free decryptor for SynAck Ransomware that can allow victims of the gang to decrypt their encrypted files. <gwmw The keys have been verified as authentic by Michael Gillespie , a malware analyst at security firm Emsisoft and the creator of the ID-Ransomware service.”. SecurityAffairs – hacking, SynAck).

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