Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2021

<a href='/blog?tag=Endpoint tag=Endpoint Protection'>Endpoint Protection</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Data tag=Data Loss Prevention'>Data Loss Prevention</a> <a href='/blog?tag=File tag=File Transfers'>File Transfers</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Advanced

Social Engineering 100

Social Engineering Cybersecurity Unstructured Data Engineering 100

Malwarebytes

APRIL 3, 2023

Researchers at Orca Security disclosed how they found a remote code execution vulnerability in Azure Service Fabric Explorer. Depending on the site, it allows the attacker to masquerade as a victim visitor, and carry out any actions that the user is able to perform, and to access any of the user's data.

Authentication 86

Authentication Risk Cybersecurity 86

NetSpi Technical

MARCH 11, 2024

In 2023 NetSPI discovered that Microsoft Outlook was vulnerable to authenticated remote code execution (RCE) via synced form objects. This blog will cover how we discovered CVE-2024-21378 and weaponized it by modifying Ruler , an Outlook penetration testing tool published by SensePost. What makes that determination?”

Authentication 52

Authentication Penetration Testing Technology Phishing 52

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As such, you should limit the amount of information that employees have access to. Cybercriminals are constantly searching for ways to gain access to an organization. Make sure to use common, understandable labels and data value tags for your data. You must understand how sensitive data is moved and who has access to it.

Passwords 214

Passwords Security Awareness Data breaches Cybersecurity 214

NopSec

JANUARY 31, 2024

Adobe ColdFusion Unauthenticated RCE (Log4Fusion) CVE-2023-26360 Researchers have identified an unauthenticated remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability that impacts Adobe ColdFusion. ColdFusion has been a reliable target for remote command execution vulnerabilities for literal decades at this point. It’s Log4Fusion!

VPN 59

VPN Government Risk Hacking 59

Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2022

SecurityAffairs awarded as Best European Personal Cybersecurity Blog 2022 Crooks are using RIG Exploit Kit to push Dridex instead of Raccoon stealer Flagstar Bank discloses a data breach that impacted 1.5

Small Business 77

Small Business Spyware Data breaches Surveillance 77

Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2021

Magecart cybercrime gang is using favicon to hide malicious PHP web shells used to maintain remote access to inject JavaScript skimmers into online stores. Threat actors edited the shortcut icon tags with a path to the fake PNG file. ” Please vote Security Affairs as Best Personal cybersecurity Blog [link].

Cybercrime 102

Cybercrime Malware Hacking Cybersecurity 102

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2022

The attacks were also reported by Google’s TAG team, which confirmed they were for intelligence purposes. By using summit- and conference-themed lures in Asia and Europe, this attacker aims to gain as much long-term access as possible to conduct espionage and information theft.” ” reads the report published by Cisco Talos.

Government 75

Government Malware Phishing Hacking 75

Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2022

Tags available to all @GreyNoiseIO users now – Create an account to deploy a dynamic block list to block it [link] pic.twitter.com/xXldngWdPH — Andrew Morris @ RSA (@Andrew Morris) June 4, 2022. Our scans currently find around 4000 Confluence instances accessible worldwide, most in the US, likely exploitable.

VPN 124

VPN IoT Cybersecurity Engineering 124

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

<a href='/blog?tag='></a> tag='></a> <a href='/blog?tag='></a> tag='></a> <a href='/blog?tag='></a> tag='></a> 2020 was a year of unprecedented challenge for anyone working in public sector cybersecurity. Featured: .

Cybersecurity 76

Cybersecurity Digital transformation Cyber threats Ransomware 76

Malwarebytes

MAY 11, 2022

Direct requests for money in exchange for supposed drivers, or remote access requests quickly follow. What’s left is sites which look a bit like blogs and loop visitors round, with no download in site. They’re tagged as a mixture of phishing, tech support, and fake invoices. How to avoid these support sites.

Scams 124

Scams Internet Internet Cryptocurrency 124

Security Boulevard

MAY 24, 2021

<a href='/blog?tag=Data tag=Data Security'>Data Security</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Data tag=Data Breach'>Data Breach</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Information The good news is that there is more regulation to govern data, requiring organizations to protect it from unauthorized access.

Data breaches 57

Data breaches Risk Government Encryption 57

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The flaw was exploited by threat actors to obtain SYSTEM-level access after gaining access to a Windows system. Another interesting issue addressed by Microsoft with Microsoft February 2021 Patch Tuesday security updates is a Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-24078.

DNS 97

DNS IoT Backups Mobile 97

McAfee

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Figure 1: Data protection gaps resulting from direct-to-cloud access. Organizations that employed cloud-based security technologies like a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), DLP, or Secure Web Gateway (SWG) could enable their users to perform their jobs with fast and secure direct-to-cloud access.

Digital transformation 90

Digital transformation Cloud Migration Technology Mobile 90

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The increase in remote workforces and difficulty enforcing security controls with expanding perimeters has played a role in the rise of ransomware. This gives the perpetrator the access needed to launch the ransomware and lock the company out of its own infrastructure or encrypt files until the ransom is paid in cryptocurrency.

Ransomware 124

Ransomware Education Financial Services Phishing 124

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The improper restriction of XML external entity reference can allow malicious parties to interfere with the application’s processing of XML data, impacting the application’s logic, performing unauthorized actions, and accessing sensitive data. XML is used to store and transport data using a tree-like structure of tags and data.

Architecture 52

Architecture Software Cybersecurity 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. It also encompasses the zero-trust-network-access (ZTNA) concept. ZTNA limits access to data based on user privileges rather than granting each user access to company details. Some teams choose to use tags, so they are able to rapidly search for items.

Architecture 139

Architecture Encryption Authentication Data breaches 139

Kali Linux

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

As it turns out, Kenneth operates a network of mirrors, which was officially announced back in May 2023 on his blog: Building the Micro Mirror Free Software CDN. For anyone interested in Internet infrastructure, we encourage you to read it, that’s a well-written blog post right there, waiting for you.

Software 145

Software Firmware VPN Internet 145

Pentester Academy

APRIL 13, 2023

or sign up for a 7-day, risk-free trial with INE and access this lab and a robust library covering the latest in Cyber Security, Networking, Cloud, and Data Science! Technical difficulty: Beginner Introduction Lucee Server is a dynamic, Java-based (JSR-223), tag and scripting language used for rapid web application development.

Risk 52

Risk Software InfoSec Cybersecurity 52

Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Tech support scams These imposters offer remote assistance to fix nonexistent problems with your laptop or devices while gaining access to your sensitive data. Limit who can see your posts, tag you in photos, or slide into your DMs without an invitation. Remember: legitimate tech support doesn’t come knocking unsolicited.

Scams 100

Scams VPN Passwords Phishing 100

Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

The malware was identified as a version of the remote access trojan (RAT) known as njRAT , which has been used against millions of targets globally with a focus on victims in the Middle East. “Since I am a security researcher, I publish from time to time a set of blogs aimed at raising awareness of potential security risks.”

DNS 252

DNS Penetration Testing Malware Hacking 252

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The] idea of this app is that you can set it up as a spam filter…block some calls and SMS remotely, from a Web service. In a blog post responding to the Reuters story, Pushwoosh said it is a privately held company incorporated under the state laws of Delaware, USA, and that Pushwoosh Inc. “Pushwoosh Inc. terminated the contract.”

Mobile 231

Mobile Malware Technology Government 231

Malwarebytes

MAY 13, 2021

This blog post was authored by Jérôme Segura. The way it is injected in compromised sites is by editing the shortcut icon tags with a path to the fake PNG file. Web shells are a very popular type of malware encountered on websites that allow an attacker to maintain remote access and administration.

Malware 111

Malware Hacking Software Cybercrime 111

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

HTML smuggling uses both the HTML5 “download” attribute and a JavaScript Blog to pull together the payload after it is downloaded into the victim’s device. They also often sell unauthorized access to the said operators. Everyone is scrambling to update their tools to identify and eliminate the threats. Leveraging HTML5 and JavaScript.

Firewall 121

Firewall Ransomware Banking Malware 121

McAfee

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This mythical technology is Remote Browser Isolation , or RBI, and it can be argued that it does, in fact, provide its users with invincibility against web-based threats. Remote Browser Isolation changes the playbook on web security in one very fundamental way: it doesn’t rely on detecting threats.

Technology 73

Technology Risk Malware Marketing 73

SecureList

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

During the first week of March, we identified approximately 1,400 unique servers that had been targeted, in which one or more of these vulnerabilities were used to obtain initial access. On January 25, the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) announced a state-sponsored threat actor had targeted security researchers.

Malware 100

Malware Mobile Spyware Surveillance 100

Malwarebytes

JULY 23, 2021

This blog post was authored by Hasherezade. In this blog we will take a look at AvosLocker a solid, yet not too fancy new ransomware family that has already claimed several victims. AvosLocker is ran manually by the attacker who remotely accessed the machine. Soon, some victims of this ransomware started to emerge.

Ransomware 133

Ransomware Encryption Malware Backups 133

Google Security

JULY 27, 2023

Maddie Stone, Security Researcher, Threat Analysis Group (TAG) This is Google’s fourth annual year-in-review of 0-days exploited in-the-wild [ 2021 , 2020 , 2019 ] and builds off of the mid-year 2022 review. Project Zero wrote about one of these cases in November 2022 in their “Mind the Gap” blog post.

Spyware 93

Spyware Manufacturing Internet Internet 93

Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

or sign up for a 7-day, risk-free trial with INE and access this lab and a robust library covering the latest in Cyber Security, Networking, Cloud, and Data Science! For instance, government agencies or medical facilities often need immediate access to their files. We need to unzip the archive to access the executable.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Encryption Cryptocurrency Banking 52

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Remote code execution (RCE). Improper access control. This can lead to anything from cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks in the browser, to remote code execution (RCE) attacks in Node.js The same-origin policy (SOP) usually controls data access cross-origins. Remote Code Execution. Insecure puppeteer settings.

Authentication 104

Authentication Encryption Engineering Firewall 104

SecureList

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Google TAG has recently published a post about a campaign by Lazarus targeting security researchers. We observed how they overcame network segmentation by gaining access to an internal router machine and configuring it as a proxy server, allowing them to exfiltrate stolen data from the intranet network to their remote server.

Malware 133

Malware Phishing Passwords Encryption 133

Malwarebytes

JULY 23, 2021

This blog post was authored by Hasherezade. In this blog we will take a look at AvosLocker a solid, yet not too fancy new ransomware family that has already claimed several victims. AvosLocker is ran manually by the attacker who remotely accessed the machine. Soon, some victims of this ransomware started to emerge.

Ransomware 87

Ransomware Encryption Malware Backups 87

Kali Linux

MAY 31, 2021

Again) In case you missed it, we have previously covered Kaboxer in it’s own dedicated blog post , which goes into a lot more detail of why we love it so! Again) In case you missed it, we have previously covered Kaboxer in it’s own dedicated blog post , which goes into a lot more detail of why we love it so!

Engineering 52

Engineering Firmware Architecture Backups 52

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Last June, Google’s TAG team released a blog post documenting attacks on Italian and Kazakh users that they attribute to RCS Lab, an Italian offensive software vendor. Continued exploitation of remote work. In line with our predictions, we released two blog posts in 2022 introducing sophisticated low-level bootkits.

Firmware 106

Firmware Surveillance Mobile Telecommunications 106

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

There is a special type of XML entities called “external entities”, which are used to access local or remote content with a URL. They can access and exfiltrate files such as system files, source code, directory listings on the local machine. DTDs are used to define the structure of an XML document. Impact of XXEs. > <!DOCTYPE

Software 57

Software Encryption Passwords Engineering 57

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

During the first week of March, we identified approximately 1,400 unique servers that had been targeted, in which one or more of these vulnerabilities were used to obtain initial access. In November and December 2020, two public blog posts were published about this campaign.

Malware 138

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 138

Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Importantly, don’t tag it to an individual by name. Tag it to a role, and that will help solve the problem of when people come and go throughout the organization. Read more about how to manage Security Debt in Duo’s latest Trusted Access report. Watch the full video on Security Debt: .

Ransomware 61

Ransomware Risk Government CISO 61