eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

” Considering the ease of exploitation, Microsoft also recommends the following mitigations in addition to downloading the latest updates: Add users to the Protected Users Security Group, which prevents the use of NTLM as an authentication mechanism. This could lead to exploitation BEFORE the email is viewed in the Preview Pane.”

Energy and Utilities 92

Energy and Utilities Authentication Firewall Engineering 92

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 4, 2021

And how they help you produce secure software. Working to combat this problem, the Open- Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) and Google are working together on the “Scorecards” project to try and build stronger security throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC). Automatic Dependency Update. Who is OpenSSF?

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Software Risk Government Technology 83

IT Security Guru

MAY 24, 2021

But that comprehensive view needs to be specific to the security team, which has a different role than IT teams concerned with inventory, software support and license oversight. Qualys VMDR will detect software vulnerabilities, but what if the software should have never been installed on that system in the first place?

Cybersecurity 108

Cybersecurity Risk Software Data collection 108

Herjavec Group

MARCH 24, 2022

Incorporate client-side web browser security testing in Secure Software Development Life Cycle (S-SDLC) tools, methods, and QA testing processes. html tags, and links to 3rd party sources, end-user telemetry recording, etc. The Solution. Inventory all scripts (especially Javascript), third party *.html PCI Data Security Standards v4.0.

Architecture 98

Architecture Penetration Testing Firewall eCommerce 98

Malwarebytes

APRIL 4, 2022

If you do, we’ve got your back, and we humbly suggest that when you’re done tagging your dog in every photo and getting your folder names just so, you turn your attention to your device security and give that a little dust off as well. Say “yes” to software updates. Especially the big ones.

Passwords 97

Passwords Accountability Malware Scams 97

Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

While sinkholing doesn’t clean up infected systems, it can prevent the attackers from continuing to harvest data from infected PCs or sending them new commands and malware updates. On his Facebook profile, Majidi includes screen shots of several emails from software companies thanking him for reporting vulnerabilities in their products.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Every item in the inventory gets an RFID tag, and each tag has a unique identification number (UID) with encoded digital information about the item. After RFID readers scan the tags, the data extracted gets transmitted to the cloud for processing. Secure Firmware Updates Are a Necessity for Resilient IoT Deployments.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing IoT Authentication Artificial Intelligence 98

Kali Linux

MAY 29, 2023

For users who upgrade their Kali installation though, a reminder: the right command to upgrade your system is sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade. Desktop Updates Xfce In this release we pre-installed a nifty extension for the Xfce File Manager: GtkHash. Your browser does not support the video tag. Nothing special.

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Firmware Phishing Architecture Authentication 52

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2023

Threat intelligence feeds are continually updated streams of data that inform users of different cybersecurity threats, their sources, and any infrastructure impacted or at risk of being impacted by those threats. Additional costs may arise when integrating OTX and OTX Pulses into third-party software or applications.

Internet 72

Internet Internet Cybersecurity Malware 72

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Everyone is scrambling to update their tools to identify and eliminate the threats. 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. This is a major headache for security product vendors. It’s a never-ending cat-and-mouse race.”.

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Firewall Ransomware Banking Malware 111

Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

What happens when several risks carry the same “medium” tag, leaving decision-makers pondering where to focus their attention and allocate precious resources? This includes tangible assets like equipment and facilities and intangible assets such as data and software. So they all rolled over, and one fell out.

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Risk Cyber Risk Cybersecurity Penetration Testing 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Your website and infrastructure should be PCI compliant, and this includes choosing to use programs and software that comes PCI-DSS certified that you run your operations with. Some teams choose to use tags, so they are able to rapidly search for items.

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Architecture Encryption Authentication Data breaches 139

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A container is one standard, standalone unit of software. Appropriately name and tag each container image. Enacting several techniques (such as rolling updates and node pool migrations) to complete updates without much disruption. Container Security and Cloud Native Best Practices. Alexa Cardenas. What Is a Container?

Architecture 69

Architecture Risk Accountability Software 69

Kali Linux

MAY 31, 2021

This release welcomes a mixture of new items as well as enhancements of existing features, and is ready to be downloaded (from our updated page) or upgraded if you have an existing Kali Linux installation. Say hello to Kali Linux 2021.2 ! A quick summary of the changelog since the 2021.1 Releasing Kali-Tweaks v1.0 Announcing Kali-Tweaks !

Engineering 52

Engineering Firmware Architecture Backups 52

Security Boulevard

APRIL 26, 2022

Some details about this campaign were published in this Korean blog, however they did not perform the threat attribution. In this blog, we will share the technical details of the attack chains, and will explain how we correlated this threat actor to Lazarus. This same email address was recently mentioned in Prevailion's blog.

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Phishing DNS Cryptocurrency Accountability 52

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The value of a user’s online activities can then get distributed very flexibly and equitably; some would go to Wildland, some to independent software developers and some back to the user. Gogloza : Wildland is a set of open source protocols and software developed with the aim of freeing users from the dependency on online service providers.

Internet 223

Internet Internet Cryptocurrency Software 223

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

This blog was jointly written with Santiago Cortes. According to these blogs, at least 10 companies may have been impacted by these ransomware campaigns in the first two weeks of February. Blog BotenaGo. Maintain software with the latest security updates. Executive summary. Recommended actions.

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Ransomware Encryption Malware Backups 119

Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

cp -rf /root/Desktop/tools/html-templates/* /var/www/html/ls /var/www/html/ Modify the index.html file and paste the below code under the HTML <body> tag. <script> We must keep the Windows operating system fully updated and never download or execute doubtful/untrusted executables. Originally published at [link].

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Ransomware Encryption Cryptocurrency Banking 52

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Recently, ServerPress released a huge update to their DesktopServer local development environment software: Native support for SSL and PHP7. The SSL Certificate dropdown on the SiteLock blog assures visitors the site is secure, and offers more information on certificate details.

eCommerce 52

eCommerce Insurance Encryption Internet 52

NopSec

JULY 18, 2017

With that in mind, in this blog post we’re covering 13 out of the 20 controls. Scanning automatically detects live hosts within a target network Clients piped the updated assets on their network via the UVRM REST API to load updated assets into the platform.

Wireless 40

Wireless Penetration Testing Software Authentication 40

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

dbf.setFeature("[link] false); XInclude is a special XML feature that builds a separate XML document from a tag. Verify that your dependencies are secure from XXE attacks, and update libraries to secure versions. What is the most challenging part of developing secure software for you? They also allow attackers to trigger XXEs.

Software 59

Software Encryption Passwords Engineering 59

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

A Chrome patch has been issued with an advisory stating that the Stable channel has been updated to 88.0.4324.150 for Windows, Mac and Linux. The only noteworthy thing about this update is a patch for a zero-day vulnerability that has been actively exploited in the wild. The update. But that one looks to be extremely important.

Social Engineering 124

Social Engineering Engineering Software Hacking 124

SecureList

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In this blog, we describe two separate incidents. This time, the Lazarus group deployed the Bookcode malware, previously reported by ESET, in a supply chain attack through a South Korean software company. Update the ~F05990302ERA.jpg file with the URL passed as the “ target_url ” parameter. Logic of the C2 script.

Malware 75

Malware Cryptocurrency Encryption Passwords 75

SecureList

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Google TAG has recently published a post about a campaign by Lazarus targeting security researchers. The phishing emails claimed to have urgent updates on today’s hottest topic – COVID-19 infections. Update backdoor configuration. com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/cache[.]php. System profiling. Same tunneling tool.

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Malware Phishing Passwords Encryption 132

Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 413 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

Spyware 84

Spyware Surveillance Artificial Intelligence Data breaches 84

SecureList

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The report, called Pegasus Project , alleged that the software uses a variety of exploits, including several iOS zero-click zero-days. Based on forensic analysis of numerous mobile devices, Amnesty International’s Security Lab found that the software was repeatedly used in an abusive manner for surveillance.

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Malware Mobile Spyware Surveillance 100

Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

It was a government contract, and he was not allowed to bring in his own laptop nor allowed to install any software on their machines. So every day, he was only allowed to take in software on a CD-ROM, before it was destroyed at the end of each day. The team knew what their next problem was to solve: system updates.

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InfoSec Penetration Testing Architecture Software 52

Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Authentication failures due to out-of-date software surge by 74.7%, with most accounts only seeing 20%-40% of browsers operating with the “latest” updates. Devices that are no longer supported or have not been updated with the latest security patches are often riddled with vulnerabilities that can be exploited by cyber attackers.

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Authentication Accountability Risk Mobile 102

Cisco Security

MAY 24, 2021

For example, a user could unintentionally allow unauthorized groups to access sensitive information or even bring down an entire manufacturing line simply because they applied a misconfigured policy update that restricted operationally critical devices from communicating. Yikes indeed.

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Engineering Architecture Manufacturing Software 100

Krebs on Security

JUNE 3, 2019

But according to Joe Stewart , a seasoned malware analyst now consulting with security firm Armor , the malicious software used in the Baltimore attack does not contain any Eternal Blue exploit code. The account also began tagging dozens of reporters and news organizations on Twitter.

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Ransomware Accountability Malware Government 192

Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

It was humorous to see the number of Windows update files that were downloaded at this premier cybersecurity conference. The same script was then copied and amended to add tags to devices. So, to make this flexible, we use tags in Meraki Systems Manager speak. However, it didn’t work. Caching Server Downloading iOS 16.6

Wireless 68

Wireless DNS Mobile Technology 68

Security Boulevard

MARCH 4, 2022

In January 2022, Adobe released a security update for vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. The update fixed five vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44703, CVE-2021-44708, CVE-2021-44709, CVE-2021-44740, and CVE-2021-44741) discovered by Zscaler’s ThreatLabz. Foxit has also released a security update to fix CVE-2021-44708.

Software 98

Software 98

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

Much of what I'm going to cover in the remainder of this blog post will focus on the site at uidai.gov.in To add/update new number, visit nearest Aadhaar Kendra (Locate: [link] ) #AadhaarEssentials pic.twitter.com/dyOgCpLAGz — Aadhaar (@UIDAI) January 8, 2018. rather than on the various subdomains. That's not cool.

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Hacking Government Risk Encryption 279

ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

And the Xbox One seemed like a higher level software type hacking and I wasn't quite comfortable with that level of software. Everybody's got their own little blog where they post stuff. I'll do that probably before I'll even look at the software route. I wanted to get better at software defined radio.

Engineering 52

Engineering Energy and Utilities Computers and Electronics Firmware 52

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

In November and December 2020, two public blog posts were published about this campaign. One month later, we observed new activities from the actor with an updated version of some of their implants designed to evade security products and make analysis harder for researchers. You can read more in our public report.

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Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 137

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. Yet, it is easy to reveal the used function names with the help of tracing and tagging. The ransomware encrypts all attached drives.

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Ransomware Encryption Malware Backups 127

Cisco Security

MAY 26, 2022

In part one of this issue of our Black Hat Asia NOC blog, you will find: . To accomplish this undertaking in a few weeks’ time, after the conference had a green light with the new COVID protocols, Cisco Meraki and Cisco Secure leadership gave their full support to send the necessary hardware, software licenses and staff to Singapore.

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Wireless Mobile Engineering Firewall 93