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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Pen Test Partners

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The malicious server will proxy the traffic and present the victim with the legitimate sign on journey. Therefore, before repacking the credentials back up in TLS encryption, the proxy server has full sight of them from the victim. This shows the Username and Password captured. This took me all of 5 minutes to build.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

An SSL Certificate is used to establish a secure encrypted connection between a web browser and a web server. An SSL can secure credit card transactions, usernames and passwords from being stolen by hackers. Joe could also present a CAPTCHA challenge to the visitors on his site. Joe’s Vegan Blog Cooks Up Comment Spam.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

I can't blame this on the teddy bears themselves, rather the fact that the MongoDB holding all the collected data was left publicly facing without a password. For some reason, the Shelly on my garage door is making a DNS request for api.shelly.cloud once every second! 24 subnet.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. Now let's try the mobile app: What's the encryption story there?

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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

Credential theft and password spraying to Cobalt Strike. This adversary starts with obtaining usernames and passwords of their victim from previous breaches. These credentials are used in a credential stuffing or password spraying attack against the victim’s remote services, such as webmail or other internet reachable mail services.

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SecureList

JANUARY 13, 2022

If the document was opened offline or the remote content was blocked, it presents some legitimate content, likely scraped or stolen from another party. The archive contained a document file such as Word, Excel or PDF file that was password protected alongside another file disguised as a text file containing the document’s password.

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SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

When the malicious PDF file is opened with the Trojanized PDF reader, the victim is presented with the same malware mentioned above, which collects and reports the victim’s information, retrieves commands and executes them using pipe communication mechanisms. The malware, which we call Minas , is a miner.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2021

We have observed malicious binaries use openssl with base64, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), CBC (Cipher Block Chaining) to thwart security scanners in the format as shown below: openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -d -A -base64 -pass pass:<> Curl. Bash scripts invoking encrypted Zip file. Bash scripts decoding an encrypted blob.

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Kali Linux

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

In Secure Kali Pi (2022) , the first blog post in the Raspberry Pi series, we set up a Raspberry Pi 4 with full disk encryption. A shortcut to generating one is to simply run wpa_passphrase SSID PASSWORD where SSID is the name of the wireless network, and PASSWORD is the passphrase (aka PSK) for the network.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

You can view our report on the new version here , together with a video presentation of our findings. The attack is estimated to have resulted in the encryption of files belonging to around 60 Kaseya customers using the on-premises version of the platform. logins, passwords, etc.), Gamers beware.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

Enter Mystic Stealer, a fresh stealer lurking in the cyber sphere, noted for its data theft capabilities, obfuscation, and an encrypted binary protocol to enable it to stay under the radar and evade defenses. Together with our colleagues at InQuest, we present a deep dive technical analysis of the malware.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Recent years presented a torrent of research showing how vulnerable RDP systems are for organizations not taking additional cybersecurity precautions. By exploiting weak server vulnerabilities, the Iran-based hackers were able to gain access, move laterally, encrypt IT systems, and demand ransom payment. Reconnaissance. Check Point.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

In this simple environment network security followed a simple protocol: Authenticate the user : using a computer login (username + password) Check the user’s permissions: using Active Directory or a similar Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Enable communication with authorized network resources (servers, printers, etc.)

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Cisco Secure supports the NOC operations with DNS visibility and architecture intelligence ( Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Umbrella Investigate ) and automated malware analysis and threat intelligence ( Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (Threat Grid) , backed by Cisco Talos Intelligence and Cisco SecureX ). The other half is Clarity for iOS.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Don’t both of these mitigate being compromised, since the vulnerability is already technically present? DNS filtering. The next technology you need to prevent cyberattacks is a DNS filter. But first, a little bit about what DNS (domain name system) is. The DNS server, in turn, tells the computer where to go.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Presenting itself as a JPG file named “gracious_truth.jpg,” Teardrop is a memory-only dropper built to enter a network seamlessly and replace the embedded payload. With access to DSInternals, the malware could query the AD servers and steal data, passwords, and keys. Encryption. Mail DNS controls.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

To be crystal clear, none of this is "hacking", it will merely involve looking at how the system responds to legitimate requests and observing the gap between what it does at present and what it ideally should do. Geo-Blocking is (Almost) Useless. A little context first: the Aadhaar website runs over at uidai.gov.in

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

These adware strains often present themselves as a video, banner, full screen, or otherwise pop-up nuisance. Organizations can help prevent their computers from becoming part of a botnet by installing anti-malware software, using firewalls , keeping software up-to-date, and forcing users to use strong passwords. Backdoors.

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SecureList

MAY 23, 2023

Code snippet used to generate the BOT_ID The resulting BOT_ID is used also to initialize the DES key and IV, which are then used to encrypt communication with the C2. The three values are compressed with GZIP, encrypted with DES, and encoded with base64. This logic is described in the code snippet below, taken from the malware.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

DNS attacks : DNS cache poisoning, or hijacking, redirects a legitimate site’s DNS address and takes users to a malicious site when they attempt to navigate to that webpage. Examples of human error include: Posting written router passwords or sending them over email or Slack.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

We appreciate Iain Thompson of The Register , for taking time to attend a NOC presentation and tour the operations. XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) Integrations At Black Hat USA 2023, Cisco Secure was the official Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Anyway I was testing this suite when I happened to randomly strike two keys -- I think it was control and B -- and up popped the password manager, displaying all my test passwords in the clear. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys. This was a software flaw.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Anyway I was testing this suite when I happened to randomly strike two keys -- I think it was control and B -- and up popped the password manager, displaying all my test passwords in the clear. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys. This was a software flaw.

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Software Passwords Internet Internet 52

Security Boulevard

APRIL 13, 2022

I’d also like to thank Duane Michael ( @subat0mik ) and Evan McBroom ( @mcbroom_evan ) for researching Network Access Account (NAA) policy encryption and decryption with me (coming soon), as well as Elad Shamir ( @elad_shamir ) and Nick Powers ( @zyn3rgy ) for helping me identify the attacks that are possible using the relayed credentials.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Continuing to analyze the code, we reconstructed the approach used by the attacker to obfuscate the payload: all the necessary information has been encrypted, splitted, and then encoded in Base64 chunks stored into different structures named as “ta” , “t_ep” , “t_eq”. The “Dns” Plugin. Initialization of basic malware information.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. She connects him to any phone number he requests for free.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 22, 2022

Once confirmed by the administrator, NordLayer can fully launch and presents the available countries in which the user can connect through to establish the VPN connection. WireGuard does not support insecure key exchanges or obsolete algorithms for hashing or encryption. NordLayer Use. Shown to be more than 50% faster than OpenVPN.

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VPN Authentication Small Business Encryption 108

Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

The following checklist presents several categories of attack methods and proposes countermeasures. Use a password vault, avoiding password reuse. Use encrypted chat for sensitive discussions. Minimize the use of email, if practical, in favor of closed-group, encrypted messaging tools. campaigns from around 2016.

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