Troy Hunt

JULY 31, 2024

TL;DR — Tens of millions of credentials obtained from info stealer logs populated by malware were posted to Telegram channels last month and used to shake down companies for bug bounties under the misrepresentation the data originated from their service. How many attempted scams do you get each day? I woke up to yet another "redeem your points" SMS this morning, I'll probably receive a phone call from "my bank" today (edit: I was close, it was "Amazon Prime" &

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Schneier on Security

JULY 15, 2024

Some scholars are inflating their reference counts by sneaking them into metadata: Citations of scientific work abide by a standardized referencing system: Each reference explicitly mentions at least the title, authors’ names, publication year, journal or conference name, and page numbers of the cited publication. These details are stored as metadata, not visible in the article’s text directly, but assigned to a digital object identifier, or DOI—a unique identifier for each sci

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Krebs on Security

JULY 12, 2024

AT&T Corp. disclosed today that a new data breach has exposed phone call and text message records for roughly 110 million people — nearly all of its customers. AT&T said it delayed disclosing the incident in response to “national security and public safety concerns,” noting that some of the records included data that could be used to determine where a call was made or text message sent.

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Lohrman on Security

JULY 21, 2024

Several recently released cyber industry reports show steady or growing ransomware numbers in 2024 so far, and impacts on business and government have never been greater.

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Speaker: Erroll Amacker

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 23, 2024

CyberSecurity Expert Witness and Board Member , Joseph Steinberg, will, tomorrow, Wednesday, July 24th, 2024, speak with the public as part of a panel of experts from Columbia University, discussing both the recent CrowdStrike-Microsoft cybersecurity incident, and the incident’s ongoing global impact. On July 19th, 2024, a faulty software update issued by the cybersecurity firm, CrowdStrike, took down over 8.5 million devices running Microsoft Windows, disrupting air travel, hospitals, gov

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2024

The coalescing of the next-gen security platforms that will carry us forward continues. Related: Jump starting vulnerability management Adaptiva, a leader in autonomous endpoint management, recently announced the launch of OneSite Patch for CrowdStrike. This new solution integrates with CrowdStrike’s Falcon XDR platform to improve the efficiency and speed of patching critical vulnerabilities in enterprise systems.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 25, 2024

Friday’s massive internet outage, caused by a mid-sized tech company called CrowdStrike, disrupted major airlines, hospitals, and banks. Nearly 7,000 flights were canceled. It took down 911 systems and factories, courthouses, and television stations. Tallying the total cost will take time. The outage affected more than 8.5 million Windows computers, and the cost will surely be in the billions of dollars ­easily matching the most costly previous cyberattacks, such as NotPetya.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 15, 2024

At least a dozen organizations with domain names at domain registrar Squarespace saw their websites hijacked last week. Squarespace bought all assets of Google Domains a year ago, but many customers still haven’t set up their new accounts. Experts say malicious hackers learned they could commandeer any migrated Squarespace accounts that hadn’t yet been registered, merely by supplying an email address tied to an existing domain.

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Lohrman on Security

JULY 28, 2024

On July 19, 2024, a CrowdStrike software update unleashed mayhem on computer systems at airports, banks and more from Australia to Atlanta. What happened, and what lessons can we take away?

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 9, 2024

Nearly 10 billion passwords have been leaked on a popular hacking forum, according to Cybernews.

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Javvad Malik

JULY 5, 2024

As I sit here, reflecting on the recent news of the ransomware attack on pathology lab Synnovis, I can’t help but feel a sense of unease wash over me. It’s not just another headline or statistic; this time, it’s a bit more personal. My neighbour, Oliver Dowson , is one of the many individuals directly affected by this breach, his heart valve replacement surgery postponed indefinitely due to the fallout.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 11, 2024

I get the frustration and anger those working at organisations that have been breached feel, and I've seen it firsthand in my communications with them on so many prior occasions. They're the victim of a criminal act and they're rightly outraged. However. thinking back to similar examples to The Heritage Foundation situation this week, I can't think of a single case where losing your mind and becoming abusive has ever worked out well.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 3, 2024

It’s a serious one : The vulnerability, which is a signal handler race condition in OpenSSH’s server (sshd), allows unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) as root on glibc-based Linux systems; that presents a significant security risk. This race condition affects sshd in its default configuration. […] This vulnerability, if exploited, could lead to full system compromise where an attacker can execute arbitrary code with the highest privileges, resulting in a complete syste

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2024

The Chinese company in charge of handing out domain names ending in “ top ” has been given until mid-August 2024 to show that it has put in place systems for managing phishing reports and suspending abusive domains, or else forfeit its license to sell domains. The warning comes amid the release of new findings that.top was the most common suffix in phishing websites over the past year, second only to domains ending in “ com.” Image: Shutterstock.

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Lohrman on Security

JULY 14, 2024

Preparations for the Paris Summer Olympics have been going on for years. And given the expected global audience and international participation, cybersecurity is at the center of the action.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 1, 2024

Security analysts found that 52% of open-source projects are written in memory-unsafe languages like C and C++.

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Penetration Testing

JULY 30, 2024

Google has issued an urgent security update for its widely-used Chrome browser, patching three vulnerabilities, one of which is rated “critical.” The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-6990, CVE-2024-7255, and CVE-2024-7256, could potentially allow attackers to... The post Urgent Chrome Update: Google Patches Critical Security Flaw (CVE-2024-6990) appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 27, 2024

Who would have thought that just a few hours after recording the previous week's video, the world would descend into what has undoubtedly become the largest IT outage we've ever seen: I don’t think it’s too early to call it: this will be the largest IT outage in history — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) July 19, 2024 By virtue of the CrowdStrike incident occurring in friendly office hours for my corner of the world, I was able to get a thread on it going pretty early on.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 26, 2024

This isn’t good : On Thursday, researchers from security firm Binarly revealed that Secure Boot is completely compromised on more than 200 device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel, and Supermicro. The cause: a cryptographic key underpinning Secure Boot on those models that was compromised in 2022. In a public GitHub repository committed in December of that year, someone working for multiple US-based device manufacturers published what’s known as a platform key, the cryptogra

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Krebs on Security

JULY 26, 2024

Google says it recently fixed an authentication weakness that allowed crooks to circumvent the email verification required to create a Google Workspace account, and leverage that to impersonate a domain holder at third-party services that allow logins through Google’s “Sign in with Google” feature. Last week, KrebsOnSecurity heard from a reader who said they received a notice that their email address had been used to create a potentially malicious Workspace account that Google

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Lohrman on Security

JULY 7, 2024

Why so many layoffs? Are technology jobs plentiful or lacking? With unemployment relatively low, why are many cyber pros and tech experts struggling to get an interview?

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 10, 2024

Read about the new Cisco Talos report on the top ransomware groups’ techniques and learn how to mitigate this cybersecurity risk. Cisco Talos observed the TTPs used by 14 of the most prevalent ransomware groups based on their volume of attack, impact to customers and atypical behavior.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2024

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) released BIND security updates that fixed several remotely exploitable DoS bugs in the DNS software suite. The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) released security updates for BIND that address DoS vulnerabilities that could be remotely exploited. An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to disrupt DNS services.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 21, 2024

It feels weird to be writing anything right now that isn't somehow related to Friday's CrowdStrike incident, but given I recorded this video just a few hours before all hell broke loose, it'll have to wait until next week. This week, the issue that really has me worked up is data breach victim notification or more specifically, lack thereof.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 17, 2024

6.8% , to be precise. From ZDNet : However, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continue to be cybercriminals’ weapon of choice, making up over 37% of all mitigated traffic. The scale of these attacks is staggering. In the first quarter of 2024 alone, Cloudflare blocked 4.5 million unique DDoS attacks. That total is nearly a third of all the DDoS attacks they mitigated the previous year.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 31, 2024

More than a million domain names — including many registered by Fortune 100 firms and brand protection companies — are vulnerable to takeover by cybercriminals thanks to authentication weaknesses at a number of large web hosting providers and domain registrars, new research finds. Image: Shutterstock. Your Web browser knows how to find a site like example.com thanks to the global Domain Name System (DNS), which serves as a kind of phone book for the Internet by translating human-frie

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Heimadal Security

JULY 24, 2024

Summary The European Union is experiencing a surge in brute-force cyberattacks on corporate and institutional networks, mostly originating from Russia, according to a Heimdal investigation. These attackers exploit Microsoft infrastructure, particularly in Belgium and the Netherlands, to avoid detection. Heimdal’s data reveals that the attacks date back to May 2024, but evidence suggests they may […] The post Russia-Linked Brute-Force Campaign Targets EU via Microsoft Infrastructure appeare

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 24, 2024

Remind employees to be wary of fake apps and too-good-to-be-true streaming options on the eve of the Games.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2024

A cyber attack against Michigan Medicine resulted in the compromise of the personal and health information of approximately 57,000 patients. The academic medical center of the University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, suffered a data breach that impacted 56953 patients. The security incident exposed the personal and health information of the patients.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 5, 2024

It's a long one this week, in part due to the constant flood of new breaches and disclosures I discuss. I regularly have disclosure notices forwarded to me by followers who find themselves in new breaches, and it's always fascinating to hear how they're worded. You get a real sense of how much personal ownership a company is taking, how much blame they're putting back on the hackers and increasingly, how much they've been written by lawyers.

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Speaker: Sierre Lindgren

Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.

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