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Threat Spotlight: Credential Theft vs. Admin Control—Two Devastating Paths to VPN Exploitation

Digital Shadows

MARCH 17, 2025

Key Findings Even years after their disclosure, VPN-related vulnerabilities like CVE-2018-13379 and CVE-2022-40684 remain essential tools for attackers, driving large-scale campaigns of credential theft and administrative control. How AI and automation are amplifying the scale and sophistication of VPN attacks.

VPN

VPN Authentication Ransomware Risk

SilentCryptoMiner Infects 2,000 Russian Users via Fake VPN Tools

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2025

A new wave of cyberattacks is sweeping through Russia as cybercriminals deploy the so-called SilentCryptoMiner a cryptocurrency miner masquerading as a legitimate internet bypass tool. Educating employees about the dangers of disabling security software and scrutinizing unsolicited installation instructions is vital.

VPN

VPN Antivirus Cryptocurrency Malware

Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. The homepage of Stark Industries Solutions.

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DDOS Internet Internet Government

GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

NiceHash founder Matjaz Skorjanc said the unauthorized changes were made from an Internet address at GoDaddy, and that the attackers tried to use their access to its incoming NiceHash emails to perform password resets on various third-party services, including Slack and Github. .

Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency Scams VPN Social Engineering

Q&A: Here’s why VPNs are likely to remain a valuable DIY security tool for consumers, SMBs

The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2022

Related: VPNs vs ZTNA. It’s in findings of a deep dive data analytics study led by Surfshark , a supplier of VPN services aimed at the consumer and SMB markets. Much of the hard evidence came from correlating breached databases sitting in the open Internet. LW: What strategic shifts have VPN vendors been making, Covid19?

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VPN Data breaches B2C Internet

86 million AT&T customer records reportedly up for sale on the dark web

Zero Day

JUNE 6, 2025

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Threat Spotlight: Credential Theft vs. Admin Control—Two Devastating Paths to VPN Exploitation

SilentCryptoMiner Infects 2,000 Russian Users via Fake VPN Tools

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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

Q&A: Here’s why VPNs are likely to remain a valuable DIY security tool for consumers, SMBs

86 million AT&T customer records reportedly up for sale on the dark web

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