Malwarebytes

JANUARY 4, 2023

Synology has issued an advisory about a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands through a susceptible version of Synology VPN Plus Server. VPN Plus Server. VPN Plus Server allows users to turn their Synology Router into a Virtual Rrivate Network (VPN) server. 0534 and 1.4.4-0635

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2023

Recently patched Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN zero-day exploited in attacks against government organizations and government-related targets. Fortinet researchers reported how threat actors exploited the recently patched FortiOS SSL-VPN vulnerability ( CVE-2022-42475 ) in attacks against government organizations and government-related targets.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2022

In 2001, I joined a global retailer based in the Pacific Northwest as a network engineer. My first task was to build out a remote access VPN. The post Confessions of a Network Engineer – Remote Access VPNs appeared first on Security Boulevard. Little did I know that the.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2021

Researchers from FireEye warn that China-linked APT groups continue to target Pulse Secure VPN devices to compromise networks. Cybersecurity researchers from FireEye warn once again that Chinese APT groups continue to target Pulse Secure VPN devices to penetrate target networks and deliver malicious web shells to steal sensitive information.

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Javvad Malik

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

I heard you should use a VPN when online, can you recommend one?”. “Ha! I have my own custom VPN that is protected with this sweet crypto I rolled myself that runs off these PS4s”. OK, maybe I’m exaggerating slightly, but they may as well come out and say it like that. There are hundreds of examples of such things in the tech world.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 21, 2021

Cybersecurity news hounds The Record report that a spokesperson for the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) said the intrusion took place last month , on May 14 to be exact, through a vulnerability in a virtual private network (VPN) server. The weapon: a VPN vulnerability. The name of the VPN vendor is being kept secret.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2020

An unauthenticated command injection vulnerability could be exploited by threat actors to compromise D-Link VPN routers. Security researchers at Digital Defense discovered three vulnerabilities in D-Link VPN routers, including command injection flaws, and an authenticated crontab injection flaw. and earlier. and earlier.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 3, 2021

Enter VPN technology. One longtime cybersecurity solution for small teams up to global enterprise networks is virtual private networks (VPN). VPNs offer clients an encrypted access channel to remote networks through a tunneling protocol and can obfuscate the client’s IP address. Top VPN products. CyberGhost VPN.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 21, 2020

The advisory came less than 24 hours after KrebsOnSecurity published an in-depth look at a crime group offering a service that people can hire to steal VPN credentials and other sensitive data from employees working remotely during the Coronavirus pandemic. authenticate the phone call before sensitive information can be discussed.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) feature for the Duo Network Gateway prompts users to authenticate only when necessary, instead of first having them try and fail, forcing them to try again after logging into the company’s virtual private network (VPN).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2024

in FortiOS SSL VPN was actively exploited in attacks in the wild. The vendor recommends to disable SSL VPN as a workaround. “A Workaround : disable SSL VPN (disable webmode is NOT a valid workaround). In February, Fortinet warned that the critical remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2024-21762 (CVSS score 9.6)

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 4, 2024

Most of the malicious search ads we have seen have originated from Google, but threat actors are also abusing other search engines. In this blog post, we look at a very recent malvertising campaign impersonating the popular VPN software NordVPN. This is true here as well, where we have a redirect to besthord-vpn[.]com

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

But one increasingly brazen group of crooks is taking your standard phishing attack to the next level, marketing a voice phishing service that uses a combination of one-on-one phone calls and custom phishing sites to steal VPN credentials from employees. The employee phishing page bofaticket[.]com. Image: urlscan.io. ” SPEAR VISHING.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In response to questions from KrebsOnSecurity, GoDaddy acknowledged that “a small number” of customer domain names had been modified after a “limited” number of GoDaddy employees fell for a social engineering scam. Restrict VPN access hours, where applicable, to mitigate access outside of allowed times.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

911 says its network is made up entirely of users who voluntarily install its “free VPN” software. In this scenario, users indeed get to use a free VPN service, but they are often unaware that doing so will turn their computer into a proxy that lets others use their Internet address to transact online. “The 911[.]re

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

.” Meanwhile, this week we learned more details about the ongoing exploitation of a zero-day flaw in a broad range of virtual private networking (VPN) products made by Fortinet — devices many organizations rely on to facilitate remote network access for employees. “Patch your #Fortigate.” “Patch your #Fortigate.”

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 4, 2022

The DNG now allows users to access on-premises applications and desktops securely and easily via RDP, without requiring a VPN connection. To learn how this feature works, check out the blog post How New Duo Feature Lets Users Skip the VPN Hassle from two Duo Engineering team members.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Now new findings reveal that AVrecon is the malware engine behind a 12-year-old service called SocksEscort , which rents hacked residential and small business devices to cybercriminals looking to hide their true location online. co and a VPN provider called HideIPVPN[.]com. Image: Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs. com, sscompany[.]net,

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 16, 2022

It’s been discovered that in certain circumstances, some of your traffic is leaked so it ends up outside of the safety cordon created by the VPN. At least one Google engineer claims that this isn’t a major concern, is intended functionality, and will continue as is for the time being.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Cisco has published a security advisory for a vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read and delete files on an affected device. The bug, with a CVSS score of 7.1 has no patch and no workaround. in January, 2023. Also in the advisory.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2021

The Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for computers in the ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. In H2 2020, 39.3% In H2 2020, 39.3%

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

Akira ransomware targets Finnish organizations GitLab fixed a critical zero-click account hijacking flaw Juniper Networks fixed a critical RCE bug in its firewalls and switches Vast Voter Data Leaks Cast Shadow Over Indonesia ’s 2024 Presidential Election Researchers created a PoC for Apache OFBiz flaw CVE-2023-51467 Team Liquid’s wiki leak exposes (..)

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

The script sets up persistence, decode, and save the embedded payload to disk disguised as Cisco AnyConnect VPN file. “As of the day of discovery, the loader was undetectable by most engines, while Deep Instinct prevented it on day 0.” But the domain names weavesilk[.]space space and petapixel[.]fun

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Appliances with affected software must have Anyconnect SSL VPN enabled on whichever interface is exposed to the internet for an attack to occur. The problem: A VPN expert recently gave Express VPN a tip about its split tunneling feature, which allows some traffic to pass through the VPN while other traffic does not.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Compare this to climbing the hill of Windows Logon, VPN logon, and web application logon - all with username, password, and Duo prompt - just to get to work in the morning. All of this is continually evaluated by Duo’s trust engine and analytics.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The attacker was able to access the DevOps engineer’s LastPass corporate vault. According to LastPass, once the attacker was inside the DevOps Engineer’s LastPass corporate vault, they were able to export all manner of potentially useful information. Use a VPN to connect to the office network.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud, using social engineering over the telephone system to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward. . “The actors then convinced the targeted employee that a new VPN link would be sent and required their login, including any 2FA or OTP.”

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

GoDaddy described the incident at the time in general terms as a social engineering attack, but one of its customers affected by that March 2020 breach actually spoke to one of the hackers involved. But we do know the March 2020 attack was precipitated by a spear-phishing attack against a GoDaddy employee.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2021

Synology NAS devices are under attack from StealthWorker PrintNightmare and RDP RCE among major issues tackled by Patch Tuesday Thief pulls off colossal, $600m crypto-robbery…and gives the money back If a QR code leads you to a Bitcoin ATM at a gas station, it’s a scam Twitter says it out loud: removing anonymity will not stop online abuse Microsoft’s (..)

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Insider threat suspect: the software engineer and cloud lead. Nickolas Sharp was a software engineer and cloud lead at an American technology company called Ubiquiti. an attacker connected to Company-1's AWS infrastructure using a masked IP provided by the Surfshark VPN. This type of timing became a pattern in the scheme.

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Hot for Security

MAY 4, 2021

fixes a critical memory corruption issue in the Safari WebKit engine where “processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution,” according to the advisory. Malicious actors who exploited the flaw could run unapproved software via compromised websites or poisoned search engine results.

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SecureList

APRIL 24, 2024

High-end APT groups perform highly interesting social engineering campaigns in order to penetrate well-protected targets. While this highly targeted and interactive social engineering approach might not be completely novel, it is extraordinary. Our pDNS confirms this IP as a Witopia VPN exit. What NeXZt?

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Example 2: Using a VPN. A lot of people are confused about VPNs. If you log in at the end website you’ve identified yourself to them, regardless of VPN. VPNs encrypt the traffic between you and some endpoint on the internet, which is where your VPN is based. This is true. So, probably not a win.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 28, 2021

Source: Atlas VPN). Source: BlackBerry ThreatVector Blog) BazarCall, the cybercriminal group behind the BazarLoader ransomware, started using call centers to trick users into downloading their ransomware. Source: ZDNet) When it comes to business email compromise (BEC) scams , more than 60 percent of fraudsters behind them request gift cards.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

. “For decades, West African scammers, primarily located in Nigeria, have perfected the use of social engineering in cybercrime activity.” “You can provide us accounting data for the access to any company, for example, login and password to RDP, VPN, corporate email, etc. Open our letter at your email.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 25, 2022

Problem: The Traditional VPN Is No Longer Enough Since the 1990s, virtual private networks (VPNs) have been well-suited for the purpose they were built for – to grant employees temporary access to corporate networks and resources when they weren't logging in from an office.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Please note that the majority of the indicators are commercial VPN nodes according to our enrichment information.” In earlies September, Okta warned customers of social engineering attacks carried out in recent weeks by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions. ” concludes the advisory.

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