Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2025

” DoubleClickjacking exploits timing differences between mousedown and onclick events to hijack user actions. “By exploiting the event timing between clicks, attackers can seamlessly swap out benign UI elements for sensitive ones in the blink of an eye. ” concludes the post.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2025

Google says China-linked group APT41 controlled malware via Google Calendar to target governments through a hacked site. ” APT41 used spear phishing emails with a ZIP file hosted on a hacked government site. It creates hidden events on specific hardcoded dates to exfiltrate stolen data and receive commands.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2025

Android vendors must urgently strengthen defensive security features to mitigate threats from untrusted USB connections to locked devices.” ” Amnesty International said that a 23-year-old student activist (named Vedran to preserve his privacy) was attending a ruling party event in Serbia on December 25, 2024.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2025

The backdoor can drop additional payloads, block input, clear event logs, wipe clipboard, delete browser data, and erase profiles for apps like Skype and Telegram. Google researchers provided event rules within Google Security Operations to dete ctPLAYFULGHOST activity.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The charges being pursued by investigators include criminal conspiracy for unauthorized access to computer systems, illegal interception, falsification of electronic communications, disclosure of confidential information, aiding and abetting, and extortion. ” reads a statement from a lawyer for Del Vecchio.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2024

notifies customers of credit card data breach, after threat actors hacked a third-party app from its e-commerce provider. disclosed a data breach that exposed its customers’ credit card data after threat actors hacked a third-party application from its e-commerce providerBigCommerce. ” concludes the notification.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2025

Forensics showed rapid version changes, installer file use, and event log entries tied to EDR tampering. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,BYOI) Once disabled the EDR agent, the attackers deployed the Babuk ransomware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Proactive monitoring of Windows event logs, specifically from the “Microsoft-Windows-BitLocker-API/Management” source, can help organizations detect early stages of BitLocker attacks, such as when attackers test encryption capabilities. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This widespread geographical distribution of “Free Leaksmas” event highlights the extensive global reach and severe impact of these cybercriminal activities.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Meanwhile, Cisco will engage directly with customers if we determine they have been impacted by this event. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach) The company has disabled public access to the site while we continue the investigation.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The DHS has launched a new bug bounty program dubbed ‘Hack DHS’ to discover security vulnerabilities in external DHS systems. As the federal government’s cybersecurity quarterback, DHS must lead by example and constantly seek to strengthen the security of our own systems,” said Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas. “The

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2024

On November 20, a verified Bohemia administrator provided on the dark web forum Dread information about the disruptions affecting the marketplace. “The statement claims that in a “shameful and disgruntled set of events” a lead developer went “rogue”, withdrawing small amounts of Bitcoin (BTC) over a period of just over a month.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

The ransomware identifies user accounts by viewing successful logins in Windows Event Viewer, it also uses a modified variant of the open-source PSnmap Tool. In early January, the Cactus ransomware group claimed to have hacked Coop, one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2021

Google Project Zero researchers uncovered a sophisticated hacking campaign that targeted Windows and Android users. And who puts "informational" event logging in their Android downloader malware? SecurityAffairs – hacking, Project Zero). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In an interesting turn of events, the investigation of the whole SolarWinds compromise led to the discovery of an additional malware that also affects the SolarWinds Orion product but has been determined to be likely unrelated to this compromise and used by a different threat actor” reads the post published by Mic rosoft. “In

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

“Following these events, and during 2024, various cyberattacks against other entities, public bodies and even Spanish universities took place.” “ At the international level, there has been collaboration with EUROPOL and the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) of the USA.” ” continues the press release.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

“The attackers have identified a method that causes login events to be logged in the Non-Interactive Sign-In logs, which may result in reduced security visibility and response.” ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,malware)

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Passwords Accountability Authentication Hacking 122

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Severe monitoring events are flagged and shared on WeChat for internal handling, raising privacy concerns due to China’s cybersecurity laws. A leaked document from September 2023 shows tasks related to sensitive word detection and forwarding asset identifiers to Zhao Nannan, linked to political events in Shanghai.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2025

The experts who are investigating the incident are not aware of financial irregularities following the event. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,Texas) Card systems at government offices are down, so only cash, checks, or online card payments are accepted.

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Ransomware Government Hacking Accountability 109

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Meanwhile, Cisco will engage directly with customers if we determine they have been impacted by this event. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking, data breach) The company disabled public access to the site while we continue the investigation.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2025

Configuring log forwarding is essential to streamline monitoring and centralize event capture. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,ESXi ransomware attacks)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2025

. “In addition, we are providing you with proactive fraud assistance to help with any questions that you might have or in the event that you become a victim of fraud” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,California Cryobank)

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Data breaches Banking Insurance Hacking 110

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Keyboard and mouse apps connect to a server on a desktop or laptop computer and transmit mouse and keyboard events to a remote server. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Android Keyboard). The post Android Keyboard Apps with 2 Million downloads can remotely hack your device appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A new data leak that appears to have come from one of China’s top private cybersecurity firms provides a rare glimpse into the commercial side of China’s many state-sponsored hacking groups. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2021

On January 31, 2020 the Bureau receives its second CISA request to investigate the compromised servers and a few days later, on February 5, 2020, the Bureau confirmed that other servers were hacked. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Citrix). ” states the report. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Originating from the conference events at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada ; via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post DEF CON 31 – Panel: ‘Hack the Future – Why Congress & White House Support AI Red Teaming’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This will ensure that the HTTP Server feature is not unexpectedly enabled in the event of a system reload.” VulnCheck researchers observed that the vulnerability was exploited in a large-scale hacking campaign targeting Cisco IOS XE routers and switches. concludes the advisory that also includes Indicators of Compromise (IoCs).”After

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2025

.” About a year after its last WINELOADER campaign, the Russia-linked threat actor launched new phishing attacks posing as the European Ministry of Foreign Affairs, inviting targets to fake wine tasting events. The phishing campaign used domains like bakenhof[.]com com and silry[.]com

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2025

We encourage all customers to follow security, identity, and compliance best practices. In the event a customer suspects they may have exposed their credentials, they can start by following the steps listed in this post. As always, customers can contact AWS Support with any questions or concerns about the security of their account.

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Google Security

JUNE 18, 2021

Posted by Kristoffer Janke, Information Security Engineer Are you ready for no sleep, no chill and a lot of hacking? Whether you’re a seasoned CTF player or just curious about cyber security and ethical hacking, we want you to join us. Our annual Google CTF is back! Teams can register at [link]. in prize money.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2025

It served as a marketplace for threat actors to buy and sell stolen data, hacking tools, and compromised credentials. The forum was founded by Conor Brian Fitzpatrick , known online as “ pompompurin ,” who had previously claimed responsibility for the 2021 FBI email hack. breachforums[.]st.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The tool uses SQLite3 databases to track uploads, device details, and network events. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Turla) Storm-0156 used a C2 tool dubbed Arsenal, built on QtFramework, for file transfer and control of the device.

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Penetration Testing Hacking Network Security Government 118

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

critical infrastructure in the event of a major crisis or conflict with the United States. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, China)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

At the time of discovery, the data store contained 226 million logged events, resulting in 1.2 The leaked information also had employee names and emails. Those logs were mainly attributable to cybersecurity software such as Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2025

Notably, another prominent ransomware group DragonForce took the lead capitalizing on these events. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking, BlackLock)

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2021

My Definitions of Event, Alert, and Incident. A definitions reminder: Incident : A security event that compromises the integrity, confidentiality or availability of an information asset. For incidents, the breakdown was: dos (hacking), phishing (social), other, and then ransomware (malware). Content extraction.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2022

The Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking contest ended, Trend Micro and ZDI awarded a total of $1,155,000 for successful attempts! During the third day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking competition, white hat hackers demonstrated a working exploit against Microsoft Windows 11 OS. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 ).

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