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. Image: Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs. Usually, these users have no idea their systems are compromised.

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Malware VPN Internet Internet 200

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The Daixin Team group gains initial access to victims through virtual private network (VPN) servers. In one successful attack, the attackers likely exploited an unpatched vulnerability in the organization’s VPN server. In another compromise, the group leveraged on compromised credentials to access a legacy VPN server.

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Ransomware VPN Cybercrime Accountability 75

Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

This email address is also connected to accounts on several Russian cybercrime forums, including “ __edman__ ,” who had a history of selling “logs” — large amounts of data stolen from many bot-infected computers — as well as giving away access to hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Scams DDOS Cryptocurrency Accountability 239

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 1, 2023

WPA3 is the newest protocol and offers better security features such as stronger encryption, protection against dictionary attacks, and easier setting of IoT devices, but has yet to become widely used. Update your router firmware from your router’s manufacturer and install them to ensure your router is up to date and secure.

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Wireless Encryption Authentication IoT 98

Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

But, then again, you may have been hacked–“wiped” being the current term of art and something Iran has earned a reputation for. If you use IoT devices, create a separate network on your router for them since they aren’t always the most secure connections to the outside world. You may have made a mistake.

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Passwords Phishing Password Management Accountability 245

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2018

CVE-2018-18472 – XXE and Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution in Axentra Hipserv NAS firmware. . It’s used in different devices from different vendors, the affected devices sharing the firmware are: Netgear Stora. The company provides a firmware with a web interface that mainly uses PHP as a serverside language.

Firmware 66

Firmware IoT VPN Authentication 66

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Organizers of major hacking conferences in Asia put them on hold due to Coronavirus outbreak. FC Barcelona and the International Olympic Committee Twitter accounts hacked. Fox Kitten Campaign – Iranian hackers exploit 1-day VPN flaws in attacks. Fox Kitten Campaign – Iranian hackers exploit 1-day VPN flaws in attacks.

Artificial Intelligence 67

Artificial Intelligence eCommerce Firmware Hacking 67

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

The fix: To eliminate malware infections, perform a factory reset, upgrade to the latest firmware, change all default usernames and passwords, and adjust firewall rules to block exposure to unwanted remote management services. The fix: Update libraries and instances to versions patched after February 8, 2024.

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IoT Internet Internet Ransomware 117

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Looking back at past leaks of private companies providing such services, such as in the case of Hacking Team, we learned that many states all over the world were buying these capabilities, whether to complement their in-house technologies or as a stand-alone solution they couldn’t develop.

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Firmware Surveillance Mobile Telecommunications 106