Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It shouldn’t be surprising that application security has become more important over the last few years. 57% of reported financial losses for the largest web application incidents over the last 5 years were attributed to state-affiliated threat actors. OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS). Access control.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2023

1) One primary design of Godfather malware is to harvest login credentials for various financial applications, including cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges. The malware is commonly installed through malicious app-store application packages, as observed in Figure 1. Initial variants were reported beginning of March 2021. (1)

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2020

A security event that compromises the integrity, confidentiality or availability of an information asset. 1) Utilizing stolen or brute- forced credentials; 2) exploiting vulnerabilities; and 3) using backdoors and Command and Control (C2) functionality. The newsletter serves as the show notes for the podcast. Key definitions.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Patch management is a critical aspect of IT security. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CIS Critical Security Controls, and other frameworks make it clear that discovery and asset management are the foundation on which to build a cybersecurity program. Also see: Top IT Asset Management (ITAM) Tools for Security.

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McAfee

APRIL 20, 2020

Introduction – Choosing the Right Security Controls Framework. Organizations are increasingly finding themselves caught in the “ security war of more ” where Governance, Risk and Compliance regimes, compounded by vendor solution fragmentation, have resulted in tick-box security.

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NopSec

AUGUST 9, 2022

Gartner’s definition [1] of pentesting says it “goes beyond vulnerability scanning to use multi-step and multi-vector attack scenarios that first find vulnerabilities and then attempt to exploit them to move deeper into the enterprise infrastructure.” Many of the following considerations apply to all options.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In its initial incident reports about the breach, Okta said the hackers gained unauthorized access to files inside Okta’s customer support system associated with 134 Okta customers, or less than 1% of Okta’s customer base. When KrebsOnSecurity broke the news on Oct.

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SecureList

APRIL 24, 2023

Introduction We introduced Tomiris to the world in September 2021, following our investigation of a DNS-hijack against a government organization in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The threat actor targets government and diplomatic entities in the CIS.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 24, 2023

The core module implements the malicious functionality that includes the ability to execute arbitrary commands and inject payloads that are provided by a command-and-control server. Pikabot is capable of receiving commands from a command-and-control server such as the injection of arbitrary shellcode, DLLs or executable files.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Our investigation revealed that this remote endpoint is associated with criminal activities dating back to 2019, indicating that these hosts were likely under the control of the same technical administration. The hostname of this server was identified as matching many hostnames found in various posts on the LockBit leak site.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Introduction This guide deals with threat modelling and early stages of development so that security issues and controls are identified before committing to manufacturing. Current attack methods, and the pitfalls we find in embedded designs, have been highlighted so that a finished product is as secure as it can be. Signing 3.4.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2022

In early versions of the ransomware, file encryption utilized a hardcoded 1,024-bit RSA public key along with a 128-bit AES key that was derived from a file retrieved from a command and control server. BlackByte ransomware resolves the victim's system language by comparing the language ID values with those shown in Table 1.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

As the world marks the second Anti-Ransomware Day, there’s no way to deny it: ransomware has become the buzzword in the security community. Idea #1: Ransomware gangs are gangs. And not without good reason. The threat may have been around a long time, but it’s changed. Part I: Three preconceived ideas about ransomware.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

It remains unclear who is behind the attack, although Serhiy Demedyuk, deputy secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, stated that it was the work of UNC1151 , a threat actor believed to be linked to Belarus. This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q1 2022.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2021

(“Datto”) (NYSE:MSP), the leading global provider of cloud-based software and security solutions purpose-built for delivery by managed service providers (MSPs), today announced its collaboration on the Ransomware Task Force’s (RTF) “Combating Ransomware: A Comprehensive Framework for Action” report. Effects on the MSP Community.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

In our initial report on Sunburst , we examined the method used by the malware to communicate with its C2 (command-and-control) server and the protocol used to upgrade victims for further exploitation. One thing that sets this campaign apart from others, is the peculiar victim profiling and validation scheme.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

cybersecurity as part of the $1 trillion Infrastructure Bill, which passed in late 2021. By the time the situation was under control, Merck had suffered over $870 million in damages – and it wasn’t the only company impacted by the attack. Thanks to the Biden Administration, the U.S. government is allocating $1.9 billion to ?cybersecurity

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Fox IT

MAY 4, 2021

In this post we provide some history, analysis and observations on this most pernicious family of banking malware targeting Oceania, the UK, Germany and Italy. We’ll start with an overview of its origins and current operations before providing a deep dive technical analysis of the RM3 variant. Introduction.

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