Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) linked three exploitation frameworks to a Spanish surveillance spyware vendor named Variston. While tracking the activities of commercial spyware vendors, Threat Analysis Group (TAG) spotted an exploitation framework likely linked Variston IT, a Spanish firm. ” TAG concludes.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2023

The popular Threat Analysis Group (TAG) Maddie Stone wrote Google’s fourth annual year-in-review of zero-day flaws exploited in-the-wild [ 2021 , 2020 , 2019 ], it is built off of the mid-year 2022 review. In 2021 the number of zero-days discovered by the researchers were 69 detected.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Threat actors were spotted exploiting the CVE-2021-26084 vulnerability in Atlassian’s Confluence enterprise collaboration product a few days after it was patched by the vendor. Last week, Atlassian released security patches to address the critical CVE-2021-26084 flaw that affects the Confluence enterprise collaboration product.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 30, 2021

For example, how do we tag and later […]. The post Security Catalyst Office Hours Recap for April 30, 2021 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Here are the ideas and insights we explored: Building a ZettleKastenWe explored the power of making notes instead of taking notes and what happens when we link ideas.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2021

April 2021 Security Patch Day includes 14 new security notes and 5 updates to previously released notes, one of them fixes a critical issue in SAP Commerce. SAP Security Note #3040210 , tagged with a CVSS score of 9.9 ” reads the advisory published by SAP security firm Onapsis.

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The Hacker News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Hackers associated with China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) have been linked to attacks in 17 different countries in Asia, Europe, and North America from 2021 to 2023.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 6, 2021

From Ontario and not surprising : Since September 2021, officers have investigated five incidents where suspects have placed small tracking devices on high-end vehicles so they can later locate and steal them.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Citizen Lab and Google’s TAG revealed that the three recently patched Apple zero-days were used to install Cytrox Predator spyware. citizenlab in coordination with @Google ’s TAG team found that former Egyptian MP Ahmed Eltantawy was targeted with Cytrox’s #Predator #spyware through links sent via SMS and WhatsApp. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

It should cover both structured and unstructured data, tagging it based on its level of sensitivity and making it easier to find, track, and safeguard. Applying persistent classification tags to data is essential and allows your organizations to track their use. Identify & assess compliance obligations.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Google TAG researchers discovered that threat actors leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in macOS in a watering hole campaign aimed at delivering malware to users in Hong Kong. The attackers exploited a XNU privilege escalation vulnerability ( CVE-2021-30869 ) unpatched in macOS Catalina. ” reads the analysis published by Google.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

Object Tagging. Object tagging. Additionally, the trade media awarded Cloudastructure with the following awards in 2021: Astor Award for Best Video Analytics by American Security Today. CIO Bulletin “10 Most Prestigious Companies 2021”. Vehicle Detection. Vehicle Counting. License Plate Recognition. Color of Vehicle.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 20, 2023

Ransomware payments fell by over 40% in 2022 compared to 2021. Nonetheless, stolen data has value beyond a price tag, and in This article has not been generated by ChatGPT. 2022 was the year when inflation hit world economies, except in one corner of the global marketplace – stolen data.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 12, 2022

At the end of 2021 proof-of-concept exploits for a significant zero-day vulnerability discovered in the widely used Apache Log4j Java-based logging library were distributed online, exposing both home users and businesses to continuous remote code execution assaults.

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SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

billion USD in 2021, which is slightly less than the total revenue in 2020 but still significantly above the pre-pandemic figures. billion to $120 billion of the revenue in 2021, which is more than half of the estimated gaming industry value. billion in the first half of 2021. billion in the first half of 2021.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 18, 2022

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) took the wraps off a new initial access broker that it said is closely affiliated to a Russian cyber crime gang notorious for its Conti and Diavol ransomware operations.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday said it's tracking more than 270 government-backed threat actors from more than 50 countries, adding it has approximately sent 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attempts to customers since the start of 2021.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Microsoft February 2021 Patch Tuesday addresses 56 vulnerabilities, including a flaw that is known to be actively exploited in the wild. The CVE-2021-1732 zero-day is an elevation of privilege issues that resides in the Windows Win32k component. ” reads a blog post published by Microsoft.

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The vulnerability, officially tagged as CVE-2021-44228 and called Log4Shell or LogJam, is an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability that allows total system takeover on systems running Log4j 2.0-beta9 beta9 through 2.14.1. What Happened?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2022

The campaign took place in February and Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team was not able to link it to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) director Shane Huntley confirmed that the IT giant was able to detect and block all phishing messages. government.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. Adaptive Monitoring and Tagging. This includes active tagging of workloads, threat hunting , and virus assessments, and consistent evaluation of traffic for mission-critical applications, data, or services. Also Read: Top Threat Intelligence Platforms for 2021.

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The vulnerability, officially tagged as CVE-2021-44228 and called Log4Shell or LogJam, is an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability that allows total system takeover on systems running Log4j 2.0-beta9 These past few days have been about the most important vulnerability discovered lately. beta9 through 2.14.1. What Is Happening?

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SecureBlitz

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Vulnerability Watch: Google Pays $6,000 To S4E Team For Zero-Day Vulnerability CVE-2021-30573 Detection. The Security For Everyone (S4E) team detected a Google Chrome Zero-day vulnerability tagged CVE-2021-30573 in Google’s latest version of the Chrome browser.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) uncovered a new initial access broker, named Exotic Lily, that is closely affiliated with the Conti ransomware gang. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers linked a new initial access broker, named Exotic Lily, to the Conti ransomware operation.

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

On 26 November 2021, WHO designated the variant B.1.1.529 1.1.529 a variant of concern, named Omicron, on the advice of WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE). This decision was based on the evidence presented to the TAG-VE that Omicron has several mutations that may have an […].

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Google announced to have sent roughly 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or hacking attempts to customers during 2021. The data were provided by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which tracks government-backed hacking campaign, which warns of a significant increase in the number of the alert compared to the previous year.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2021

Security researchers from Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Google Project Zero revealed that four zero-day vulnerabilities have been exploited in the wild earlier this year. ” Post by @_clem1 & @maddiestone on 4 0days TAG found this year (with IOCs!). Also thoughts on why we are seeing so many 0day in 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

In 2021, sandboxes are now a fundamental part of an organization’s cybersecurity architecture. Also Read: Top Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Solutions for 2021. Also Read: 2021’s Best Vulnerability Scanning Tools. Tagging policy : Are you tagging resources for automated identification and allocation?

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Anton on Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

EP8 Zero Trust: Fast Forward from 2010 to 2021” “EP103 Security Incident Response and Public Cloud — Exploring with Mandiant” (2023 season opener!) Much better website with content tags Finally, an obvious call to action! 2021) We Are Almost 3! EP47 Megatrends, Macro-changes, Microservices, Oh My! Subscribe at Google Podcasts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The two zero-day vulnerabilities fixed in the last turn are tracked as CVE-2021-37975 and CVE-2021-37976. The CVE-2021-37975 flaw is a use after free that resides in the V8 JavaScript engine, it was reported by an anonymous researcher. “Google is aware the exploits for CVE-2021-37975 and CVE-2021-37976 exist in the wild.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Google, the business subsidiary of tech giant Alphabet Inc has released a security statement that reveals that over 50,000 users were warned about state funded attacks in this year 2021, so far.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Quebec shut down nearly 4,000 of its sites as a preventative measure after the disclosure of a PoC exploit for the Log4Shell flaw ( CVE-2021-44228 ) in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. Query our API for "tags=CVE-2021-44228" for source IP addresses and other IOCs. formatMsgNoLookups option is set to false.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address two zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2021-38000 and CVE-2021-38003, actively exploited in attacks in the wild. CVE-2021-38003 is an Inappropriate implementation in V8 open-source high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. Google has released Chrome 95.0.4638.69

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Pentester Academy

APRIL 13, 2023

Lab Walkthrough — Lucee Server Arbitrary File Write [CVE-2021–21307] In our lab walkthrough series, we go through selected lab exercises on our INE Platform. Technical difficulty: Beginner Introduction Lucee Server is a dynamic, Java-based (JSR-223), tag and scripting language used for rapid web application development. or 5.3.5.96.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

for Windows, Mac, and Linux that addresses a high-severity zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-37973) exploited in the wild. The vulnerability is a use after free in Portals, it was reported by Clément Lecigne from Google TAG, who worked with Sergei Glazunov and Mark Brand from Google Project Zero. Google has released Chrome 94.0.4606.61

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

Five of the issues added by CISA to its catalog are part of the exploits used by surveillance vendors to target mobile devices with their commercial spyware: CVE-2021-30900 – Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability. Google TAG shared indicators of compromise (IoCs) for both campaigns.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 5, 2023

Since September 2021, the group of cyber criminals has shifted its focus to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. On April 3 of this year, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) announced that APT43 was in-volved in cryptocurrency theft and digital currency laundering.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2023

CVE-2023-26083 CVE-2021-29256 CVE-2023-2136 The CVE-2023-26083 is an Arm Mali GPU kernel driver information disclosure vulnerability that the US CISA added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog in April 2023. An unprivileged user can exploit the flaw to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data and escalate privileges to the root.

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