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Weekly Update 209

Troy Hunt

More specifically, a lot of this week's update talks about VPNs and where they still make sense with so much HTTPS all over the place these days. As I say in the vid, blog posts like the VPN one I did this week are often done to help me get my thoughts on a topic straight and a lot of things became a lot clearer for me in doing that.

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The ‘Groove’ Ransomware Gang Was a Hoax

Krebs on Security

.” In the first week of September, Groove posted on its darknet blog nearly 500,000 login credentials for customers of Fortinet VPN products, usernames and passwords that could be used to remotely connect to vulnerable systems. “It’s so funny to read Twitter and the news these days But the result is great so far.

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CERT-UA warns of malspam attacks distributing the Jester info stealer

Security Affairs

“The government’s team for responding to computer emergencies in Ukraine CERT-UA revealed the fact of mass distribution of e-mails on the topic of “chemical attack” and a link to an XLS-document with a macro.” Government experts observed that malicious executables are downloaded from compromised web resources.

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Earth Krahang APT breached tens of government organizations worldwide

Security Affairs

The APT group also established access into victims’ private networks by creating VPN servers on compromised public-facing servers and conducting brute-force attacks to obtain email credentials. Analysis of the backdoors uploaded on VirusTotal revealed that threat actors utilized geopolitical topics as bait.

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Operation Spalax, an ongoing malware campaign targeting Colombian entities

Security Affairs

Some of the phishing emails from the current campaign were sent from IP addresses corresponding to a range that belongs to Powerhouse Management, a VPN service. ” The phishing messages used a wide range of topics as lures, such as notifications of driving infractions, to attend court hearings, and to take mandatory COVID-19 tests.

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Does Your Organization Have a Security.txt File?

Krebs on Security

For example, just this morning a trusted source forwarded me the VPN credentials for a major clothing retailer that were stolen by malware and made available to cybercriminals. Having a security.txt file can make it easier for organizations to respond to active security threats.

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21 Terrifying Cyber Crime Statistics

IG Guru

by VPN Geeks It may not be a nice topic to talk about, but it is essential that the world is aware of the terrifying cyber crime statistics in 2018. Unfortunately, with technology on the rise, there’s more room for cyber crime in 2018. According to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018, 43% of businesses were a […].