Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Police found a 2007 Lexus, driven by Patrick McGovern-Allen, 19, that had lost control and left the road, crashing into the eastern end of the 1600 building,” the story recounted. The car was driven through the steps that provide access to the second-floor apartments, destroying them, and also caused damage to the outer wall.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It allows an attacker to provide covert, unauthorized access to email correspondence and was used after gaining access to email accounts through CVE-2023-23397 (Microsoft Outlook Vulnerability) or password-spraying.” ” reads trhe announcement published by DKWOC.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2021

VMware released security patches for a critical server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Workspace ONE UEM console. An attacker with network access to UEM could exploit the vulnerability to access sensitive data in the management console. and above 2007 Workspace ONE UEM patch 20.7.0.17 and above. .”

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Portnox Cloud offers network access control (NAC) as a cloud-hosted SaaS solution that enables rapid deployment of basic NAC capabilities. To compare Portnox Cloud against competitors, see our complete list of top network access control (NAC) solutions. Who Is Portnox?

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 10, 2020

FBI officials last week arrested a Russian computer security researcher on suspicion of operating deer.io , a vast marketplace for buying and selling stolen account credentials for thousands of popular online services and stores. Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, and victim addresses,” the indictment states.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2019

Reddit locked down a large number of user accounts after due to a security concern after detecting suspicious activity on them. . A large group of accounts were locked down due to a security concern. Some users reported that their accounts were locked down although the activity page shows they were the only ones accessing them.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

OWASP security researchers have updated the organization’s list of the ten most dangerous vulnerabilities – and the list has a new number one threat for the first time since 2007. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a nonprofit foundation and an open community dedicated to security awareness.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 1, 2021

Intuit says the change is tied to an “exciting” and “free” new service that will let millions of small business employees get easy access to employment and income verification services when they wish to apply for a loan or line of credit. a data broker acquired by Equifax in 2007.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. “Weak SNMP community strings, including the default “public,” allowed APT28 to gain access to router information.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Kopter Group is Switzerland-based company that was founded in 2007 that was acquired by Leonardo in April 2020. LockBit ransomware operators told ZDNet that they have accessed the network of the helicopter maker via a VPN appliance that was poorly protected. Source ZDNet. ” reported ZDNet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Security firm FireEye dubbed that hacking blitz “one of the broadest campaigns by a Chinese cyber espionage actor we have observed in recent years.” Security analysts and U.S. ” At the time of story, DaiLin was 28 years old.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For over a decade, Brovko participated in a scheme to gain access to Americans’ personal and financial information, causing more than $100 million in intended loss,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Brovko was involved in the illegal practice between 2007 and 2019. ” reads the press release published by the DoJ.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 26, 2023

. “Based on the strong value proposition and impact of Flexxon’s hardware-based solutions, I look forward to driving the adoption of this novel approach and supporting management, partners and customers in making this transition towards a safer and more secure digital footprint for businesses, governments and individuals globally.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Security experts Simon Zuckerbraun from Zero Day Initiative published technical details on how to exploit the Microsoft Exchange CVE-2020-0688 along with a video PoC. ” Now the popular security researcher Kevin Beaumont reported mass scanning for the CVE-2020-0688 (Microsoft Exchange 2007+ RCE vulnerability).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

Winnti (aka APT41 , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly) is a cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. One of the characteristics of this campaign is the abuse of the Windows CLFS mechanism and NTFS transaction manipulations to conceal their malicious payloads and evade detection by security solutions. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 1, 2020

And by doing this housekeeping – i.e. by improving their data governance practices — companies can reap higher efficiencies, while also tightening data security. Lahiri Lahiri points out that it costs four times as much to access data stored in an AWS S3 bucket than it does to keep the data stored in that same S3 bucket.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 8, 2019

Launched as a one-man operation in 2007, DataLocker has grown into a leading manufacturer of encrypted external drives, thumb drives, flash drives and self-encrypting, recordable CDs and DVDs. This allows data to remain secure, no matter where it is stored and prevents data compromise if the external hard drive device is lost or stolen.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

Co-founder Jay took a business trip to South Korea in the fall of 2007. All the user needs is a strong password to access to the data. But in certain cases the cloud is not readily accessible. You need to rely on external storage to securely transport your data. Park: Any industry that requires security.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2018

” Social network giant announced it is reviewing the ICO’s penalty and is asking to access Cambridge Analytica servers to analyze data they collected. “Now that their investigation is complete, we are hopeful that the ICO will now let us have access to CA servers so that we are able to audit the data they received.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Security researchers have discovered a new integer overflow vulnerability in Linux Kernel, dubbed Mutagen Astronomy, that affects Red Hat, CentOS, and Debian Distributions. The vulnerability could be exploited by an unprivileged user to gain superuser access to the targeted system. Security Affairs – Linux, hacking ).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Winnti (aka APT41 , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly) is a cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. Once gained access to the target network, threat actors used Mimikatz to harvest credentials and used it for lateral movement. exe for the execution of the malware loader. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

The FBI and NSA have published a joint security alert containing technical details about a new piece of Linux malware, tracked as Drovorub , allegedly employed by Russia-linked the APT28 group. The post FBI and NSA joint report details APT28’s Linux malware Drovorub appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

The APT41 group, aka Winnti , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly, HOODOO) is a China-linked cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. The attack took place in October 2022, threat actors sent phishing emails that contained links to a password-protected file hosted in Drive.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Its author maintains Orcus is a legitimate R emote A dministration T ool that is merely being abused, but security experts say it includes multiple features more typically seen in malware known as a R emote A ccess T rojan. Tips from international private cyber security firms triggered the investigation.”.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2022

For this reason, the behavior of each actor in the cyber arena is becoming a national security concern for every government. Looking back at 2007, Estonia fell victim to a powerful cyber-attack that shut down government services, telecommunications, and banks in the country. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 5, 2020

On March 4, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) fined the international airline Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (“Cathay Pacific”) £500,000 for failing to protect the security of its customers’ personal data. There have been no confirmed cases evidencing the misuse of personal data accessed by the attackers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The post Microsoft disrupted APT28 attacks on Ukraine through a court order appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

According to security researchers from Trend Micro, the Russia-linked APT28 cyberespionage group has been scanning vulnerable email servers for more than a year. The post Russia-linked APT28 has been scanning vulnerable email servers in the last year appeared first on Security Affairs. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 1, 2018

What’s interesting about the incident is that it showcases once again why relying on mobile text messages (SMS) for two-factor authentication (2FA) can lull companies and end users into a false sense of security. SECURITY KEYS. Probably the most secure form of 2FA available involves the use of hardware-based security keys.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The backdoor is able to bypass network segmentation and access restricted networks. “We observed how they overcame network segmentation by gaining access to an internal router machine and configuring it as a proxy server, allowing them to exfiltrate stolen data from the intranet network to their remote server. .”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The lure was delivered as part of a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) file that could be accessed only by Windows 10 users.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in August 2020. ” reads the report published by Kaspersky.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

For years, security experts — and indeed, many top cybercriminals in the Spamit affiliate program — have expressed the belief that Sal and Icamis were likely the same person using two different identities. He is currently housed in a federal prison in Michigan, serving the final stretch of a 60-month sentence. w s, icamis[.]ru

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

. “A pair of incidents at different organizations in which attackers deployed a ransomware called Entropy were preceded by infections with tools that provided the attackers with remote access — Cobalt Strike beacons and Dridex malware — on some of the targets’ computers, before the attackers launched the ransomware.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is behind new campaigns against South Korean supply chains that leverage stolen security certificates. . Security experts from ESET reported that North-Korea-linked Lazarus APT (aka HIDDEN COBRA ) is behind cyber campaigns targeting South Korean supply chains.

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