Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2022

QBot, aka Qakbot and Pinkslipbot , has been active since 2008, it is used by threat actors for collecting browsing data and banking credentials and other financial information from the victims. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. exe: regsvr32.exe

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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. ” reads the analysis published by VMware. and above 2008 Workspace ONE UEM patch 20.8.0.36 and above 2008 Workspace ONE UEM patch 20.8.0.36 and above 2105 Workspace ONE UEM patch 21.5.0.37

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

LuoYu has been active since at least 2008, it focuses on targets located in China, such as foreign diplomatic organizations established in the country, members of the academic community, or companies from the defense, logistics and telecommunications sectors. .” ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Microsoft on Tuesday released 16 software updates to fix more than 60 security holes in various flavors of Windows and other Microsoft products. Adobe also has security patches available for Flash Player , Acrobat and Reader users.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2020

The exploit used by Turla, referred to as CVE-2008-3431 , abuses two vulnerabilities, but only one was ever fixed in the aforementioned CVE. The other vulnerability was chained by Turla operators with the CVE-2008-3431 flaw in the first version of their exploit. ” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

“Our analysis suggests that Black Basta has received at least $107 million in ransom payments since early 2022, across more than 90 victims. Qakbot , also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing malware that has been active since 2008. ” reads the Elliptic’s report.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2021

With a multi-layered approach to endpoint protection, the ESET PROTECT Advanced solution fits small to medium-sized businesses and offers advanced EPP capabilities, full disk encryption , and an automated sandbox for dynamic threat analysis. Bitdefender Broadcom Cisco Crowdstrike F-Secure Kaspersky McAfee Trend Micro Palo Alto Networks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2022

Security expert ProxyLife and Cyble researchers recently uncovered a Qakbot campaign that was leveraging the Windows 7 Calculator app for DLL side-loading attacks. Qakbot , also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing malware that has been active since 2008. ” reads the analysis published by Cyble.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. biz ( +7.9235059268 ) was used to secure two other domains — bile[.]ru

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Experts pointed out that despite having the same name, this botnet should not be confused with the Kraken botnet that was spotted in 2008. ” reads the analysis published by ZeroFox. The post New Kraken botnet is allowing operators to earn USD 3,000 every month appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

The Metasploit BlueKeep exploit module is based on the proof-of-concept code from the security researchers z??osum0x0 It has been developed to target only the 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2. The initial PR of the exploit module targets 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2019

Researchers at the security firm Qihoo 360 disclosed technical details of the zero-day vulnerability CVE-2019-0808 that was recently patched by Microsoft. Microsoft addressed the flaw with the release of the Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2019. The researchers also developed a PoC exploit that have only partially disclosed.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

An investigation into indexed information from internet-connected devices provided a list of universities with compromised website security. The level of security wasn’t necessarily linked to the university’s size or significance, as both small and large universities displayed similar vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

A deeper analysis of some of these samples revealed that they were compiled in 2014 and used in the wild between 2014 and 2015. ” The Lambert APT (aka Longhorn APT ) has been active since at least 2008, but its first samples were spotted in 2014. reads the analysis published by Symantec. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Security experts at Trend Micro have discovered a new exploit kit, dubbed Novidade (“novelty” in Portuguese), that is targeting SOHO routers to compromise the devices connected to the network equipment. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. ” continues the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2020

A security expert uncovered an old APT operation, tracked Nazar, by analyzing the NSA hacking tools included in the dump leaked by Shadow Brokers in 2017. Guerrero-Saade discovered that the SIG37 campaign references hacking activities dated back as far as 2008 that was carried out by an unknown threat actor, the expert tracked it as Nazar.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2020

QBot, aka Qakbot and Pinkslipbot , has been active since 2008, it is used by malware for collecting browsing data and banking credentials and other financial information from the victims. ” reads the analysis published by CheckPoint. According to the experts, the QBot Trojan has infected over 100,000 systems across the world. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

0patch experts were able to devise a security patch for the zero-day in less than 24 hours. These micropatches apply to fully updated 32bit and 64bit: – Windows 10 – Windows 8.1 – Windows 7 – Windows Server 2008-2016 pic.twitter.com/Du1cTFafiM. ” reads the analysis of the 0patch experts. dll loaded.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2019

The second one, tracked as CVE-2019.0880, affects Windows 7 and Server 2008. ” reads the analysis published by ESET. Once the exploit was discovered and analyzed, it was reported to the Microsoft Security Response Center, who promptly fixed the vulnerability and released a patch. ” concludes the analysis.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Kaspersky reported the flaw to Microsoft on October 17, the security firm observed attacks against systems protected by its solution and attempting to exploit the zero-day flaw affecting the Win32k component in Windows. The CVE-2018-8589 vulnerability only affects Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Based on the evidence collected on the various cyber espionage campaigns over the years, Kaspersky experts hypothesize that the National Security Agency (NSA) is linked to the Equation Group. ” reads the analysis published by CheckPoint. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 26, 2016

In 2008 I started as a new assistant professor at CMU. My advisor in graduate school was Dawn Song , one of the top scholars in computer security. Automatically" because we produce software far faster than humans could check it manually (and manual analysis is unfortunately far too common in practice). By David Brumley.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2020

Earlier versions of Agent.BTZ were used to compromise US military networks in the Middle East in 2008. The analysis of the time of day that commands were sent in a one-month period reveals that the operators are working in the UTC+3 or UTC+4 time zone. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

back in 2008 (notice again the suspect “www” as part of the domain name). That search shows the user bo3dom registered at ipmart-forum.com with the email address devrian27@gmail.com , and from an Internet address in Vilnius, Lithuania. Devrian27@gmail.com was used to register multiple domains, including wwwsuperchange.ru

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2019

Security experts uncovered a new cryptojacking campaign tracked as Beapy that leverages the NSA’s DoublePulsar backdoor and the EternalBlue exploit. ” reads the analysis published Symantec. exploit that could trigger an RCE in older versions of Windows (Windows XP to Server 2008 R2). . “ Beapy ( W32.Beapy

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2020

Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 revealed that the US CIA has hacked Chinese organizations in various sectors for the last 11 years. Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 is accusing that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of having hacked Chinese organizations for the last 11 years. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CIA).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2018

Malware researchers from ESET have conducted a new analysis of a backdoor used by the Russia-linked APT Turla in targeted espionage operations. The new analysis revealed a list of high-profile victims that was previously unknown. ” reads the analysis published by ESET. ” reads the analysis published by ESET.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Most of the infected systems are Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, representing 85 percent of all infections, in China, Taiwan, Russia, Brazil and the US. Further data, including Indicators of Compromise, are reported in the analysis published by the experts. ” reads the report published by the experts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Vice versa, all shipments of dual-use items from the UK to the EU will require a UK export authorization, as set out in the Export Control Order 2008. Systems, equipment, and components for defeating, weakening, or bypassing information security. Information security system. A specific regime will apply to Northern Ireland.

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Adam Shostack

DECEMBER 1, 2019

It’s bad news for people who want to be able to control their computer, because these attacks are leading vendors to lock down even their traditional operating systems, as Jonathan Zittrain predicted in his 2008 book, The Future of the Internet–And How to Stop It. The first analysis of cooperative game mechanics.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 16, 2016

In 2008 I started as a new assistant professor at CMU. My advisor in graduate school was Dawn Song , one of the top scholars in computer security. Automatically" because we produce software far faster than humans could check it manually (and manual analysis is unfortunately far too common in practice). CGC has limitations.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 16, 2016

In 2008 I started as a new assistant professor at CMU. My advisor in graduate school was Dawn Song , one of the top scholars in computer security. Automatically" because we produce software far faster than humans could check it manually (and manual analysis is unfortunately far too common in practice). CGC has limitations.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 16, 2016

In 2008 I started as a new assistant professor at CMU. My advisor in graduate school was Dawn Song , one of the top scholars in computer security. Automatically" because we produce software far faster than humans could check it manually (and manual analysis is unfortunately far too common in practice). CGC has limitations.

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Collaboration 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

Google unplugs Windows Google decides that a security invasion from China was the last straw and bans the use of. bbbcd 07/18/2008 10:26 AM Reply to Flag Gartners and Forresters I think the Gartners and Forresters can address a product or products that can be used to achieve what GE has. Hot Topics iPhone iPad Enterprise 2.0

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 6, 2021

Web application firewalls (WAFs) are a critical component for robust application security. The best ones find the right balance between performance, security effectiveness, and cost. Leaving its CDN technology and advanced security features, Akamai is also one of the leading top zero trust solutions.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Naturally, database vendors are leading providers of database security tools, and a growing number of cloud-based database providers are moving deeper into the data security space. Security is paramount. Starting our list of the top database security vendors is the multinational cloud computing company, Alibaba Cloud.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 3, 2019

National Security Agency (NSA) and leaked online in 2017. But new analysis suggests that while Eternal Blue could have been used to spread the infection, the Robbinhood malware itself contains no traces of it. ” That vulnerability exists in Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008.

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