Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Mozilla fixed a critical memory corruption issue affecting its cross-platform Network Security Services (NSS) set of cryptography libraries. Mozilla has addressed a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2021-43527) in its cross-platform Network Security Services (NSS) set of cryptography libraries. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Microsoft is recommending administrators to disable the SMBv1 network communication protocol on Exchange servers to prevent malware attacks. ” reads an advisory published by the Microsoft Tech Community. It also provides an authenticated inter-process communication mechanism. Get-WindowsFeature FS-SMB1).Installed

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The bad actors claim to have stolen a significant volume of data, including CRM records, personal information, email communications, contracts, and account credentials. The same day, Justice Blade also set up a Telegram account with a private communications channel. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The same is true for Centauri Communications , a Freemont, Calif.-based Centauri Communications’ listing with the California Secretary of State’s office. Neither Centauri Communications nor N.T. Technology’s listing in the Nevada Secretary of State records. Click to Enlarge.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2020

Researchers discovered two security flaws impacting Oracle’s iPlanet Web Server, tracked as CVE-2020-9315 and CVE-2020-9314, that could cause sensitive data exposure and limited injection attacks. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0516.” ” continues the report. x, that is no longer supported.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2022

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks defined the PingPull RAT as a “difficult-to-detect” backdoor that leverages the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) for C2 communications. Experts also found PingPull variants that use HTTPS and TCP for C2 communications instead of ICMP. To nominate, please visit:?.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 10, 2024

Threats like DarkGate’s switch to AutoHotkey, the Muhstik botnet’s Apache RocketMQ exploits, and Chinese hackers targeting ThinkPHP applications also showed the significance of proactive security. Quickly fix, upgrade, and secure your systems to maintain resilience against these increasing threats. 17)C0 for NAS326 and 5.21(ABAG.14)C0

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Ireland is a strategic place for intercontinental communications because it represents the place where undersea cables which carry internet traffic connect to Europe. Despite the Cable & Wireless bought by Vodafone in July 2012, the Nigella surveillance access point remained active as of April 2013. Source [link].

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

.” Shevlyakov purchased multiple items, including low-noise pre-scalers and synthesizers (used to conduct high-frequency communications) and analog-to-digital converters, which are components used in defense systems such as electronic warfare systems and missiles. hacking tools and electronics appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

ScarCruft has been active since at least 2012, it made the headlines in early February 2018 when researchers revealed that the APT group leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player to deliver malware to South Korean users. Dolphin abuses Google Drive cloud storage for Command & Control communication.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Yahoo News reported that the Russians have successfully targeted an FBI communications system: American officials discovered that the Russians had dramatically improved their ability to decrypt certain types of secure communications and had successfully tracked devices used by elite FBI surveillance teams.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 25, 2012

On April 19, 2012, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) issued a press release detailing its enforcement agenda for 2012. In a report adopted March 29, 2012, the CNIL announced that it will conduct 450 on-site inspections this year, with particular focus on the specific themes described below.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Threat intelligence can help scan IT environments for the latest malware, but that’s just one security layer against zero-day threats. Also read: How to Defend Common IT Security Vulnerabilities. SPDX files include software components, copyrights, licenses, and security references. The Problem with Software Supply Chains.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 20, 2013

On June 20, 2013, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) launched its Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2012/13 (the “Report”). During the financial year 2012/13, the ICO’s civil enforcement team investigated 1,300 cases, up 45% from the previous year. In 2012/13, the ICO raised £16.06 Enforcement.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2020

In 2012, Assange communicated directly with a leader of the hacking group LulzSec (who by then was cooperating with the FBI), and provided a list of targets for LulzSec to hack. The post WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces superseding indictment for conspiring with LulzSec hackers appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2022

SideWinder has been active since at least 2012, the group main targeted Police, Military, Maritime, and the Naval forces of Central Asian countries. The URLs used for C2 communications for these domains are split into two parts: The Installer module contains the first part of the URL which is the C2 server domain name in encrypted form.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The OpenSSL software library allows secure communications over computer networks against eavesdropping or need to identify the party at the other end. OpenSSL contains an open-source implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols. that dates back 2012.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 27, 2021

On March 29, 2021, SC Magazine announced the finalists for their coveted SC Awards and ForAllSecure’s Mayhem for Code is a finalist for their “Best Enterprise Security Solution” category. Proving the World Needs Continuous & Autonomous Security. This was proven with Mayhem for Code’s DARPA CGC win.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 27, 2021

On March 29, 2021, SC Magazine announced the finalists for their coveted SC Awards and ForAllSecure’s Mayhem for Code is a finalist for their “Best Enterprise Security Solution” category. Proving the World Needs Continuous & Autonomous Security. This was proven with Mayhem for Code’s DARPA CGC win.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 19, 2019

Marcus Hutchins, just after he was revealed as the security expert who stopped the WannaCry worm. Hutchins, who authors the popular blog MalwareTech , was virtually unknown to most in the security community until May 2017 when the U.K. The government says between July 2012 and Sept. Image: twitter.com/malwaretechblog.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2020

Palo Alto Networks has issued security updates to address tens of vulnerabilities in PAN-OS, the software that runs on the company’s next-generation firewalls. This vulnerability does not impact Panorama configured with custom certificates authentication for communication between Panorama and managed devices. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. “Why do I need a certificate?

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2021

Static analysis reveals that once loaded into memory, Aro.dat begins to unpack itself and initiates communication with a C2 server. Aro.exe is likely part of the “ ARO 2012 advanced repair and optimization tool,” which is a freely available tool that claims to fix Windows registry errors. ” reads the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eDiscovery Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2021

1] This price has been exacerbated by the effects of COVID-19 on communication data. 2] As time passes, the list of communication types will continue to expand with new collaboration tools and social media platforms. On one hand, these changes have made communicating with loved ones and coworkers easier than ever. 3] Nicholas M.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“In line with our standing practice to engage with any actor who can facilitate or impede our humanitarian work, we are willing to communicate directly and confidentially with whoever may be responsible for this operation to impress upon them the need to respect our humanitarian action,” the ICRC statement reads. .

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

That included an FBI counterintelligence investigation that began around 2012, when agents started monitoring the communications of a small group of Supermicro workers, using warrants obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act , or FISA, according to five of the officials. We need some fundamental security research here.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 24, 2019

Speaking at Fordham University in New York, he admitted that adding backdoors decreases security but that it is worth it. Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it is technologically impossible to provide lawful access without weakening security against unlawful access. percent level of protection? This is untenable.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

a United States defense research entity, a Turkish government agency managing public works, several large technology and communications firms headquartered in Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom, and medical organizations/medical research facilities located in Japan and Canada). Pierluigi Paganini. adrotate banner=”13″].

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Icamis and Sal were in daily communications with these botmasters, via the Spamdot forum and private messages. 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.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 30, 2018

The law also included various privacy and security provisions that have received considerably less press. These provisions allow the Department of Defense (DOD) to access communications from any UAV in limited circumstances. Second, communications may only be accessed to the extent necessary to support a function of the DOD.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 1, 2024

While most issues can be fixed through prompt patching and updating, a few remain unfixed and may require more significant changes to the security stack to block possible attacks. March 22, 2024 Emergency Out-of-Band Windows Server Security Updates Type of vulnerability (or attack): Memory leak. out of 10), and calls it Shadow Ray.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Security agencies belonging to Five Eyes (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) have released a joint report that details some popular hacking tools. The China Chopper is a tiny shell (4K) widely used in attacks in the wild since 2012, early this year the China-linked APT group Leviathan.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Security researchers from discovered a new malware associated with the Stealth Falcon cyber espionage group that abuses the Windows BITS service to stealthy exfiltrate data. Stealth Falcon is a nation-state actor active since at least 2012, the group targeted political activists and journalists in the Middle East in past campaigns.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 14, 2019

Speaking at Fordham University in New York, he admitted that adding backdoors decreases security but that it is worth it. Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it is technologically impossible to provide lawful access without weakening security against unlawful access. percent level of protection? This is untenable.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

Amobee’s parent firm — Singapore-based communications giant Singtel — bought Amobee for $321 million in March 2012. Adconion was acquired in June 2014 by Amobee , a Redwood City, Calif. online ad platform that has catered to some of the world’s biggest brands.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Finally, all the loot is sent to the remote command and control hosted at 66.154.98.108, operated by “Total server solutions LLC”, an US hosting provider operating since 2012. Figure 10: Piece of network communication intercepted. The post New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic appeared first on Security Affairs.

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