Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2024

Kivimäki and other HTP members were involved in mass-compromising web servers using known vulnerabilities, and by 2012 Kivimäki’s alias Ryan Cleary was selling access to those servers in the form of a DDoS-for-hire service. Kivimäki was 15 years old at the time.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

One of the alleged hackers was first profiled here in 2012 as the owner of a Chinese antivirus firm. 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. Image: FBI.

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Roger's Information Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

FTC Chief Technologist Lorrie Cranor wrote in March it is time to reconsider mandatory password changes. Unless there is reason to believe a password has been compromised or shared, requiring regular password changes may actually do more harm than good in some cases. You could force longer passwords to encourage passphrases.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

Expert discovered an Elasticsearch instance belonging to a security firm containing over 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko. SecurityAffairs – Security firm, data leak).

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

From Brian Krebs : A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. The arrest coincided with a seizure of the NetWire sales website by the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 12, 2023

That’s the case with Active Directory legacy protocols, so to help you secure your Active Directory environment, we’ve created a script to help you ensure that legacy protocols are disabled. Your primary goal in securing Active Directory infrastructure is to reduce the attack surface. has surpassed TLS 1.1 protocol.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Russian national Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin was sentenced to 88 months in prison for hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring in 2012. The Russian national Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin was sentenced to 88 months in prison in the United States for hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring in 2012. Source: US Defense Watch.com.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 21, 2019

Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees — in some cases going back to 2012, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Renfro said the company planned to alert Facebook users today, but that no password resets would be required.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 29, 2016

Given what can only be described as an omnishambles of security breaches, is there much more that the ICO can do to warn data controllers of the risks they should take account of? Guidance on data security breach management (Dec 2012). A practical guide to IT security (Jan 2016). Probably not.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2020

In malspam attacks, attackers could encrypt the Excel file by setting up a password, then when the victims receive the email, hackers trick them into opening the attachment using a password included in the content of the message. Excel attempts to decrypt and open the file and run any macros it contains. 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? .” ru in 2008.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2020

The Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin found guilty for LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring data breach back in 2012 and the sale of their users’ data. A jury found Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin guilty for the hack of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring back in 2012 and for the sale of the stolen data on cybercrime black marketplaces.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2020

When it comes to securing mobile computing devices, the big challenge businesses have long grappled with is how to protect company assets while at the same time respecting an individual’s privacy. Reacting to the BYOD craze , mobile security frameworks have veered from one partially effective approach to the next over the past decade.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Initially a stealthy trojan horse program delivered via email and used to steal passwords, Trickbot evolved into “a highly modular malware suite that provides the Trickbot Group with the ability to conduct a variety of illegal cyber activities, including ransomware attacks,” the Treasury Department said.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Mustang Panda has been active since at least 2012, it targeted American and European entities such as government organizations, think tanks, NGOs , and even Catholic organizations at the Vatican. Past campaigns were focused on Asian countries, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Tibet, and Myanmar.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Google experts are tracking ARCHIPELAGO since 2012 and have observed the group targeting individuals with expertise in North Korea policy issues. The fake browser window displays a URL and a login prompt designed to trick recipients into providing their password to a legitimate login page.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2020

Security experts from Cyble reported that a threat actor is attempting to sell twenty-nine databases on a hacker forum since May 7. Data appears to come from past data breaches, the oldest one dates back as 2012 while the latest one dates April 2020. Forum members could also buy each database individually. million N/A EatStreet.com 6.4

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the US to stand trial, the Westminster Magistrates’ Court has rejected the US government’s request to extradite him on charges related to illegally obtaining and sharing classified material about national security. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

China-linked Earth Preta cyberespionage group has been observed adopting new techniques to bypass security solutions. Trend Micro researchers reported that the China-linked Earth Preta group (aka Mustang Panda ) is actively changing its tools, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) to bypass security solutions.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

More commonly, that access is purchased from a cybercriminal broker who specializes in acquiring remote access credentials — such as usernames and passwords needed to remotely connect to the target’s network. All of these domains date back to between 2012 and 2013. com , and portalsagepay[.]com.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The banking trojan is able to record keystrokes, to steal passwords stored on the PC, and take screenshots and videos from the victims’ machine. Lisov operated the infrastructure behind the NeverQuest malware between June 2012 and January 2015, the managed a network of servers containing lists of millions of stolen login credentials.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. As we’ll see in a moment, Salomon is now behind bars, in part because he helped to rob dozens of small businesses in the United States using some of those same harvested passwords.

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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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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

14, KrebsOnSecurity alerted GovPayNet that its site was exposing at least 14 million customer receipts dating back to 2012. Nonetheless, out of an abundance of caution and to maximize security for users, GovPayNet has updated this system to ensure that only authorized users will be able to view their individual receipts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

Expert discovered an Elasticsearch instance belonging to security firm Keepnet Labs containing over 5 billion records of data leaked in previous cybersecurity incidents. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko. Adobe, Last. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Threat actors are attempting to exploit a flaw in Orange LiveBox ADSL modems to retrieve their SSID and WiFi password in plaintext. The flaw tracked as CVE-2018-20377 is known at least since 2012 when Rick Murray described it in a blog post. . . Mursch also reported that many exposed devices use default credentials (i.e.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2022

The Tropic Trooper APT has been active at least since 2012, it was first spotted by security experts at Trend Micro in 2015, when the threat actors targeted government ministries and heavy industries in Taiwan and the military in the Philippines. The attack aims at making the device unusable. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

com , a service that sold access to billions of passwords and other data exposed in countless data breaches. LeakedSource also tried to pass itself off as a legal, legitimate business that was marketing to security firms and professionals. In 2019, a Canadian company called Defiant Tech Inc. pleaded guilty to running LeakedSource[.]com

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

The marketplace had been active since 2012, it was allowing sellers to offer stolen login credentials, including usernames and passwords for bank accounts, online payment accounts, mobile phone accounts, retailer accounts, and other online accounts. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, SlilPP marketplace).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2021

Legitimate software abused by threat actors are: • ARO 2012 Tutorial 8.0.12.0 • VirusScan On-Demand Scan Task Properties (McAfee, Inc.) • Sandboxie COM Services (BITS) 3.55.06 (SANDBOXIE L.T.D) • Outlook Item Finder 11.0.5510 (Microsoft Corporation) • Mobile Popup Application 16.00 (Quick Heal Technologies (P) Ltd.). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

com 2012-11-26 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com 2012-11-26 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com 2012-12-09 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com 2012-11-26 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com 2012-11-26 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., 2333youxi[.]com blazefire[.]com blazefire[.]net

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin calling out Iran’s “robust cyber program,” and cautioning everyone to be prepared for Iran to “conduct operations in the United States.” And hackers linked to the Russian government were reportedly behind the Triton hack of 2017 , as well, as disclosed by security vendor FireEye.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2019

“In response to this discovery, we immediately launched an investigation and an external security firm was engaged to assist. Stolen records include names, usernames , password hashes, email addresses, and for some users digital tokens used to access Flipboard through third-party services. ” continues the security notice.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2020

The banking trojan is able to record keystrokes, to steal passwords stored on the PC, and take screenshots and videos from the victims’ machine. Lisov operated the infrastructure behind the NeverQuest malware between June 2012 and January 2015, he managed a network of servers containing lists of millions of stolen login credentials.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

. “In operational testing, DOD routinely found mission-critical cyber vulnerabilities in systems that were under development, yet program officials GAO met with believed their systems were secure and discounted some test results as unrealistic. “Poor password management was a common problem in the test reports we reviewed. .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2019

News problems for Facebook that admitted to have stored the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plain text. Facebook revealed to have stored the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plain text, including passwords of Facebook Lite, Facebook, and Instagram users. Password manager apps can help.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2021

APT37 has been active since at least 2012, it mainly targeted government, defense, military, and media organizations in South Korea. Harvest cookies and a password database for supported browsers. The post NK-linked InkySquid APT leverages IE exploits in recent attacks appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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