Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. com 2015-03-09 GODADDY.COM, LLC. ” Among the responsibilities for this position were: -Crack the restrictions imposed by the manufacturer on the mobile phone. Research on blazefire[.]com

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Security researchers at Fortinet uncovered a malspam campaign aimed distributing the LokiBot malware at a US manufacturing company. FortiGuard SE Team experts uncovered a malspam campaign aimed distributing the LokiBot malware at a US manufacturing company. manufacturing company. ” read the analysis of the experts.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2020

The ransomware targets poorly protected or vulnerable NAS servers manufactured by Taiwan-based QNAP Systems, attackers exploits known vulnerabilities or carry out brute-force attacks. Hackers are targeting QNAP devices attempting to exploit well-known vulnerabilities or by brute-forcing weak passwords. Source Bleeping Computer.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

At the time of publishing this post, it is still unclear how the hackers compromised the IP cameras, likely hackers exploited some vulnerabilities in the devices or simply guessed weak passwords used to protect them. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2020

Most of the infections were observed in organizations in the US and Europe, the most targeted industries were in the government, military, and manufacturing sectors. . Password Grabber Module – a large module that downloads Mimikatz and tries to harvest passwords. ” reads the analysis published by CheckPoint.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Experts from the CyberX’s threat intelligence team Section 52 uncovered an ongoing cyberespionage campaign, tracked as Gangnam Industrial Style, that targeted industrial, engineering, and manufacturing organizations, most of them in South Korea (60%). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The experts only observed a few different camera brands as a number of camera manufacturers OEM HiSilicon DVR/NVR Soc device. “ After that, Fbot Loader (185.61.138.13) logs in to the target device web port through the device default password “admin/empty password”. ” reads the analysis published by 360Netlab.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2019

Roughly 50% of vulnerable devices is manufactured by Chinese company Hichip. An attacker could chain the issues to steal password theft and possibly remotely compromise the devices, he only needs to know the IP address of the P2P server used by the device. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Estée L auder is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of p restige skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care p roducts, it owns multiple brands, distributed internationally through both digital commerce and retail channels. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

VNC is widely adopted in industrial environments and many manufacturers of industrial control systems (ICS) leverage on VNC to implement remote control for their products. For this reason, experts suggest setting a strong password on the server to mitigate the risks. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – ICS-SCADA, hacking).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2019

Experts noticed that most of the devices targeted by the bot are Android set-top boxes manufactured by HiSilicon , Cubetek , and QezyMedia. Ares bot also scans for both other Android systems running Telnet services and attempt to crack passwords protecting them. Protect with string passwords services such as Telnet, Web, SNMP.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

The malicious code specifically targets QNAP NAS devices manufactured by Taiwanese company QNAP, it already infected over 62,000 QNAP NAS devices. Change the admin password and use a strong one. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Install and update Security Counselor. 443 and 8080).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2020

The company manufactures a variety of heavy equipment (bulldozers, dump trucks, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, rope shovels, walking draglines, motor graders and scrapers), such as that used for earthmoving, transport and mining. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2019

Industrial control systems used in many industries, including the energy sector, critical manufacturing, and transportation, continues to be an element of concern for security experts. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Security experts from security firm SEC Consult have identified over 100 companies that buy and re-brand video surveillance equipment (surveillance cameras, digital video recorders (DVRs), and network video recorders (NVRs)) manufactured by the Chinese firm Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology Co., Xiongmai hereinafter) that are open to hack.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2019

It includes detailed personal information of employees and unencrypted usernames and passwords, giving hackers access to user accounts and permissions at facilities using BioStar 2.” Phoenix Medical – Medical products manufacturer. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Russia has twice now knocked out Ukraine’s power grid for extended periods, in the Industroyer attacks of December 2015 and again in December 2016. Hackers seeking to get in position to take over control or otherwise disrupt utilities are seeking paths through original equipment manufacturers, third-party vendors, and telecom providers.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The Zombieload 2 attack only affects CPU supporting the Intel TSX instruction-set extension, a condition that is true in all Intel CPUs manufactured since 2013. An attacker could exploit the flaw to steal sensitive data, including passwords and encryption keys. ” reads the security advisory published by Intel.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

On January 28, 2019, the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council released the “ Medical Device and Health IT Joint Security Plan ” (“JSP” or “Plan”)—cybersecurity recommendations for medical device manufacturers, healthcare information technology vendors, and healthcare providers. Complaint Handling and Reporting.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

The malicious code specifically targets QNAP NAS devices manufactured by Taiwanese company QNAP, it already infected over 62,000 QNAP NAS devices. CGI password logger This installs a fake version of the device admin login page, logging successful authentications and passing them to the legitimate login page. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2019

Simply by tampering with parameters, one can update the email address registered to the account without authentication, send a password reset to the modified address (i.e. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. the attacker’s) and take over the account,” continues the experts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

malware was used by threat actors to establish a backdoor in MSSQL Server 11 and 12 servers, allowing them to access to any account on the server using a “magic password.” PortReus e was used by the Winnti cyberespionage group to target a high-profile Asian mobile software and hardware manufacturer. The skip-2.0

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2020

Amtrak resets user passwords after Guest Rewards data breach (unknown). Tait Towers Manufacturing discloses security incident affecting employee data (unknown). CMS Joomla posts unencrypted database of user passwords online (2,700). Germany seeks EU sanctions for 2015 cyber attack on its parliament. hack (350,000).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2019

“It said it was working with more than 1,000 owners in the UK and others globally to set up a system of individual usernames and passwords to secure the online controls. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reported the BBC.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2019

“[In 2017] APT40 was observed masquerading as a UUV manufacturer, and targeting universities engaged in naval research. The hackers use a mix of custom and publicly available credential harvesting tools to escalate privileges and dump password hashes. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

” The IoT radio devices are manufactured by Imperial & Dabman (Series I and D) and are distributed in Germany by Telestar, but experts pointed out that it is possible to buy them via Ebay and Amazon by resellers. The telnetd service is being deactivated and old and weak passwords are as well being removed or changed.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2018

GhostDNS scans for the IP addresses used by routers that use weak or no password then accesses them and changes the DNS settings to a rogue DNS server operated by the attackers. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the analysis published by the experts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2018

AVTech is one of the world’s leading CCTV manufacturers, it is the largest public-listed company in the Taiwan surveillance industry. The security expert Ankit Anubhav who discovered the Death botnet revealed that outdated firmware versions expose the passwords of the AVTech device in cleartext. ” Stay tuned.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

A new piece of malware dubbed QSnatch is infecting thousands of NAS devices manufactured by the Taiwanese vendor QNAP. Gather all usernames and passwords related to the device and sent them to the C2 server. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Call-home at specific intervals.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2018

Security researcher has found two critical vulnerabilities in the industrial routers manufactured by the Australian company NetComm Wireless. Sood has found two critical vulnerabilities in the industrial routers manufactured by the Australian company NetComm Wireless that can be exploited remotely to take control of affected devices.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

private encryption keys, passwords, payment card credentials) and offers a separate secure environment for executing Trusted Applications. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The affected chips are also used in access points and other networking devices manufactured by Cisco and Aruba Networks. “The chips are embedded in, among other devices, certain access points that deliver Wi-Fi to enterprise networks manufactured by Cisco, Meraki and Aruba. ” reads the post published by Armis.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2020

According to experts from Group-IB, Russian-speaking threat actors targeted at least two companies in Western Europe in the pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2019

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an advisory to warn of critical flaws affecting access control systems manufactured by Prima Systems. “The flash version of the web interface contains a hard-coded username and password, which may allow an authenticated attacker to escalate privileges.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Since March, the attackers have been trying to conduct multistage attacks on large corporate networks of medical labs, banks, manufacturers, and software developers in Russia. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The Russian-speaking threat actors are relatively new to the Big Game Hunting.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 11, 2018

When we started this podcast back in July 2015 I confess I expected it to be a short-lived experiment that would fizzle out by the end of the summer. A member of the public found the memory stick , viewed its contents (it wasn’t password protected either), and then passed it to the Sunday Mirror.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Your company stakeholders — especially the employees — should know the strategies your security team is using to prevent data breaches, and they should know simple ways they can help, like password protection and not clicking on malicious links or files or falling for phishing attacks.

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