Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company, has presented its annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report. It was also marked by the rise of the underground market for selling access to corporate networks and an over two-fold growth of the carding market. downloaders), and new types of botnets (brute-force botnets).

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Starting with database instances in an Amazon virtual private cloud (VPC), administrators can set permissions via identity and access management (IAM) and prohibit specific IP addresses or Amazon EC2 instances. In combination, these tools ensure sensitive data is only accessible to authorized eyes and is highly encrypted.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor tightens control of its citizens and blocked access to six virtual private networks (VPNs), including NordVPN and ExpressVPN. Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor tightens the control over the Internet and blocked access to six virtual private networks (VPNs), Hola!VPN,

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CILIP

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Alongside our existing Partnership Agreement with CILIP in Scotland (renewed in 2021), we are working closely with the National Committees - CILIP Cymru Wales and CILIP Ireland - to establish a new basis for our work together under Joint Agreements. 2021 has been a tremendously exciting year for CILIP?s A year in review.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 10, 2021

The messages appear to come from Microsoft SharePoint and contain a “file share” request to access “Staff Reports”, “Bonuses”, “Pricebooks” and other content that’s purportedly hosted in an Excel spreadsheet. Those who followed the link were sent to a mock-up of the SharePoint login screen and were asked to provide their credentials.

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IT Governance

JULY 7, 2021

The number of officially reported HMRC-branded phishing scams increased from 572,029 in the 2019–2020 fiscal year to 1,069,522 in 2020–2021, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Do they click a link? The post Catches of the month: Phishing scams for July 2021 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

The term “FUD” in those names stands for “ F ully U n- D etectable,” and it refers to cybercrime resources that will evade detection by security tools like antivirus software or anti-spam appliances. “Please remove this article,” Sam Raza wrote, linking to the 2021 profile. “Why you post us? .”

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

Now a new service offers to help dramatically cut costs associated with large-scale spam and account creation campaigns, by paying people to sell their email account credentials and letting customers temporarily rent access to a vast pool of established accounts at major providers. The service in question — kopeechka[.]store

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

China-linked APT Volt Typhoon infiltrated a critical infrastructure network in the US and remained undetected for at least five years. authoring agencies have recently observed indications of Volt Typhoon actors maintaining access and footholds within some victim IT environments for at least five years,” reads the alert. .

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. How ransomware works. Screenshot example.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2023

According to BetterCloud, the average number of software as a service (SaaS) applications used by organizations worldwide has increased 14x between 2015 and 2021. Thus, in 2021, more than 6 million secrets have leaked between the lines of code of developers, that is to say, more than 16,000 per day on average!

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

China-linked threat actors are preparing cyber attacks against U.S. FBI Director Christopher Wray warned this week that China-linked threat actors are preparing an attack against U.S. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure. In fact, the U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 30, 2021

Why Should You Opt for a Cloud-Based Identity and Access Management Solution? Thu, 07/01/2021 - 06:36. Let’s find out why you should opt for a cloud-based identity and access management solution. But what is cloud-based identity access management? For more clarity, before you read, click the link.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 30, 2021

Why Should You Opt for a Cloud-Based Identity and Access Management Solution? Thu, 07/01/2021 - 06:36. Let’s find out why you should opt for a cloud-based identity and access management solution. But what is cloud-based identity access management? For more clarity, before you read, click the link.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

An alleged member of the @HotarusCorp leaked on a hacking forum a link to a file containing 6500 records (Email, Identity Card numbers, and passwords) that claims to Ministry of Finance. breach #infosec #deepwebnews @FinanzasEc @EcuCERT_EC pic.twitter.com/WTbXz8EYLx — Security Chronicle (@SecurChronicle) February 23, 2021.

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CILIP

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2021 takes place on 27 January and like every year there will be opportunities for libraries to get involved. s through reading books, accessing information online or attending events, libraries are the local community?s Please register to receive the link to the ceremony. Lee Child and Libraries. ?

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

6 More intense droughts and water scarcity Global warming is causing more intense droughts and affecting water storage on land, decreasing access to freshwater. link resides outside ibm.com). ” (link resides outside ibm.com). link resides outside ibm.com). ” (link resides outside ibm.com). IPCC, 2023.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team discovered four vulnerabilities ( CVE-2021-42598 , CVE-2021-42599 , CVE-2021-42600 , and CVE-2021-42601 ) in a mobile framework, owned by mce Systems , that is used by several mobile carriers in pre-installed Android System apps. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

By our reckoning, September 2021 saw 97 security incidents comprising 91,127,815 million breached records. As ever, you can find links to all the incidents listed below. FocaLeaks claims to have hacked El Salvador Police, gained access to records on civilians, agents, and criminal investigations (databreaches.net) (37,000).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2024

From late 2020 to early 2021, the group also exploited multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in Accellion’s legacy File Transfer Appliance (FTA), demonstrating a years-long focus by these actors on identifying and exploiting zero-days. The researchers also tracked at least four ransomware groups exploiting four zero-day vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

It uses a list of hardcoded username/password combinations to login into devices in the attempt to access systems using weak or default credentials. The new variant of the bot includes exploits for the following security issues: CVE-2022-22954 : Critical RCE flaw in VMware Workspace ONE Access and VMware Identity Manager.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 13, 2021

Thales is part of the Gartner Peer Insights Customer First program for Access Management. Thu, 05/13/2021 - 09:06. Thales is excited to announce that we have pledged to be a Customer First vendor in the Access Man-agement market for our SafeNet Trusted Access series of products. Source: [link].

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

A California man who lost $100,000 in a 2021 SIM-swapping attack is suing the unknown holder of a cryptocurrency wallet that harbors his stolen funds. 14, 2021, by executing an unauthorized SIM-swap that involved an employee at his mobile phone provider who switched Dellone’s phone number over to a new device the attackers controlled.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This need for robust security underscored by Executive Order 14028 , published in May 2021, calls for enhancing the nation’s cybersecurity posture. The executive order highlights the importance of securing digital assets and mitigating cyberthreats by emphasizing the modernization of identity and access management (IAM) systems.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2021

Some users have said the product can be resource-intensive, straining CPUs, and Kaspersky’s raw score in the second round of MITRE testing was below average. Cons: Can be resource-intensive. Can be resource-intensive on endpoints. _. Identity and access management (IAM) and authentication. Network access control (NAC).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Researchers linked a sophisticated botnet, tracked as KV-Botnet, to the operation of the China-linked threat actor Volt Typhoon. The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies linked a small office/home office (SOHO) router botnet, tracked as KV-Botnet to the operations of China-linked threat actor Volt Typhoon.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 13, 2021

Tue, 04/13/2021 - 13:57. Thales is happy to participate in the first-ever Identity Management Day which is held on 13 April 2021. Therefore first and foremost, identity and access to sensitive data and applications must be protected. 74% of data breaches involve access to a privileged account.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

The CERT of Ukraine (CERT-UA) revealed that Russia-linked threat actors have compromised multiple government websites this week. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) said that Russia-linked threat actors have breached multiple government websites this week.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2023

The vulnerability was exploited by multiple threat actors [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ], including Russia-linked APT groups that targeted critical infrastructure. The advisory also includes 30 additional routinely exploited vulnerabilities in 2022. The advisory also provides mitigations for vendors and developers.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Volt Typhoon, a notorious cyber group linked to the People’s Republic of China, has expanded its operations beyond illegal access and data theft. In November 2021, the FBI disclosed a FatPipe VPN exploit that enabled backdoor access via web shells. government and defense institutions for intelligence gathering.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2022

A new China-linked cyberespionage group known as ‘Space Pirates’ is targeting enterprises in the Russian aerospace industry. The group has been active since at least 2017, researchers believe it is linked with other China-linked APT groups, including APT41 (Winnti), Mustang Panda , and APT27. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2022

Using highly trusted service domains like Snapchat and other online-services, they create special URLs which lead to malicious resources with phishing kits. Around November 2021, there were over 700 identified domains names used in campaigns leveraging LogoKit – their number is constantly growing.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Renewable energy is energy produced from Earth’s natural resources, those that can be replenished faster than they are consumed. Today, a variety of incentives and subsidies help make it easier for companies to lean on renewable resources as a stable source of power to help alleviate the climate crisis.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2021

systems on March 7, 2021.” The company discovered that data from internal administrative human resources files relating to 6 former New Hampshire employees of Bose Corporation was accessed and potentially exfiltrated by the ransomware operators. Changed access keys for all service accounts. ” reads the letter.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Patch histories available for individual machines, endpoint reboot status, and links to relevant vendor knowledge base articles. Integrates with a variety of vulnerability scanners to collect data for IT resources both on-premises and in the cloud. The post Top Patch Management Software for 2021 appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers recently published lessons learned from the disruptive and costly ransomware attack in May 2021 on Ireland’s public health system. Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE), which operates the country’s public health system, got hit with Conti ransomware on May 14, 2021.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It’s only February, and 2021 already is rapidly shaping up to be the year of supply-chain hacks. 6, some two days after the attackers gained unauthorized access. Related: The quickening of cyber warfare. The latest twist: mobile network operator UScellular on Jan. And now UScellular admits that it detected its network breach on Jan.

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