Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2021

The IE weakness — CVE-2021-26411 — affects both IE11 and newer EdgeHTML-based versions, and it allows attackers to run a file of their choice by getting you to view a hacked or malicious website in IE. . “There is the outside chance this could be wormable between DNS servers,” warned Trend Micro’s Dustin Childs.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 28, 2023

Flaws That Give Back-End Access to an Object Can Cause Large Breaches, Agencies Say U.S. and Australian cybersecurity agencies are warning developers to guard against access flaws, saying that failure to institute authentication checks can lead to large data breaches.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Government offers rewards of up to $10 million for information that could help locate, identify, or arrest members of the Hive ransomware group. The law enforcement gained access to the decryption keys and provided them to victims, thereby thwarting potential ransom payments of up to $130 million.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

In a great many ransomware attacks, the criminals who pillage the victim’s network are not the same crooks who gained the initial access to the victim organization. More commonly, the infected PC or stolen VPN credentials the gang used to break in were purchased from a cybercriminal middleman known as an initial access broker.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Rarely do cybercriminal gangs that deploy ransomware gain the initial access to the target themselves. 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.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2021

The wormable CVE-2021-31166 vulnerability in the HTTP Protocol Stack of the Windows IIS server also affects WinRM on Windows 10 and Server systems. The flaw is wormable and affects different versions of Windows 10, Windows Server 2004 and Windows Server 20H2. — Jim DeVries (@JimDinMN) May 19, 2021.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Palo Alto Networks disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3064 , in its GlobalProtect portal and gateway interfaces. The attacker must have network access to the GlobalProtect interface to exploit this issue.” Experts pointed out that this port is often accessible over the Internet.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2021

Mint Mobile discloses a data breach, an unauthorized attacker gained access to subscribers’ account information and ported phone numbers. The data breach notification sent to the impacted subscribers reveals that an unauthorized person gained access to their data between June 8th and June 10th. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2021

From agentless solutions for multi-cloud infrastructures to implementing zero trust and threat scoring, the 2021 class of innovators predominantly addresses cloud, data, and application security. Also Read: Top 22 Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2021. And the 2021 RSAC Sandbox Innovation Contest winner is… Apiiro Security.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2024

The lock’s maker Chirp Systems remains unresponsive, even though it was first notified about the critical weakness in March 2021. out of a possible 10). In 2021, RealPage was acquired by the private equity giant Thoma Bravo. Meanwhile, Chirp’s parent company, RealPage, Inc. , is being sued by multiple U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Any cloud-based infrastructure needs a robust cloud access security broker (CASB) solution to ensure data and application security and integrity. . Cloud access security brokers are increasingly a critical component of the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) as edge and cloud security become the newest pain points. Censornet.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

Among the zero-days are: – CVE-2021-33742 , a remote code execution bug in a Windows HTML component. – CVE-2021-31955 , an information disclosure bug in the Windows Kernel. – CVE-2021-31956 , an elevation of privilege flaw in Windows NTFS. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

CloudPassage’s 2021 AWS Cloud Security Report found that misconfiguration of cloud platforms (71 percent), exfiltration of sensitive data (59 percent), and insecure APIs (54 percent) are the top cloud security threats facing cybersecurity professionals. What measures does the provider have in place to protect various access components?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Authentication and access management increasingly perceived as core to Zero Trust Security. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 05:52. While many consider that remote access to corporate resources and data as the key disruption, security teams had to face many more challenges. Nevertheless, internal threats also pose a big risk.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

When data is stored “in the clear,” it’s unencrypted, meaning that anyone with access to the storage device or file can view the data. Follow it up with our Top Enterprise Encryption Vendors of 2021. Top Full Disk Encryption Software of 2021. Read more: Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021. Apple FileVault. ESET PROTECT.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

Security researchers demonstrated how to bypass the Windows Hello facial recognition that is used in Windows 10 as a login mechanism. Windows Hello is a Windows 10 security feature that allows users to unlock the device with a user’s fingerprint, iris scan, or face. For more information, please see CVE-2021-34466: [link].

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Microsoft revealed that multiple threat actors are exploiting the recently patched Windows MSHTML remote code execution security flaw (CVE-2021-40444 ). The campaigns observed August 2021 likely employed emails impersonating contracts and legal agreements, the messages used documents that were hosted on file-sharing sites. .

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 30, 2021

The National Institute of Statics (“ INE ”) collects personal data from the Portuguese Census 2021 surveys. The Census 2021 data include personal data of potentially more than 10 million data subjects (the entire population of Portugal), including health and religious data. INE engages Cloudflare, Inc. (“ Cloudflare ”), a U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

ZenGRC provides one platform to simplify audit, risk, and compliance management with a holistic view of control environments, easy information access, and continual monitoring. When alerted to threats or vulnerabilities, all information can be easily accessed from a single dashboard with critical remediation steps. Reciprocity.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Microsoft December 2021 Patch Tuesday addresses 67 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited Windows Installer vulnerability. One of the vulnerabilities fixed by Microsoft, tracked as CVE-2021-43890 , is under active exploitation. Yes No EoP CVE-2021-43883 Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Important 7.1

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The Forrester Wave for ICS Security Solutions released earlier this month for Q4 2021 placed Cisco atop the ICS/OT security industry. FortiNAC is the vendor’s zero trust access solution providing agentless scanning, microsegmentation, and a multitude of profiling methods to determine the identity of devices. Cisco Features.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2022

10 packages have been removed from the Python Package Index (PyPI) because they were found harvesting data. In November 2021, JFrog researchers discovered 11 malicious Python packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that can steal Discord access tokens, passwords, and even carry out dependency confusion attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Here are our picks for the top 20 cybersecurity vendors plus 10 honorable mentions – with the caveat that three of those 30 companies could soon become one. Netsparker provides an accessible and intuitive interface for website scanning and vulnerability identification. The Best Cybersecurity Companies. Syxsense Secure. Visit website.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2021

Network Access Control (NAC) helps enterprises implement policies for controlling devices and user access to their networks. NAC can set policies for resource, role, device and location-based access and enforce security compliance with security and patch management policies, among other controls. HPE Aruba ClearPass.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

All these technologies can present security challenges, which makes zero trust principles important in any remote access solution. The most common way to access work computers from outside the network used to be Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Also read: Fine-tuning Firewall Rules: 10 Best Practices. RDP: A Pre-Cloud Solution.

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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Recently Qualys researchers found a Sudo vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3156 , that has allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without authentication. News of the day is that the CVE-2021-3156 flaw also impacts the latest version of Apple macOS Big Sur, and Apple has yet to address it.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2022

Google’s Project Zero researchers reported that 58 zero-day were discovered in 2021 (28 zero-day were detected in 2020), which marks a record for the company since it started tracking these issues in mid 2014. Google researchers reported that the exploitation of the zero-days they saw in 2021 was not different from the past.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

Pwn2Own 2021 – Day 2: a security duo earned $200,000 for a zero-interaction Zoom exploit allowing remote code execution. One of the most interesting working exploits of the second day of the Pwn2Own 2021 was demonstrated by security researchers Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade from Computest. Same exploit for both browsers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2021

A group of US hackers claimed to have gained access to footage from 150,000 security cameras at banks, jails, schools, healthcare clinics, and prominent organizations. pic.twitter.com/0RC7eudOXz — William Turton (@WilliamTurton) March 10, 2021. The news was first reported by Bloomberg News who reported its to Verkada.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2023

government announced up to a $10 million bounty for information linking the Clop ransomware gang to a foreign government. The US goverment is offering up to a $10 million bounty for information linking CL0P Ransomware Gang or any other threat actors targeting U.S. critical infrastructure to a foreign government. reported Rapid7.

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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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HID Global

OCTOBER 20, 2021

HID Global Recognized for Access Control Implementation at Vanderbilt University. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 10:07.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 5, 2021

Gartner calls it zero trust network access (ZTNA) and sees ZTNA as something of a fine-grained approach to network access control (NAC) , identity access management (IAM) and privilege access management (PAM) – and at least an adjunct to, if not a replacement for, VPNs and DMZ architectures. Visit website.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 12, 2024

10 is the worst), and it concerns a weakness in Open Management Infrastructure (OMI), a Linux-based cloud infrastructure in Microsoft Azure. . 10 is the worst), and it concerns a weakness in Open Management Infrastructure (OMI), a Linux-based cloud infrastructure in Microsoft Azure.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2023

US CISA added the vulnerability CVE-2021-1435 in Cisco IOS XE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the vulnerability CVE-2021-1435 in Cisco IOS XE. ” reads the report published by Cisco Talos.

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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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