Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It operates in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language; encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational co-operation with the United Kingdom.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In reality, the form with the counterfeit logos is designed to send in an HTTP POST request the e-mail address, username, and password to a listening server operated by the scammers. Careful analysis reveals typical elements that may indicate that this is a fake site. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2020

. “In a recent investigation of deep and dark web forums, IntSights researchers came across a cybercriminal who shared a database containing more than 2300 usernames and passwords to Zoom accounts.” While some of the accounts “only” included an email and password, others included meeting IDs, names and host keys.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

The collected samples were 64-bit Windows PE (Portable Executable) files and were used to target healthcare and education organizations in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Thailand. Our investigation showed that the samples had leaked accounts, customer passwords, and unique company IDs used as extensions of encrypted files.”

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2022

For this study, a data breach was defined as an intruder copying or leaking user data such as names, surnames, email addresses, passwords, etc. Researchers could then sort those combinations based on specific data points, such as countries, and perform a statistical analysis of their findings. Essential security tool.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

BlueCharlie primarily focuses operations on defense and intelligence consulting companies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), think tanks, and higher education. ” reads the analysis published by Recorded Future.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

process creation analysis), log file analysis, and Network signatures. Threat actors can execute arbitrary code on vulnerable servers by providing a malicious username and password during a login attempt. ” states VulnCheck. Currently, there are three types of detections respectively based on Sysmon (e.g.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team reported that the China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool Google Command and Control ( GC2 ) in an attack against an unnamed Taiwanese media organization. China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool GC2 in an attack against a Taiwanese media organization.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

” The analysis of the log from AhnLab’s ASD shows the MS-SQL process sqlservr.exe installing Trigona under the name svcservice.exe. “Admins must also use passwords that cannot be easily guessed and change them periodically to protect the database servers from brute force and dictionary attacks.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2020

” reads the analysis published by Guardicore. “Dating back to May 2018, the campaign uses password brute force to breach victim machines, deploys multiple backdoors and executes numerous malicious modules, such as multifunctional remote access tools (RATs) and cryptominers. .” ” continues the analysis.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Keys, such as strong passwords, unique codes, or biometric scans, can be given to trusted individuals to access your resources from a distance. Strong passwords, two-factor authentication, firewalls, encryption, and monitoring systems are just a few of the tools and procedures used to maintain security.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Kaspersky researchers have published an analysis of phishers’ Telegram channels used to promote their services and products. ” continues the analysis. One-time password (OTP) bots. Data includes verified online banking credentials, in some cases phishers also provides info on the account balances.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

Expand the definition of a breach to include login credentials, meaning “a consumer’s user name or e-mail address, in combination with a password or an answer to a security question, that together permit access to an online account.” The law is enforceable by the Vermont Attorney General.

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

Anyone who has provided their login credentials when responding to this message should assume that they’ve handed their password to the scammers. According to its analysis, malware was proportionately more common in phishing attacks, with Emotet and QakBot remaining the two most common strains.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Endpoint detection and response (EDR).

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2022

Forensic analysis of the breach came to a quick conclusion – a phishing attempt had tricked a user with privileged access into clicking on a malicious link. A detailed check revealed that no data had left the premises, although the criminals behind the hack had been stealing passwords. Both factors must be balanced.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Our analysis will then need to consider what it will take to prepare to meet that request and how to communicate it clearly, without technical jargon, to our executives, to the board, and possibly to a judge and jury. Establishing formal risk analysis and policies. SEC cybersecurity policies preparation.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For a more detailed analysis, a deeper penetration testing would be required,” Cybernews researchers noted. UTEL is a private Mexican university for online education founded in 2008. In regards to leaked credentials, two universities used default credentials for a given software package, and five used weak, guessable passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

Unusual patterns that may suggest spear phishing efforts, such as unexpected email forwarding or bulk dissemination, can be identified using behavior-based analysis. It provides an additional degree of security beyond just a login and password.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2020

The Tycoon ransomware was used in highly targeted attacks, its operators recently targeted small to medium-sized companies and institutions in the education and software industries. ”continues the analysis. ” concludes the analysis. A separate encryption thread will be created for each item in the path list.”continues

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Crooks use email addresses and cracked passwords obtained through phishing attacks and data breaches to send out scam emails to potential victims pretending to be in possession of videos showing them while watching explicit videos. . ” reads the analysis published by Talos. 30, 2018 through Oct. ” concludes Talos.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2019

These systems are widely used in enterprises and educational organizations. ” reads the analysis published by Tenable. Others issues can be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to change admin and moderator passwords and view presentations.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Top 8 IaaS Security Risks & Issues Each of these IaaS security risks and issues highlights the importance of a comprehensive security strategy, including ongoing monitoring, regular audits, and user education to mitigate potential threats and vulnerabilities in the cloud environment.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

“Since the cyber attack on 23 December 2019, UM has been working hard: on the one hand, to repair the damage and, on the other hand, to make education and research p ossible again as soon as p ossible.” After careful analysis of the possibilities, on December 30, the Maastricht University paid the ransom to decrypt its files.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

Security experts at Group-IB presented at Money2020 Asia the results of an interesting analysis of hi-tech crime landscape in Asia in 2018. Group-IB Threat Intelligence team identified hundreds of compromised credentials from Singaporean government agencies and educational institutions over the course of 2017 and 2018.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 8, 2021

The ManageEngine IT security portfolio spans everything from privileged access management (PAM) to network configuration to password management. There are also many specific use cases for education, healthcare, manufacturing, government and financial services. This includes security, help desk, networking, and application performance.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

“The vendor never provided any analysis on how it occurred and how they would prevent it from occurring again. “That’s where this forensic analysis is still going on,” Oxman said. ” For its part, Apex is still trying to determine how the ransomware got into its systems.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. Among those affected was SAP SE.

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

Preschool services provider Educational Enrichment Systems discloses cyber attack (unknown). Quebec teachers’ data stolen in password breach (360,000). Arizona Department of Education exposes parents’ scholarship accounts (7,000). Market analysis firm Tetrad accidentally dumps customer data online (120 million).

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 17, 2019

annually, for a period of five years, engage an independent third-party professional to conduct a current, comprehensive and thorough risk analysis of security risks to be reviewed by the Indiana Attorney General and shared with the 15 other states that were parties to the litigation. The case was filed in the U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In direct response to the publication of Radware’s analysis of the new discovery of the DemonBot malware strain effecting Hadoop clusters earlier the week, October 25th, 2018, 0x20k of Ghost Squad Hackers has released the full source code of the 0day exploit used to build his newest model; the FICORA Botnet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

” reads the analysis published by Microsoft. In two attacks observed by Microsoft, attackers exploited default settings of the IoT devices (unchanged default password) in a third case the hacked device was not running an updated software. link] #MSFTatBlackHat — Security Response (@msftsecresponse) August 5, 2019.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

It covers seven security domains: security operations and administration; access controls ; risk identification, monitoring and analysis; incident response and recovery; cryptography ; network and communications security; and systems and application security. A variety of training options are available, both online and in person.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” The FBI warns of a new wave of Netwalker ransomware attacks that began in June, the list of victims includes the UCSF School of Medicine and the Australian logistics giant Toll Group. “As reads the alert.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked. David Balaban is a computer security researcher with over 17 years of experience in malware analysis and antivirus software evaluation.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

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