Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

This figure also includes historical records and new artifacts identified in January 2024, following an analysis of Command and Control (C2) servers and underground marketplaces. As such, this employee category represents a high-value target for sophisticated threat actors.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Experts from Cisco Talos discovered a new malware, tracked as ObliqueRAT, that appears a custom malware developed by a threat actor focused on government and diplomatic targets. . ” reads the analysis published by the exp erts. “CrimsonRAT has been known to target diplomatic and government organizations in Southeast Asia.”

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Krebs on Security

MAY 12, 2022

KrebsOnSecurity has learned the alleged compromise is tied to a cybercrime and online harassment community that routinely impersonates police and government officials to harvest personal information on their targets. ” The DEA’s EPIC portal login page.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2019

The cyber security expert Marco Ramilli continues its analysis of the data leak known as Collection #1, he shared some interesting views on data The cyber security expert Marco Ramilli continues its analysis of the data leak known as Collection #1, he shared some interesting views on data. TOP Leaked eMail. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

These Russian cyber actors are government organizations and include other parties who take their orders from the Russian military or intelligence organizations – while not technically under government control. As the United States and other nations condemn Russia’s actions, the odds of Russian cyber actors targeting the U.S.,

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

The Chinese government is well known for its censorship– and frequent harassment and intimidation of foreign journalists. If the Chinese government cannot prevent a story from being published outside of the country, it can act against sources. Password leaks are commonplace. MFA is a must for organizations using SaaS for email.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

surfaces in the threat landscape Pokemon Company resets some users’ passwords Ukraine cyber police arrested crooks selling 100 million compromised accounts New AcidPour wiper targets Linux x86 devices. Is it a Russia’s weapon? Players hacked during the matches of Apex Legends Global Series.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

China-linked Curious Gorge APT is targeting Russian government agencies, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that an APT group linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA SSF), tracked as Curious Gorge , is targeting Russian government agencies.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Some of the most popular brands don’t enforce a strong password policy, meaning anyone can peer into their owners’ lives. While the default security settings have improved over the review period, some popular brands either offer default passwords or no authentication, meaning anyone can spy on the spies.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2019

The CVE-2019-1132 flaw addressed by Microsoft this month was exploited by Buhtrap threat actor to target a government organization in Eastern Europe. According to experts at ESET, the Windows zero-day flaw CVE-2019-1132 was exploited by the Buhtrap threat actor in a targeted attack aimed at a government organization in Eastern Europe.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2021

In two of the intrusions, the attackers made off with the forums’ user databases, including email and Internet addresses and hashed passwords. On Tuesday, someone dumped thousands of usernames, email addresses and obfuscated passwords on the dark web apparently pilfered from Mazafaka (a.k.a. ” On Feb.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

China-linked hackers carried out cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks with TAIDOOR malware. “CISA encourages users and administrators to review Malware Analysis Report MAR-10292089-1.v1 “CISA encourages users and administrators to review Malware Analysis Report MAR-10292089-1.v1

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

An unknown threat actor is targeting government organizations with the PureCrypter downloader, Menlo Security firm reported. Menlo Labs researchers uncovered an unknown threat actor is using the PureCrypter downloader in attacks aimed at government entities. ” reads the analysis published by Menlo Labs.

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IT Governance

APRIL 4, 2024

This blog provides further analysis of the data we’ve collected. This gave them access to names, phone numbers, emails, plaintext passwords, branch locations, confidential messages and shift information for Chattr employees, franchisee managers and job applicants. Passwords and bank details were not affected.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.” ” reads the joint advisory. Rhysida actors heavily leveraged this tool for lateral movement and remote execution.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns of a North Korea-linked cyberespionage group tracked as ARCHIPELAGO. ” reads the analysis published by Google TAG. 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

DECEMBER 15, 2021

assembly that is intended to be loaded as a module within an IIS web server that also exposes Exchange’s Outlook Web Access (OWA),” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. The username, password, user’s IP address and current timestamp are stored in a file at C:WindowsTempaf397ef28e484961ba48646a5d38cf54.db.ses.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

The agency published a malware analysis report (MARs) for each malicious code, the report also includes threat actor techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) for the threat. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The government experts released new and updated Malware Analysis Reports (MARs) related to new malware families involved in new attacks carried out by North Korea-linked HIDDEN COBRA group. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication. the extension matches the file header).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The FBI warns that threat actors are abusing misconfigured SonarQube applications to steal source code from US government agencies and businesses. “Since April 2020, unidentified cyber actors have actively targeted vulnerable SonarQube instances to access source code repositories of US government agencies and private businesses.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2022

Russian government released a list containing IP addresses and domains behind DDoS attacks that hit Russian infrastructure after the invasion. While the conflict on the battlefield continues, hacktivists continue to target Russian infrastructure exposed online. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Upon execution, the downloader will check against a blacklist of malware analysis tools by checking for running processes’ specific names (i.e. It uses hardcoded file names designed to masquerade as Microsoft office executables: OfficeTemplate.exe and MicrosoftOfficeDashboard.exe” reads the analysis published by Symantec.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Further analysis, revealed that the same threat actor targeted multiple regions using a similar Cobalt Strike loader and has been active since 2020. The malware was embedded in a password-protected archive attached to the messages. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

But KrebsOnSecurity recently discovered that this is not the case with all federal government sites built to help you manage your identity online. After verifying my email address, I was asked to pick a strong password and select a form of multi-factor authentication (MFA). It just reported that my SSN was now unlocked.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

The US government agencies warned of threat actors that are targeting ICS and SCADA systems from various vendors. Researchers from Dragos shared a detailed analysis of the new PIPEDREAM toolkit confirming that it has yet to be employed in attacks in the wild. ” reads the analysis published by Mandiant.

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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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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2021

credit or debit card number, or any financial account number in combination with any required security code, access code or password that would permit access to such financial account. Risk of Harm Analysis No Longer Requires Law Enforcement Consultation. 60-Day Notification Window. Required Identity Theft Prevention Services.

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IT Governance

JULY 5, 2021

9 of ISO 27001 helps you govern who has access to your organisation’s sensitive information and under what scenarios. This is most likely to cover digital records, which can be protected with passwords or other technical defences. Data encryption, a password management system and secure log-on procedures are ideal starting points.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2019

The unsecured storage server was discovered by security expert Greg Pollock from UpGuard, it contained 3 terabytes of data including millions of sensitive Government files and years worth of sensitive FBI investigations. The server also included email backups from 1999 to 2016, the largest and most recent reaching 16GB in size.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 11, 2019

It was only when a Twitter user, later revealed to be the person behind the attack, published portions of the stolen data, that the authority conducted further analysis. . This analysis ultimately led to the perpetrator’s apprehension. Weak passwords . Bad passwords were one of the reasons he had it so easy,” Seehofer said.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2022

Government experts observed that malicious executables are downloaded from compromised web resources. “The government’s team for responding to computer emergencies in Ukraine CERT-UA revealed the fact of mass distribution of e-mails on the topic of “chemical attack” and a link to an XLS-document with a macro.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Stormshield is a major provider of network security products to the French government, some approved to be used on sensitive networks. In response to the intrusion, as a precaution, the Stormshild experts reset the passwords of all accounts and enhanced the security measures to protect the portal. ” continues Stormshield.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2023

The US government released a joint advisory that provides technical details about the operation of the Lockbit 3.0 “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), CISA, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) has released a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA), #StopRansomware: LockBit 3.0. ransomware.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Victims are tricked into installing this fake app under the guise of confirming their OTP (One-Time Password), which is then intercepted and transmitted to a command-and-control (C2C) server managed by the attacker. Recognition of specific objects and targets through text processing and document analysis.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2020

based research company that provides services to businesses and government organizations. Security experts from Intezer observed targeted attacks on a US-based research company that provides services to businesses and government organizations. ” reads the analysis p ublished by Intezer. ” continues the analysis. .

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 5, 2023

NYDFS clarified that where a cybersecurity program or part of a cybersecurity program is adopted from an affiliate, the “senior governing body” ( e.g. , a board or equivalent governing body) may be that of the affiliate. As described below, senior governing bodies would have new oversight responsibilities under the amendments.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2021

According to coordinated reports published by FireEye and Pulse Secure in April, the two hacking groups have exploited the CVE-2021-22893 zero-day vulnerability in Pulse Secure VPN devices to access the networks of US defense contractors and government organizations worldwide. and Europe.”

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