Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2018

In an ideal world, all of the security controls are applied and all of the debugging tools are removed or disabled before the code is released to the public. ” These are very powerful functions for debugging tools, and also useful for executing malicious code without being trapped by the usual security controls.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Researchers from from Netlab, the network security division of Chinese tech giant Qihoo 360, have discovered a new botnet, tracked as HEH, that contains the code to wipe all data from infected systems, such as routers, IoT devices, and servers. ” reads the analysis published by the researchers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Security researcher Tolijan Trajanovski ( @tolisec ) analyzed the multi-vector Miner+Tsunami Botnet that implements SSH lateral movement. A fellow security researcher, 0xrb , shared with me samples of a botnet that propagates using weblogic exploit. Excellent analysis of the previous version by AWAKE’s Patrick Olsen: [link].

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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. Cyberattack Statistics. Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

” reads the analysis published by Talos. The main payloads allow the malware to launch DDoS attacks, sniff and exfiltre network traffic using a SOCKS proxy and install XMRig Monero cryptocurrency mining software. The post Necro Python bot now enhanced with new VMWare, server exploits appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2019

Trend Micro recently discovered an Android crypto-currency mining botnet that can spread via open ADB (Android Debug Bridge) ports and Secure Shell (SSH). Security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered an new Android crypto-currency mining botnet that spreads via open ADB ( Android Debug Bridge ) ports and Secure Shell (SSH).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The botnet appeared on the threat landscape in November 2020, the attacks aimed at compromising the target systems to create an IRC botnet, which can later be used to conduct several malicious activities, including DDoS attacks and crypto-mining campaigns. ” reads the analysis published by the experts. from visual-tools.com.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The infamous XMRig mines Monero cryptocurrency that is known to be anonymity-focused, as it’s particularly hard to trace back. This strategy seems to be a trade-off, as such services are way easier to take down by authorities, but it allows bypassing network security products that don’t block legitimate providers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In February 2018, researchers from Proofpoint discovered a huge botnet dubbed ‘Smominru’ that was using the EternalBlue exploit to infect Windows computers and recruit them in Monero cryptocurrency mining activities. Further data, including Indicators of Compromise, are reported in the analysis published by the experts.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

The Decipher Security podcast by Duo Security analyzes the news, explores the impact of the latest risks, and provides informative and educational material for readers intent on understanding how security affects our world. Decipher provides context, information, and analysis, not to point fingers or lay blame.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

The Decipher Security podcast by Duo Security analyzes the news, explores the impact of the latest risks, and provides informative and educational material for readers intent on understanding how security affects our world. Decipher provides context, information, and analysis, not to point fingers or lay blame.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

The Decipher Security podcast by Duo Security analyzes the news, explores the impact of the latest risks, and provides informative and educational material for readers intent on understanding how security affects our world. Decipher provides context, information, and analysis, not to point fingers or lay blame.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The Outlaw Botnet uses brute force and SSH exploit (exploit Shellshock Flaw and Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability ) to achieve remote access to the target systems, including server and IoT devices. Technical Analysis. This directory contains the crypto mining module named kswapd0. The first folder to analyze is “a”.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Sustes Malware doesn’t infect victims by itself, but it is spread via brute-force activities with special focus on IoT and Linux servers. Today I’d like to share a simple analysis based on a fascinating threat that I like to call Sustes (you will see name genesis in a bit). Monero stops you trying to check wallet balance.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Now facial recognition appears to be on the verge of blossoming commercially, with security use-cases paving the way. It’s now commonplace for high-resolution video cams to feed endless streams of image data into increasingly intelligent data mining software. Along with this comes the rising potential for abuse of the technology.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2018

Experts uncovered a massive cryptojacking campaign that is targeting MikroTik routers to inject a Coinhive cryptocurrency mining script in the web traffic. ” continues the analysis. The post Hundreds of thousands MikroTik Routers involved in massive Coinhive cryptomining campaign appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2018

includes the security updates to address the CVE-2018-11776. reads the analysis published by Recorded Future. The shell script removes previous instances of the miner, removes specific processes, and downloads three ELF crypto mining binaries. The CVE-2018-11776 vulnerability affects Struts versions from 2.3

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

This year, security experts at Avast have blocked more than 4.6 ” Avast researchers also observed crooks using DNS hijacking to deliver crypto mining scripts to users’ browsers. ” states the analysis published by Avast. Most recently, Netflix became a popular domain for DNS hijackers.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Bitdefender Total Security. For an introductory price of $45 a year for five devices, you get a long list of security protections: Advanced protection for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS devices. No security product is perfect, but for just under $4 a month, Bitdefender gives you broad, sophisticated defenses. Bitdefender.

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erwin

JUNE 11, 2020

Data Intelligence is the analysis of multifaceted data to be used by companies to improve products and services offered and better support investments and business strategies in place. Blockchain enables more secure and complex transaction record-keeping for businesses. What Is Data Intelligence? Enhance customer experience.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

ARMA defines information as “Data that has been given value through analysis, interpretation, or compilation in a meaningful form” (ARMA 2016, p 28). Organizations use DRM technologies and solutions to securely manage intellectual property (IP) rights and monetize the content. Information and Content Explosion.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Another example is when sensitive information is removed from transaction data after meeting operational requirements, but the data is kept for analytical processing such as market research and trend analysis. IoT sensors attached to machinery can be time sensitive and operationally important for workplace health and safety compliance. [5]

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Incident Response is a systematic method for addressing and managing security incidents in organizations, focused on minimizing and investigating the impact of events and restoring normal operations. Remote access trojans (RATs): RATs can be used to remotely gain control of a machine, placing the user’s privacy and security at risk.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

Forescout’s Platform not only enables robust NAC capabilities, but also offers options for enhanced security, including eXtended Detection and Response (XDR). Most importantly, Forescout’s agnostic Platform works with both a wide variety of networking vendors, device vendors, and security tools.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

Security vendors and startups use deception techniques to confuse and befuddle attackers. By masking high-value assets in a sea of fake attack surfaces, attackers are disoriented and attack a fake asset, in the process alerting security teams to their presence. But it can work the other way. What is Deception Technology?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2019

The flaw was already addressed by the Chinese firm TopThink that designed the framework, but security expert Larry Cashdollar at Akamai’s Security Incident Response Team has now discovered active exploits of the flaw in the wild. ” reads the analysis published by the expert. ” continues the post.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 17, 2023

DaaS is an intelligent, cloud-based, multi-tenant offering for data processing, data storage and data analysis. The services are activated through access management for data collection, analysis and event monitoring in existing drones which are managed by clients and businesses.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Vamosi: But as someone who wrote a book questioning the security of our mass produced IoT devices, I wonder why no one bothered to test and certify these devices before they were installed? And on the other hand, we're saying security, that's a secondary concern. But we all know how security by obscurity works in the end.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

This picture comes from an analysis of specific statistics and by reading between the lines in reports from 1Password, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Flashpoint, Google Threat Analysis Group/Mandiant, NetScout, Pentera, and Sophos. 20% increase accesses of specific organizations advertised. These steps take some time, but cost no money.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

So analysis of prevalence of malware typically represents only what's being seen on Windows boxes. And there was just this single function that needed to be reverse engineered, but also very complex because of all the actions that it performed, it just recursively calls itself and it makes the analysis quite hard.

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Brandeis Records Manager

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Like most people, I prefer to have a reasonable sense of job security, as long as my interest is engaged. We can also partner with technology in the near term to mitigate the chaos-for example, using R programming tools to mine text, categorize, cluster, and de-duplicate unstructured data collections.

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