Krebs on Security

MARCH 26, 2024

“For some reason, PeopleDataLabs has three profiles that come up when you search for my info, and two of them are mine but one is an elementary school teacher from the midwest,” Patel said. “Ken” is a security industry veteran who spoke on condition of anonymity. ” Ken said.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

ssh/authorized_keys, anyone with the corresponding private key can authenticate the SSH server without supplying a password. Initially, they deployed and executed a separate Monero miner alongside the usual RapperBot binary, but starting from January 2023, they included the mining capabilities in the bot. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Software giant Atlassian released emergency security updates to address a critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-22515 (CVSS score 10), in its Confluence Data Center and Server software. Atlassian fixed a critical zero-day flaw in its Confluence Data Center and Server software, which has been exploited in the wild. and later.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

Indeed, while anonymity provides privacy and security for transactions, it can also be exploited by criminals for illicit activities, such as money laundering , drug trafficking, illegal arms sales, and terrorist financing. Prevention comes through educating users and taking robust security measures to protect their digital assets.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 21, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from voice phishing or “ vishing ” attacks targeting companies. authenticate the phone call before sensitive information can be discussed.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2021

In recent months the number of cyberattacks against misconfigured Kybernetes systems has surged, threat actors mainly used the to illegally mine cryptocurrencies. The guidance details the security challenges associated with setting up and securing a Kubernetes cluster. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2021

The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and that targets Docker installs. The activity of the TeamTNT group has been detailed by security firm Trend Micro, but in August experts from Cado Security discovered that that botnet is also able to target misconfigured Kubernetes installations.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The crypto-miner Kinsing was first spotted by security firm Aqua Security in April 2020, at the time the experts spotted threat actors scanning the Internet for Docker servers running API ports exposed without a password. The Kinsing malware abuses the resources of the Docker installations to mine cryptocurrency.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Akamai Security Research discovered a new evasive Golang-based malware, tracked as KmsdBot, that infects systems via an SSH connection that uses weak login credentials. The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Use public key authentication for your SSH connections.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

One of the most-read advice columns on this site is a 2018 piece called “ Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory ,” which tried to impress upon readers the importance of creating accounts at websites like those at the Social Security Administration , the IRS and others before crooks do it for you. DHS’s myE-Verify homepage.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Trend Micro researchers have spotted crypto-mining campaigns that are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical remote code execution vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence deployments across Windows and Linux. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cryptocurrency mining). reads the advisory published by the company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2022

The malware supports a broad range of features, including the ability to steal credentials, cookies, and bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes. MaliBot disguises itself as a cryptocurrency mining app named “Mining X” or “The CryptoApp”, experts also observed the malicious code masqueraded as “MySocialSecurity” and “Chrome” apps. .

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

And in May of this year, GoDaddy disclosed that 28,000 of its customers’ web hosting accounts were compromised following a security incident in Oct. 17 was not related to a security incident, but rather a technical issue that materialized during planned network maintenance. 2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2021

An authenticated attacker could execute arbitrary commands as the root user on the underlying system via the SAML server configuration page. Experts pointed out that the flaw could be chained with an authentication bypass flaw that could allow an attacker. The vulnerability impacts Fortinet FortiWeb versions 6.3.11 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new botnet, tracked as PgMiner, that targets PostgreSQL databases running on Linux servers to install a cryptocurrency miner. “We believe PGMiner is the first cryptocurrency mining botnet that is delivered via PostgreSQL.” ” continues the analysis.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

As first reported here last year , First American’s website exposed 16 years worth of digitized mortgage title insurance records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images. In the days that followed, the DFS and U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 18, 2018

Convenience must be delicately balanced against security. The recent series of strategic moves made by VASCO Data Security underscore this seismic shift in banking services. VASCO long ago established itself as a leading supplier of authentication technology to 2,000 banks worldwide. This, of course, is a tall task.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

The issue was reported by security firm Volexity, the company announced the availability of the security fixes for supported versions of Confluence within 24 hours (estimated time, by EOD June 3 PDT). Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2022

Akamai security researchers discovered a new Golang-based P2P Botnet, tracked as Panchan, that is targeting Linux servers that has been active since March 2022. ” The botnet is engaged in cryptomining activity, the malicious code has been designed to hijack the computer’s resources to mine cryptocurrencies.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The tool is not designed to be exposed on the Internet, however, researchers spotted tens thousands Redis instance publicly accessible without authentication. SecurityAffairs – hacking, mining). The post Over 39K unauthenticated Redis services on the internet targeted in cryptocurrency campaign appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 22, 2023

How Thales and Red Hat Secure Kubernetes Data in a 5G World madhav Fri, 06/23/2023 - 05:03 The Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) that operate 5G mobile broadband networks face many challenges related to their highly distributed infrastructure. Using Kubernetes out of the box presents several challenges for security admins.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 22, 2023

How Thales and Red Hat Secure Kubernetes Data in a 5G World madhav Fri, 06/23/2023 - 05:03 The Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) that operate 5G mobile broadband networks face many challenges related to their highly distributed infrastructure. Using Kubernetes out of the box presents several challenges for security admins.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2023

shc executables are typically used as loaders and prepare the system for mining via Diicot’s custom fork of XMRig, along with registering persistence.” This campaign specifically targets SSH servers exposed to the internet with password authentication enabled. ” reads the report published by Cado.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

Postal Service, the credit bureaus or the Social Security Administration, it’s a good idea to do so for several reasons. Adding multi-factor authentication (MFA) at these various providers (where available) and/or establishing a customer-specific personal identification number (PIN) also can help secure online access.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2019

By leveraging the combination of stolen login credentials, web cookies, and SMS data, based on past attacks like this, we believe the bad actors could bypass multi-factor authentication for these sites. Experts believe the threat actors could bypass multifactor authentication for the sites for which they are able to steal associated info.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2020

A few days ago, researchers from F-Secure disclosed a number of vulnerabilities in the “Salt” framework, including two issues that could be exploited by attackers to take over Salt installations. Chaining the issue, an attacker could bypass authentication and run arbitrary code on Salt master servers exposed online. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

Experts uncovered a hacking campaign that is breaching Docker clusters to deploy a new crypto-mining malware tracked as Kinsing. Cloud security firm Aqua Security uncovered a hacking campaign carried out during the past months, hackers are scanning the Internet for Docker servers running API ports exposed without a password.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ( CISA ) have issued a joint security advisory to warn teleworkers of an ongoing vishing campaign targeting organizations from multiple US industry industries. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. The regulation around IoT security was this year’s signal that the answer is, fortunately, no. Insights from VDOO’s leadership. 2019 will continue these trends but at a faster pace.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

Security experts from ESET revealed that the number of daily brute-force attacks on Windows RDP has doubled during the COVID-19 lockdown. ESET researchers also said the attackers also attempt to exploit RDP connections to try to install coin-mining malware or create a backdoor. Use an additional layer of authentication ( MFA/2FA ).

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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

MAY 18, 2022

One of the threat types that surfaced and thrived since the introduction of cryptocurrency, cryptojackers are mining malware that hijacks and consumes a target’s device resources for the former’s gain and without the latter’s knowledge or consent. Below is a list of threats that are currently leveraging cryptocurrency: Cryptojackers.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Now for the big challenge - security. The "s" in IoT is for Security Ok, so the joke is a stupid oldie, but a hard truth lies within it: there have been some shocking instances of security lapses in IoT devices. Yeah, me either, because most of mine are probably like yours: the simplest electrical devices in the house.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Earlier this year Sysdig and Aqua Security researchers started observing cyber attacks targeting Kubernets and Docker instances aimed at mining Monero cryptocurrency. Experts pointed out that a Docker Engine is not properly secured could be exposed to remote attack through Docker Engine API. Docker Trusted Registry ).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2020

Security researchers from Sophos have spotted a new variant of the Lemon_Duck cryptomining malware that has been updated to compromise Linux machines via SSH brute force attacks. “This aspect of the campaign expands the mining operation to support computers running Linux. ” reads the post published by Sophos.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

His blog, Krebs on Security , was knocked down alright. It’s easy to do when there are six million open DNS resolvers on the internet using poor security practices.”. This attacker easily located IoT devices that used the manufacturers’ default security setting. Beyond DDoS. Barest tip.

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