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.” The initial access for this campaign is via a custom SSH brute-forcing tool, named aliases. ” reads the report published by Cado. ” concludes the report.

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OneHub

MARCH 29, 2021

The Workspace provides cloud storage for business files, enables easy and secure file sharing, and offers collaboration tools such as automatic syncing, comments, and tasks. . Confidential files such as financial documents or intellectual property are a gold mine for hackers, and they won’t hesitate to steal poorly secured files.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

18 Central European Time (CET), cyptocurrency mining service NiceHash disccovered that some of the settings for its domain registration records at GoDaddy were changed without authorization, briefly redirecting email and web traffic for the site. authenticate the phone call before sensitive information can be discussed.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

After verifying my email address, I was asked to pick a strong password and select a form of multi-factor authentication (MFA). The most secure MFA option offered (a one-time code generated by an app like Google Authenticator or Authy) was already pre-selected, so I chose that.

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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. Mobile attacks. Other methods.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

After many successful campaigns in 2020-2021, they posted a retirement notice on Twitter, but, according to Aqua Nautilus, “their infrastructure continued to automatically infect new victims with old malware as their tools included various worms that could scan and infect new targets.”. format(len(targets)). format(len(promisingTargets)).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

ViperSoftX uses more sophisticated encryption and anti-analysis techniques Atomic macOS Stealer is advertised on Telegram for $1,000 per month CISA warns of a critical flaw affecting Illumina medical devices OpenAI reinstates ChatGPT service in Italy after meeting Garante Privacy’s demands Cisco discloses a bug in the Prime Collaboration Deployment (..)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

. “In mid-July 2020, cybercriminals started a vishing campaign — gaining access to employee tools at multiple companies with indiscriminate targeting—with the end goal of monetizing the access,” reads the alert. Improve 2FA and OTP messaging to reduce confusion about employee authentication attempts.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

ESET researchers also said the attackers also attempt to exploit RDP connections to try to install coin-mining malware or create a backdoor. ” Unfortunately, most organizations often neglect the protection of RDP accesses and workers use easy-to-guess passwords and with no additional layers of authentication or protection.

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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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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

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. Your best option is to reduce your overall reliance on your phone number for added authentication at any online service. YOUR GOVERNMENT.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

They are easier than ever to spin up; very powerful DDoS tools and for-hire services are widely available to anyone with modest technical skills – weaponry that is still very effective. They are also extending their malicious activities beyond DDoS attacks to also spread ransomware, crypto mine and burrow deep into large enterprises.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

First, we’ll cover the technological side of cyber attacks, such as evading detection tools or digital reconnaissance techniques. The thing that defines cyber crime is the access scammers and other Internet criminals have to digital tools and solutions to exploit user and company data for their own ends. Technological tactics.

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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. Miscreants can abuse Docker Engine API to deploy containers they have created with the specific intent of mining cryptocurrencies. Docker Trusted Registry ).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Microsoft warns that threat actors are using OAuth applications cryptocurrency mining campaigns and phishing attacks. Threat actors are using OAuth applications such as an automation tool in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and other financially motivated attacks. ” states Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Once the machine is fully compromised, the attacker will install a complete hacking suite, composed of an IRC bot, an SSH scanner, a bruteforce tool, and an XMRIG crypto-miner. This directory contains the crypto mining module named kswapd0. It is a fork of XMRIG project, one of the most popular software to mine monero crypto values.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

If an attacker is spending time and energy breaking into a decoy server, the defender is not only protecting valuable assets, but also learning about the attacker’s objectives, tools, tactics, and procedures. That is the basic premise behind deception tools and technologies. Read next: Best Incident Response Tools and Software.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have responded to fraud by adopting new tools and strategies to combat the ever-evolving threat. Table of Contents Why Use Fraud Management and Detection Tools? Who Benefits Most From Using Fraud Management and Detection Tools? Why Use Fraud Management and Detection Tools?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2018

For years identity management has relied on three factors for authentication: What one knows (passwords). In this blog post, and in one by my colleague Sandy Carielli from Entrust Datacard, we discuss big data analytics and how it is enabling the evolution of new behavior-based authentication for easier and more robust identity management.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

Two of the largest government security agencies are laying out the key cyberthreats to Kubernetes, the popular platform for orchestrating and managing containers, and ways to harden the open-source tool against attacks. ” Containers, Kubernetes Take Over. . ” Further reading: Top Container Security Solutions for 2021.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

In this episode, Jason Kent from Cequence Security talks about his experience hacking a garage door opener API, the tools he uses such as Burp, ZAP, and APK tool, and why we need to be paying more attention to the OWASP API Security Top 10. And in May of 2021 Researchers disclosed that the Peloton API authentication was broken.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

In this episode, Jason Kent from Cequence Security talks about his experience hacking a garage door opener API, the tools he uses such as Burp, ZAP, and APK tool, and why we need to be paying more attention to the OWASP API Security Top 10. And in May of 2021 Researchers disclosed that the Peloton API authentication was broken.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2024

Once released, the PoC starts the clock for active attacks, especially for security tools, as demonstrated in active attacks on Palo Alto’s PAN-OS vulnerability fixed the week before. In an environment with many unpatched systems, prioritize the security tools expected to protect other systems.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

This discussion will include methods, tools, and techniques such as using personae and identifying use cases that have high business value, while minimizing project risks. More likely, the organization will resist DT – its new tools and processes to support new business models. Blockchain, Provenance, and Authentic Information.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 16, 2024

The tool boasts a customer list that includes DoorDash, LinkedIn, Netflix, OpenAI, Uber, and many others. Hijacked compute: Repurposes expensive AI compute power for attackers’ needs, primarily cryptojacking, which mines for cryptocurrencies on stolen resources. or intercept internal communication (Slack).

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Our continued reliance on passwords for authentication has contributed to one toxic data spill or hack after another. There, denizens with computer rigs that are built primarily for mining virtual currencies can set to work using those systems to crack passwords.

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Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

These Trojans have the ability to steal your web browser history and inputs even as they use your computing power to mine cryptocurrencies—this type of Trojans are very recent and run covertly in the background; the only thing you will note is your computer lagging. Avoid downloading files from sites whose authenticity you cannot verify.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 18, 2019

My thinking at the time was that it would make the data more easily accessible to more people to go and do awesome things; build mobile clients, integrate into security tools and surface more information to more people to enable them to do positive and constructive things with the data. There is no rate limiting. There is no cost.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Several strong themes emerged from 2022’s crop of breaches, including the targeting or impersonating of employees to gain access to internal company tools; multiple intrusions at the same victim company; and less-than-forthcoming statements from victim firms about what actually transpired. A report commissioned by Sen.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2022

However, data lakes add additional elements such as data feeds, data analysis (data lake house, third-party analysis tools, etc.) A data governance manager will intensely focus on the access, transmission, and storage of data, but an IT security manager must have a broader perspective that encompasses the infrastructure and tools.

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ChiefTech

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Attensa is a client of mine, and I live the benefits every day. We take the ability to transport email between organisations for granted and I think we need RSS to have the same abilities. Love the idea and imagination, obviously you "get" it. So I shake my head on the lack of institutionalized adoption all the time.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 20, 2020

However, because of how Twitter has become a tool to manipulate social discourse, spread disinformation and even i nfluence presidential elections , this hack could yet have a much more devastating long-run impact. The con game ran for a little over an hour before Twitter shut it down – and the criminals hauled in only $118,000.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

DevOps has decentralized the creation and delivery of smart applications that can mine humongous data sets to create cool new user experiences. Existing tools are not well-suited to protect business in this environment.” Microservices are little snippets of modular code of which smart apps are made of.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

“ Cybereason is following an active campaign to deliver an arsenal of malware that is able to steal data, mine for cryptocurrency , and deliver ransomware to victims all over the world. They are finding that, when their tools fail, they can use legitimate ones instead. ” reads the analysis published by Cyberreason.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Ahmadi: Solar Winds is a company that makes you know, networking, monitoring tools for. And then the tools are used by government entities and accruals are used by big industries and it's one of the more popular and robust packages out there. Because it's network monitoring tools. Remember using early versions of it.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Ahmadi: Solar Winds is a company that makes you know, networking, monitoring tools for. And then the tools are used by government entities and accruals are used by big industries and it's one of the more popular and robust packages out there. Because it's network monitoring tools. Remember using early versions of it.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

Enable two-factor authentication (2FA): Enable 2FA wherever possible since it adds an extra layer of security by requiring a second verification step, which is often transmitted to your mobile device or an authenticator app, such as the FNB Apps for FNB customers. I wish every rep. was as timely and helpful as you!

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