Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

. “According to the SBI, the ransomware, named Ryuk, was started by a Russian hacker group and finds its way into a network once someone opens a malicious email attachment. “IT officials are working to get the communication systems back online.” 911 calls, though, are being answered.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The malicious code relies on a built-in TOR network tunnel for C2 communications, it supports an update and delivery functionality through trusted services such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket. Kaspersky discovered that the detections between 2017 and 2022 had previously misclassified as a cryptocurrency miner.

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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. Restrict VPN access hours, where applicable, to mitigate access outside of allowed times.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Microsoft did not set out Storm-0324’s aim in this campaign, but the group is known to have worked with numerous malware groups to distribute malicious payloads including the Trickbot malware, Gootkit and Dridex banking Trojans, and Sage and GandCrab ransomware.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

The Windows botnet has been active since late 2017, it was mainly used to mine cryptocurrency, but it was also involved in DDoS attacks in 2018. Communication with C&C servers is based on DNS requests and it uses a special mechanism translating DNS results to a real IP address. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

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

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Machine learning security is extraordinarily difficult because the attacks are so varied—and it seems that each new one is weirder than the next. Persona bots have histories, personalities, and communication styles. They hang out in various interest groups: gardening, knitting, model railroading, whatever.

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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. The result shows that several other cryptocurrency platforms also may have been targeted by the same group, including Bibox.com , Celsius.network , and Wirex.app. and 11:00 p.m.

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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. They are grouped in 2 groups. This botnet is targeting cloud servers.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2022

From mass production of cheap malware to ransomware as a service (RaaS) , cyber criminals have industrialized cybercrime, and a new HP Wolf Security report warns that cybercriminals are adapting advanced persistent threat (APT) tactics too. See the Best Zero Trust Security Solutions. Zero Trust Security Testing.

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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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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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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In the 2021 FBI report, individuals over 60 years of age had the highest number of complaints of any age group with 92,371 and the highest amount of reported losses with $1.68 Of the six age groups listed (under 20, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69), the three oldest age groups reported $4.13 for individuals under 40.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The Outlaw Hacking Group is back, malware researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab have uncovered a new botnet that is targeting European organizations. The Linux malware is the well-known “ Shellbot ”, it is a crimetool belonging to the arsenal of a threat actor tracked as the “Outlaw Hacking Group. ”. Introduction. Technical Analysis.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Criminal groups continue to target Docker Hub, GitHub, and other shared repositories with container images and software components that include malicious scripts and tools. They often aim to spread coinminer malware, hijacking the computing resources of victims to mine cryptocurrency. Figure 12: IRC communication on port 8080.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. . that makes a product called MobileSpy.

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The Falcon's View

AUGUST 6, 2018

There's no shortage of guidance available today about how to structure, build, and run a security program. At end of day, the goal of your security program should be to chart a path to an optimal set of capabilities. That said, what exactly constitutes "basic security hygiene"? But, I digress. Applications. - Org Culture.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 14, 2018

About six months ago, I got an email from a good friend of mine, who I’ll call Alex (not his real name). So, like any security person and good friend, I send Alex a text and a voicemail asking if the message was from him. Aite Group estimates U.S. I don’t think this is Alex. This is a growing problem for credit card companies.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 19, 2013

The voluminous report, entitled “Liberty and Security in a Changing World,” was authored by The Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies, an advisory panel that includes experts in national security, intelligence gathering and civil liberties. The report begins by describing the varying goals of U.S.

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Everteam

JULY 11, 2019

The world is leaning towards digital transformation and automated processes in its government transactions, aiming to improve the communication between citizens and public institutions. All content management solutions from Everteam support the security and safety of the entity and its data. Emirates Identity Authority: .

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CGI

MAY 13, 2018

At the time, many of the potential applications of a distributed environment—such as one professor’s vision of a distributed air traffic control environment offering immediate, secure communications between every airliner and control tower—were beyond the reach of the available technology. ACT-IAC guidance. federal government.

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IT Governance

MARCH 16, 2018

It’s also worth noting that many sector and industry groups and associations are offering help to micro businesses about the GDPR and can be a good starting point for industry-specific advice.”. There has been no other form of communication (complaints or any malicious activity on our security system). Windows 10, Windows 8.1,

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

APIs are vital in our mobile digital world, but the consequences of API security flaws have yet to be seen. During the pandemic sales of the Home Fitness cycle peloton grew massively, given its popularity, it's natural that security researchers would want to take a look. And we've had our fair share of security concerns with those.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

APIs are vital in our mobile digital world, but the consequences of API security flaws have yet to be seen. During the pandemic sales of the Home Fitness cycle peloton grew massively, given its popularity, it's natural that security researchers would want to take a look. And we've had our fair share of security concerns with those.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Until recently, I was fairly active on Twitter , regularly tweeting to more than 350,000 followers about important security news and stories here. Ransomware group Conti chimes in shortly after the invasion, vowing to attack anyone who tries to stand in Mother Russia’s way.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2022

Many of the basic principles for securing a data lake will be familiar to anyone who has secured a cloud security storage container. Essentially, we are securing an app at scale with enormous requirements for stored data, incoming data, data interactions, and network connections. Data Lake Security Scope.

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erwin

JUNE 11, 2020

With tools such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Mining, businesses and organizations can collate and analyze large amounts of data reliably and more efficiently. This will make the business’s customer engagement and communication able to provide self-service interactions in their transactions and services.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Fortunately, this is digital hardware device--the password is on a chip somewhere -- so Dan and his friend turned to a world-renowned embedded security expert, Joe Grand, who looked at the Trezor wallet. Nor am I going to wade into the debate about the ecological consequences of mining cryptocurrencies. Yeah, like that.

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ChiefTech

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

Broadly speaking, the benefits of interventions based on SNA should include: Promoting greater collaboration within groups or teams; Encouraging boundary spanning communication; and Enabling information to flow where bottlenecks or breakdown previously existed. Data Mining. Pre-processing. Transformation.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Based in Taiwan, Zyxel Communications Corp. While in many respects the class of vulnerability addressed in this story is depressingly common among Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the flaw is notable because it has attracted the interest of groups specializing in deploying ransomware at scale. PARTIAL PATCH.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Communication technologies have continued to change societies and human interaction. Organizations use DRM technologies and solutions to securely manage intellectual property (IP) rights and monetize the content. The Genesis of Digital Transformation. Digital Rights Management (DRM). Closely associated with DAM is DRM.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

And the rest, they say is this as a reporter, I was in a position to learn as I wrote about information security. Vamosi: Welcome to the hacker mind that original podcast from for all secure. All on his own Jack discovered a security flaw in a cryptocurrency app, a flaw that opened the door to the world of bug bounties.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2021

Sophos researchers that investigated the recently uncovered crypto-mining campaign targeting SQL servers with MrbMiner malware believe that it was conducted by an Iran-based company. The name of the miner comes after one of the domains used by the group to host their malicious code. ” continues the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 4, 2023

James Campbell, CEO of Cado Security , shares his experience with traditional incident response, and how the cloud, with its elastic structure, able to spin up and spin down instances, is changing incident response. MUSIC] VAMOSI: If you haven’t been paying attention, cloud security is critical right now.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 7, 2020

Today, let’s take a look back at cases related to cooperation, form of production, privilege and confidentiality disputes, social media related disputes and a key case regarding biometric security. We grouped those cases into common subject themes and will review them over the next few posts. BIOMETRIC SECURITY. GEO Group, Inc.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2019

That data included approximately 140,000 Social Security numbers and approximately 80,000 bank account numbers on U.S. “Importantly, no credit card account numbers or log-in credentials were compromised and over 99 percent of Social Security numbers were not compromised,” Capital One said in a statement posted to its site.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. suffers second ransomware attack in months Having been struck by a ransomware attack in October by the BlackSuit group , which led to operations and appointments being postponed, Akumin Inc. Akumin Inc.

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