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. “Recently, a new infection vector that cracks Windows machines through SMB password brute force is on the rise” reads the analysis published by AVAST. ” continues the report.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

Several stories here have highlighted the importance of creating accounts online tied to your various identity, financial and communications services before identity thieves do it for you. Postal Service, the credit bureaus or the Social Security Administration, it’s a good idea to do so for several reasons.

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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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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

A security firm has discovered that a six-year-old crafty botnet known as Mylobot appears to be powering a residential proxy service called BHProxies , which offers paying customers the ability to route their web traffic anonymously through compromised computers. The BHProxies website. “Hey mate, it’s been a long time.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2019

This script also starts an SSH daemon inside the container for remote communication.” “The script then calls a Monero coin-mining binary, darwin (detected as PUA.Linux.XMRMiner.AA), to run in the background. It also checks if the Docker host already runs a cryptocurrency-mining container and delete it if it exists.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 4, 2019

After I gave him the password to my iPhone, Moncivias spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram. He read my communications with friends, family, and loved ones. Nothing on mine was spared.

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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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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Source: Truesec According to Telekom Security , DarkGate Loader’s developer, who goes by the name RastaFarEye, has been developing the malware since 2017 and has been advertising it as a malware-as-a-service model since 16 June 2023. This vulnerability was identified by Max Corbridge and Tom Ellson of JUMPSEC in June.

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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.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2019

The Android Debug Bridge (adb) is a command-line tool that allows developers to communicate with an Android device. In June, Trend Micro discovered an Android crypto-currency mining botnet that can spread via open ADB (Android Debug Bridge) ports and Secure Shell (SSH). . ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

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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

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

“I suspect it’s probably a derivate of other IoT crypto mining botnets,” Cashdollar told The Register. Additionally, the malware installs a shell script that uses to communicate with the command and control server. System administrators need to employ security best practices with the systems they manage.”

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 17, 2024

When it comes to data security , the ancient art of cryptography has become a critical cornerstone of today’s digital age. are kept secure. Elliptic curve cryptography adds an additional level of security by using random numbers to create much stronger keys that even next-generation quantum computers can’t break.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The records that can be compromised by exploiting the SQLi vulnerability in Street Mobster potentially include the players’ usernames, email addresses, and passwords, as well as other game-related data that is stored on the database. Which, from a security perspective, is inexcusable. The game boasts a 1.9+

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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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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. Read More At: Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions for 2022. This is the same trick business professionals might use to secure a sale (i.e.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

This directory contains the crypto mining module named kswapd0. This component has two main functions: Install a cryptoMiner worker: The main purpose of this elf file is the instantiation of a crypto-mining worker. It is a fork of XMRIG project, one of the most popular software to mine monero crypto values. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 30, 2019

It’s important to note that just because a successful test is conducted, that’s not a 100% guarantee a company is secure, but it does help against automated attacks or unskilled hackers. Testing: Existing defenses will be tested for a way through via out-of-date security patches or open ports.

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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. Sandy Carielli is the Director of Security Technologies for Entrust Datacard, a Thales eSecurity partner.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2020

Prometei is a crypto-mining botnet that recently appeared in the threat landscape, it exploits the Microsoft Windows SMB protocol for lateral movements. Security experts from Cisco Talos discovered a new crypto-mining botnet, tracked as Prometei, that exploits the Microsoft Windows SMB protocol for lateral movements.

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Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

In fact, as technology becomes more evolutionary—think artificial intelligence and homes that can clean themselves on autopilot—your security—data or otherwise—is at risk if you do not take steps to protect yourself right now. What does a master password do? Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera all have the master password option.

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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. The records also reveal how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and foreign governments. million users.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

So what if you accidentally forget the password? We’ve all been there-- locked out of some account because we can’t remember the clever password we used. Nor am I going to wade into the debate about the ecological consequences of mining cryptocurrencies. That means it falls to you to protect your cryptocurrency.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Online security, technology and “The Cloud” Australian.", " because I had no expectation at all of any of that data being publicly available (note: phone number is optional, I chose to add mine). Is that genuinely a bcrypt hash of my own password? Weak passwords like. "spoutible"

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2023

are kept secure. Private keys might be shared either through a previously established secure communication channel like a private courier or secured line or, more practically, a secure key exchange method like the Diffie-Hellman key agreement. National Security Agency for top secret information.

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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. Jump ahead to: How Does Incident Response Work? Bottom Line: Preparing for Incident Response How Does Incident Response Work?

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2023

are kept secure. Private keys might be shared either through a previously established secure communication channel like a private courier or secured line or, more practically, a secure key exchange method like the Diffie-Hellman key agreement. National Security Agency for top secret information.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 16, 2024

The dispute between Ray’s developers and security researchers highlights hidden assumptions and teaches lessons for AI security, internet-exposed assets, and vulnerability scanning through an understanding of ShadowRay. or intercept internal communication (Slack). or intercept internal communication (Slack).

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

But I don't think an attack of such magnitude as the one identified by security researchers at Internet security monitoring vendor Bolster. This latest impersonation campaign makes the case for ensuring users are vigilant when interacting with the web – something accomplished through continual Security Awareness Training.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Bug bounties have a really interesting way of changing the economics of security flaws and reversing the outcome from one where companies and customers lose, to promoting one where everyone wins. Today's post extends on yesterday's but I wanted to break it out into a discrete piece and come at it from a different angle. across the internet.

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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. Unless major security players [adopt] secure-by-design architectures, this trend will only accelerate due to platformization and consolidation.”

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 7, 2020

Yesterday, we looked back at cases related to passwords and Fifth Amendment protection, non-party discovery and mobile and messaging. 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.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 20, 2020

Twitter was caught storing plaintext passwords in logfiles two years ago. Apparently, Twitter did not learn from that experience or take sufficient steps keep user credentials and accounts secure.” I’d rather see them temporarily limit communication than see a flood of potentially very dangerous spoofed tweets.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In this case, that secret is her password and, well, just read it: My staff log onto my computer on my desk with my login everyday. To be fair to Nadine, she's certainly not the only one handing her password out to other people. In fact I often forget my password and have to ask my staff what it is. No one else has access.

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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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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. I mean what's the remaining gap? Now let's try the mobile app: What's the encryption story there? We still have a way to go!

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

“can u edit that comment out, @tankska is a gaming twitter of mine and i dont want it to be on ogu :D’,” lol wrote. “just dont want my irl getting sus[pended].” “Put me down for 100, but don’t note my name in the thread please,” lol wrote. “They can come arrest me.

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