Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2024

Researchers from cybersecurity firm VulnCheck have created a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for the recently disclosed critical flaw CVE-2023-51467 (CVSS score: 9.8) The experts pointed out that almost all of these are honeypots. in the Apache OfBiz. The researchers pointed out that Apache OFBiz is not a hugely popular software.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

Uptycs researchers identified ongoing malicious campaigns through our Docker honeypot targeting exposed Docker API. The Uptycs Threat Research team has identified ongoing malicious campaigns through our Docker honeypot targeting exposed Docker API port 2375. Figure 7:honeypot log – crypto miner attack. Figure 8: aaa.sh

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This week, researchers at Horizon3 cybersecurity firm have released a proof-of-concept exploit for a critical-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-39952 , in Fortinet’s FortiNAC network access control solution. We are seeing @Fortinet FortiNAC CVE-2022-39952 exploitation attempts from multiple IPs in our honeypot sensors.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

To conduct this investigation, a CyberNews researcher infiltrated an IRC botnet that we captured in one of our honeypots. Our honeypot setup. In cybersecurity terms, a honeypot is a decoy service or system that poses as a target for malicious actors. Here’s how it all happened. About this investigation.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The popular cybersecurity research Bob Diachenko discovered his personal data online stored on an unprotected Elasticsearch database containing the personal details of more than 106 million visitors to Thailand. While the IP address of the database is still public, the database was taken offline and has been replaced with a honeypot.

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The Security Ledger

JANUARY 23, 2024

In this episode of The Security Ledger Podcast (#255) host Paul Roberts interviews Niels Provos of Lacework about his mission to use EDM to teach people about cybersecurity. His work taught him plenty about cybersecurity – but also gave him a sobering appreciation of the difficulty organizations have in actually changing outcomes. “I’ve

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Since Jan 21st we are seeing exploitation attempts in our honeypot sensors for Oracle E-Business Suite CVE-2022-21587 (CVSS 9.8 Shadowserver reported to have observed first exploitation attempts on January 21, only five days after the cybersecurity firm Viettel Cyber Security released a PoC exploit code for this issue.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company has identified an active a zero-day vulnerability in the TP-Link device with model number TL-XVR1800L (Enterprise AX1800 Dual Band Gigabit Wi-Fi 6 Wireless VPN Router), which is primarily suited to enterprises.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

For example, in addition to implementing SPA on a sheriff department’s evidence server, we can add a honeypot named “evidence server.”. The typical attack scan will miss the hidden server and lead to a focus on the honeypot. Speed of response is critical to deterring attackers and this combination provides early warning.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2024

Last week’s cybersecurity incidents revealed significant vulnerabilities across multiple platforms. You can strengthen your cybersecurity defenses by using reliable antivirus software, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and virtual private networks (VPNs). Looking for an alternative method for secure remote access?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Cybersecurity firm GreyNoise also identified malicious activity related to the exploitation of the above issue. This is a bad situation, as privileged access on the IOS XE likely allows attackers to monitor network traffic, pivot into protected networks, and perform any number of man-in-the-middle attacks.” Researchers at Horizon3.ai

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added this flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Among the data they receive, they now know which server’s version is vulnerable to CVE-2022-0543 (As we explained earlier, the honeypot was built with this vulnerability on purpose). In March 2022, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2023

Police dismantled bulletproof hosting service provider Lolek Hosted Python URL parsing function flaw can enable command execution UK govt contractor MPD FM leaks employee passport data Power Generator in South Africa hit with DroxiDat and Cobalt Strike The Evolution of API: From Commerce to Cloud Gafgyt botnet is targeting EoL Zyxel routers Charming (..)

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2023

Cybersecurity researchers discovered a new peer-to-peer (P2P) worm called P2PInfect that targets Redis servers. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers have discovered a new peer-to-peer (P2P) worm called P2PInfect that targets Redis servers running on both Linux and Windows systems.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

SAP and Onapsis have worked with Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and German cybersecurity agency BSI to warn SAP customers to install security updates once they became available and assess their on-premises installs. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2021

Firstly, I just want to tell that I respect your hard work and the contribution of you to cybersecurity which inspired me many years ago. ” The popular cybersecurity expert Kevin Beaumont was one of the first researcher to spot a threat actor that was attempting to target Microsoft Exchange installs. ” reads the analysis.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2021

Cybersecurity experts warn of ongoing attacks aimed at exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ networking devices. “Starting this week and especially in the last 24 hours (March 18th, 2021) we have observed multiple exploitation attempts against our honeypot infrastructure.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A critical vulnerability in the open-source logging software Apache Log4j 2 is fueling a chaotic race in the cybersecurity world, with the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) issuing an emergency security update as bad actors searched for vulnerable servers. Anybody using Apache Struts is likely vulnerable. Enterprises Urged to Apply the Patch.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Rapid7 combines threat intelligence , security research, data collection, and analytics in its comprehensive Insight platform, but how does its detection and response solution – InsightIDR – compare to other cybersecurity solutions? Alert Logic AT&T Cybersecurity BeyondTrust Crowdstrike F-Secure Invicti LogRhythm.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

In June the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the U.S. Yesterday, the popular expert Kevin Beaumont observed some of its EternalPot RDP honeypots crashing after being attacked. huh, the EternalPot RDP honeypots have all started BSOD'ing recently. DHS on also issued an alert for the same issue.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 11, 2020

I spoke with Greg Young, Cybersecurity Vice President at Trend Micro about this. To demonstrate this, Trend Micro set up a honeypot, imitating an industrial factory, to see how quickly and often it would get attacked. But it also results in endless ripe attack vectors which threat actors swiftly seek out and exploit.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Italy’s Antitrust Agency fines Apple and Google for aggressive practices of data acquisition HAEICHI-II: Interpol arrested +1,000 suspects linked to various cybercrimes IKEA hit by a cyber attack that uses stolen internal reply-chain emails Marine services provider Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) hit by Clop ransomware Threat actors target crypto and (..)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Using our threat intelligence systems and honeypot, the Uptycs threat research team identified different kinds of payloads dropped on the vulnerable servers. This Tsunami sample (hash: 4c97321bcd291d2ca82c68b02cde465371083dace28502b7eb3a88558d7e190c ) seen in our customer telemetry and honeypot systems used crontab as a persistence.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2019

Recently another popular cybersecurity expert, Kevin Beaumont, has also observed attackers attempting to exploit the CVE-2018-13379 in the FortiOS SSL VPN web portal and CVE-2019-11510 flaw in Pulse Connect Secure. reads the advisory. The vulnerability could be easily exploitable by using publicly available proof-of-concept code.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

link] — USCYBERCOM Cybersecurity Alert (@CNMF_CyberAlert) July 3, 2020. The attacks against Warren’s honeypots originated from five different IP addresses. US Cyber Command is urging organizations using the F5 product to immediately patch their installs. Remediate immediately.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2021

We do not know if any unauthorized parties accessed it during that time, but our honeypot experiments show attackers can find and steal data from unprotected databases in just a few hours after they’re exposed.” . “Evidence suggests the data was left unprotected for about three weeks, since September 1st.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

However, the researchers are convinced the threat actor is back, as their honeypots identified TeamTNT signatures and tools in a series of three attacks during the first week of September. In other words, old malware and worms can still scan and infect new targets automatically. They dubbed the most disruptive one the “Kangaroo attack.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2019

The analysis of the logs and traffic data coming to and from the honeypot , revealed that the attackers used a container from a public Docker Hub repository named zoolu2. On the other hand, if the Docker host is using a cloud service provider, the organization can accrue additional charges due to the higher resource usage.”

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

The company also offers a range of additional cybersecurity solutions, including DDoS protection, web application firewalls, and DNS services. See the Top Web Application Firewalls Honeypots Honeypots are fake resources that are designed to attract bots and gather information about their behavior.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Spirent Communications , an 82-year-old British supplier of network performance testing equipment, recently decided to branch into cybersecurity services by tackling this dilemma head on. We’ve set up honeypots around the world, which we use to harvest and categorize malware.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

We’ll look at what blockchain technology is, how its development relates to cybersecurity, and the state of blockchain-based security solutions. While cybersecurity trends like zero trust push the focus inward, organizations must always consider endpoint vulnerabilities. Blockchain-Powered Cybersecurity Vendors.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2021

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said many in the cybersecurity community recently saw a large spike in attacks on thousands of Exchange servers that was later linked to a profit-motivated cybercriminal group. national security advisors on the outbreak. “The sooner they can run a backup, the better.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

or specialized tools to deliver obfuscation defenses such as: Honeypots: Provide tempting targets for attackers that contain no valid information as one of several similar deception technologies to trigger alerts for early attack detection. Cybersecurity Training Cybersecurity training ensures effective controls throughout the organization.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Searching for useful information, we found that it has appeared on several honeypots since 2012, the scripts are similar in styles and in techniques implemented. Please give me your vote for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link]. Outlaw is Back, a New Crypto-Botnet Targets European Organizations.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2020

Akamai security researcher Larry Cashdollar discovered the campaign after his honeypot was hit by the malware. “Examining the honeypot logs, I determined the attackers had installed the Alternate Lite WordPress theme on the system, and a new binary process was running as the www-user. ” wrote Larry Cashdollar.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2019

The experts discovered the attacks because they hit one of the company’s honeypots that emulates MySQL listening on the default TCP port 3306. The GandCrab sample that targeted the honeypot was downloaded more than 500 times. However, the samples named 3306-2.exe, exe, 3306-3.exe, exe, and 3306-4.exe

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