Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Cybersecurity expert Marco Ramilli shared another tool of his arsenal that extracts suspicious IPs from undesired connections, his HoneyPots. In other words: HoneyPots. I run a personal HoneyPot network which stands from years and over time it harvested numerous IP addresses which could be, potentially, malicious (typically scanners).

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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. Infiltrating a cybercriminal operation can provide valuable data about different types of malicious activities, including DDoS attacks , malware distribution, and more. Our honeypot setup.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2021

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 306 appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Caro Security researchers have observed a new malware campaign targeting Redis servers with a crypto miner dubbed Migo. The campaign stands out for the use of several novel system weakening techniques against the data store itself. One of the honeypots used by Cado was targeted by an attack originating from the IP 103[.]79[.]118[.]221

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Win the connected and autonomous car race while protecting data privacy. Employing big data analytics to gather insights to capitalize on customer behavior, understand product performance, and predict failures. More data in more places means more risks. Nevertheless, they create major privacy and data protection vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Port knocking and single-packet authorization (SPA) add obfuscation-as-security to an existing security stack. Security can be improved further by making the sequence more complex. SPA security can be enhanced further by adding rules to the server such as requiring specific source ports from the sender. Stalling for Time.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In the first week of September, AquaSec researchers identified at least three different attacks targeting their honeypots, the experts associated them with the cybercrime gang TeamTNT. The new variant of the “Cronb Attack” relies on new C2 infrastructure and new data exchange. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Threat actors have exploited the recently disclosed critical zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2023-20198 ) to compromise thousands of Cisco IOS XE devices, security firm VulnCheck warned. To disable the HTTP Server feature, use the no ip http server or no ip http secure-server command in global configuration mode.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Researchers from security firm AquaSec discovered a new Go-based malware that is used in a campaign targeting Redis servers. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added this flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. In March 2022, the U.S. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2024

Typically, these vulnerabilities result in remote code execution or denial-of-service attacks, posing major dangers to users’ data security. Employ robust password management techniques, two-factor authentication (2FA), and regular backups of essential data. Looking for an alternative method for secure remote access?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

Akamai’s SIRT recently discovered the new bot within HTTP and SSH honeypots, it stood out due to its large size and the lack of specific identification around its newer hashes. MB of packet capture data and pushed 20,430 HTTP requests. The name “Hinata” comes after a character from the popular anime series, Naruto.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

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. They only expose port 3389. pic.twitter.com/VdiKoqAwkr — Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) November 2, 2019. ” concludes Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The identified vulnerability enables Remote Code Execution (RCE) which grants the ability to takeover of the device and then use it for malicious purposes, as well as to steal sensitive data too. The post Exclusive: Resecurity discovered 0-day vulnerability in TP-Link Wi-Fi 6 devices appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2022

The malware was first spotted on February 9, 2022, when 360Netlab’s honeypot system captured an unknown ELF file that was spreading by exploiting the Log4J vulnerability. The post B1txor20 Linux botnet use DNS Tunnel and Log4J exploit appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2018

All the cybercriminals are always on the lookout to get their hands on users’ personal or financial data or they look for vulnerabilities to get access to their devices. They can setup rouge Wi-Fi networks, which gives them all the data and the access to users’ device or system. Fake Honeypots. Fake Wi-Fi Access Points.

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Threatpost

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A honeypot set up to sniff out data on infected IoT devices found a broad array of compromised devices – from Mikrotik routers to dishwashers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Security experts from Kaspersky have published an interesting report on the new trends in the IoT threat landscape. The researchers set up a honeypot to collect data on infected IoT devices, the way threat actors infect IoT devices and what families of malware are involved. Security Affairs – IoT devices, hacking ).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A few hours ago, researchers at NetLab 360 reported that their Anglerfish and Apacket honeypots were already hit by attacks attempting to trigger the Log4Shell flaw in the Log4j library. The post Log4Shell was in the wild at least nine days before public disclosure appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

On-premises SAP systems are targeted by threat actors within 72 hours after security patches are released, security SAP security firm Onapsis warns. According to a joint study published by Onapsis and SAP, on-premises SAP systems are targeted by threat actors within 72 hours after security patches are released.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Security researchers have spotted the first mass-hacking campaign exploiting the BlueKeep exploit , the attack aims at installing a cryptocurrency miner on the infected systems. In June the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the U.S. huh, the EternalPot RDP honeypots have all started BSOD'ing recently.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Security experts from Akamai have spotted a new botnet used for illicit cryptocurrency mining activities that are abusing Bitcoin (BTC) transactions to implement a backup mechanism for C2. The experts discovered that the wallet data were being fetched by the API and used to calculate an IP address used to maintain persistence.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Security researchers at Cisco Talos are warning of a spike in attacks on unsecured Elasticsearch clusters to drop cryptocurrency miners. “Through ongoing analysis of honeypot traffic, Talos detected an increase in attacks targeting unsecured Elasticsearch clusters. ” reads the analysis published by Talos.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 10, 2018

Cybereason’s researchers recently set up a honeypot environment with a network architecture that replicated that of “typical power substation” and waited. Only two days after the honeypot was launched, it was attacked by a black-market seller, who installed backdoors that would allow anyone to access it, even if admin passwords were changed.

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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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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. The Broad Reach of Log4j. Anybody using Apache Struts is likely vulnerable.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns businesses and netizens of Emotet and BlueKeep attacks in the wild. “There are two concerning cyber security threats in the wild. The popular expert Kevin Beaumont observed some of its EternalPot RDP honeypots crashing after being attacked.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2018

In this age of big data, the concept is fitting, because this kind of information is increasingly being used to identify individuals and even machines. In the following, I focus on the analytics component, how it is increasingly used across enterprises, and why it is important to protect big data. Big Data Analytics.

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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? This article looks at the top three benefits of the Rapid7 InisightIDR solution.

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IT Governance

MAY 10, 2023

Welcome to our May 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. Research from the cyber security firm Check Point discovered 13,295 newly registered domains imitating OpenAI and ChatGPT.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Specifically, it demonstrates a novel, dynamic and robust operational security model and the ability to detect and attack newly deployed and misconfigured infrastructure. In my previous post I discussed the initial prototyping of a Docker Honeypot / Sandbox called Whaler. Introduction. The attack fingerprint for Ngrok is shown above.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

The main purpose of bot protection is to ensure the security and integrity of online systems as well as to prevent unfair or harmful activities such as spamming, click fraud, scraping, and credential stuffing. Cloudflare offers a range of security and performance solutions, including DDoS protection and website optimization.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cybercriminals are quickly ramping up efforts to exploit the critical flaw found in the widely used Log4j open-source logging tool, targeting everything from cryptomining to data theft to botnets that target Linux systems. Attacks Include Cryptomining, Data Theft. All threat actors need to trigger an attack is one line of text.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2019

Security experts at Bad Packets uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign that is targeting the users of popular online services, including Gmail, Netflix, and PayPal. “Over the last three months, our honeypots have detected DNS hijacking attacks targeting various types of consumer routers.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

There’s no doubt that monitoring and continually updating all parts of a multi-tiered security system is a must-do best practice. Tweaking one system can open fresh, unforeseen security holes in another. DeSanto: When you think about it, security and performance are usually hooked at the hip. LW: Engagements?

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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. The same malicious campaign was also analyzed by the Alibaba Cloud Security team that tracked it as Xulu. shodanhq or @achillean please dm me.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. or segregated as cloud or network attached storage (NAS).

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. I do have a MD in computer engineering and a PhD on computer security from University of Bologna. I do have experience on security testing since I have been performing penetration testing on several US electronic voting systems. Pierluigi Paganini.

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