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P2PInfect, a Rusty P2P worm targets Redis Servers on Linux and Windows systems

Security Affairs

However, Unit 42 did not find any definitive evidence that the botnet was involved in cryptomining operations. At this time it is still unclear the goal of the threat actors behind the botnet. Experts discovered some instances of the word “miner” within the malicious toolkit of P2PInfect.

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Microsoft warns of more disruptive BlueKeep attacks and urges patch installation

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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. Due to only smaller size kernel dumps being enabled, it is difficult to arrive at a definite root cause.” They only expose port 3389.

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How Cybercriminals are Targeting free Wi-Fi Users?

Security Affairs

Fake Honeypots. The fake honeypots are quite similar to the fake Wi-Fi access points, but the only difference is that the honeypot is set in a more sophisticated manner. It is certain that one of these is a honeypot which is there to capture users’ data and use their sensitive information in the wrong way.

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First Cyber Attack ‘Mass Exploiting’ BlueKeep RDP Flaw Spotted in the Wild

Security Affairs

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. Due to only smaller size kernel dumps being enabled, it is difficult to arrive at a definite root cause.”

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DNS hijacking campaigns target Gmail, Netflix, and PayPal users

Security Affairs

“Over the last three months, our honeypots have detected DNS hijacking attacks targeting various types of consumer routers.” “Establishing a definitive total of vulnerable devices would require us to employ the same tactics used by the threat actors in this campaign. ” reads the report published by Bad Packets.

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What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

eSecurity Planet

Deception technology using honeypots and similar subterfuge can trigger proactive alerts of both hackers and authorized users that might be attempting to perform malicious actions. These tools expand the scope and definition of networks, yet they also introduce new tools for security and operations management.

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Outlaw is Back, a New Crypto-Botnet Targets European Organizations

Security Affairs

The definition of p ip means to read “ip port” file, namely the file which is downloaded by one of the two C2 with encrypted multiple SSH requests as shown by Fig. 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.

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