Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

” A WHOIS lookup on escrow.com Monday evening via the Windows PowerShell built into Windows 10. . ” A WHOIS lookup on escrow.com Monday evening via the Windows PowerShell built into Windows 10. For about two hours starting around 5 p.m. Running a reverse DNS lookup on this 111.90.149[.]49 Image: SecurityTrails.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Luckily the shop has free Wi-Fi, so you take out your phone and – lo and behold – Amazon has the same TV on sale with a further 10% off, but time is running out on the deal. It doesn’t matter whether you have to enter a password or log in, as any network that’s set up for the public can be abused. How are the criminals catching us out?

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

I count this month’s total of leaked records to be 692,853,046, bringing 2019’s total to 2,462,038,109. DataCamp notifies users of hack, forces password reset. Hacker Who Stole $5 Million By SIM Swapping Gets 10 Years in Prison. At the time of publication, that’s roughly 30,000 records per minute so far this year….

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Over 90 percent of the users identified by Google were targeted via “credential phishing emails” that attempt to trick victims into providing their password or other account credentials to hijack their Google account. “TAG tracks more than 270 targeted or government-backed groups from more than 50 countries.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2019

DHS has issued a notice of a CISA emergency directive urging federal agencies of improving the security of government-managed domains (i.e.gov) to prevent DNS hijacking attacks. The check must be completed in 10 days and includes Address (A), Mail Exchanger (MX), and Name Server (NS) records.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 23, 2020

With COVID-19 under control, the UK government announced that lockdown measures would be eased from 4 July, with pubs, cafés, cinemas and museums allowed to reopen. Unfortunately, there was a hitch, with the government forced to scrap its original track and trace app, pushing the launch date back by months. million (about £2.9

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

When you enter your email and password, you’re handing your information to them. Luckily the shop has free Wi-Fi, so you take out your phone and, wouldn’t you know, Amazon has the same TV on sale with a further 10% off, but time is running out on the deal. Despite being an American import, Black Friday is hugely popular in the UK.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When you enter your email and password, you’re handing your information to them. Luckily the shop has free Wi-Fi, so you take out your phone and, wouldn’t you know, Amazon has the same TV on sale with a further 10% off, but time is running out on the deal. Why Black Friday is primetime for cyber crime. Here are three common scams: 1.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 15, 2020

IT Governance has recorded more than 1,000 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents so far this year and 20 billion breached records. In December 2019, the video conferencing software had 10 million daily users. Unprecedented. Challenging. In it together. New normal. Now more than ever. What a simple time January 2020 was.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. used the password 225948. That’s what the government believes.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

New trojan called ‘Lampion’ has spread using template emails from the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax during the last days of 2019. Last days of 2019 were the perfect time to spread phishing campaigns using email templates based on the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax. The P-19-2.dll Lampion trojan (P-19-2.dll)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2020

The BIG-IP product is an application delivery controller (ADC), it is used by government agencies and major business, including banks, services providers and IT giants like Facebook, Microsoft and Oracle. The CVE-2020-5902 vulnerability received a CVSS score of 10, this means that is quite easy to exploit.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. Even government and public bodies’ websites – including, ironically, the ICO – were found to be running cryptomining software after a third-party plug-in was compromised, but it transpired. The Russian foreign ministry denied rumours of Muscovite involvement.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2021

The first Grief sample, the researchers note, was found just 10 days after DoppelPaymer hit its last victim – and in that early sample, the Grief ransom note linked to the DoppelPaymer ransom portal. To infect victims, Haron uses Thanos ransomware, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) first launched in 2019.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2021

All material from 2018-2019. Figure 5 – Screenshot from Group-IB Threat Intelligence & Attribution system Nevertheless, according to Group-IB’s findings, despite the post author’s claim that the cards were compromised from 2018-2019, 97% of the records in the database are still valid. Valid at 3%.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

In July 2018, email users around the world began complaining of receiving spam which began with a password the recipient used at some point in the past and threatened to release embarrassing videos of the recipient unless a bitcoin ransom was paid. ” SAY WHAT? domaincontrol.com, and ns18.domaincontrol.com. domaincontrol.com.

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Data Matters

AUGUST 19, 2020

The NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation became effective in March 2017 and, beginning on February 15, 2019, required all NYDFS-regulated entities (Covered Entities), including First American, to annually certify compliance with the Regulation. The First American hearing is scheduled to occur on October 26, 2020, at the NYDFS. e) and 500.01(g),

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Irish government admits ransomware attack occurred last year (unknown). Government of LaPorte County Indiana suffered ransomware attack (unknown). Gootkit malware crew left their database online without password protection (2,385,472). Melbourne medical clinic faxes sensitive data to wrong number (10). In other news….

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Gamaredon Group is a Cyber Espionage persistent operation attributed to Russians FSB ( Federal Security Service ) in a long-term military and geo-political confrontation against the Ukrainian government and more in general against the Ukrainian military power. . Information about initial dropper. Overview of the document.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Turns out it was possible for a threat actor to flood GLIBC with data , take control of it, and then use it as a launch point for stealing passwords, spying on users and attempting to usurp control of other computers. PowerShell is a command-line shell that Microsoft began installing by default on all Windows machines a few years back.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

Google announced to have warned users of almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks during 2019. Google shared data on alerts related to state-sponsored attacks, the tech giant revealed that it issued almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks to its users during 2019.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The records also reveal how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and foreign governments. By the second week of January, Russia had amassed more than 100,000 troops along its southern border with Ukraine. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A $3 million settlement in April 2019 has been used as an example of inadequate response, with OCR citing the entity’s initial denial that there was a problem and failure to conduct an appropriate investigation. He also emphasized the importance of appropriate access controls, including that “shared passwords are a huge no-no.”

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In 2019, the International Information System Security Certification Consortium -- which is better known as (ISC) 2 -- released a workforce study that found there is a shortage of infosec experts, a shortage that's estimated to be nearly 4.8 FRANK: Like a password policy problem. The answer? So how did West Point change him?

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In 2019, the International Information System Security Certification Consortium -- which is better known as (ISC) 2 -- released a workforce study that found there is a shortage of infosec experts, a shortage that's estimated to be nearly 4.8 FRANK: Like a password policy problem. The answer? So how did West Point change him?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ransomware frequently contains extraction capabilities that can steal critical information like usernames and passwords, so stopping ransomware is serious business. The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Jump to: What is ransomware?

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In 2019, the International Information System Security Certification Consortium -- which is better known as (ISC) 2 -- released a workforce study that found there is a shortage of infosec experts, a shortage that's estimated to be nearly 4.8 FRANK: Like a password policy problem. The answer? So how did West Point change him?

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense. "A leader tasked with cybersecurity can get ahead of the game by understanding where we are in the story of machine learning (ML) as a hacking tool," Tyson writes. "At in exponential terms. doing so in 2022, a 93% increase.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2019

On October 10, 2019, this wait finally ended. The regulations lay out a number of general principles to govern verification responsibilities. In the summer of 2018, the California Legislature drafted and passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in record time. General Rules (§ 998.323). Written Verification Plan.

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IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Croatian government targeted by mysterious hackers (unknown). University of Alabama discovers 10-year-old account breach (1,400). OH-based Edgepark Medical Supplies notifies patients after a ‘password spray attack’ (6,572). LaPorte, Indiana, government pays $132 after its systems crippled by ransomware (unknown).

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses. However, it included patients’ first and last names, physical addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and other government-issued ID.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

A March 2020 software update of the SolarWinds Orion management platform gave malicious actors unhindered access to key government and enterprise networks. Before jumping into the technical details regarding each new malware detected and proper safeguards, here is a brief look at the events to date: Sep 2019. Dec 2020. .”

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 3, 2023

A decade ago to the day, I published a tweet launching what would surely become yet another pet project that scratched an itch, was kinda useful to a few people but other than that, would shortly fade away into the same obscurity as all the other ones I'd launched over the previous couple of decades: It's alive! "Have

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

.” Mayhem has moved on from capture the flag contests to observing and finding vulnerabilities in DoD software and is working its way to corporate systems. Today, I’m joined by David Brumley, CEO at ForAllSecure. David is also a professor at CMU. He’s currently on leave. So, David, welcome to DevOps Chat. Ashley: Excellent.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

Strong encryption keys are passwords for encryption. The longer the password or the more complex the password, the more difficult it will be to guess. For example, the earliest government-endorsed encryption algorithm, DES, encrypted using 64-bit blocks, 16 rounds of encryption, and a key of only 56 bits.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2020

The new year – and new decade – is underway, but before saying goodbye to 2019, we have one more monthly round-up to get to. Hackers break into government system used by the country’s schools (unknown). Chinese government-linked hacking group has been bypassing 2FA in a wave of attacks (unknown). Henry Co.,

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

Lampion trojan is one of the most active banking trojans impacting Portuguese Internet end users since 2019. This piece of malware is known for the usage of the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax (Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira) email templates to lure victims to install the malicious loader (a VBS file).

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