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Group-IB presented latest cybercrime and nation-state hacking trends in Asia

Security Affairs

According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world, the company presented latest cybercrime trends. According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world. Espionage as one of the main APT groups’ goals.

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Identity Thieves Bypassed Experian Security to View Credit Reports

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Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian , one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. All that was needed was the person’s name, address, birthday and Social Security number. states to place a security freeze on their credit files.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 417 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

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Charging documents say the seven men are part of a hacking group known variously as “ APT41 ,” “ Barium ,” “ Winnti ,” “ Wicked Panda ,” and “ Wicked Spider.” APT41’s activities span from the mid-2000s to the present day. Security analysts and U.S. Image: FBI.

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TeamTNT botnet now steals Docker API and AWS credentials

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The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and that targets Docker installs. The activity of the TeamTNT group has been detailed by security firm Trend Micro, but in August experts from Cado Security discovered that that botnet is also able to target misconfigured Kubernetes installations.

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Phishing Domains Tanked After Meta Sued Freenom

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. “The five ccTLDs to which Freenom provides its services are the TLDs of choice for cybercriminals because Freenom provides free domain name registration services and shields its customers’ identity, even after being presented with evidence that the domain names are being used for illegal purposes,” Meta’s complaint charged.

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Android Debugging Tools Also Useful for Compromising Devices, Mining Cryptocurrency

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In an ideal world, all of the security controls are applied and all of the debugging tools are removed or disabled before the code is released to the public. ” These are very powerful functions for debugging tools, and also useful for executing malicious code without being trapped by the usual security controls.

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