Threatpost

APRIL 16, 2020

A honeypot experiment shows just how quickly cybercriminals will move to compromise vulnerable cloud infrastructure.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Honeypot activity exposed two credentials that the threat actor is using to host and distribute malicious container images, security vendor says.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In October, Akamai’s Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) noticed an anomalous activity to the company’s honeypots targeting a rarely used TCP port. “In late October 2023, we noticed a small uptick in activity to our honeypots targeting a rarely used TCP port.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2023

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

The Shadowserver Foundation , a nonprofit that helps network owners identify and fix security threats , says it has found 21,248 different Exchange servers which appear to be compromised by a backdoor and communicating with brian[.]krebsonsecurity[.]top Just my Social Security number. krebsonsecurity[.]top I’d been doxed via DNS.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

The attacks were monitored by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, who discovered that the Docker Engine honeypots deployed between February 27 and March 1 were compromised and used in the DDoS attacks. CrowdStrike Intelligence assesses these actors almost certainly compromised the honeypots to support pro-Ukrainian DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Dr. Web set up one of its honeypots to analyze the impact of the Log4J vulnerabilities on systems exposed online and discovered an intense activity between December 17th-20th. “We record attacks using exploits for the vulnerabilities on one of our honeypots–a special server used by Doctor Web specialists as bait for fraudsters.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 342 appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2024

Researchers from Cado Security observed a new Linux malware campaign targeting misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis instances. Cado Security Labs researchers discovered this campaign after detecting initial access activity on a Docker Engine API honeypot. ” reads the report from Cado Security.

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WIRED Threat Level

AUGUST 9, 2023

The legacy electronics manufacturer is creating IoT honeypots with its products to catch real-world threats and patch vulnerabilities in-house.

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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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Dark Reading

AUGUST 27, 2018

A deep dive into the unique requirements and ideal use cases of three important prevention and analysis technologies.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 12, 2021

Motherboard got its hands on one of those Anom phones that were really FBI honeypots. The details are interesting.

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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

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 what we found appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

On December 6, The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) published the first update to the InfectedSlurs advisory series. The security firm revealed that threat actors were exploiting a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-49897 (CVSS score 8.0) and earlier. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Last week, Fortinet has released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities in FortiNAC and FortiWeb solutions. The vulnerability was internally discovered and reported by Gwendal Guégniaud of Fortinet Product Security team. “An The CVE-2022-39952 flaw (CVSS score of 9.8) reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

Johannes Ullrich, the head of research at the SANS Technology Institute, confirmed that one of its honeypots set up to capture attacks attempting to exploit the recently disclosed flaw in the F5 Networks’ BIG-IP systems was targeted by hackers attempting to exploit two of the recent Citrix vulnerabilities. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 11, 2020

A big challenge security executives face is balancing speed vs. security. Teeming threat landscape Security leaders’ key priority is reducing exposures to the cyber risks they know are multiplying. Cyber hygiene basics revolve around aligning people, processes and technologies to adopt a security-first mindset.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2021

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The researchers discovered the threat after a sample of the malware targeted one Akamai honeypot. The attackers dropped a PHP malware sample through a backdoor linked to a WordPress plugin called Download-monitor, which was installed after the honeypot was accessed. ” said Akamai researcher Larry Cashdollar. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Caro Security researchers have observed a new malware campaign targeting Redis servers with a crypto miner dubbed Migo. One of the honeypots used by Cado was targeted by an attack originating from the IP 103[.]79[.]118[.]221 ” reads the report published by Cado Security. ” reads the report published by Cado Security.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Security researchers discovered an unsecured database exposed online containing the personal information of millions of 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. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2024

The experts pointed out that almost all of these are honeypots. The researchers pointed out that Apache OFBiz is not a hugely popular software. The experts queried Shodan and discovered more than 10,000 potential targets. The report also remarks that OFBiz was also one of the first products to have a public Log4Shell exploit.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The flaw was discovered by the security researcher Voidfyoo from Chaitin Security Research Lab. Security researchers from SANS Technology Institute set up a collection of honeypots set up allowed the researchers to catch a series of attacks shortly after the exploit code for CVE-2020-14882 was publicly available.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In June security firms Bitdefender and Barracuda discovered new IPStorm versions that are able to target also Android, Linux, and Mac. The experts from both security firms reported that IPStorm was infecting Android systems with ADB (Android Debug Bridge) port exposed online. reads the Intezer’s report.

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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 post TeamTNT is back and targets servers to run Bitcoin encryption solvers appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2021

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 Two Linux botnets already exploit Log4Shell flaw in Log4j appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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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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Troy Hunt

APRIL 6, 2023

Off the back of the NCA's DDoS market honeypot , the BreachForums admin arrest and the takedown of RaidForums before that , if you're playing in this space you'd have to be looking over your shoulder by now. It's Zero Trust tailor-made for Okta. Book a demo today.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

The flaw was discovered by the security researcher Voidfyoo from Chaitin Security Research Lab, it was addressed in Oracle’s October 2020 Critical Patch Update. In early November, Oracle issued an out-of-band security update to address another critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-14882.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2019

BadPackets experts observed on August 22 a mass scanning activity targeting Pulse Secure “Pulse Connect Secure” VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510. On August 22, BadPackets experts observed a mass scanning activity targeting Pulse Secure “Pulse Connect Secure” VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510.

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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

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

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 2, 2020

In June security firms Bitdefender and Barracuda discovered new IPStorm versions that are able to target also Android, Linux, and Mac. The experts from both security firms reported that IPStorm was infecting Android systems with ADB (Android Debug Bridge) port exposed online. ” reads the Intezer’s report.

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