Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2021

Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that North Korea-linked hackers are targeting security researchers via social media. ” reads the post published by Google TAG. The hackers employed a custom backdoor to compromise the systems of the vulnerability researchers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

The fact that the issue was discovered by Google TAG suggests it was exploited by a nation-state actor or by a surveillance firm. The vulnerability has been actively exploited by the Chinese hacker group UNC4841 Chinese. Google released emergency updates to address this zero-day vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

Google published its second Threat Analysis Group (TAG) report which reveals the company has taken down ten coordinated operations in Q2 2020. Google has published its second Threat Analysis Group (TAG) report , a bulletin that includes coordinated influence operation campaigns tracked in Q2 of 2020. response to COVID-19.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported. According to the Google Threat Horizons report, the state-sponsored hackers sent fake job offers to employees at the security companies.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2021

Google TAG is warning that North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) is warning that North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media. ” reads the TAG’s report. ” reads the TAG’s report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

Russia-linked APT Gamaredon starts stealing data from victims between 30 and 50 minutes after the initial compromise The source code of the BlackLotus UEFI Bootkit was leaked on GitHub US CISA warns of Rockwell Automation ControlLogix flaws Indexing Over 15 Million WordPress Websites with PWNPress New AVrecon botnet remained under the radar for two (..)

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Passwords are easy to steal, and hackers can use them in just a few seconds. If you’re not changing passwords regularly, you’re inviting hackers and cybercriminals to steal your company’s sensitive data. Make sure to use common, understandable labels and data value tags for your data. Use a corporate VPN.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

On Wednesday, Google announced to have warned approximately 14,000 Gmail users that they had been targeted by nation-state hackers. Shane Huntley, the head of the Threat Analysis Group (TAG), wrote on Twitter that his group had sent an above-average batch of government-backed security warnings. . ” Huntley added.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

March 8 – Google TAG: Russia, Belarus-linked APTs targeted Ukraine. Google TAG observed Russian, Belarusian, and Chinese threat actors targeting Ukraine and European government and military orgs. The popular hacker collective Anonymous is offering to Russian troops $52,000 in BTC for each surrendered tank. Is it fake news?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

A hacker collective claims to have hacked over 50,000 home security cameras and published their footage online, some of them on adult sites. A group of hackers claims to have compromised over 50,000 home security cameras and published their private footage online. ” reported The New Paper.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2022

According to Reuters, at least victims of the leak confirmed the authenticity of the messages and revealed they were targeted by Russia-linked hackers. ” reported the Reuters. “Dearlove said that the emails captured a “legitimate lobbying exercise which, seen through this antagonistic optic, is now subject to distortion.””

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The data were provided by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which tracks government-backed hacking campaign, which warns of a significant increase in the number of the alert compared to the previous year. ” wrote Ajax Bash, a Google security engineer from the TAG. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2022

Google’s TAG team revealed that China-linked APT groups are targeting Ukraine ’s government for intelligence purposes. March 17 – Ukraine SBU arrested a hacker who supported Russia during the invasion. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the arrest of a “hacker” who helped Russian Army during the invasion.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

ZDNet reported that a hacker has leaked 23 million credentials from the Webkinz World online children’s game. Each Webkinz toy has an attached tag with a unique “Secret Code” printed on it that allows you to play with your pet in the “ Webkinz World” website. ” reported ZDNet.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

Microsoft today released another round of security updates for Windows operating systems and supported software, including fixes for six zero-day bugs that malicious hackers already are exploiting in active attacks. June’s Patch Tuesday addresses just 49 security holes — about half the normal number of vulnerabilities lately.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

Microsoft, like Google TAG, observed a cyber espionage campaign aimed at vulnerability researchers that attributed to North Korea-linked Zinc APT group. ” This week, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) also warned of North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

A bug in the Real-Time Find and Replace WordPress plugin could allow hackers to hackers to create rogue admin accounts on over 100,000 sites. “An attacker could use this vulnerability to replace a HTML tag like with malicious Javascript. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2020

Google warns that nation-backed hackers are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to organizations involved in the fight against the pandemic. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) shared its latest findings related to state-backed attacks and revealed that it has identified more than a dozen state-sponsored groups using COVID-19 lures.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Hackers use a software skimmer to inject a loader into the page source as an inline script. Once executed, a malicious JavaScript file is requested from the a C2 server (at https[:]//tags-manager[.]com/gtags/script2 The exfiltration itself is done by WebSockets, which provide the attacker a more silent exfiltration path.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2021

Last month experts spotted a new variant of the ransomware on a hacker forum allowing buyers to opt how to use the malware. The malware was available for sale at a price tag of $2,300 per core build, but they offered individual conditions to their subscribers.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The vulnerability allows attackers to craft documents that won’t get tagged with Microsoft’s “Mark of the Web,” despite being downloaded from untrusted sites. The bug already seeing exploitation is CVE-2022-44698 , which allows attackers to bypass the Windows SmartScreen security feature.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2022

Microsoft this month also issued a different patch for another MSDT flaw, tagged as CVE-2022-35743. This latest MSDT bug — CVE-2022-34713 — is a remote code execution flaw that requires convincing a target to open a booby-trapped file, such as an Office document.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

CISA warns of actively exploited Ivanti EPMM flaw CVE-2023-35082 The Quantum Computing Cryptopocalypse – I’ll Know It When I See It Kansas State University suffered a serious cybersecurity incident CISA adds Chrome and Citrix NetScaler to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Google TAG warns that Russian COLDRIVER APT is using a custom backdoor (..)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2022

SecurityAffairs awarded as Best European Personal Cybersecurity Blog 2022 Crooks are using RIG Exploit Kit to push Dridex instead of Raccoon stealer Flagstar Bank discloses a data breach that impacted 1.5

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2021

A duo of white hat hackers claims to have earned $50,000 from Apple for reporting serious flaws that allowed them to company’s servers. The Indian white hat hackers Harsh Jaiswal and Rahul Maini claim to have discovered multiple flaws that allowed them to access Apple servers. However, any code before that check executes.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In March, researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that North Korea-linked hackers are targeting security researchers via social media. Experts pointed out that the domain was involved in a past campaign carried out by the APT group and aimed at security professionals.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog At least 2 critical infrastructure orgs breached by North Korea-linked hackers behind 3CX attack American Bar Association (ABA) suffered a data breach,1.4

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

Around April time, “Cyber Spetsnaz” built one its first divisions called “Zarya”, they looked for experienced penetration testers, OSINT specialists, and hackers: Around this time the group performed one of their first coordinated attacks against NATO.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

The Exchangeable image file format is a standard that specifies the formats for images, sound, and ancillary tags used by digital cameras (including smartphones), scanners and other systems handling image and sound files recorded by digital cameras. S igler added. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2020

Another celebrity was the victim of the hackers, Mariah Carey ‘s Twitter account appears to have been hacked on New Year’s Eve. ” The tweets began around 3 pm PST and continued throughout the day, several messages used the N-word and tagged other Twitter accounts. . ” reads The Hollywood Reporter.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2020

Hackers launched spear-phishing attacks against organizations in the oil and gas industry sector spreading the Agent Tesla info-stealer malware. In all the attacks hackers used weaponized attachments to deliver the Agent Tesla info-stealer to compromise victims’ systems. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

It’s Testing U.S.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2020

Among the American nonprofits targeted by the hackers there are some working on a campaign called #ExxonKnew aimed at demonstrate that ExxonMobil hid information about climate change for decades. non-governmental organizations Fight for the Future and Free Press , and journalists from multiple major U.S. media outlets.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

Privacy breaches, whether caused by malicious hackers or employee negligence, can destroy a company’s reputation and revenues. Even if the data is stolen in a cyberattack , hackers can’t use it. The price tag can add up quickly. Organizations face fines of up to USD 7,500 per violation.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2020

Hackers have been scanning the Internet for SAP systems affected by RECON vulnerability, researchers from Bad Packets warn. Immediately after a researcher released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for the RECON vulnerability, hackers started the scanning activity. link] — Dmitry Chastuhin (@_chipik) July 15, 2020.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

A hacker managed to identify a weak spot in a security camera model. The hacker exploited the vulnerability and used these IoT devices to launch a massive attack on social media platforms. Combinations that people can easily remember, and, sadly, which hackers can guess easily. Malware, phishing, and web. Vicious insider.

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Information Management Resources

JUNE 25, 2019

The company’s disclosure in September that hackers exploited several software bugs to obtain login access to accounts was tagged as Facebook’s worst security breach ever.

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