Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2022

Researchers spotted three campaigns delivering multiple malware, including ModernLoader, RedLine Stealer, and cryptocurrency miners. Threat actors use PowerShell,NET assemblies, and HTA and VBS files to perform lateral movements across a targeted network and eventually drop other pieces of malware, such as the SystemBC trojan and DCRAT.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

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

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2023

Based on an analysis of more than 14 million cyber attacks simulated by The Picus Platform*, the report highlights four “impossible trade-offs” limiting modern security teams’ ability to manage their organization’s threat exposure. For instance, organizations can prevent 73% of malware downloads but only 18% of data exfiltration attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2023

Roaming Mantis threat actors were observed using a new variant of their mobile malware Wroba to hijack DNS settings of Wi-Fi routers. Researchers from Kaspersky observed Roaming Mantis threat actors using an updated variant of their mobile malware Wroba to compromise Wi-Fi routers and hijack DNS settings.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 15, 2023

Funso Richard , Information Security Officer at Ensemble , highlighted the gravity of these threats. These include ransomware targeting backend servers, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, destructive malware, and even weaponizing charging stations to deploy malware. In terms of regulations, Fridman highlighted WP.29

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

The directive comes amid a surge in attacks targeting previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used security and networking appliances. government agency in charge of improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture is ordering all federal agencies to take new measures to restrict access to Internet-exposed networking equipment.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2022

The report paints a picture of ransomware gangs arriving on the scene typically after crypto miners, botnet builders, malware embedders and initial access brokers may have already profited from earlier intrusions. Related: How ‘IABs’ foster ransomware. In short, overlapping cyber attacks have become the norm.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 13, 2023

ChatGPT and other generative AI tools have been used by cybercriminals to create convincing spoofing emails, resulting in a dramatic rise in business email compromise (BEC) attacks. In one experiment, they asked WormGPT “to generate an email intended to pressure an unsuspecting account manager into paying a fraudulent invoice.”

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 billion malware attacks were identified by the report. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 Cyberattack Statistics.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

What does Chinese tech giant Huawei have in common with the precocious kid next door who knows how to hack his favorite video game? However, the threat actors on the leading edge are innovating at deeper layers. The latter knows how to carry out a DLL injection hack — to cheat the game score. The Chinese are all over this.

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Adapture

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Examining Top Enterprise Next-Gen Firewalls Firewalls are commonly used network cybersecurity devices that have been the first line of defense for organizational networks for decades. Next-generation firewalls are part of the third generation of firewall technology. What Do Next-Gen Firewalls Do?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2021

percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. Malware in Encrypted Traffic. A surprising 91.5

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2022

Critical infrastructure , industrial control (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems are under increasing threat of cyber attacks, according to a number of recent warnings from government agencies and private security researchers. cybersecurity agencies yesterday encouraged U.S. and European facilities.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) have emerged as critical tools for dealing with the ever-growing volume and complexity of cybersecurity threats. Machines can recognize patterns to detect malware and unusual activity better than humans and classic software. AI is the most generic term, including all other fields.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2022

APIs have emerged as a go-to tool used by threat actors in the early phases of sophisticated, multi-stage network attacks. APIs have emerged as a go-to tool used by threat actors in the early phases of sophisticated, multi-stage network attacks. Related: ‘SASE’ framework extends security to the network edge.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 3, 2023

The creator of FraudGPT, and potentially also WormGPT , is actively developing the next generation of cybercrime chatbots with much more advanced capabilities. New AI-powered cybercrime tools suggest that the capability of AI hacking tools may be evolving rapidly.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Experts discovered a malspam campaign that is distributing a malicious RAR archive that could exploit the WinRAR flaw to install deliver malware on a computer. An attacker leveraging the path traversal vulnerability could extract compressed files to a folder of their choice rather than the folder chosen by the user.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2022

Indeed, the tool can assess vulnerabilities and run penetration tests , while most tools on the market cannot do both. Vulnerability assessment and pentesting are two different things. The first consists of identifying vulnerabilities that could be used by hackers, not exploiting them. The Perfect Weapon for Stealth Attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The company, founded in 1974, also provides products and services supporting genome editing, synthetic biology, and next-generation sequencing. The company, founded in 1974, also provides products and services supporting genome editing, synthetic biology, and next-generation sequencing. This leak is very significant.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

Log4j is the latest, greatest vulnerability to demonstrate just how tenuous the security of modern networks has become. In this heady environment, open-source networking components like Log4j spell opportunity for threat actors. Open-source vulnerabilities in enterprise networks have since become a massive security blind spot.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 24, 2020

Next-gen firewall pioneer Palo Alto Networks has staked out turf in the emerging SOP space. And SOAR – s ecurity orchestration, automation and response – aims to improve management of known threats and vulnerabilities; quicken incident response; and accelerate the automation of security operations. launch at RSA 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Since a majority of business IT traffic now accesses or passes through the internet, DNS plays an increasingly important — and vulnerable — role. DNS security protects the domain name system (DNS) from attackers seeking to reroute traffic to malicious sites. in the DNS cache for more efficient delivery of information to users.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Not reliant on the internet; with rapid on-premise access; vulnerable to unanticipated calamities such as fires or floods. Cloud storage is a cloud computing model that allows data storage on remote servers operated by a service provider, accessible via internet connections.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

QR technology isn’t new, and security features like two-factor authentication (2FA) or multi-factor authentication (MFA) often invite users to generate such codes to secure their access to mobile apps. Despite how complex they may seem, QR codes are relatively easy to generate. Threat Actors Love QR Codes.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

11 Steps to Perform a Firewall Audit Free Firewall Audit Checklist Top 3 Firewall Audit Providers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Bottom Line: Perform Firewall Audits Consistently Featured Partners: Next-Gen Firewall (NGFW) Software Learn More How Does a Firewall Audit Work? Table of Contents Toggle How Does a Firewall Audit Work?

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This is creating more attack opportunities and vulnerabilities for businesses than ever before. The IBM Security® X-Force® Threat Intelligence Index 2023 revealed that Asia Pacific experienced the most attacks globally (31% of total incidents X Force responded to) for the second year in a row.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) technologies – often combined as intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS) – have been in use for decades, yet they remain important cybersecurity tools even in the face of today’s rapidly changing cyber threats and complex IT environments.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 23, 2020

Next-gen firewall pioneer Palo Alto Networks has staked out turf in the emerging SOP space. And SOAR – s ecurity orchestration, automation and response – aims to improve management of known threats and vulnerabilities; quicken incident response; and accelerate the automation of security operations. launch at RSA 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Virtual patching uses policies, rules and security tools to block access to a vulnerability until it can be patched. Zero-day threats and legacy systems are two ways that vulnerabilities can be created for which no patch may exist for some time, if ever. Those defensive steps are referred to as virtual patching.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Researchers devised a new technique to hide malware in the security Intel SGX enclaves, making it impossible to detect by several security technologies. Security researchers devised a new technique to hide malware in the security Intel SGX enclaves. With SGX-ROP, we bypass ASLR, stack canaries, and address sanitizer.”

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

DevSecOps and code security and debugging tools can help with developer issues in general, but we’ll cover many more controls and best practices in the next section. Web application scanners test your websites and web-facing apps for vulnerabilities. These tests typically use vulnerability scanners.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Threat hunting starts with a pretty paranoid premise: That your network may have already been breached and threat actors may be inside waiting for an opportunity to strike. Threat hunting teams are often composed of analysts from SOC teams or similarly qualified security pros. Sadly, that turns out to be true in many cases.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 13, 2018

The most profound threat to corporate networks isn’t the latest, greatest malware. The vast majority of the mobile malware we see is designed for fraud. It’s carbon-based life forms. Humans tend to be gullible and impatient. I recently had a chance to discuss this state of affairs with J.T. Keating: Exactly.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. Protection against sophisticated malware and zero-day attacks. What’s the best antivirus software? Other AV contenders. Bitdefender Total Security. A network firewall.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

Connectivity enables powerful, revenue-generating capabilities…from data telemetry and runtime analytics, to effectively predicting and maintenance requirements. Additionally, many auto manufacturers now have the ability to remotely update software to fix vulnerabilities or even upgrade functionality. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 07:39.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Threat vectors on IoT. Besides the obvious benefits, IoT devices create an expanded threat landscape and have already been exploited in numerous cyber attacks (e.g., Driven by the need to secure themselves against increasing threats, organizations (both manufacturers and IoT consumers) realize that they need better built-in security.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

If patches are not deployed in a timely manner, vulnerabilities remain exploitable by the bad guys. Therefore, asset discovery — finding out what you have, with which end-user profiles — plays a critical role in any vulnerability management initiative. Patch management is a critical aspect of IT security. Asset discovery.

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