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U.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

Emerging in 2007 as a banking trojan, QakBot (a.k.a. According to recent figures from the managed security firm Reliaquest , QakBot is by far the most prevalent malware “loader” — malicious software used to secure access to a hacked network and help drop additional malware payloads.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. “Why do I need a certificate? ru in 2008.

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Threat actors scan Internet for Vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Experts warn that hackers are actively scanning the Internet for Microsoft Exchange Servers vulnerable in the attempt to exploit the CVE-2020-0688 RCE. Hackers are actively scanning the Internet for Microsoft Exchange Servers affected by the CVE-2020-0688 remote code execution flaw. ” reads the advisory published by Microsoft.

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Estonia blocked cyberattacks claimed by Pro-Russia Killnet group

Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2022

Undersecretary for Digital Transformation Luukas Ilves announced that Estonia was hit by the most extensive wave of DDoS attacks it has faced since 2007. Yesterday, Estonia was subject to the most extensive cyber attacks it has faced since 2007. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Estonia). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Vulnerabilities in Weapons Systems

Schneier on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

Transportation Command in 2017, after learning that their computerized logistical systems were mostly unclassified and on the internet. ” It’s a similar attitude to corporate executives who believe that they can’t be hacked — and equally naive.

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Hackers Sell Access to Bait-and-Switch Empire

Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2019

In an ironic twist, the marketing empire that owns the hacked online properties appears to be run by a Canadian man who’s been sued for fraud by the U.S. I also pinged several customer support email addresses tied to the data-broker Web sites that were hacked. at the victim in this hacking case. Nor has Mr. Willms.

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Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin sentenced to 12 years in prison

Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2021

court on Thursday sentenced the Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin to 12 years in prison for his role in an international hacking campaign. The man was arrested in Georgia at the request of US authorities, he was charged with multiple conspiracy counts, including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and four counts of computer hacking.

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APT28 targets key networks in Europe with HeadLace malware

Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2024

The experts observed the APT deploying Headlace in three distinct phases from April to December 2023, respectively, using phishing, compromised internet services, and living off the land binaries. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Russia)

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Belgium telecom operators Proximus and Orange drop Huawei

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Orange Belgium is using Huawei equipment since 2007 for its mobile network in Belgium and Luxembourg, while the collaboration between Proximus and the Shenzhen-based company started in 2009 for the progressive upgrading of its network. The Chinese giant was already excluded by several countries from building their 5G internet networks.

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Russia-linked STRONTIUM APT targets IoT devices to hack corporate networks

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. SecurityAffairs – Russia APT, hacking). link] #MSFTatBlackHat — Security Response (@msftsecresponse) August 5, 2019.

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North Korea-linked APT group BeagleBoyz targets banks

Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2020

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. “North Korea’s intelligence apparatus controls a hacking team dedicated to robbing banks through remote internet access.

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Russia-linked APT28 has been scanning vulnerable email servers in the last year

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. SecurityAffairs – APT28, hacking). ” continues the report. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. w s, icamis[.]ru ru , and icamis[.]biz.

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79 Netgear router models affected by a dangerous Zero-day

Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

Security experts Adam Nichols from GRIMM and d4rkn3ss from the Vietnamese internet service provider VNPT have independently reported a severe unpatched security vulnerability that affects 79 Netgear router models. Oldest firmware versions have been released as far back as 2007. ” reads the analysis published by GRIMM.

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Top 8 Cybersecurity Podcasts of 2021

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

Since 2017, host Jack Rhysider has investigated some of the most noteworthy stories related to the darkside of the internet, specifically hacking, data breaches, and cybercrime. Through interviews and research, Ran connects the dots between the early days of cybercrime and today’s stories of data hacks and breaches.

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Microsoft disrupted APT28 attacks on Ukraine through a court order

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. SecurityAffairs – hacking, APT28). The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Russian spies are attempting to tap transatlantic undersea cables

Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Ireland is a strategic place for intercontinental communications because it represents the place where undersea cables which carry internet traffic connect to Europe. SecurityAffairs – hacking, undersea cables). ” reported The Sunday Times. Source [link]. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets defense industry with ThreatNeedle backdoor

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

.” The malware was able to steal data from both office IT networks and a restricted network (one containing mission-critical assets and computers with highly sensitive data and no internet access). SecurityAffairs – hacking, Lazarus). If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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FBI identifies 16 Conti ransomware attacks on US health care and first responder networks

SC Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

The FBI’s Cyber Division leads the nation’s efforts to investigate and prosecute internet crimes. Tavakoli said the FBI report mentions Mimikatz, a tool created in 2007. And elements of Cobalt Strike were also used in the SolarWinds supply chain hack.

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Operators behind Dark Caracal are still alive and operational

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

In the last phase of the attack, the PowerShell script downloads encoded executable parts from legitimate cloud storage services like Dropbox or Bitbucket then assemble the Bandook loader, which injects the RAT into a new Internet Explorer process. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware). ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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BEST PRACTICES: Why pursuing sound ‘data governance’ can be a cybersecurity multiplier

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 1, 2020

The wisdom of proactively purging stored data was driven home by the hack of Capital One bank. The company was founded in 2007, has 16,000 customers worldwide and venture backing from the likes of Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers, and Goldman Sachs. This is the time to purge those data sets.” I’ll keep watch.

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Hackers try to poison Florida City’s drinking water

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

One of the functions opened by the person hacking into the system was one that controls the amount sodium hydroxide in the water.” Too much lye in water could cause skin burns and rashes—something residents in a small town in Massachusetts had experienced when they had a water supply treatment problem back in 2007.

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ActiveX Controls in South Korean websites are affected by critical flaws

Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2019

The websites still use the technology because of a 20-year old law that mandated the use of Internet Explorer and asked users to allow ActiveX controls to run. Microsoft no longer supports ActiveX in Microsoft Edge, which is the default recommended default browser over Internet Explorer. SecurityAffairs – ActiveX, hacking).

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China-linked Winnti APT steals intellectual property from companies worldwide

Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

Winnti (aka APT41 , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly) is a cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. The attacks leverage a multi-step infection chain that starts with attacks on internet-facing servers in the attempt to deploy a web shell used for reconnaissance, lateral movement, and data exfiltration purposes.

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Jail Time for Russian Hacker Who Made Millions

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 12, 2021

Tyurin has been sentenced to 144 months in prison for " computer intrusion, wire fraud, bank fraud, and illegal online gambling offenses in connection with his involvement in a massive computer hacking campaign targeting U.S. From 2007 to 2015, Tyurin was also involved in cyberattacks against a number of U.S.

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Too much UPnP-enabled connected devices still vulnerable to cyber attacks

Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

. “The hackers behind it reportedly took advantage of poorly configured routers that had the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service enabled, which caused the routers to forward public ports to the private devices and be open to the public internet,” reads the analysis published by Yang. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for September 2019 fix 2 privilege escalation flaws exploited in attacks

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The updates cover Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, ChakraCore, Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps, Skype for Business and Microsoft Lync, Visual Studio,NET Framework, Exchange Server, Microsoft Yammer, and Team Foundation Server. SecurityAffairs – Microsoft Patch Tuesday, hacking).

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Russian Sednit APT used the first UEFI rootkit of ever in attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

” The Sednit APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. Xtunnel , a network proxy tool that can relay any kind of network traffic between a C&C server on the Internet and an endpoint computer inside a local network.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. Vamosi: Back in 2007 the California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, did the unthinkable: she decertified all the digital voting systems in the state. held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. They invited us and other members of the public to try to hack it. Apple Podcasts.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. Vamosi: Back in 2007 the California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, did the unthinkable: she decertified all the digital voting systems in the state. held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. They invited us and other members of the public to try to hack it. Apple Podcasts.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Art of Invisibility

ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

I mean, there are so many positive stories about people who are hacking for a living and doing good things because of it. However, on the internet, nothing is truly deleted. Welcome to the hacker mind that original podcast from for all secure it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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A Question of Identity: The Evolution of Identity & Access Management

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Ninety-five percent of cybersecurity breaches are due to human error (Symantec Internet Security Threat Report). SDP enforces the need-to-know principle by verifying device posture and identity prior to grating access to applications. Caveat: There may be specific use cases such as legacy applications where using VPNs is the only option.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. Vamosi: Back in 2007 the California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, did the unthinkable: she decertified all the digital voting systems in the state. held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. They invited us and other members of the public to try to hack it. Apple Podcasts.

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Series: Making Security Make Sense to Clients

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Website hack attempts happen all day, every day. They build websites but their own website is hacked?” How a Hack Destroyed My First Internet Business. In 2007, shortly after discovering WordPress Multisite (a separate code base at the time), I created a free blogging platform for independent artists. Reputation.

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Update CSE Malware ZLab – Operation Roman Holiday – Hunting the Russian APT28

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2018

The APT28 group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. In particular, they noticed a malware sample submitted to Virus Total that was attributed by some experts to the Russian APT28 group.

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[SI-LAB] FlawedAmmyy Leveraging Undetected XLM Macros as an Infection Vehicle

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

The command highlighted in Figure 2 is an instruction responsible to download an MSI file from the C2 server ( hxxp://195.123.209.169/control ), geolocated in Latvia and with ports 80 and 3389 opened to the Internet. The structure of this stream is fully specified in Microsoft Office Excel 97-2007 – Binary File Format Specification.

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Are Your Passwords in the Green in 2023?

Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 18, 2023

The 2023 update to the Hive Systems Password Table that’s been shared across the internet, the news, universities, and by thousands of organizations worldwide. This year we’ve updated our cracking hardware to the latest and greatest, including that of the internet darling ChatGPT ! Looking for the most recent Password Table?

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Are Your Passwords in the Green?

Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 18, 2023

The 2023 update to the Hive Systems Password Table that’s been shared across the internet, the news, universities, and by thousands of organizations worldwide. This year we’ve updated our cracking hardware to the latest and greatest, including that of the internet darling ChatGPT ! Keep reading below! Not a reader? Sites like vast.ai

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Israel’s Pager Attacks and Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Personal devices connected to the internet—and countries where they are in high use, such as the United States—are especially at risk. In 2007 the Idaho National Laboratory demonstrated that a cyberattack could cause a high-voltage generator to explode. It can be subverted to degrade or fail on command.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Inside DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 22, 2020

It's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. And by the third challenge in 2007, all the vehicles were successful in navigating a model urban landscape without human interaction. And, how can organizations defend or stop something that increases its own cyber capabilities autonomously?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Inside DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 21, 2020

It's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. And by the third challenge in 2007, all the vehicles were successful in navigating a model urban landscape without human interaction. And, how can organizations defend or stop something that increases its own cyber capabilities autonomously?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Inside DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 21, 2020

It's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. And by the third challenge in 2007, all the vehicles were successful in navigating a model urban landscape without human interaction. And, how can organizations defend or stop something that increases its own cyber capabilities autonomously?

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A taste of the latest release of QakBot

Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2021

A taste of the latest release of QakBot – one of the most popular and mediatic trojan bankers active since 2007. The malware QakBot , also known as Qbot , Pinkslipbot , and Quakbot is a banking trojan that has been made headlines since 2007. Figure 1: Email template of QakBot malware targeting Portuguese Internet end users – May 2021.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Fog of Cyber War

ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

Centre for Defence: In 2007, a struggle over a divisive Soviet statutes set the standard for a new form of Russian interference in the affairs of foreign states. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. The second largest company in the USA was not hacked yesterday. That's not news.

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U.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections

Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Trending Sources

Threat actors scan Internet for Vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers

Estonia blocked cyberattacks claimed by Pro-Russia Killnet group

Vulnerabilities in Weapons Systems

Hackers Sell Access to Bait-and-Switch Empire

Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin sentenced to 12 years in prison

APT28 targets key networks in Europe with HeadLace malware

Belgium telecom operators Proximus and Orange drop Huawei

Russia-linked STRONTIUM APT targets IoT devices to hack corporate networks

North Korea-linked APT group BeagleBoyz targets banks

Russia-linked APT28 has been scanning vulnerable email servers in the last year

Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

79 Netgear router models affected by a dangerous Zero-day

Top 8 Cybersecurity Podcasts of 2021

Microsoft disrupted APT28 attacks on Ukraine through a court order

Russian spies are attempting to tap transatlantic undersea cables

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets defense industry with ThreatNeedle backdoor

FBI identifies 16 Conti ransomware attacks on US health care and first responder networks

Operators behind Dark Caracal are still alive and operational

BEST PRACTICES: Why pursuing sound ‘data governance’ can be a cybersecurity multiplier

Hackers try to poison Florida City’s drinking water

ActiveX Controls in South Korean websites are affected by critical flaws

China-linked Winnti APT steals intellectual property from companies worldwide

Jail Time for Russian Hacker Who Made Millions

Too much UPnP-enabled connected devices still vulnerable to cyber attacks

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for September 2019 fix 2 privilege escalation flaws exploited in attacks

Russian Sednit APT used the first UEFI rootkit of ever in attacks in the wild

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Art of Invisibility

A Question of Identity: The Evolution of Identity & Access Management

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

Series: Making Security Make Sense to Clients

Update CSE Malware ZLab – Operation Roman Holiday – Hunting the Russian APT28

[SI-LAB] FlawedAmmyy Leveraging Undetected XLM Macros as an Infection Vehicle

Are Your Passwords in the Green in 2023?

Are Your Passwords in the Green?

Israel’s Pager Attacks and Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Inside DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Inside DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Inside DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge

A taste of the latest release of QakBot

The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Fog of Cyber War

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