Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

” These last two nicknames correspond to accounts on several top cybercrime forums way back in 2013, where a user named “Yaroslav2468” registered using the email address yarik45@gmail.com. Prosecutors say Vasinskyi also used the monikers “ Yarik45 ,” and “ Yaroslav2468.” 3 was Lublin, Poland.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2024

The PlugX malware is a remote access trojan (RAT) that has been used since 2008 by multiple China-linked APT groups, including Mustang Panda , Winnti , and APT41 The RAT uses DLL side-loading to load its own malicious payload malicious DLL when a digitally signed software application, such as the x32dbg debugging tool (x32dbg.exe), is executed.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 reports that obelisk57@gmail.com was used to register an account on the forum Blacksoftware under the nickname “ Kerens.” has been associated with the user Kerens on the Russian hacking forum Exploit from 2011 to the present day. ” Meanwhile, the Jabber address masscrypt@exploit.im

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2019

This means that security and IT staff at the Pentagon is ignoring the recommendations exposing it to the risk of hack. related recommendations, dating as far back as 2008. SecurityAffairs – Pentagon, hacking). Additionally, as of September 30, 2018, there were 266 open cybersecurity?related ” concludes the DoD OIG.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Verified was hacked at least twice in the past five years, and its user database posted online. Cyber intelligence platform Constella Intelligence told KrebsOnSecurity that the operns@gmail.com address was used in 2016 to register an account at filmai.in , which is a movie streaming service catering to Lithuanian speakers. com (2017).

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 3, 2019

” Media publications have cited sources saying the Robbinhood version that hit Baltimore city computers was powered by “ Eternal Blue ,” a hacking tool developed by the U.S. The account also began tagging dozens of reporters and news organizations on Twitter. National Security Agency (NSA) and leaked online in 2017.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Internet’s co-designer, Vint Cerf, in a 2008 Guardian interview , explained how the Internet’s 1974, essential enabling Internet-protocol had a design flaw in not enabling packet authentication, security, or privacy at scale. Internet un accountability policy a root cause of Internet in security? Utopia meet reality.

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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. bank accounts. ws was registered to an Andrew Artz.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2018

An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.” SecurityAffairs –Windows zero-day, hacking). If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2023

’ Qakbot , also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing malware that has been active since 2008. ” The FBI and the Dutch National Police provided account credentials compromised by the botnet to the data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). Pierluigi Paganini. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 291 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

In 2013, Kurittu worked on an investigation involving Kivimäki’s use of the Zbot botnet, among other activities Kivimäki engaged in as a member of the hacker group Hack the Planet (HTP).” Kivimäki is now crowing about the sentence; He’s changed the description on his Twitter profile to “Untouchable hacker god.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2020

A security expert uncovered an old APT operation, tracked Nazar, by analyzing the NSA hacking tools included in the dump leaked by Shadow Brokers in 2017. Guerrero-Saade discovered that the SIG37 campaign references hacking activities dated back as far as 2008 that was carried out by an unknown threat actor, the expert tracked it as Nazar.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

QBot has been active since 2008, it is used by threat actors for collecting browsing data and banking credentials, and other financial information from the victims. Kaspersky researchers warn of a new QBot campaign leveraging hijacked business emails to deliver malware.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 10, 2019

By nearly all accounts, the chief bugaboo this month is CVE-2019-1458 , a vulnerability in a core Windows component (Win32k) that is present in Windows 7 through 10 and Windows Server 2008-2019.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

LastPass is password management software that’s been popular among business and personal users since it was initially released in 2008. Your business can use LastPass to maintain unique passwords for each employee’s online accounts—a critical practice for modern cybersecurity health. When it was acquired by LogMeIn Inc.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Both require threat actors to steal credentials or perform some other kind of attack to gain access to the privileged account. Vertical Privilege Escalation Vertical privilege escalation involves a threat actor traveling from a lower-level account to a higher-level account.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 14, 2021

In addition to the usual password storage and sharing capabilities, Teams edition customers can enjoy 1GB of document storage for each user, 5 guest accounts, standard 2FA, and Duo integration for MFA. One of the best bonus features 1Password offers with its Business plan is a free family account for all users.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2019

An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.” The flaws affect Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1,

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SecureWorld News

JULY 14, 2022

The reasons for hacking have certainly shifted over time. We collected the most data ever from 87 organizations that were victims of cyberattacks, and between the original report in 2008 and this year, the biggest shift we' ve seen is the growing importance of end-users whom bad actors prey on for system access.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2019

An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with administrator privileges.” An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.” ” reads the security advisory published by Microsoft.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2021

A major drawback with using LastPass, however, is its track record with corporate hacks. Since the company’s launch in 2008, LastPass has reported numerous security breaches that range in severity from vulnerabilities in browser extensions to full-blown breaches.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

Other types of data that you should consider private include: Your bank account number and card details. Login information for online accounts you have. This has brought on the announcement of several data collection and access regulations that companies need to follow to protect citizens against hacking and identity theft.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 17, 2022

The trouble with Saicoo’s apparently infected drivers may be little more than a case of a technology company having their site hacked and responding poorly. .” Saicoo’s response to KrebsOnSecurity. Will Dormann , a vulnerability analyst at CERT/CC, wrote on Twitter that the executable files (.exe)

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

KrebsOnSecurity first encountered Aqua’s work in 2008 as a reporter for The Washington Post. A source said they’d stumbled upon a way to intercept and read the daily online chats between Aqua and several other mule recruiters and malware purveyors who were stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars weekly from hacked businesses.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

All this could enable attackers to hijack accounts and have admin access. That could allow arbitrary admin account creation and access to files and personal information. That could allow arbitrary admin account creation and access to files and personal information.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2019

An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.” ” The second one, tracked as CVE-2019.0880, affects Windows 7 and Server 2008. ” The second one, tracked as CVE-2019.0880, affects Windows 7 and Server 2008. exe handles certain calls. .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

The IT giant reported that at least one China linked APT group, tracked as HAFNIUM , chained these vulnerabilities to access on-premises Exchange servers to access email accounts, and install backdoors to maintain access to victim environments. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Microsoft Exchange). Pierluigi Paganini.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In 2008, Myspace was the world’s largest social networking site. Peace stole data from over 360 million Myspace accounts. The stolen data was several years old, but it is still valuable on the dark web because people often reuse passwords for multiple sites and accounts, from online banking to eCommerce accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 6, 2021

Since 2008, LastPass has given users a platform that’s supremely easy to use across multiple devices. Additionally, both vendors have easy-to-use mobile applications that make it a breeze to access accounts securely while traveling. Both vendors offer solutions that are suitable for businesses of all sizes and industries.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

The account recovery element of passkey is another double-edged sword. While a consumer application will almost certainly be pleased to outsource account recovery to Apple, Google, or Microsoft, many administrators may not be. They convert the data into templates that, even if leaked or breached, cannot be used to hack an account.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The modern era of mass data breaches perhaps began in 2009, with the hack of 32 million account credentials held by software developer RockYou, in which a SQL injection attack revealed that passwords were simple held in cleartext in a database table. The following year saw a leak from Gawker Media’s servers, with another 1.5

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2019

The Regin malware has been around since at least 2008, most Regin infections were observed in Russia (28%) and Saudi Arabia (24%), but other attacks were spotted in Iran, Ireland, India, Afghanistan, Austria, Belgium, Mexico, and Pakistan. . ” reported the Reuters.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

The leaked records indicate the network’s chief technology officer in Pakistan has been hacked for the past year, and that the entire operation was created by the principals of a Tennessee-based telemarketing firm that has promoted USPS employment websites since 2016. Ditto for a case the FTC brought in 2005.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

One of my contacts pointed me to a popular hacking forum where the data was being socialised, complete with the following image: As you can see at the top left of the image, the root folder is called "Collection #1" hence the name I've given this breach. The collection totalled over 12,000 separate files and more than 87GB of data.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

And while actual, measurable cyberrattacks and hacks surrounding The Olympics did not truly get rolling until 2008 in Beijing, The Olympic games have traditionally been quite the target for malicious acts of all kinds, dating back years. It was also the first major Olympics event where organizers braced for hacking related impact.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Users trigger the flaw by simply feeding a malicious printer driver to a vulnerable machine, and could use their new-found superpowers to install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. was only found last week , but has attracted significant attention. DNS elevation of privilege vulnerability.

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