Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

If it sounds unlikely that a normal Internet user could make millions of dollars unmasking the identities of REvil gang members, take heart and consider that the two men indicted as part this law enforcement action do not appear to have done much to separate their cybercriminal identities from their real-life selves. 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

MAY 10, 2022

By all accounts, the most urgent bug Microsoft addressed this month is CVE-2022-26925 , a weakness in a central component of Windows security (the “ Local Security Authority ” process within Windows). The flaw affects Windows 7 through 10 and Windows Server 2008 through 2022. in certain situations.

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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. w s, icamis[.]ru ru , and icamis[.]biz.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 10, 2021

. “CVE-2021-36948 is a privilege escalation vulnerability – the cornerstone of modern intrusions as they allow attackers the level of access to do things like hide their tracks and create user accounts,” said Kevin Breen of Immersive Labs.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Microsoft has issued an out-of-band security update to fix a critical zero-day flaw in the Internet Explorer (IE) browser. Microsoft has rolled out an out-of-band security update to address a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting the Internet Explorer (IE) browser. ” reads the security advisory.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2021

The Microsoft advisory lists these Microsoft Server Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022. Further, stopping the Encrypting File System (EFS) service does not prevent the technique from being exploited. Vulnerable systems.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

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. The username associated with that account was “ bo3dom.” com back in 2011, and sanjulianhotels[.]com

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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.” Those records indicate the user Kerens registered on Verified in March 2009 from an Internet address in Novosibirsk, a city in the southern Siberian region of Russia.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 17, 2022

” But by all accounts, the potential attack surface here is enormous, as many federal employees clearly will purchase these readers from a myriad of online vendors when the need arises. “Combine that with the apparent due diligence of the vendor outlined here, and well, it ain’t a pretty picture.”

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

The internet makes our lives more convenient but also brings about new threats that we need to be on the lookout for. Staying safe on the internet means knowing what privacy data is and how to help protect your personal information. Other types of data that you should consider private include: Your bank account number and card details.

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NopSec

APRIL 30, 2023

Kerberos authentication is only available if the vulnerable Exchange server has access to port eighty-eight (88) of the domain controller, which is only accessible on private networks (please please please don’t expose your DC to the Internet). The MSMQ service operates on TCP port 1801. Patch now before a proof-of-concept hits the public.

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NopSec

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

CVE-2019-1367 – Microsoft Zero-Day Vulnerability – Out-of-band Patch Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 11, 2022

Victim A notified the FBI that someone was spoofing Victim B, by sending emails from the address "accounts@lucasconstruct.com." (The to a SunTrust bank account rather than to Lucas Construction! to a PNC Bank account controlled by criminals after receiving a similar request to update their records from "accounts@tellepsengroup.com."

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Google Security

MARCH 28, 2024

Tianhao Chi and Puneet Sood, Google Public DNS The Domain Name System (DNS) is a fundamental protocol used on the Internet to translate human-readable domain names (e.g., www.example.com) into numeric IP addresses (e.g., 192.0.2.1) so that devices and servers can find and communicate with each other.

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Scary Beasts Security

AUGUST 4, 2010

It turns out that Internet Explorer is not compliant in either of these aspects, leaving it more vulnerable that the other browsers. I have PoCs which will steal your webmail's XSRF token, with follow-on loss of account integrity and confidentiality. I don't think it would be productive to share any PoCs at this time.

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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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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 5, 2021

Tor can either be used to access services on the regular Internet or services that are also hidden behind Tor. If you use Tor to access the Internet your Circuit of three nodes acts like an anonymous and very secure Virtual Private Network ( VPN ) that hides your IP address from the things you use. The Tor browser.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

To borrow from Shakespeare’s Macbeth: “Each new morn, new widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows slap Internet giants on the face”. You may not remember your MySpace password from 2008, but the Internet does: 360 million email addresses and passwords were allegedly offered for sale last year.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2019

The list of flaws addressed by the tech giant doesn’t include zero-days or publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, 29 issues were rated as ‘Critical’ and affect Microsoft’s Edge and Internet Explorer web browsers, Windows, Outlook and Office. Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008 are not affected.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 6, 2023

Internet Explorer 11 is no longer supported in CodeSonar 7.3. If you don’t have an account, please email us at support@grammatech.com. End of Life With this new release of CodeSonar, version 0 will be entering End of Life for support. CodeSonar 7.0 will be Sunset. Download the corresponding CodeSonar 7.3

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2019

Patch Tuesday updates for July 2019 fixed security issued in numerous products of the tech giant, including Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer, Edge, Office, Azure DevOps, Open Source Software,NET Framework, Azure, SQL Server, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, and Exchange Server. ” reads the security advisory.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

By 2008, the USPS job exam preppers had shifted to advertising their schemes mostly online. Mr. Mirza declined to respond to questions, but the exposed database information was removed from the Internet almost immediately after KrebsOnSecurity shared the offending links. Ditto for a case the FTC brought in 2005. com and usps-jobs[.]com.

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NopSec

MAY 31, 2023

The MapUrlToZone function is used to determine if the trust zone of a provided URL is local, intranet, or Internet. A secondary mitigating factor is that many privileged accounts are members of the protected users security group, which has the benefit of disabling NTLM authentication for all member accounts.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

An investigation into indexed information from internet-connected devices provided a list of universities with compromised website security. 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.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

Combine this with the fact that with the internet, all of our systems are connected now, and we’re having distributed online attacks. Making passwordless technology ubiquitous Chrysta: Consumers are already starting to unlock their phones, computers and accounts with their faces and fingerprints.

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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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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In contemporary times, with the exponential growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), smart homes, connected cars, and wearable devices, the importance of RF pentesting has soared significantly. GHz and 5 GHz bands, providing high-speed wireless internet connectivity (Kurkovsky, 2006). IoT Security Techniques and Implementation.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 5, 2023

Users, guests and internet-of-things (IoT) devices can be located, on-boarded, authenticated, and evaluated for compliance. The ExtremeControl Assessment Agent requires minimum hardware capabilities for Windows and macOS: WIndows Versions: Vista, XP, 2008, 2003, 7, 8, 8.1,

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SecureList

MAY 19, 2023

The module that looked most interesting to us is the one that performs email exfiltration from Gmail accounts. Operation Groundbait was first described by ESET in 2016, with the first implants observed in 2008. First, the data is encrypted with a generated pseudorandom AES session key, and then the AES key is encrypted with RSA.

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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. DNS elevation of privilege vulnerability.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Out of Palo Alto, California, Cloudera started in 2008 by alumni of Google, Yahoo!, Born from Google in 2008, the Google Cloud Platform is a leading cloud infrastructure provider. One such example is the addition of cloud computing service Microsoft Azure in 2008. Also Read: Best Encryption Software & Tools for 2021.

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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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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

If you have a bunch of passwords and manually checking them all would be painful, give this a go: If you use 1Password account you now have a brand new Watchtower integrated with @haveibeenpwned API. Take logging onto a mobile app with @1Password on iOS: tap the email field, choose the account, Face ID, login button, job done!

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Internet Explorer is no longer the dominant browser ( Chrome was in 3rd place back then ). Windows Server has gone from 2008 R2 to 2012 to 2012 R2 to 2016 to 2019. Their site is still up and functional, but their Twitter account hasn't been active for 2 and a half years now and the last blog post they wrote was in 2014.

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Cytelligence

JULY 30, 2020

when exposed directly to the internet. Introduced in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Home Server, RDG addresses some of these concerns by enabling organizations to keep their RDP endpoint servers behind a firewall by exposing just the RDG server to the internet in order to forward the RDP connections. Next steps ? .

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2008, the Kraken botnet with 495,000 bots infected 10% of the Fortune 500 companies. with no internet. By obtaining sensitive authentication access, attackers can break into the vendor network or user account. Since 2008, RAM scraping has been a boon for retailers. How to Defend Against a Keylogger.

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