The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

How did America and Americans regress to being much less secure than before the Internet? Everyone knows the many amazing conveniences, benefits, and advances the Internet has enabled. The internet was designed that way.” A recent Council on Foreign Relations report confronts this irrational Internet utopianism. “

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. com was registered in 2008 to an Adrian Crismaru from Chisinau, Moldova. SocksEscort[.]com DomainTools says myiptest[.]com

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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. ru in 2008. su from 2008. su from 2008.

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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. Among those was carder[.]su,

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2021

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) formally deprecates Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions 1.0 (RFC was recommended for IETF protocols in 2008 and became obsolete with the introduction of TLS version 1.3 was recommended for IETF protocols in 2008 and became obsolete with the introduction of TLS version 1.3

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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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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Bloomberg News has a major story about the Chinese hacking computer motherboards made by Supermicro, Levono, and others. It’s been going on since at least 2008. It sounds ridiculous on its face, but the Internet itself was a solution to a similar problem: a reliable network built out of unreliable parts.

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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. SecurityAffairs –Windows zero-day, hacking).

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Bloomberg News has a major story about the Chinese hacking computer motherboards made by Supermicro, Levono, and others. It’s been going on since at least 2008. The US government has known about it for almost as long, and has tried to keep the attack secret: China’s exploitation of products made by Supermicro, as the U.S.

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Hacker's King

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This vulnerability impacts the TCP/IP protocol, a core communication framework that connects devices over the Internet and supports essential services such as the World Wide Web and email. This vulnerability affects many systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11 and Window severer from 2008 to 2022. With a CVSS score of 9.8

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Experts have spotted the first mass-hacking campaign exploiting the BlueKeep exploit , crooks leverage the exploit to install a cryptocurrency miner. Security researchers have spotted the first mass-hacking campaign exploiting the BlueKeep exploit , the attack aims at installing a cryptocurrency miner on the infected systems.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2019

Microsoft has released patches for Windows 7, Server 2008, XP and Server 2003. Windows 7 and Server 2008 users can prevent unauthenticated attacks by enabling Network Level Authentication (NLA), and the threat can also be mitigated by blocking TCP port 3389. SecurityAffairs – BlueKeep, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

has been associated with the user Kerens on the Russian hacking forum Exploit from 2011 to the present day. Intel 471 found that Kerens used the email address pepyak@gmail.com , which also was used to register Kerens accounts on the Russian language hacking forums Verified and Damagelab. The WHOIS records for autodoska[.]biz

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Mark talks about how the Internet community can come together ahead of the next vulnerability to make sure the. Mark talks about how the Internet community can come together ahead of the next vulnerability to make sure the mistakes that are evident in the response to Log4j aren’t repeated. . Read the whole entry. »

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2019

Microsoft has released patches for Windows 7, Server 2008, XP and Server 2003. Windows 7 and Server 2008 users can prevent unauthenticated attacks by enabling Network Level Authentication (NLA), and the threat can also be mitigated by blocking TCP port 3389. SecurityAffairs – BlueKeep, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2020

The two issues are a Windows spoofing bug and a remote code execution flaw in Internet Explorer. ” The flaw affects many Windows OSs, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, for which the IT giant will not provide security updates because the reached the end-of-life. ” reads the advisory. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

SurfingAttack – hacking phones via ultrasonic waves. Venezuela – Power outage knocked out part of the internet connectivity. CIA Hacking unit APT-C-39 hit China since 2008. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). Karkoff 2020: a new APT34 espionage operation involves Lebanon Government. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

Further analysis revealed that the actor behind the above operations has been active since at least 2008. “As our research demonstrates, their origins date back to 2008, the year the first Prikormka samples were discovered. . This means that the threat actor was able to avoid detection for more than 15 years.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

LuoYu has been active since at least 2008, it focuses on targets located in China, such as foreign diplomatic organizations established in the country, members of the academic community, or companies from the defense, logistics and telecommunications sectors. SecurityAffairs – hacking, LuoYu). ” concludes Kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

The vulnerabilities could not be exploited through Internet Explorer or the Outlook preview pane. The security patches developed by 0patch address the issues for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 without ESU. The service will also release unofficial patches for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 with ESU, Windows 8.1,

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The alleged hack of the communications network used by CIA agents allowed Iranian intelligence to identify and kill at least 30 spies. Experts speculate that the hack of the communications network was the result of a simple Google search. According to Yahoo ! ” reported Yahoo News. ” continues the report.

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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

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. ” We are glad to present you our services!

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Adam Levin

MARCH 21, 2019

A few days later, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN ), the organization responsible for governing large parts of the internet, issued a bleak warning urging businesses to do the same, and to enact stronger security measures. DNS, or The Domain Name System, is a core Internet service.

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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. exe handles certain calls. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s safe to say that without them, WordPress wouldn’t have grown to power over 28% of the internet. Previous to this release, if a user wanted to extend WordPress or add specific features, they did so by using “hacks” created by themselves or others. Gravity Forms – 2008. iThemes (Billboard plugin) – 2008.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

The issue impacts all Windows versions, starting from Windows 7 and Server Server 2008, including the latest releases. “But not even links like this can be used ultimately, they are deactivated by providers like Gmail or Outlook Live and blocked by other security measures of Internet Explorer.” ” wrote Rad.

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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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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Verified was hacked at least twice in the past five years, and its user database posted online. That search shows the user bo3dom registered at ipmart-forum.com with the email address devrian27@gmail.com , and from an Internet address in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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Adam Shostack

DECEMBER 1, 2019

It’s bad news for people and businesses who rely on technology, who are going to be subject to seeing their tax software hacked to distribute malware, as happened in Ukraine and led to NotPetya. A very solid look at the early days of the hacking scene. Cult of the Dead Cow , Joseph Menn.

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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 19, 2020

The two issues are a Windows spoofing bug and a remote code execution flaw in Internet Explorer. The flaw affects many Windows OSs, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, for which the IT giant will not provide security updates because the reached the end-of-life. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CVE-2020-1464 ).

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Introduction Radio Frequency (RF) penetration testing, popularly referred to as RF pentesting, stands as a vital domain within ethical hacking. 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.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2019

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for May 2019 also address vulnerabilities in Windows OS, Internet Explorer, Edge, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps, ChakraCore,NET Framework, and ASP.NET, Skype for Android, Azure DevOps Server, and the NuGet Package Manager.

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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. UTEL is a private Mexican university for online education founded in 2008. Among the 20 cases found, at least six websites belong to the top 100 universities list worldwide.

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Hacker's King

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

HTTP is the protocol used for transferring web pages on the internet. For example, if the target is running Windows Server 2008 , you could look for known vulnerabilities or misconfigurations specific to that OS. And remember, always test responsibly —ethical hacking is about securing systems, not breaking into them without permission.

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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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