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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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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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. remember Sydney being referred to as “The Internet Olympics”. 2008 Beijing.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

For the first time in the history of cyber attacks, a China-based university serving Aviation industry has accused the United States National Security Agency (NSA) for hacking into its servers to steal intelligence related to aviation, aerospace and navigation study material.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2019

GreyNoise is observing sweeping tests for systems vulnerable to the RDP "BlueKeep" (CVE-2019-0708) vulnerability from several dozen hosts around the Internet. Microsoft has released patches for Windows 7, Server 2008, XP and Server 2003. Now the popular expert Robert Graham has scanned the Internet for vulnerable systems.

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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

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Microsoft today released updates to plug nearly 100 security holes in various versions of its Windows operating system and related software, including a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that is actively being exploited. It could be used to install malware just by getting a user to browse to a malicious or hacked Web site.

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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The November updates include patches for a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer that is currently being exploited in the wild, as well as a sneaky bug in certain versions of Office for Mac that bypasses security protections and was detailed publicly prior to today’s patches.

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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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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 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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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 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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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

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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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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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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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

JANUARY 18, 2022

The VPN provider’s service, which aimed to offer shielded communications and internet access, were being used in support of serious criminal acts such as ransomware deployment and other cybercrime activities.” VPNLab was launched in 2008 and was offering online anonymity to criminal organizations. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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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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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 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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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

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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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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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. com , postaljobscenter[.]com

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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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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

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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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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