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Hackers Expose Russian FSB Cyberattack Projects

Schneier on Security

More nation-state activity in cyberspace, this time from Russia : Per the different reports in Russian media, the files indicate that SyTech had worked since 2009 on a multitude of projects since 2009 for FSB unit 71330 and for fellow contractor Quantum.

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China Says U.S. Hacking Huawei Since 2009

SecureWorld News

National Security Agency (NSA) of infiltrating Huawei servers since as early as 2009. These allegations, which were made via China's official WeChat account , claim that the Tailored Access Operations (TAO) unit of the NSA conducted cyberattacks in 2009 and maintained continuous surveillance on Huawei's servers.

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Real-Time Attacks Against Two-Factor Authentication

Schneier on Security

In the event targets' accounts were protected by 2fa, the attackers redirected targets to a new page that requested a one-time password. I wrote about this exact attack in 2005 and 2009. This isn't new.

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Canada Charges Its “Most Prolific Cybercriminal”

Krebs on Security

There is a now-dormant Myspace account for a Matthew Philbert from Orleans, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario. The information tied to the Myspace account matches the age and town of the defendant. The Myspace account was registered under the nickname “ Darkcloudowner ,” and to the email address dark_cl0ud6@hotmail.com.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

According to cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 , Megatraffer has been active on more than a half-dozen crime forums from September 2009 to the present day. That same email address also is tied to two forum accounts for a user with the handle “ O.R.Z.” user account — this one on Verified[.]ru account on Carder[.]su

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Ghost Ransomware a Persistent Global Threat to Critical Infrastructure

SecureWorld News

He urges enterprises to implement Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions and multi-factor authentication (MFA) and to enforce robust password policies to reduce the risk of account compromise. Strengthening identity security Enforce phishing-resistant MFA for all privileged accounts.

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Gmail-linked Facebook accounts vulnerable to attack using a chain of bugs—now fixed

Malwarebytes

A security researcher has disclosed how he chained together multiple bugs in order to take over Facebook accounts that were linked to a Gmail account. Linked accounts. Linked accounts were invented to make logging in easier. You can use one account to log in to other apps, sites and services. Sandboxed CAPTCHA.