Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire , a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. Constella also shows the email address zankomario@gmail.com used the password “dugidox2407.”

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Google Security

APRIL 24, 2023

Christiaan Brand, Group Product Manager We are excited to announce an update to Google Authenticator , across both iOS and Android, which adds the ability to safely backup your one-time codes (also known as one-time passwords or OTPs) to your Google Account. It’s also the primary entry point for risks, making it important to protect.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

In 2010, the hottabych_k2 address was used to register the domain name dedserver[.]ru That domain registration record included the Russian phone number +7-951-7805896 , which mail.ru’s password recovery function says is indeed the phone number used to register the hottabych_k2 email account. Vpn-service[.]us

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

The password chosen by this user was “ 1232.” This address is associated with accounts on two Russian cybercrime forums registered from Magnitogorsk in 2010 using the handle “ Omega^gg4u.” relied on the passwords asus666 and 01091987h. also used the password 24587256. account at Klerk.ru).

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 2, 2019

Alpha-numeric passwords have been with us almost since the dawn of the computing age. The post Podcast Episode 140: passwords are. Alpha-numeric passwords have been with us almost since the dawn of the computing age. Half a century later, the password has long since outlived its usefulness. Read the whole entry. »

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 3, 2021

The service provider notified the airline warning that data of the Enrich program was exposed to security breaches between March 2010 and June 2019. A security breach occurred via a third-party IT service provider. About the Enrich flyer program Enrich is the frequent flyer program of Malaysia Airlines.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 14, 2021

Security analysts say that the American photo and video sharing platform has enhanced security of its users after witnessing a recent wave of phishing attacks, where its users were sent password reset emails via bots that looked genuine, but were actually targeted with malicious intent.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 21, 2020

Last year, Julian Assange was charged by the US with doing essentially the same thing with Chelsea Manning: The indictment alleges that in March 2010, Assange engaged in a conspiracy with Chelsea Manning, a former intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army, to assist Manning in cracking a password stored on U.S.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 3, 2024

Imagine an employee setting up a system incorrectly or using a weak password—that one mistake could open the doors to an attacker. A compromised VPN account with a weak password led to a ransomware attack that disrupted fuel supplies throughout the U.S. Recent wake-up calls Take the 2022 Colonial Pipeline attack , for example.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. As we’ll see in a moment, Salomon is now behind bars, in part because he helped to rob dozens of small businesses in the United States using some of those same harvested passwords.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 2, 2021

Malaysia Airlines, also known as Malaysian Airlines System in some parts of the world was reportedly cyber attacked by hackers during the period of March 2010 to July 2019.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

He published thousands of classified diplomatic and military documents on WikiLeaks in 2010. In 2010, Assange gained unauthorized access to a government computer system of a NATO country and years later he contacted s LulzSec leader who was working for the FBI and provided him a list of targets.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

com , a malware-based proxy network that has been in existence since at least 2010. Cached versions of the site show that in 2010 the software which powers the network was produced with a copyright of “ Escort Software.” .” NEW SOCKS, SAME OLD SHOES. SocksEscort[.]com ” Super-socks[.]biz

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The JabberZeus crew’s name is derived from the malware they used, which was configured to send them a Jabber instant message each time a new victim entered a one-time password code into a phishing page mimicking their bank. “In early October, the Ukrainian surveillance team said they’d lost him,” he wrote.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

More commonly, that access is purchased from a cybercriminal broker who specializes in acquiring remote access credentials — such as usernames and passwords needed to remotely connect to the target’s network. Gmail’s password recovery function says the backup email address for devrian27@gmail.com is bo3 *@gmail.com.

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SecureList

MAY 23, 2022

The following potential vectors of attacks on ISaGRAF-based devices have been identified: A remote unauthenticated attacker could execute privileged commands of the IXL service on devices with ISaGRAF Runtime versions released before 2010. A remote attacker could easily implement a password brute force attack in ISaGRAF Runtime.

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SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

Number of router vulnerabilities according to cve.mitre.org, 2010–2022 ( download ). Number of router vulnerabilities according to nvd.nist.gov, 2010–2022 ( download ). search for smart devices with the default password in the summer of last year revealed more than 27,000 hits, a similar search in April 2022 returned only 851.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Test 1: Analyze how sensitive Tokenizer is to the size of the training data Question: How sensitive is the Tokenizer attack to being trained on 1mil, or 30+ mil passwords? This could be a community or language specific target, or a dataset targeting a specific password creation policy.

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Hot for Security

JANUARY 25, 2021

The perp claims to have stolen usernames, emails, clear text passwords, and MFC Token balances of 2 million Premium and Diamond members. News of the breach also reached MyFreeCams.com, which claims the leak data was traced “to a security incident that occurred more than ten years ago in June 2010.”.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Kislitsin is accused of hacking into the now-defunct social networking site Formspring in 2012, and conspiring with another Russian man convicted of stealing tens of millions of usernames and passwords from LinkedIn and Dropbox that same year. Nikulin is currently serving a seven-year sentence in the U.S. prison system.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2021

Stolen records belong to 2 million user records of MyFreeCams Premium members, they include usernames, email addresses, MyFreeCams Token (MFC Token) amounts, and passwords in plain text. In response to the incident, MyFreeCams reset the passwords of impacted users. ” reported CyberNews. ” continues CyberNews.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2020

The Energetic Bear APT group has been active since at least 2010 most of the victims of the group are organizations in the energy and industrial sectors. The Energetic Bear APT group has been active since at least 2010 most of the victims of the group are organizations in the energy and industrial sectors.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

last official release 2010) has a path traversal vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker (in cases where remote administration is enabled) or any local (LAN) party to obtain: The contents of the md5crypt (salted/hashed) passwords in /etc/passwd. The muhttpd server 1.1.5 released June 1, 2022).

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 14, 2022

The APT group was first observed in 2010 and they have been active since. The threat actors send the malware in a password-protected archive file via email. The password of the archive file is in the body of the email. Flagpro malware was recently discovered by NTTSecurity and the malware is attributed to BlackTech [1].

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Often, they start their journey by stealing an initial set of credentials or somehow spoofing the application or network so they don’t have to use a password at all. Credential Stuffing In a credential stuffing attack, a threat actor will attempt multiple commonly-used and known passwords, usernames, or both to see if they work.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2020

In 2010, Assange gained unauthorized access to a government computer system of a NATO country and years later he contacted s LulzSec leader who was working for the FBI and provided him a list of targets. “In 2010, Assange gained unauthorized access to a government computer system of a NATO country. .

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Initially a stealthy trojan horse program delivered via email and used to steal passwords, Trickbot evolved into “a highly modular malware suite that provides the Trickbot Group with the ability to conduct a variety of illegal cyber activities, including ransomware attacks,” the Treasury Department said. .”

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

This and other “nordia@” emails shared a password: “ anna59.” shares several passwords with nordia@list.ru , which Constella says was used to create an account at a religious website for an Anna Kulikova from Samara. ” NORDIA Nordia@yandex.ru At the Russian home furnishing store Westwing.ru, Ms.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2019

The report notes that concerns about the security of these channels is hardly theoretical: In 2010, intruders hijacked ACRE’s election results Web page, and in 2016, cyber thieves successfully breached several county employee email accounts in a spear-phishing attack.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

I had a chance to discuss the latter with Ravi Srinivasan, CEO of Tel Aviv-based Votiro which launched in 2010 and has grown to . The attacker managed to insert attack code into a zip file contained in a password-protected email message – one that the banker was expecting to receive from the attorney.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2024

According to available data, more than 4,600 common IT vulnerabilities were discovered in 2010. While the apps on a personal device are a threat, a much bigger threat are conveniences offered by, for example, Google, which offers to “manage” passwords. Users must be educated in secure password protocols.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

New malware compiled on Red Hat Enterprise Linux uses a network data encoding scheme based on XOR, creates a backdoor in systems that gives an attacker near full control over infected machines. ( “Linux password file” by Christiaan Colen is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 ).

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2021

There was no need for a password or login credentials to access this information, and the data was not encrypted. They found personal documents, collected by over 80 US municipalities, sitting in Amazon Web Services S3 storage buckets left wide open in the public cloud.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

has been active since at least 2010 most of the victims of the group are organizations in the energy and industrial sectors. The Energetic Bear APT group (aka DragonFly , Crouching Yeti , TEMP.Isotope, Berserk Bear, TeamSpy , Havex , Koala). printing access badges.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Threat actors exploited a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-40539 , in the Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus software, which is self-service password management and single sign-on solution. KdcSponge allows capturing the domain name, username, and password.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2021

The Naikon APT group is a China-linked cyber espionage group that has been active at least since 2010 and that remained under the radar since 2015 while targeting entities in Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. . The report published by the Bitdefender includes Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) related to the above attacks.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Using strong, unique passwords, enabling multi-factor authentication when available, and being cautious about sharing personal information are crucial steps in protecting oneself. Don't forget to enable MFA, use strong, unique passwords, and be suspicious of inbound messages about gaming that could be phishing attempts.

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