Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I launched Security Affairs for passion in 2011 and millions of readers walked with me. Ten years ago I launched Security Affairs, the blog over the past decade obtained important successes in the cyber security community, but the greatest one is your immense affection. Ten years together! I’m very excited.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2021

FinCEN analyzed a data set composed of 2,184 SARs filed between 1 January 2011 and 30 June 2021 and identified 177 CVC (convertible virtual currency) wallets addresses that were used in ransomware operations associated with the above ransomware variants.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

Compromised data vary by individuals and organizations, it includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers, and more. Curiously, in 2011, Thomson Reuters acquired World-Check, then in October 2018, Thomson Reuters closed a deal with The Blackstone Group.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

US DoJ indicted four members of the China-linked cyberespionage group known as APT40 for hacking various entities between 2011 and 2018. Ltd. (????)

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2022

Security researchers at Check Point Research have discovered a critical remote code execution that affects the implementation of the Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) in Android devices running on Qualcomm and MediaTek chipsets. ALAC was developed in 2004 and Apple open-sourced it in 2011, since then many third-party vendors used it.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 26, 2022

But instead of using this information for the sole purpose of improving security, Twitter profited by allowing advertisers to use this data to target individuals. This action violated a 2011 FTC order that prohibited the social media site from misrepresenting its privacy and security practices. FTC Chair Lina M.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2020

The vendor also fixed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-2011 , that could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition to all Panorama services by sending specially crafted registration requests.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2022

He joined the gang in August 2011 and worked for the organization for five-and-a-half years, DoJ states that he was among the most prolific and active members of the gang. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

It has already happened in the past that the popular antivirus software has identified Chrome as a malicious code, the website The Register reported a similar problem in 2011. The post Windows Defender identified Chromium, Electron apps as Hive Ransomware appeared first on Security Affairs. on September 4, 2022. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

According to the researchers who discovered the issue, the flaw was introduced in November 2011. The vulnerability stems from improper sanitization of URLs for repositories in root composer.json files and package source download URLs that could be interpreted as options for system commands executed by Composer.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2021

The company was purchased by Intel in 2011 for more than $7.6bn. According to the Catalan Justice Department, the doctors at the prison tried in vain to revive the man, they believe that he committed suicide. John McAfee was the founder of the homonym anti-virus maker and ran it until 1994, when he resigned from the company.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2021

and above 2011 Workspace ONE UEM patch 20.11.0.40 .” Below is the list of impacted versions: I mpacted Versions Fixed Version 2109 Workspace ONE UEM patch 21.9.0.13 and above 2105 Workspace ONE UEM patch 21.5.0.37 and above 2102 Workspace ONE UEM patch 21.2.0.27 and above 2101 Workspace ONE UEM patch 21.1.0.27 and above.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

million of its customers, exposed data includes the personal information of customers registered between August. 26, 2011 and February. Air India has disclosed a data breach that impacted 4.5

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The US had sanctioned Mahan Air in 2011 for providing financial, material, or technological support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. . #????? #??_??_??????_?????? #IranProtests #MahanAir pic.twitter.com/bBkfBKJ4uK — Hooshyarane Vatan (@Hooshyaran1) November 21, 2021.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

It is estimated that the cryptocurrencies stolen between January 2011 and December 2021 amount to $12.1 The countries where cryptocurrencies were most popular suffered major losses, including Japan, South Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. ” reads the report published by Invezz. .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

AridViper is an Arabic speaking APT group that is active in the Middle East since at least 2011. Experts spotted the PyMICROPSIA info stealer while investigating attacks of the AridViper group (also tracked as Desert Falcon and APT-C-23 ).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The authorities reported that since 2011, 7 million Bitcoin went into the BTC-e exchange and 5.5 In 2017, Greek Police arrested the Russian national Alexander Vinnik and they accused the man of running the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange to launder more than US$4bn worth of the cryptocurrency. million withdrawn.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Since 2011 it was employed in attacks aimed at Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in many countries, including Bahrain, Ethiopia, UAE, and more. FinSpy can spy on most popular desktop and mobile operating systems, including Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2019

According to FBI, between February of 2011 and July 2013, Silk Road managed $1.2 Silk Road was seized by law enforcement in 2013 and his founder Ross William Ulbricht (aka Dread Pirate Roberts) was arrested, later it was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted on multiple counts related to the Silk Road activity.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

Russian state-sponsored APT actors’ global Energy Sector intrusion campaign, 2011 to 2018. Some of the hacking campaigns that were publicly attributed to Russian state-sponsored APT actors by U.S. Russian state-sponsored APT actors’ campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure, 2015 and 2016. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Since 2011 it was employed in attacks aimed at Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in many countries, including Bahrain, Ethiopia, UAE, and more. FinSpy can spy on most popular desktop and mobile operating systems, including Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

We spent searching holes in Italian universities (and not only, we remember that dozens of universities were hacked in 2011), to try to show you that security in the academic environment must be taken seriously since the university is the den of the excellent minds of our future. Below the translation of message published by the group.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimate that the Glupteba botnet is currently composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Happy BirthDay Security Affairs! I launched Security Affairs for passion in November 2011 and since then the blog was visited by tens of millions of readers. Eleven years ago I decided to launch Security Affairs, a blog that is considered today one of the most valuable sources of the cybersecurity industry.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2020

“During our research we witnessed its evolution from a medium-volume botnet with basic abilities to a massive infrastructure that is here to stay,” Imperva concludes.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

government agency created in 2011 to protect consumers in the financial sector, ensuring fair, transparent, and competitive financial markets The agency has issued a directive to employees to reduce the use of their phones and invite them to use Microsoft Teams and Cisco WebEx for their meetings and conversations that involve nonpublic data.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011 targeting journalists and activists in the Middle East, as well as organizations in the United States, and entities in the U.K., Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Balaban This ransomware was doing the rounds over spam generated by the Gameover ZeuS botnet, which had been originally launched in 2011 as a toolkit for stealing victim’s banking credentials and was repurposed for malware propagation.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2020

Iran-linked Charming Kitten group, (aka APT35 , Phosphorus , Newscaster , and Ajax Security Team) made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized by Iranian hackers using social media. continues IBM.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2024

Alexander Vinnik , a Russian national, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his involvement in operating the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017. Alexander Vinnik, a Russian operator of virtual currency exchange BTC-e pleaded guilty to participating in a money laundering scheme.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2020

The source code of the Zeus Trojan is available in the cybercrime underground since 2011 allowing crooks to develop their own release since. Experts found multiple variants in the wild, many of them belonging to the Terdot Zbot/Zloader malware family.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

Justice Department (DoJ) indicted four members of the China-linked cyber espionage group APT40 (aka TEMP.Periscope , TEMP.Jumper , and Leviathan ) for hacking tens of government organizations, private businesses and universities around the world between 2011 and 2018. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. The new DePriMon downloader was used by the Lambert APT group, aka Longhorn, to deploy malware.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 26, 2022

The cyber kill chain is an adaptation of a military concept to the world of information security. Developed by technology corporation Lockheed Martin back in 2011, the cyber kill chain outlines the stages common to most cyberattacks. The post Analyzing the 7 Cyber Kill Chain Steps appeared first on Nuspire.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2022

Other breaches related to the compromise of Battelle for Kids suggests private student data was revealed “as far back as 2011” According to the Chicago Sun Times, a spokesperson for CPS says the breach was “caused [and] exacerbated by BfK’s failure to follow the information security terms of their contract” They go on (..)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2020

Iran-linked Charming Kitten group, (aka APT35 , Phosphorus , Newscaster , and Ajax Security Team) made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized by Iranian hackers using social media. Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2021

The issue affects SAP Commerce versions 1808, 1811, 1905, 2005, 2011. ” April 2021 Security Patch Day includes two other Hot News security notes, which are updates to previously released notes. ” reads the advisory published by NIST.

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