Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

According to Constella, this email address was used in 2010 to register an account for a Dmitry Yurievich Khoroshev from Voronezh, Russia at the hosting provider firstvds.ru. Pin was active on Opensc around March 2012, and authored 13 posts that mostly concerned data encryption issues, or how to fix bugs in code. Image: Shutterstock.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

An online search for the term “yehuo” reveals an account on the Chinese Software Developer Network which uses that same nickname and references the domain blazefire[.]com. In July 2017, Russian antivirus vendor Dr.Web published research showing that Triada had been installed by default on at least four low-cost Android models.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

The IT giant reported that at least one China linked APT group, tracked as HAFNIUM , chained these vulnerabilities to access on-premises Exchange servers to access email accounts, and install backdoors to maintain access to victim environments. a MAPP partner company based in China, for leaking data related to CVE-2012-0002.

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Vipre

MAY 5, 2021

If all you’ve done so far is to rely on antivirus scans and the good sense of your users to not click on suspicious emails, you’re doing the minimum. Your security strategy must take into account all the devices that access your network, which means all laptops, smartphones and tablets should be secured.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

And if you think that simply relying on antivirus software will get you through safely, there’s some more bad news. Some reports have suggested that today’s antivirus software can detect very few of the most dangerous types of malware – the stuff you really want to avoid. And the New York Times can testify to that.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Implement network segmentation , “such that all machines on your network are not accessible from every other machine” Update antivirus software on all hosts and enable real-time detection. Review domain controllers, servers, workstations, and active directories for new or unrecognized user accounts. 7 SP1, 8, 8.1)

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Mimecast Email security 2012 Nasdaq: MIME. a16z Investments. Bessemer Venture Partners. Greylock Partners.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In particular, advertisers can display targeted offerings, and attackers can access accounts with various services, such as online banking. For example, an attacker could log in to a victim’s Facebook account and post a phishing link or spread spam. Attacks on personal data. The best part of it is that the AdWare.AndroidOS.Ewind.kp

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Compare that to 2012 when the UAE ranked fifth in the Global Cybersecurity Index. Using what some call deep voice, criminals impersonated the voice of a top executive to convince a bank manager to transfer US$35 million to their account. Even so, the UAE saw 166,667 victims of cybercrime who lost a combined US$746 million.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

Whereas older solutions like antivirus, firewalls, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) have long focused on threats at the network perimeter, the intent of NDR is to monitor and act on malicious threats within organization networks using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) analysis.

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NopSec

MARCH 1, 2023

ClamAV, a popular open-source antivirus engine, was found to be prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability that could result in unauthenticated remote command execution (RCE). ClamAV Heap Buffer Overflow CVE-2023-20032 ClamAV is a popular open source antivirus engine used on a variety of platforms. FortiNAC version 9.2.0 through 9.2.5

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

There have been some very high profile data breaches in the last couple of years, all of which have cost thousands of dollars of damage and a severe blow to the reputation of the company involved: In late 2014, hackers stole the account information of over 500 million Yahoo email accounts.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This archive is discreetly hosted on legitimate websites, cleverly disguised as firmware binaries for enigmatic devices labeled “m100” The Bitbucket repository was created on June 21, 2018, under the account of Julie Heilman, and it remains the sole repository associated with this profile. 8, 15.0.0.0/8, 8, 16.0.0.0/8,

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

McAfee is widely known for bringing the first antivirus software to market. With several attacks in the last year due to a breach of an administrator or personnel’s account, organizations must take a zero trust approach to protect data security. Also Read: Top 9 Network Access Control (NAC) Solutions for 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Deduce is an identity-focused cybersecurity startup with two core solutions: Customer Alerts for protecting users and their data from account takeover and compromise, and Identity Insights for validating legitimate users and stopping fraud. Also read: Antivirus vs. EPP vs. EDR: How to Secure Your Endpoints. Acquired by JFrog.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

FLASHBACK The new clues about Rescator’s identity came into focus when I revisited the reporting around an April 2013 story here that identified the author of the OSX Flashback Trojan , an early malware strain that quickly spread to more than 650,000 Mac computers worldwide in 2012. ru under the handle “ r-fac1.”

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET. Wait, what? So that’s it? It’s a 10.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET. Wait, what? So that’s it? It’s a 10.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

To complicate detection, they clear system logs, disable antivirus software using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and shut down endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems with proprietary tools. They harvest credentials from valid accounts to escalate privileges and move laterally within the network.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

To complicate detection, they clear system logs, disable antivirus software using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and shut down endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems with proprietary tools. They harvest credentials from valid accounts to escalate privileges and move laterally within the network.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 10, 2018

In 2012, the focus was on Chinese-made Internet routers. In 2014, China reportedly banned antivirus products from both Kaspersky and the US company Symantec, based on similar fears. Russian hackers subverted the update mechanism of a popular brand of Ukrainian accounting software to spread the NotPetya malware. I could go on.

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