Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2020

vpnMentor experts reported that seven Virtual Private Network (VPN) recently left 1.2 Security experts from vpnMentor have discovered a group of seven free VPN (virtual private network) apps that left their server unsecured online exposing private user data for anyone to see. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, privacy).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers. Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten, also known as Fox Kitten or Parisite, is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

Which brings us back to Aadhaar and some rather unpleasant headlines of late, particularly the likes of The World's Largest Biometric ID System Keeps Getting Hacked. They claim that they're hack-proof. But claiming the service is "hack-proof", that's something I definitely have an issue with. Can you prove otherwise?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of attacks exploiting recently disclosed VPN vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure. Threat actors leverage VPN vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure, to breach into the target networks. ” reads the alert issued by the NCSC.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2019

BadPackets experts observed on August 22 a mass scanning activity targeting Pulse Secure “Pulse Connect Secure” VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510. On August 22, BadPackets experts observed a mass scanning activity targeting Pulse Secure “Pulse Connect Secure” VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510. reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

At least four VPN apps sold or made available to enterprise customers share security flaws, warns the Carnegie Mellon University CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC). Virtual private networks (VPNs) are affordable, easy to use, and a vital component in your system. What if these VPNs are vulnerable to attackers? 8.3R6, and 9.0R2.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2020

CLOP ransomware operators have allegedly hacked IndiaBulls Group , an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Gurgaon, India. CLOP ransomware operators have allegedly hacked the Indian conglomerate IndiaBulls Group , its primary businesses are housing finance, consumer finance, and wealth management. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

The SBU said they found on Sanix’s computer records showing he sold databases with “logins and passwords to e-mail boxes, PIN codes for bank cards, e-wallets of cryptocurrencies, PayPal accounts, and information about computers hacked for further use in botnets and for organizing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Most people prefer using proxies over VPN services because they are easy to use and mostly available for free, but can it be relied on for anonymity? Most people prefer using proxies over VPNs because they are easy to use and mostly available for free, but can it be relied on for anonymity? VPN vs. Proxy. What is a VPN?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

While investigating the attacks, the experts from Trend Micro collected useful information to understand how APT33 manages its hacking infrastructure. The above scheme shows that the APT group leverage a VPN layer build with a custom-built network of VPN nodes, APT33 was operating its own private VPN network.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2020

The US DHS CISA agency is warning organizations that threat actors continue to exploit the CVE-2019-11510 Pulse Secure VPN vulnerability. The flaw can be used in combination with the CVE-2019-11539 remote command injection issue gain access to private VPN networks. SecurityAffairs – Pulse Secure VPN , hacking).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Security researcher Peleg Hadar of SafeBreach Labs discovered a privilege escalation flaw that impacts all versions of Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows except the latest release. “In our exploration, we found that after the Forcepoint VPN Client Service was started, the sgvpn.exe signed process was executed as NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

Your IP address represents your digital identity online, hacking it not only allows attackers to access your device or your accounts, but it may cause even bigger damage. Cybercriminals are interested in hacking your IP address for various reasons. The hacked and stolen IPs are often used for carrying out illegal activities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Researchers discovered a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-14899 that can be exploited to hijack active TCP connections in a VPN tunnel. The experts explained that in this way, it is possible to hijack active connections within the VPN tunnel. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2020

Chinese authorities continue operations against unauthorized VPN services that are very popular in the country. China continues to intensify the monitoring of the cyberspace applying and persecution of VPN services that could be used to bypass its censorship system known as the Great Firewall. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2020

A jury found Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin guilty for the hack of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring back in 2012 and for the sale of the stolen data on cybercrime black marketplaces. Nikulin also hacked into an employee account of a Formspring engineer and used it to access the company network between June 13, 2012, and June 29, 2012.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

This advisory updates another joint CISA-FBI cybersecurity advisory, which warned of attackers combining VPN and Windows Zerologon flaws to target government networks. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2020

The Meow attack began recently and attackers did not leave any ransom note or disclaimer after the hack of the install. One of the recent Meow attacks targeted the Hong Kong-based VPN provider UFO VPN , hackers targeted its Elasticsearch database. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Experts at SEC Consult discovered several security issues in various Zyxel devices that allow to hack them via unauthenticated DNS requests. The first issue is an information disclosure flaw via unauthenticated external DNS requests that affect Zyxel devices from the USG, UAG, ATP, VPN and NXC series. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2019

NordVPN and TorGuard VPN firms were hacked, threat actors leaked the private keys used to secure their web servers and VPN configuration files. . Hackers have breached the systems used by NordVPN and TorGuard VPN companies and leaked the private keys used to secure their web servers and VPN configuration files. .

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2020

Immediately after the attack was detected by the internal IT staff, the company warned its employees of not connecting its internal VPN network and avoiding opening emails with suspicious archive attachments. In the past, REVil operators have targeted Pulse Secure and Citrix VPN and enterprise gateway systems as entry points.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2018

A security issue exists in Kaspersky VPN <=v1.4.0.216 which leaks your DNS Address even after you’re connected to any virtual server. In this context, with the term “DNS leak” we indicate an unencrypted DNS query sent by your system OUTSIDE the established VPN tunnel. Securi ty Affairs – Kaspersky VPN, privacy).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2020

Experts found new variants of Agent Tesla Trojan that include modules to steal credentials from popular web browsers, VPN software, as well as FTP and email clients. “Agent Tesla is now able to harvest configuration data and credentials from a number of common VPN clients, FTP and Email clients, and Web Browsers.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

“Two of the most common vulnerabilities exploited by actors using Netwalker are Pulse Secure VPN (CVE-2019-11510) and Telerik UI (CVE-2019-18935).” “Two of the most common vulnerabilities exploited by actors using Netwalker are Pulse Secure VPN (CVE-2019-11510) and Telerik UI (CVE-2019-18935).”

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. The group has been linked to several major cyber attacks, including the 2014 Sony Pictures hack , several SWIFT banking attacks since 2016, and the 2017 WannaCry ransomware infection.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2019

Innovative Connecting is actually a Chinese company that secretly owns 10 VPN products with a total of 86 million installs under its belt. The study also revealed that two of those VPN products are under its other developer name, Lemon Clove, and another two by Autumn Breeze 2018. Innovative Connecting VPNs products.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

From a business perspective, managing and resetting passwords chews up scarce resources, and yet even with the best possible maintenance passwords are trivial to hack. This is a type of advanced, brute-force hacking that leverages automation. For most of the Internet era, we’ve learned to live with these tradeoffs. and across Europe.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2020

Microsoft is sending notifications to dozens of hospitals about vulnerable VPN devices and gateways exposed online in their network. Microsoft is warning dozens of hospitals of the risks of ransomware attacks due to insecure VPN devices and gateways exposed online. ” reads the post published by Microsoft. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

Experts from BadPackets pointed out that attackers might have exploited the Pulse Secure VPN CVE-2019-11510 to compromise the company. BadPackets reported that SeaChange had a Pulse Secure VPN server ( [link] ) vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510 from April 24, 2019 until March 24, 2020. SecurityAffairs – Sodinokibi Ransomware, hacking).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

Make RDP available only through a corporate VPN. Experts also warn of vulnerabilities in other remote working tools, such as VNC, that could expose organizations to hack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The Iranian hackers belong to an Iran-based threat actor that was behind attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in Pulse Secure VPN, Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway , and F5’s BIG-IP ADC products. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Cisco). The five vulnerabilities have been labeled as critical and rated 9.8 out of 10 CVSS base score, below the list of the issues fixed by Cisco.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2019

Hackers are exploiting recently disclosed flaws in enterprise virtual private network (VPN) products from Fortinet and Pulse Secure. The popular cybersecurity expert Kevin Beaumont has observed threat actors attempting to exploit the CVE-2018-13379 in the FortiOS SSL VPN web portal and CVE-2019-11510 flaw in Pulse Connect Secure.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The US Department of Justice announced the indictment of three Iranian hackers for hacking US aerospace and satellite companies. The hackers were employed in a coordinated campaign of identity theft and hacking on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

As a result, all RUB members, for example, have no access to the Outlook mail program and the VPN tunnel, which is necessary to access folders from the home office. e-mail, VPN tunnel, “Serviceportal”). ^sk Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. on Thursday, May 7, 2020. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2019

Let’s see how your data can be hacked easily. Logging in through a public network also provides cybercriminals easier access to our account details and password and make your accounts vulnerable to hacking. Opt for VPN. VPN is the safest mode of surfing the internet and provides the best cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

The campaign is worrisome due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that caused the spike in the number of employees working from home and the increase in the use of corporate VPN and elimination of in-person verification. Restrict VPN access hours, where applicable, to mitigate access outside of allowed times. Pierluigi Paganini.

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