Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The Internet was shutdown several days and more than 80 websites, most of them news and political sites, were blocked. Qurium forensics report: Internet blocking in Belarus. 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

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2019 Internet Crime Report , a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. Here we are to analyze the annual FBI 2019 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) , one of the most interesting documents on the crime trends observed in the last 12 months.

Internet 143

Internet Internet Scams Cybercrime 143

Krebs on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

At the outset of their federal criminal trial for hijacking vast swaths of Internet addresses for use in large-scale email spam campaigns, three current or former executives at online advertising firm Adconion Direct (now Amobee ) have pleaded guilty to lesser misdemeanor charges of fraud and misrepresentation via email.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Some of the world’s largest Internet firms have taken steps to crack down on disinformation spread by QAnon conspiracy theorists and the hate-filled anonymous message board 8chan. based Internet Service Provider that serves as N.T. Technology’s colocation provider and sole connection to the larger Internet.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2020

There seems to be a new stealer in town called #TroyStealer , targeting Portuguese internet users EXE: [link] Exfil email address: domionhuby@gmail.com Has anyone seen this threat before? /cc Finally, the malware validates there is a valid Internet connection through a speed test website. on Twitter, and targeting Portuguese users.

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Internet Internet Malware Banking 143

Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

Attackers could leverage a compromised identifier to use mobile Internet at the legitimate user’s expense and carry out fraud and impersonation, Attackers can also hijack user session data containing relevant identifiers (e.g., phone number) of a real subscriber and impersonate him to access the Internet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Mobile Internet Internet Advertising 142

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

An attacker could use $300 worth of off-the-shelf equipment to eavesdrop and intercept signals from satellite internet communications. The academic researcher James Pavur, speaking at Black Hat 2020 hacking conference , explained that satellite internet communications are susceptible to eavesdropping and signal interception.

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Internet Internet Advertising Encryption 132

Krebs on Security

JULY 9, 2024

The other zero-day is CVE-2024-38112 , which is a weakness in MSHTML , the proprietary engine of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser. Tyler Reguly at Forta noted that today marks the End of Support date for SQL Server 2014 , a platform that according to Shodan still has ~110,000 instances publicly available.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2020

Hackers are conducting a mass-scanning the Internet for vulnerable Salt installs that could allow them to hack the organizations, the last victim is the Ghost blogging platform. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Internet 141

Internet Internet Hacking Advertising 141

Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2025

The Polish space agency POLSA announced it has disconnected its network from the internet following a cyberattack. The Polish space agency POLSA was forced to disconnect its network from the internet in response to a cyberattack. To secure data after the breach, POLSA’s network was immediately disconnected from the internet.

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Internet Internet Ransomware Technology 102

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

BitSight researchers found significant overlap in the Internet addresses used by those domains and a domain called BHproxies[.]com. The account didn’t resume posting on the forum until April 2014. Shotliff said he sold his BHProxies account to another Black Hat World forum user from Egypt back in 2014. com on Mar.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 14, 2019

On Friday, a 34-year-old Connecticut man received a whopping 10-year prison sentence for carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a number of hospitals in 2014. dual citizen, admitted attacking an African phone company in 2016, and to inadvertently knocking out Internet access for much of the country in the process.

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DDOS Internet Internet Spyware 222

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

who pleaded guilty in February to one count of conspiracy to cause damage to Internet-connected computers and owning, administering and supporting illegal “booter” or “stresser” services designed to knock Web sites offline, including exostress[.]in 13, 2014. “I A screenshot of databooter[.]com, com, circa 2017. Image: Cisco Talos.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2021

“And Norse’s much-vaunted interactive attack map was indeed some serious eye candy: It purported to track the source and destination of countless Internet attacks in near real-time, and showed what appeared to be multicolored fireballs continuously arcing across the globe.”

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 1, 2023

Despite a very slim browser market share, Internet Explorer (IE) is still being exploited by exploit kits like the RIG exploit kit (EK). According to Malwarebytes’ Senior Director of Threat Intelligence Jérôme Segura: “RIG EK is probably one of the last exploit kits targeting Internet Explorer still around.

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Internet Internet Social Engineering Malware 98

Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

According to a filing (PDF) by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), the weakness that exposed the documents was first introduced during an application software update in May 2014 and went undetected for years.

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Insurance Financial Services Penetration Testing Scams 348

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The crooks running the Trickbot botnet typically use these config files to pass new instructions to their fleet of infected PCs, such as the Internet address where hacked systems should download new updates to the malware. In 2014, for example, U.S. But the new configuration file pushed on Sept.

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Ransomware Malware Healthcare Internet 360

Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Kilmer said Faceless has emerged as one of the underground’s most reliable malware-based proxy services, mainly because its proxy network has traditionally included a great many compromised “Internet of Things” devices — such as media sharing servers — that are seldom included on malware or spam block lists.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records. That changed on Jan.

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

NSFOCUS has identified a resurgence of the XorBot botnet, a potent threat to Internet of Things (IoT) devices worldwide.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2020

The Shadowserver Foundation is a nonprofit security organization working altruistically behind the scenes to make the Internet more secure for everyone. The researchers scanned the Internet for printers that are exposing their Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) port online.

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Internet Internet Firmware Advertising 138

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2023

First advertised in the cybercrime underground in 2014, RSOCKS was the web-based storefront for hacked computers that were sold as “proxies” to cybercriminals looking for ways to route their Web traffic through someone else’s device. A copy of the passport for Denis Emelyantsev, a.k.a. Denis Kloster, as posted to his Vkontakte page in 2019.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

“Users possibly impacted by this attack include those accessing these websites from outside the airport network through Internet Explorer on a Windows-based personal device or a device not maintained by SFO.”. The SFO ITT urges anyone who even visited either website using the Internet Explorer web browser to change the device’s password.

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The Hacker News

JUNE 1, 2021

National Security Agency (NSA) used a partnership with Denmark's foreign and military intelligence service to eavesdrop on top politicians and high-ranking officials in Germany, Sweden, Norway, and France by tapping into Danish underwater internet cables between 2012 and 2014.

Internet 125

Internet Internet 125

Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. Fitis’s Himba affiliate program, circa February 2014.

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Malware Cybercrime Software Accountability 303

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Sandvine has during recent years become infamous for its support to Internet repressive regimes, such as Belarus, Azerbaijan, Egypt, where its DPI equipment is used to block independent media and human rights organizations. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Media Advertising Internet Internet 142

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

“The FBI has an Internet Crime Complaint Center, the IC3, which is our main ingest point. “Whereas they might typically receive 1,000 complaints a day through their internet portal, they’re now receiving something like 3,000 – 4,000 complaints a day not all of those are COVID-related, but a good number of those are.

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Cybercrime Advertising Internet Internet 145

Schneier on Security

JUNE 13, 2018

Internet censors have a new strategy in their bid to block applications and websites: pressuring the large cloud providers that host them. Today's Internet largely reflects the dominance of a handful of companies behind the cloud services, search engines and mobile platforms that underpin the technology landscape. Signal, since 2016.

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Internet Internet Encryption Government 197

Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

UberEats is an American online food ordering and delivery platform launched by Uber in 2014. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the post published by Cyble.

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Banking Data breaches Advertising Mobile 145

Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

“The system calls on companies and entities in the energy and water sectors to immediately exchange passwords from the Internet to the control systems, reduce Internet connectivity and ensure that the most up-to-date version of controllers is installed.” .” reads the alert issued by the Israeli government.

Energy and Utilities 145

Energy and Utilities Government Cyber Attacks Architecture 145

Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2020

“A vulnerability in the UPnP SUBSCRIBE capability permits an attacker to send large amounts of data to arbitrary destinations accessible over the Internet, which could lead to a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), data exfiltration, and other unexpected network behavior.” ” reads the alert published by CERT/CC.

DDOS 137

DDOS Internet Internet Advertising 137

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The first centers on targeting healthcare organizations that offer consultations over the Internet and sending them booby-trapped medical records for the “patient.” ” The other involves carefully editing email inboxes of public company executives to make it appear that some were involved in insider trading. .”

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Chaput said the spammers used more than 1,500 Internet addresses across 400 providers to register new accounts, which then followed popular accounts on Mastodon and sent private mentions to the followers of those accounts. that were created from different Internet addresses in Vienna, Austria. A DIRECT QUOT The domain quot[.]pw

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Scams DDOS Cryptocurrency Accountability 301

Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

Launched in 2013, Microleaves is a service that allows customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe. Microleaves works by changing each customer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address every five to ten minutes. I can’t say more and I won’t get into details.”

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Advertising Software Computers and Electronics Internet 271

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The Internet of Things is the now-accepted term to describe countless home products that connect to the internet so that they can be controlled and monitored from a mobile app or from a web browser on your computer. The benefits are obvious for shoppers. In the Swiss newspapers account, those devices were 3 million toothbrushes.

Internet 72

Internet Internet Mobile DDOS 72

Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

” The DOJ’s statement doesn’t mention that RSOCKS has been in operation since 2014, when access to the web store for the botnet was first advertised on multiple Russian-language cybercrime forums. Kloster says he’s worked in many large companies in Omsk as a system administrator, web developer and photographer.

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Advertising Cybercrime System Administration Hacking 318

Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2021

Data belongs to individuals that provided their information to Mercedez-Benz and dealer websites between 2014 and 2017. “It is our understanding the information was entered by customers and interested buyers on dealer and Mercedes-Benz websites between January 1, 2014 and June 19, 2017. The incident exposed approximately 1.6

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Data breaches Internet Internet Engineering 143