Daniel Miessler

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

I think there are four main trends that will play out in the field of information security in the next 20 years. I wrote my first big piece on it in August of 2015, and I still think it’s the future. Keep in mind that trend #1 will be counterbalanced by the growth of people who need basic information security help.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Microsoft is aware of a vulnerability in Servicing Stack that has rolled back the fixes for some vulnerabilities affecting Optional Components on Windows 10, version 1507 (initial version released July 2015).

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Anton on Security

MARCH 1, 2021

There was a concept of human+machine chess that looked really awesome in 1998–2015, but then was quickly and mercilessly killed by the improving neural networks. Naturally, one may counter that chess is mathematically solvable while information security is not (by a wide, wide, wide margin).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The GravityRAT malware Access Trojan (RAT) is believed to be the work of Pakistani hacker groups, it is under development at least since 2015. “Today, Cisco Talos is uncovering a new piece of malware, which has remained under the radar for the past two years [since 2015] while it continues to be developed.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

” The US agency also added the CVE-2015-2051 remote code execution flaw impacting D-Link DIR-645 routers. “An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.An attacker must have the ability to execute code on a victim system to exploit this vulnerability.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Atrium Health launched an investigation into the security breach and discovered that from January 2015 to July 2019, certain online tracking technologies were active on its MyAtriumHealth (formerly MyCarolinas) Patient Portal, accessible via web and mobile. The company notified the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2020

On August 6, during a review of email configuration and rules, the staff at the SANS Institute discovered a security breach. 28,000 records of personally identifiable information (PII) have been forwarded to an unknown email address. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2020

The BeagleBoyz APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. The BeagleBoyz have attempted to steal nearly $2 billion since at least 2015, according to public estimates. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In a 2,200-page report, Finnish authorities laid out how they connected the extortion spree to Kivimäki, a notorious hacker who was convicted in 2015 of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, including data breaches, payment fraud, operating a botnet and calling in bomb threats.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It’s normal that … we want a European solution” because of the importance of “the security of our communication,” Macron told reporters. In July, the French information security agency ANSSI announced that Huawei Technologies Ltd. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This ‘line of work’ is coordinated by the FSB’s 18th Center (Information Security Center) based in Moscow.” The Gamaredon group was first discovered by Symantec and TrendMicro in 2015, but evidence of its activities has been dated back to 2013. .” reads the announcement published by the SSU.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2024

Spanish police dismantled a pirated TV streaming network that allowed its operators to earn over 5,300,000 euros since 2015. The Spanish National Police dismantled a network that illicitly distributed audiovisual content, earning over 5,300,000 euros since 2015.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Furthermore, the report confirms that although the Sandvine DPI tears down the majority of connections established to blocked websites, 25% of the traffic goes through the DPI equipment. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2023

. “I have breached the internal network of D-Link in Taiwan, I have 3 million lines of customer information, as well as source code to D-View extracted from system,” reads the announcement on BreachForums. So far, no evidence suggests the archaic data contained any user IDs or financial information.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

” In the past, the US Census has been hit by attacks, such as hacks and DDoS attacks during a 2018 test of census systems attributed to Russia-linked hackers and a 2015 hack attributed to the Anonymous collective. ” This HTA annual report provides information of threats targeting the US to government and private sector partners.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

’ The Lazarus APT is linked to North Korea, the activity of the Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 7, 2021

Back in 2015 and 2017, I ran articles in Inc. For various reasons, when I wrote those two pieces, I intentionally featured innovators from outside of the information-security sector. For various reasons, when I wrote those two pieces, I intentionally featured innovators from outside of the information-security sector.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2022

1, 2015, and on or about Jan. ” RaidForums was launched in 2015, its community reached over half a million users. The police arrested Coelho in the United Kingdom on Jan. 31, at the United States’ request and remain in custody pending the resolution of his extradition proceedings.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. It added that part of the misappropriated funds was now in foreign accounts.” ” reads the site SwissInfo. “Umbrella organisation swissuniversities has sent a warning email to keep universities on their guard.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Carbanak gang was first discovered by Kaspersky Lab in 2015, the group has stolen at least $300 million from 100 financial institutions. The cybersecurity firm NCC Group reported that in November the banking malware Carbanak was observed in ransomware attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Exposed data could be abused by threat actors to carry out malicious activities, including identity theft and phone call scams. Customers that received the data breach notification could contact the company by phone for any questions or concerns. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2024

” Versa Networks is aware of one confirmed customer reported instance where this vulnerability was exploited because the Firewall guidelines which were published in 2015 & 2017 were not implemented by that customer.” This oversight allowed the attacker to exploit the vulnerability without needing to access the GUI.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In 2015, the hacker who breached the systems of the Italian surveillance firm Hacking Team leaked a 400GB package containing hacking tools and exploits codes. ” ~ 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

AUGUST 14, 2020

Pedro Tavares is a professional in the field of information security, working as an Ethical Hacker, Malware Analyst, Cybersecurity Analyst and also a Security Evangelist. He is also a founding member at CSIRT.UBI and Editor-in-Chief of the security computer blog seguranca-informatica.pt.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “There was a DDoS attack on telecom systems serving some of the banking services on Thursday,” reads the statement issued by the bank. “We Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

To check if your information has been exposed in this and other data leaks, you can search for your email using the Cyble’s “ Am I Breached” data breach monitoring service. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, gun exchange).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. In June 2020, the same ransomware was employed in an attack on the Texas Department of Transportation. The good news is that the RansomEXX ransom, unlike other families of ransomware, does not appear to exfiltrate data before encrypting target systems.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

” The availability of sensitive documents like the ones discovered by the experts could allow threat actors to gather intelligence on potential targets and use the leaked information to carry out spear-phishing campaigns. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

. “TAG observed a North Korean government-backed attacker group that previously targeted security researchers posing as recruiters at Samsung and sending fake job opportunities to employees at multiple South Korean information security companies that sell anti-malware solutions.”

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Cisco Security

MAY 5, 2022

covers these security compliance framework and certification standards: SOC 2® – SOC for Service Organizations: Trust Services Criteria. ISO IEC 27001:2013 – Information technology — Security techniques — Information security management systems — Requirements. Today, the Cisco CCF V1.0

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Gaming Partners International (GPI)).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Security experts believe that threat actor exploited the above flaw to infect the systems at the company with ransomware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. At the time Luxottica has yet to release any official statement on the attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The county website published an update to announce that the attack did not impact the voting process for citizens, a situation that is differed from the scenario reported by the Times. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

ETERBASE revealed it has tracked the fraudulent transactions and is following the stolen funds and informed exchanges where they were moved to avoid that attackers could cash them out. 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

MAY 15, 2024

pompompurin always declared that he was ‘not affiliated with RaidForums in any capacity,’ Raidforums (hosted at raidforums.com and run by Omnipotent) was the predecessor hacking forum to both version of BreachForums and ran from early 2015 until February 2022.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Users of the above companies have to immediately change their passwords, and if they use the same passwords at other sites, they should also change the password at those sites. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “The binary distinction between war and peace as we have approached it no longer applies,” Gen Sanders concluded. Our adversaries are applying all means to gain advantage below the threshold of war and are accruing advantage insidiously and inevitably.”.

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