Heimadal Security

JANUARY 21, 2022

TrickBot appeared in 2016, replicating parts of Dyre’s malware while preserving its banking credential harvesting and web inject architecture. TrickBot is a distant descendent of the ZeuS banking Trojan, which first appeared in 2005, although it is most commonly associated with Dyre or Dyreza, which went down in 2015.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Bringing Order to a Content Hoarder (an Information Architecture primer). In an eye-opening example, he showed us the exact Information Architecture concepts, tools and processes he used to organize 15,000 HTML pages. Paul taught us what to do when faced with a site that has years of disjointed content.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

In March 2016, the Verizon breach digest reported a number of cyber attacks including one against an unnamed water utility, described in the document as the Kemuri Water Company (KWC). In 2016, BWL Electric and Water Utility shut down following a ransomware attack.

Energy and Utilities 145

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2025

The Triada Trojan was spotted for the first time in 2016 by researchers at Kaspersky Lab who considered it the most advanced mobile threat seen to the date of the discovery. The most interesting characteristic of the Triada Trojan is its modular architecture, which gives it theoretically a wide range of abilities.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2024

” In May 2019, the German newspaper Der Spiegel revealed that the German software company behind TeamViewer was compromised in 2016 by Chinese hackers. According to the company, it was targeted by the hackers in autumn 2016, when its experts detected suspicious activities were quickly blocked them to prevent major damages.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2020

If this level of access is acquired, an attacker could potentially manipulate the AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) to execute arbitrary code undetected by the operating system.” AMD pointed out that only certain processors released between 2016 and 2019 are affected by the vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered a new variant of the Mirai malware that is targeting more processor architectures than previous ones. Mirai botnet continues to be one of the most dangerous malware in the threat landscape, experts at Palo Alto Networks discovered a new variant that targets more processor architectures than before.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2016, according to the CrowdStrike researchers it is using a very sophisticated toolset. CrowdStrike researchers reported that at least 13 telecommunication companies were compromised by since 2019. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. Then the script downloads the actual Enemybot binary which is compiled for the target device’s architecture. The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Windows Server has gone from 2008 R2 to 2012 to 2012 R2 to 2016 to 2019. From development and architecture to security. I hadn't committed a change since January 2016, there was no indication of the root cause in the logs and if I'm honest, I didn't have the time to invest troubleshooting and nobody was complaining about it anyway.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

Sophisticated attackers show a deep knowledge of the SAP architecture, they use to chain multiple vulnerabilities to target specific SAP applications to maximize the efficiency of the intrusions, in many cases experts observed the use of private exploits. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

In 2016, researchers from the non-profit organization CitizenLab published a report that describes a campaign of targeted spyware attacks carried out by the Stealth Falcon. The Deadglyph’s architecture is composed of cooperating components, a native x64 binary and other.NET assembly.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2019

Mirai malware first appeared in the wild in 2016 when the expert MalwareMustDie discovered it in massive attacks aimed at Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The malware’s command center is hidden to make takedowns a more complicated process. Since the code of the Mirai was leaked online many variants emerged in the threat landscape. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Below is the list of exploit payloads added to the bot: D-Link: CVE-2015-1187 , CVE-2016-20017 , CVE-2020-25506 , and CVE-2021-45382. Upon executing the script, it deletes logs and downloads and executes various bot clients to target specific Linux architectures. ” reads the analysis published by Fortinet.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 7, 2020

Let me explain: HIBP Has Always Been Open in Spirit I've already written extensively about the architecture of the system across many of the 128 previous blog posts tagged as Have I Been Pwned. But this isn't just a philosophical decision based on a desire to offload work, it's also common sense for a number of reasons.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The Triada Trojan was spotted for the first time in 2016 by researchers at Kaspersky Lab that considered it the most advanced mobile threat seen to the date of the discovery. The most interesting characteristic of the Triada Trojan apart is its modular architecture, which gives it theoretically a wide range of abilities.

Firmware 145

Firmware Mobile Malware Retail 145

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Limiting cyberwar funding Development of the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA) will be restricted until U.S. Strengthening DoD network defense The Joint Force HeadquartersDepartment of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN) is designated as a subordinate unified command under U.S. Cyber Command.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 28, 2022

What further compounds an already complex architectural and security landscape is the fact that critical infrastructure industries in various countries tend to be either partially or fully government controlled; with many providing “essential services” such as Healthcare, Water, Power, Emergency Services and Food production.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2021

This will allow the client to verify the specified features and the designer to proceed with the implementation of the software architecture. In particular, the security requirements must absolutely constrain the solutions that will be adopted.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In addition to emails, hackers had potential access to IP addresses, architectural diagrams for businesses and health information. Deloitte discovered the hack in March 2017, and according to The Guardian, the attackers may have had access to the company systems since October or November 2016.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

Reports of less severe vulnerabilities surfaced in 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2021. Those issues have created an opening for competitors who claim to have an impenetrable security architecture. LastPass pricing. LastPass is available in two separate editions: Teams: $4/user/month Business: $6/user/month.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 3, 2021

“Especially when we’re talking about Hyper-V, which is a very complex target with a very complex architecture, doing it manually may find fewer vulnerabilities,” he said. “This made us think, what could be discovered if we do the same, but scale it up to all the patches since 2016?” ” he said.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Microsoft researchers have also identified that previous reports have used the vulnerability ID “ZERO-32906” for CVE-2018-20057, “GPON” for CVE-2018-10561, and “DLINK” for CVE-2016-20017; and that CVE-2020-7209 was mislabeled as CVE-2017-17106 and CVE-2022-42013 was mislabeled as CVE-2021-42013.”

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IoT DDOS Malware Firmware 124

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 20, 2021

You may remember hearing about this botnet after the massive East Coast internet outage of 2016 when the Mirai botnet was leveraged in a DDoS attack aimed at Dyn, an Internet infrastructure company. Last year, security experts from IBM X-Force said that the Mozi botnet accounted for 90 percent of traffic from IoT devices at that time.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

Mirai malware first appeared in the wild in 2016 when the expert MalwareMustDie discovered it in massive attacks aimed at Internet of Things (IoT) devices. A variant discovered last year was leveraging an open-source project to target multiple architectures, including ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, and x86.

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IoT Wireless DDOS Advertising 103

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The name 3ve is derived from a set of three distinct sub-operations using unique measures to avoid detection, and each of them was built around different architectures with different components. The 3ve campaign was first spotted in 2016 by ESET that tracked the botnet as Boaxxe botnet. 2—The KOVTER Malware Scheme.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2022

Despite all the emphasis around the shift from SHA-1 to SHA-2, 35% of websites were still utilizing SHA-1 certificates as of November 2016, according to research from Venafi in 2017. Prepare a quantum-safe architecture now. It is especially urgent to replace SHA-1 wherever it is used for digital signatures.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2018

Mirai malware first appeared in the wild in 2016 when the expert MalwareMustDie discovered it in massive attacks aimed at Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The new variant could be easily used to target multiple architectures, including ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, and x86. ” reads the analysis published by Symantec. continues Symantec.

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Architecture IoT Malware Advertising 74

Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2019

In October, Kaspersky revealed that the CVE-2018-8453 vulnerability has been exploited by the APT group tracked as FruityArmor , a cyber-espionage group that was first observed in 2016 while targeting activists, researchers, and individuals related to government organizations.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Operation Transparent Tribe was first spotted by Proofpoint Researchers in Feb 2016, in a series of espionages operations against Indian diplomats and military personnel in some embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. release () architectures = platform. Introduction. system () releases = platform.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

A report this month from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the number of companies seeking cyber insurance coverage has steadily risen since 2016 and that insurers are increasing the prices of their policies and lowering their coverage limits as the number of cyberattacks rise. How secure is their architecture?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

The cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2016, according to the CrowdStrike researchers it is using a very sophisticated toolset. The cybersecurity firm added that the threat actors show an in-depth knowledge of telecommunication network architectures.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Wendy's (2015-2016): The restaurant chain experienced a significant breach affecting over 1,000 locations, with customer payment card data compromised. In my view, implementing a segmented zero-trust architecture can help isolate external data from internal corporate data, mitigating the risk of cross-contamination," Schultz continued.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. The botnet was first discovered by Fortinet in March, the DDoS botnet targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

Today, both outsiders with the right social engineering skills and disgruntled personnel pose risks to sensitive data when network architectures fail to implement microsegmentation and advanced network traffic analysis (NTA). billion in 2016. Gigamon ThreatINSIGHT Features. Exeon Analytics. Network Security and NDR.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 22, 2019

In this milieu, there’s a “large question about the integrity, compliance and security” of the applications that are being developed on the fly, as well as the cloud architecture they reside on, Byron says. it’s almost a perfect storm.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 20, 2022

CrowdStrike in 2021 also saw a 123 percent year-over-year increase in samples of XorDDoS, a Trojan aimed at multiple Linux architectures, including those powered by x86 chips from Intel and AMD as well as Arm processors.

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