The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The infamous Locky ransomware was first spotted in the wild in February 2016. CryptXXX, another major family discovered in April 2016 and later rebranded as UltraCrypter, relied on exploit kits that used software vulnerabilities to infiltrate systems. The first viable Mac ransomware called KeRanger was spotted in the spring of 2016.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The vulnerability affects Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019, while SharePoint Online as part of Office 365 is not impacted. “The NCSC generally recommends following vendor best practice advice in the mitigation of vulnerabilities. .”

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NopSec

JUNE 28, 2017

The car question is very much akin to asking “How much does a great penetration test cost ?” One man’s great penetration test is another man’s disaster. A quick search on Google for “great penetration test” yields 1,130,000 results. What’s your definition of a “great” penetration test?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2021

Between 2014 and 2016 the group used a new custom malware dubbed Carbanak that is considered a newer version of Anunak. Starting from 2016 the group developed a new custom malware using Cobalt Strike, a legitimate penetration testing framework.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2024

The app has been present since August 2016 [ 1 , 2 ], but there is no evidence that this vulnerability has been exploited in the wild. It also demonstrates the need for quality assurance and penetration testing to ensure the safety of third-party apps installed on millions of devices.” ” concludes the report.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2022

NetSPI, a top penetration testing and vulnerability management company, recently announced a $410 million funding round, a huge amount in a year in which $100+ million rounds have become a rarity. In 2016, she left Dropbox to launch Vanta. The investor was KKR, one of the world’s largest alternative asset firms.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Between 2014 and 2016 the group used a new custom malware dubbed Carbanak that is considered a newer version of Anunak. Starting from 2016 the group developed a new custom malware using Cobalt Strike, a legitimate penetration testing framework.

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Kali Linux

JULY 10, 2016

Including give aways of Kali NetHunter devices, Kali Flip laptops, and OffSec Penetration Testing with Kali Linux courses ! Get your hands dirty and hack our stuff! And did we mention prizes ? Oh yeah, there will be prizes!

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

On 2016 I was working hard to find a way to classify Malware families through artificial intelligence (machine learning). One of the first difficulties I met was on finding classified testing set in order to run new algorithms and to test specified features.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

According to Duo, “ OilRig delivered Trojans that use DNS tunneling for command and control in attacks since at least May 2016. This version was released on 2016-04-26 for the first time. According to the NodeJS historic versioning that project could not be dated before April 2016 since Nodejs_6.x Interesting points.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2022

Late 2016: Ukraine blamed Russian security services for thousands of cyber attacks against its infrastructure. December 2016: Sandworm used Industroyer1 for a power outage that received some attention in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. Industroyer1 was specifically made to attack electric grids. Active endpoint monitoring (e.g.,

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Penetration Testing

AUGUST 25, 2024

Security researcher Jacob Masse has exposed a critical vulnerability within the Mirai botnet, the infamous malware that has plagued the Internet of Things (IoT) and server landscapes since 2016.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Between 2014 and 2016 the group used a new custom malware dubbed Carbanak that is considered a newer version of Anunak. Starting from 2016 the group developed a new custom malware using Cobalt Strike, a legitimate penetration testing framework.

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NopSec

MARCH 29, 2016

On March 23rd 2016, I had the pleasure to participate in the Inaugural 2016 National Conference of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals in Washington, DC, masterfully organized by the International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals. Penetration Test is as valuable as the assets it is trying to compromise.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2022

The name is reminiscent of the “Dirty Cow” vulnerability discovered in 2016 that allowed attackers to gain root access on any Android Phone regardless of the OS version, but Dirty Pipe could be even easier to exploit than its predecessor. See also: 10 Top Open Source Penetration Testing Tools.

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Kali Linux

JANUARY 20, 2016

After 5 months of testing our rolling distribution (and its supporting infrastructure), we’re confident in its reliability - giving our users the best of all worlds - the stability of Debian, together with the latest versions of the many outstanding penetration testing tools created and shared by the information security community.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Red Team tools could replicate the most sophisticated hacking tools in the world and are used by the company for penetration testing and vulnerability assessment on the systems of the FireEye’s customers. .” Red Team tools are custom-tools developed from malware spotted by the company in attacks in the wild.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

group_a : from 2016 to August 2017 2. During my PhD program I worked for US Government (@ National Institute of Standards and Technology, Security Division) where I did intensive researches in Malware evasion techniques and penetration testing of electronic voting systems. group_b : from August 2017 to January 2018 3.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Many EquationGroup_toolset signatures matched during the most characterized detection time frame (at the beginning and at the ending of the year) alerting us that those well-known (August 2016) tools are still up and running and heavily reused over samples. I am planning to let it run unless the cost will increase too much for me.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2019

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Nation Vulnerbility Database , logged around 14,000 unique vulnerabilities, up from 13,000 in 2017 and 6,000 in 2016. By many measures, the vulnerability management challenge companies face is getting steeper.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2022

The Russia-linked APT29 group (aka SVR , Cozy Bear , and The Dukes ) has been active since at least 2014, along with APT28 cyber espionage group was involved in the Democratic National Committee hack and the wave of attacks aimed at the 2016 US Presidential Elections. “Over the past 2.5

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2019

According to Duo, “ OilRig delivered Trojans that use DNS tunneling for command and control in attacks since at least May 2016. I do have experience on security testing since I have been performing penetration testing on several US electronic voting systems.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Verodin Cybersecurity analytics 2018 Acquired by FireEye Kenna Security Risk management 2018 Acquired by Cisco PhishMe Incident response 2016 Acquired: P.E. Named after the infamous string of nation-state cyber attacks during the late 2000s, NightDragon was established in 2016 by former McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 5, 2021

Breach and attack simulation (BAS) is a relatively new IT security technology that can automatically spot vulnerabilities in an organization’s cyber defenses, akin to continuous, automated penetration testing. Founded in 2016, the Rishon LeZion-based vendor specializes in breach and attack simulation and security posture verification.

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Penetration Testing

AUGUST 28, 2024

However, after Microsoft acquired Xamarin in 2016, the project... The post WineHQ Takes Helm of Mono Project, Ensuring Linux-Windows Compatibility appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Ilya Lichtenstein, the mastermind behind the infamous 2016 Bitfinex hack, has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the theft of nearly 120,000 Bitcoin, valued at... The post Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years for Massive Bitcoin Heist and Laundering Scheme appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

From 2016 to 2017, the number of such incidents increased by 369 percent. In some cases, with founders’ consent, the assessment includes penetration testing using social engineering methods aimed at the network compromise through the most vulnerable link at any organization– humans.

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Cytelligence

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This acquisition enhances Aon’s 2016 acquisition of Stroz-Friedberg and now allows Aon Cyber Solutions to offer an even more holistic portfolio of services to clients from proactive security services, to incident response, to risk quantification and insurance broking. “Put The firm was founded in June 2016. Matt.taylor@aon.com.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 23, 2018

And just as security professionals rely on industry conferences and resource centers to share information about new solutions and best practices, cybercriminals share new techniques and code, even adapting open source penetration testing tools for nefarious purposes. Consequences.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

Which is more Important: Vulnerability Scans Or Penetration Tests? More Critical Patches for Microsoft Exchange Server (Versions 2013, 2016, & 2019). Passwords are and have always been an Achilles Heel in Cybersecurity. The Problem with Website Passwords (from Blog Post from 2009). Stay safe and secure.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2018

VT shows the first time it captured that hash (sha256): it was in 2016. But what about the almost 2 years between December 2016 and August 2018? I do have experience on security testing since I have been performing penetration testing on several US electronic voting systems.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

Attackers remain in the system after Marriott acquires Starwood in 2016 and aren’t discovered until September 2018. 2016 — DNC Email Leaks — Democratic National Committee emails are leaked to and published by WikiLeaks prior to the 2016 U.S. 2013 — Credit Card Fraud Spree — In the biggest cybercrime case filed in U.S.

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Penetration Testing

OCTOBER 2, 2024

A discovered zero-day vulnerability is putting Microsoft Office users at risk.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 20, 2017

When the LinkedIn data breach from 2012 finally surfaced in May 2016, it appeared for sale on a (now defunct) dark web marketplace called The Real Deal. Well, I've got bad news for you guys, you're already getting free penetration tests every day anyway, you're just not getting told of the results!

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In 2016, $91 million was spent on IoT endpoint security solutions. For implementer services, the vendor offers managed IoT monitoring and managed security testing for validating embedded systems. Product developers and manufacturers can conduct IoT product testing, including incident response. Trustwave Features.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

But if we go on the Akamai blog we can still find a reference to Elknot posted on April 4, 2016 on a topic referred to “ BillGates ”, another DDoS malware whose “ attack vectors available within the toolkit include: ICMP flood, TCP flood, UDP flood, SYN flood, HTTP Flood (Layer7) and DNS reflection floods.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Penetration testing and red teamers are critical for remaining vigilant in an ever-changing threat environment and catching the vulnerabilities otherwise missed. In 2016, only 40% of websites protected their web pages and visiting users with HTTPS.

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